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The intuitive mind in an age of AI Jensen Huang said AI has commoditized raw logic and computation. So what's left for humans? Intuition. The ability to sense what's missing and see around corners before the data appears. Here's why that resonates with someone who failed the SAT, ignored the rules, and built something people actually wanted. Read more →
The job market is transforming — from credentials to skills My cousin graduated with honors in CS. Spent fourteen months job hunting. Meanwhile, a dropout friend with five shipped indie games had three offers in a month. That's not an anomaly anymore. 90% of HR leaders now hire outside traditional degrees, and 94% say skills-based hires outperform credential-based ones. Here's what that means if you're starting out. Read more →
AI controversy, trust, and the post‑AI economy for games AI in games turned into a minefield around mid-2024. Voice actors cloned without consent. "AI slop" becoming shorthand for hollow work. Award nominations pulled over development placeholders. We run a platform, and you learn one thing fast: nobody likes feeling tricked. The debate won't settle anytime soon, but filters and honest labeling might actually work. Read more →
Prompting My Way Into Making 3D Games — And It Changes Everything For decades, building a 3D game meant learning to code, mastering complex engines, setting up scenes by hand. I built a playable asteroid shooter and flight sim in three evenings just by prompting. That's not a demo. That's a different world. Read on Medium ↗
Interview with "Tech Done Different" Ted Harrington asked the hard questions about Cinevva, the gaming industry, and what it's like being a creative in a world of engineers. We talked about bridging the gap between artists and developers, our biggest failures, and where gaming is actually headed. Read on Medium ↗
What will the value of an NFT be in 5 years from now? With all the noise around NFT trading, it's easy to get lost in the hype. Can you trust the uniqueness of artwork minted on today's blockchain? We dug into the stats and asked whether NFTs are here to last. Read on Medium ↗
"The future belongs to us: a world that we control, not a world that controls us." Oleg Sidorkin joined Cinevva as CTO & Co-Founder. This piece covers his vision for decentralized gaming, why he left a comfortable path, and what we're building together. Read on Medium ↗
Decentralised Platforms and the Future of Game Creators The current model for game distribution is broken for creators. Platforms take too much, discovery is a lottery, and ownership is murky. Here's how decentralization changes the equation. Read on Medium ↗
Cinevva on Bloomberg and Amazon Prime I pitched live on the #2MinuteDrill Show Season 2, broadcasted on Bloomberg TV. Two minutes to explain what we're building and why it matters. Read on Medium ↗
How VIO Makes It Easy for Anyone to Build Games AI and machine learning aren't just buzzwords here. They're the reason someone with zero coding experience can build a playable game. This is how the tech actually works under the hood. Read on Medium ↗
Goodbye, 2020! Hello, 2021! Looking back at a wild year. Mozilla Builders, first users, pivots that worked and ones that didn't. The defining moments that shaped what Cinevva became. Read on Medium ↗
VIO Wins the Mozilla Builder Award at The Fix The Net Showcase We won. Out of hundreds of projects in the Mozilla Builders program, VIO took home the Builder Award. This is what that moment meant to us. Read on Medium ↗
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