It's all a bit dreich... so I'm going to spend the rest of my Friday afternoon working away on my Condemned: Criminal Origins playthrough. Going live at 15.00 GMT (so in like 15 minutes) Twitch: twitch.tv/aiandgames YouTube: youtube.com/live/h7DyAfG...

There are gaming events out there highlighting indie games in the United Kingdom, definitely gems out there to discover Brilliant Indie Treasures Showcase 💎Free to showcase 💎50 hand-selected indie games 💎Ticket price less than a fancy coffee Back again in Brighton, July 2026

I'm still catching up on the discourse but... 1) You mean generative AI little CEO man 2) No they're not 3) A lot of studios have explored it, but very few have gone all in. 4) While Nexon is Korean, be aware that a lot Asian studios are speaking up now on gen AI as political posturing.

What do you mean it's been a week since @conference.aiandgames.com? My first week 'back' has me crawling through so many nonsense AI stories and holding them to account. But hey, we have awesome photos from the conference too. Check those out!

Wakes up to discover someone said something stupid about generative AI in video games.

I continue to believe very strongly that a person's reaction to generative AI is directly correlated to whether it presents any existential risks to your craft. This is why senior engineers and CEOs are so psyched about it, and artists and writers are rallying against it.

Really appreciate the effort in the review to highlight that while there is some very cool AI in Arc Raiders, there's equally some very uncool AI too. The Finals got away with it's cheap and tacky sounding AI voices because it fit the theme. But it sucks they doubled down on it so aggressively.

It's a monday! Which means I'm sending out my weekly automation and quality engineering newsletter later!

Don't worry, we know what you're after.

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New header image perhaps?

Oh boy I built an entire _library_ of*aggressively mediocre* platforming games with The Games Factory. I even made all the pixel art from my own drawings.

A reminder that Absolum and the new Shinobi are just awesome. Picking them up for a lazy weekend has been perfect.

AIIDE '25 proceedings are up! And the conference starts in two days. 🧳✈️

Still just buzzing from running the @conference.aiandgames.com this week. Bringing our community together to learn from each other and just have a good time is so rewarding - and so much work!!! 😅

It's bizarre to say out loud but seeing so much love for this year's @conference.aiandgames.com on socials has been great. It's bizarre to say because most of it is on LinkedIn(???). But hey, I like to think we've made it a better place this week 😅

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Good lord am I tired. I did the big thank you over on LinkedIn, but we did it. 2025 @conference.aiandgames.com is in the bag. The only way to combat the hype that plagues AI in game dev is to fight back with knowledge, experience, compassion, and community. And we're just getting started...

I am kinda missing this madness now! @tommy.aiandgames.com @aphraella.bsky.social @alanzucconi.com @msiemonsmeier.bsky.social

Very happy with how my talk "Debugging Across Time and Platforms: The Power of Determinism" yesterday at @conference.aiandgames.com! "Managed to make a very deep technical topic entertaining and easy to follow", "One of the worst Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions I have ever heard"

Ai and Games are go.

The @conference.aiandgames.com is packed! Day 1

Bluesky has NO ALGORITHM. Likes are PRIVATE by default. If you enjoy someone's content, you've GOT to get used to circulating it. The point of social media is to be SOCIAL. It's literally just a 2nd button press; please help artists out by hitting reblog, too! Likes are nice, reblogs get exposure!

Time for the annual @aiandgames.com Halloween stream! Join me tonight at 7pm GMT as I jump on to play Condemned: Criminal Origins for the very first time! Looking forward to it. I'll be on YouTube on AI and Games Plus and on our Twitch channel (ttv/aiandgames) youtube.com/live/4yBpJvu...

Today I dropped part 1 of a much longer thesis I have on the existential crisis facing Game AI, and how we reached this point in the industry. It's been nagging at me for months and I needed to start writing it out both to give it shape, and to let it out because I think we need to talk about it.

I'm sorry, what??? 😮 That is amazing. brb gotta check the size of my hand luggage, for reasons.

