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"Hopefully a meteor will strike the earth soon": Game devs talk genAI witchhunts and the importance of honing your visual literacy
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"Hopefully a meteor will strike the earth soon": Game devs talk genAI witchhunts and the importance of honing your visual literacy

The era of generative AI has kindled an era of generative AI witchhunts. It's routine right now for videogame developers to fend off accusations of using the technology, even when they are full-throated in their disapproval of ChatGPT, Claude and their ilk. Recent examples include Sandustry, the 2D factory builder from Hooded Horse with strangely haunting physics, and the just-announced Humankind 2, whose creators Amplitude have rushed to assure players that their announcement trailer is genuin

Rock Paper Shotgun 28.08.2026 15:49 Uhr
Solve a mountain mystery via the medium of creepy cards in Hillthorn, which has an excellent demo
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Solve a mountain mystery via the medium of creepy cards in Hillthorn, which has an excellent demo

Attention, dusty creeps who want to play poker with the Wickerman! I found one, a videogame you might enjoy. That game is Hillthorn, a spooky investigative cardgame from Fool Moon and Finnegan Motors - the latter also known for beaming corpo thriller Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination. Hillthorn is the story of a detective hired to investigate a disappearance at a secluded mountain community. One of the first things you do, after hassling a worryingly stained forest ranger for directions

Rock Paper Shotgun 28.08.2026 12:42 Uhr
"I'm desperately looking for anybody who knows anybody at Valve": open world satire Future? No Thanks! is still locked in Steam horny jail
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"I'm desperately looking for anybody who knows anybody at Valve": open world satire Future? No Thanks! is still locked in Steam horny jail

Even as GTA 6 breaks the internet with its vistas of full frontal nudity, poledancers and endless, lustful twerking, another promising open world satire with "mild nudity" and some racey encounters has been rendered invisible to a whole swathe of Steam users thanks to Valve's squeamishness about "porn". This is despite its creator deleting the associated "sex quest". Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 28.08.2026 11:23 Uhr