I still think it's very simple: the word "generative" is where I draw the line. Spellcheck in your design doc? Sure, go ahead. Copilot to fill out the blanks? Haha NOPE. The AI dudes try to muddy the waters, of course. As if using any kind of tool gives permission for Gen AI everywhere.

So the Trump goons did NOT release files that incriminate Trump? I AM SHOCKED.

Having gone through the process with them three times (I liked the writers and wanted to live in Ireland), every negative thing you've heard about Larian's hiring process is not only true, but quite probably understated. What they demand for a "test" would be considered a prototype at some studios.

A few years ago someone from Larian had an appointment with me at Gamescom and didn't show up. Must have been a bot.

i stand by this statement every year

For our recent project we needed some temp audio early on so I generated it by getting a microphone, doing a voice, and recording it. This was (a) fast, (b) instructive and (c) actually kinda okay to play the game too while still being obviously placeholder

🎉 AdventureX is back! youtu.be/7Ujm4xkjLbM @adventurex.bsky.social #AdvX25 Featuring @lightfootbrosgames.bsky.social @duckmadeofwood.bsky.social @torreznoenter.bsky.social @daedalic.bsky.social @jabbage.bsky.social

Here are a few short interviews I did at @adventurex.bsky.social for my adventure game podcast. Mostly in German, some in English. (And if you're wondering: the podcast title translates as "Use Ear With Loudspeaker".) adventurepodcast.de/folge-37-adv...

It was joyous.

AdventureX party.

Great, now I have to unpack my cow. :/

Soon.

This is bullshit. "absolutely no genAI in games" is the middle ground. "how many years in jail should Sam Altman get for knowingly stealing all data ever" is the somewhat more extreme stance I personally adopt.

Our takes on Leisure Suit Larry are now 7 and 5 years old, and it still makes me happy that people are positively surprised by them. :) www.reddit.com/r/adventureg...

And deserves more.

Experimental post: The Inevitable March of Time From the moment of this post, Super Mario Bros. is now closer to World War II than it is to the present day.

Show off 😂🤣

In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.

Bruh

One issue generally overlooked in the whole screenwriter vs gamewriter, discussion is time. Beyond anything to do with training, ability, style etc is the amount of time screenwriters get to invest in a script. Whilst there are time pressures on any writer, the vast amounts of script that- 1/9

But Mark, you said we'd be living in the metaverse soon, so we get virtual smart glasses there, right? As NFTs, right???

Look, I'm over the moon for Team Cherry's success but "a few contractors" is a hell of a way to dismiss the 80+ artists, programmers, audio technicians, QA, and other developers who helped bring this project to life. If you count VO and the orchestra, the credits are over 100 names. Like... c'mon.

This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor. Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1996...

While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI: At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.

Off to the Devcom speaker reception to meet old and new friends.

My talk is ready. Almost. It's too long. Let the shortening begin. Looking forward to devcom as a whole. :)

this situation is making my heart heavy and my blood boil. i am tired of roving bands of bigoted, cruel fanatics throwing witch trial after witch trial and every pillar of our society yielding immediately. if i ran itch, idk if i would be able to come up with any better plan of action than this

King replacing staff laid off with AI they built and trained is absolutely abhorrent and disgusting. Garbage behaviour from one of the biggest mobile developers in the world. mobilegamer.biz/laid-off-kin...

Yeah man can't imagine why your girlfriend is mad that you made ChatGPT pretend to be a woman that you would use to talk to about your relationship problems

For the last 24 hours Twitter has been full of people mocking the everloving shit out of this “fantasy author” for trying to dunk on one of Hideo Kojima’s best creations: FAT MAN. If you’re wondering why everyone is making Orc City jokes, this is why:

My 3h podcast about Old Skies. It's in German, but it includes an interview in English with @wadjeteyegames.bsky.social - thanks!

And thus our nod to Spaceballs in our second Larry game from 2020 has become a hot and current pop culture reference.

It's Schrödinger's fun. There and not there at the same time. arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...

Yeah, I like JRPGs. 𝗝ust 𝗥eally 𝗣oorly designed adventure 𝗚ames

can agree with this www.reddit.com/r/adventureg...

When I cast #Superman, I needed to cast Clark, I needed to cast Lois, but I also needed to cast that special onscreen chemistry between two actors that can’t be explained. That’s the thing David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan brought to this movie together.

GameStop CEO before and after Trump's tariffs lmao

A good chunk of the Gen AI argument is based on the same flawed discussion that there's been around skills for far too long. A fundamental lack of understanding of what an idea is. Visual art is not just 'a picture'. Having an idea about a single moment in a story isn't writing. Thread...

Episode 29 of my Adventure game podcast is about "Rosewater". Featuring an interview in English with @grundislavgames.bsky.social. adventurepodcast.de/folge-29-ros...

Let's give Francisco the best possible engagement here (since Rosewater is really great).

The reason society has broken is kids are watching 'Mr. Beast' or 'Kai Cenat' and scrolling Tiktoks instead of sitting down to constantly watch endless TV reruns of Stephen Chow's SHAOLIN SOCCER.

GDC. The great developer conference in San Francisco. More like the once great conference. Take a seat. I've got some things to say. Gotta say this was my last GDC for a very long time.

Aloy's story is about fighting back against the apocalyptic effects of hubristic tech CEOs whose greed and short sightedness destroyed civilization

wait THAT'S ME

incredible exchange, @marisakabas.bsky.social

I see people saying this sort of thing often, and quite frankly it makes me sad. The truth is, more people are making good adventure games now than were ever made during the “golden age” of the 90s. For example: 🧵

We're stoked to introduce the 'No Gen AI' seal for indie games! Indie devs can use it on their game's store page to assure potential players that their game was made without the use of Generative AI. You can grab it from the Polygon Treehouse website:- www.polygon-treehouse.com/no-gen-ai-seal