More than any other studio, I think, Ubisoft is really, *really* good at taking something fans love, then tearing it to bits. I don't know how their management is so tone deaf to gamers (i.e. past NFT hawking, combative attitude toward gamers, and WTF management decisions).

Honestly, Ubisoft burned me with "Assassin's Creed: Valhalla". (It was the first AC game I played.) I loved the main game, and the Wrath of the Druids DLC was fine. But the constant micro transactions (special gear, special skins) and wonky seasonal updates caused me to swear off Ubisoft.

For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper
Joseph Fasano
Now I let it fall back
in the grasses.
I hear you. I know
this life is hard now.
I know your days are precious
on this earth.
But what are you trying
to be free of?
The living? The miraculous
task of it?
Love is for the ones who love the work.

Toward the end of the video, Pearce does make a plea for people to consider what relying on things like generative AI is doing to their cognitive processes.

Also, Pearce mentions the following poem at the end of the video:

If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.