Today I dropped part 1 of a much longer thesis I have on the existential crisis facing Game AI, and how we reached this point in the industry. It's been nagging at me for months and I needed to start writing it out both to give it shape, and to let it out because I think we need to talk about it.

A stupid idea that became reality all too quickly. A secret I've been sitting on for six months. My logo is a freaking plushie - and I love it so much! Grab one at @conference.aiandgames.com next week or sign up to the waitlist for when they go on sale online in 2026: plushie.aiandgames.com

I often think a lack this stems from the fact Generative AI is incapable of fostering culture. Because culture stems from a dialogue about the work. When the origins of a piece are 'a algorithm that copies other things' there isn't a story that can be constructed that brings people into it.

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Still a few slots open on the Nov 18th workshop - come learn about shipping better games faster through test automation! (If you’re indie, dm me for a discount) (If you’re Netflix, dm me for a price increase)

Wow, suggesting that everyone talking about (read: hating) your ads is good for business is such a 2005 take. I wonder if they're going to run a fan screening of Morbius while they're at it...

If you mean I get pissed off because the LLM generates so much shit I'm forced to remove and replace it? Then sure, AI is great for writers block.

Alright, having a quiet Sunday evening before everything blows up next week. Getting back to my playthrough of Robocop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business at 6.30 GMT. Join us for silly video game violence, bants, and no doubt at least one serious topic of discussion. youtube.com/live/92GISIt...

📽️ NEW VIDEO 📽️ Artifacts is back as @tommy.aiandgames.com chats with the #indiedev team behind co-op #survival #horror 'Blood Typers'! From its origins as a @gamemakerstoolkit.com #gamejam entry in 2020 to the perils of squeezing a level generator into an online game. Link: youtu.be/KCBX1pM5fAM

I was a big fan of Streets of Rage 4 by Dotemu, Guard Crush Games and Lizardcube. So having Absolum (by Guard Crush) and Shinobi: Art of Vengeance (by Lizardcube) come out within weeks of each other has been a real treat. Loving both of these games right now. Snappy crunchy fun, and gorgeous.

The bus becomes a train and shits out a ladder. This is art

Into the Restless Ruins is a daily deal on Steam! Get your fix of Scottish deckbuilding, dungeon making vibes store.steampowered.com/app/2877770/...

my hot take is that the fantasy that’s being catered to with videos like the one going around is of participation in a seamless, infinite, directed loop where the player and computer are constantly updating each other. which is where I think a lot of the satisfaction in systemic video games is. 🧵

That's right: 📽️ NEW VIDEO 📽️ on @aiandgames.com I had a great time chatting with the devs behind Blood Typers, and how sometimes it's more valuable to have a simple yet design-driven level generator than a complex one: where variety is more important than novelty. It's a really fun game with pals.

Can we just get back to everyone being annoyed at AI in games because the NPCs won't walk through the damn doors correctly? I kinda miss those days.

No I think you mean the opposite...

I didn't realise webpages could reek of desperation until now... stability.ai/news/stabili...

That's right: 📽️ NEW VIDEO 📽️ on @aiandgames.com I had a great time chatting with the devs behind Blood Typers, and how sometimes it's more valuable to have a simple yet design-driven level generator than a complex one: where variety is more important than novelty. It's a really fun game with pals.

For this week's newsletter I mused on the idea that generative AI will cut costs in game development. Even if this worked in practice (it won't) it implies faster time to market, and even more games on sale. But in this increasingly "hyper enthusiast" market who will actually pay for them?

For this week's newsletter I mused on the idea that generative AI will cut costs in game development. Even if this worked in practice (it won't) it implies faster time to market, and even more games on sale. But in this increasingly "hyper enthusiast" market who will actually pay for them?

Don't forget this isn't the first time Embark have taken this direction. They used AI voices for the announcers in The Finals.

Excuse me as I freak out over 101 logistical details as we get this thing over the line. With so much AI nonsense infecting the games industry, making sure our event is meaningful, hype-free and of value to the industry is something we take very seriously! So yeah, not freaking out. No ma'am.

Yo, Absolum fucking slaps.

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