tl;dr: GenAI and game design concepts traditionally referred to as "AI" (enemy behaviors, pathfinding, etc.) are not the same thing, and I'm on my knees begging people to learn the difference, lest we see more bullshit claims like what The Escapist put out re: Blue Prince.
Weird weekend, huh? Took a crack at breaking down the whole Clair Obscur genAI situation, and its bizarre fallout, as best as possible. My main takeaway right now is that people really need to figure out exactly what they're criticizing or it's going to get messy. www.polygon.com/clair-obscur...
tl;dr: GenAI and game design concepts traditionally referred to as "AI" (enemy behaviors, pathfinding, etc.) are not the same thing, and I'm on my knees begging people to learn the difference, lest we see more bullshit claims like what The Escapist put out re: Blue Prince.
Be extra kind to retail workers today. Contrary to popular opinion, Black Friday is not the busiest sales day of the year - the last Saturday before Christmas is.
December 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Be extra kind to retail workers today. Contrary to popular opinion, Black Friday is not the busiest sales day of the year - the last Saturday before Christmas is.
They came to me and they said "Sir it's time for your weekly cognitive test, something we make all healthy presidents do" and I said thank you. That's very nice
December 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
They came to me and they said "Sir it's time for your weekly cognitive test, something we make all healthy presidents do" and I said thank you. That's very nice
To all the fucking special “creative” cunts who can’t stop whining about all the “boring” “unnecessary” work they have to do in their art: should I send you a fucking invoice for all the time I had to sink into opposing your AI shite, instead of just doing my work, work that I actually fucking love?
December 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
To all the fucking special “creative” cunts who can’t stop whining about all the “boring” “unnecessary” work they have to do in their art: should I send you a fucking invoice for all the time I had to sink into opposing your AI shite, instead of just doing my work, work that I actually fucking love?
Yeah. It’s “less bad” than putting it in the product that ships since artists are hired, obviously. But it’s a fundamentally poisonous technology, and its use is going to make any of us skeptical of what’s reality and what isn’t. It’s a slippery slope. You need artists for concept, too
using genAI in the concept phase is inherently coloring how you finalize a work even if you “remove it”. tbh it’s why i’ve been cagey on getting the j’RPG and now i’ll be skeptical of larian and any other ceo shmuck trying to sell me a creative work with the same argument
December 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Yeah. It’s “less bad” than putting it in the product that ships since artists are hired, obviously. But it’s a fundamentally poisonous technology, and its use is going to make any of us skeptical of what’s reality and what isn’t. It’s a slippery slope. You need artists for concept, too
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.