For further context twitter added a button that allows users to generate ai images using existing art posts from artists. It removes glaze and it basically reskins the artwork by using the existing work as a base. Twitter is no longer a safe space for art

Through-line I wanna trace that goes like:
1. Yuji Horii realizes you can turn Ultima III into penny slots, sells millions
2. FFVII turns 70-hour runtime into a selling point instead of an evil curse
3. Dreamcast dies
4. ???
5. Every game is a part-time job that makes you level up an assault rifle

I think the first priority always has to be making something that's genuinely worth peoples' time and money. Not just something that's capable of taking peoples' time and money.

Again nothing against dopamine loops in games or viral success or w/e, it's just... idk.