"We see our game designs as hypotheses and our playtests as experiments to validate these hypothesis." - Mike Ambinder, Valve
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Not a SINGLE gamer wants developers to spend more time and money making a worse game just to say they didn't use AI.
AI allows developers to move faster and deliver better experiences. Refusing to use it isn't a selling point.
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India saw about 496 million people lifted out of poverty between 2011 and 2023 in one of the world’s fastest declines in this metric, the World Bank said, although the gains remain uneven. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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It’s the end stages of the classic message board death spiral we saw with predecessors over the decades. Over time the passion for the topics gives way to the moderator power dynamic, then haters, bots, and hall monitors prevail. What’s surprising is that it lasted this long.
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I speak for gamers everywhere: We want MORE AI in gaming, not less.
Faster bug fixes. More content. Better games.
AI can help devs turn real player feedback into meaningful updates faster than ever.
No more excuses.
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Three FPS veterans broke the game down in Deconstructor of Fun's Shooter Monthly episode 10: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcas…
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Age ratings tell parents what’s in a game so they can make informed decisions for their kids.
These AI statements are just as partisan as mandatory political essays or forcing developers to list their voting history to drive cancel campaigns and public struggle sessions.
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We have self-driving cars! Cars that drive themselves! It’s incredible!
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Knit & Purl are hangin' on. 🐋
Two men, one rooftop, one felt whale mobile, all night long.
Early access on iPhone ✨ link in profile
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Epic has done this many times. That’s why it’s so inspiring to support them.
- Epic vs Apple lawsuit
- Perfecting the F2P model
- Game distribution without junk fees
- Free game dev tools
- Tung Tung Tung
- Cross platform gaming
Epic Games has become the industry’s lightning rod, drawing concentrated criticism so that independent developers may continue building/innovating in relative peace.
“We vibe coded”. Based. They’re leaning in all the way and becoming the lightning rod for all the AI hatred of the gaming industry. That’s actually a noble sacrifice people don’t realize. That means that when other companies do even a little less obvious AI stuff all the angry people will still focus on Epic. Good guy Epic.
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Yes, economists estimate that most of the "employer's" portion of the SS tax is actually born by workers and 100% is the benchmark assumption.
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Americans are richer than anyone else on the planet:
Theo Von: “Do you think the American Dream is still alive?”
Zohran Mamdani: “It feels like you have to luck out in some big way. In many ways I feel like it’s why a lot of people play the lottery. For many it feels like their only chance. People think they have better odds playing the lottery than making it in their own life. What does that say about the country we live in?”
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Since 1830, technology has cut the American workweek from 69 hours to 38 while raising real income per person roughly 20-fold.
Properly managed, A.I. can do the same.
My @nytopinion Chart: nytimes.com/2026/10/02/opini…
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Wolverine's "scent trail" has been the cause of much teeth gnashing from gamers as of late.
I get it. Game is linear. Don't need hand holding.
THAT SAID
If you could have been a fly on the wall for any of the user tests for Gears 1-3 and seen players getting lost non stop...
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I'm no math genius, but I think you need to make more money then you spend on making the game.
Double Fine founder Tim Schafer says he no longer “understands the economics” of game development following Xbox’s mass layoffs and industry-wide studio closures. bit.ly/4AsdPwu
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Thousands of economist-hours teaching the profession to decompose huge policy questions into narrow ones with credible identification.
Then the ballot proposition arrives:
"No RCT necessary for this one, lads. Pre vs post comparisons in an AI boom are fine."
