axelhander

Gonna keep an eye on this, for... reasons...

@DestructoDisk Well said.

@Atariboy Valid point considering the puritan signaling they did over no longer covering ModRetro. Why aren't they also doing a song and dance (with comments turned off) over how SNK will no longer get covered?

Turbo Tunnel ain't anywhere near the hardest thing in this very hard game.

@Razieluigi Nope, it's a valid comparison. Collecting available information to compile into a new whole is what art is: editing. You draw from and are inspired by what came before, and put your spin. Nothing is (un)original. AI just speeds that up.

That doesn't mean you can't put out AI slop, just like how you can put out lazy advertising without AI. If that's your complaint, say so: "SNK's ad feels lazy." Turning it into an anti-AI engagement piece accomplishes nothing and serves noone.

@Quick_Man No.

@Sn0w See above.

@Darknyht If AI is "theft" then so is any inspiration and iteration. Very good video on the topic that debunks common arguments:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XegV-KnmxqU

The issues with wealth disparity are real, but it isn't because of AI.

A Wizardry-esque game (might've been Wizardry proper) on a school's Apple ][e was my introduction to RPGs, so games like this his a nostalgic note with me.

A pointless backlash to a harmless ad, but gotta keep up the AI fearmongering for the engagement.

As long as they remove the battery first, who cares. It's their console to do with as they please.

@Eocene84 Capitalism created abundance, and was an absolutely necessary step in the growth of humanity. We need to move on from it, yes, but the issue is not "capitalism always bad."

@Por-E-Gone The concerns are illegitimate, and the theatrics around this accomplish nothing and serve noone.

Cool, more blaming automation for the folly of class society.

Gotta keep that fearmongering going!

I still believe.

I hunger for Mega Man 12 and X9.

And Legends 3, but I dare not hope.

@Exerion76 Yeah, a lot of 70s and 80s floppies were built to last. Now there is the issue of magnetic degradation, which no amount of careful handling will prevent, but the overall build quality really went downhill over the years.

Yeah no it won't. Just like how cars remain immensely helpful for ordinary folks despite evil corporations lining their pockets with gold via automobiles, AI will remain immensely helpful for ordinary folks despite big corporations using it to try to get even richer.

The only thing this AI fearmongering does is encourage a world where WE are denied it, but the rich and powerful still get to use it with impunity.

As long as they make only minimal changes to Metal Shark Player's stage. Best stage in the game: tough, brutal, but fair, and one that a steady hand and skilled play can navigate around.

@jygsaw Let the fearmongering commence!

Maximum portability!

@Slider2711 Literally everything, AI and otherwise, will be abused by greedy billionnaire interests. That particular argument against AI is about as valid as arguing against people using cars because big auto manufacturers lobby governments for handouts.

Automation, where it makes sense, is a GOOD thing. The BAD thing is the system that keeps us all afraid of one day not getting a paycheck.

Yay for more AI fearmongering!

Funny how there were no articles about Hideo Kojima's recent (and reasonable) tweats about AI.

I'd like a real DS Lite modded into this case.

Quick guys, let's all take this out of context and be offended by it.

@breach187 I break all sealz

Miyamoto seething right now lol.

Best nab it now in case Nintendo gets litigious.

I got one of those flower crown Eevees in Pokemon Go and it evolved into a Flareon that I then named Fireflowerz.

Some people didn't play Nintendo in NA and other parts of the world either. Maybe they were a Sega household, or had computers and played PC games, etc. I knew at least one of each.

Anyone actually mad about this is a grade A moron.

@AzzurraIrisLeaMonde I appreciate all that, but I caution against being so quick to raise pitchforks against others. Even if that person is indeed all of those things, it will accomplish nothing and serve noone.

@Grackler I wonder if Ubuntu Touch could be an option too...

@AzzurraIrisLeaMonde Are they actually any of these things or are you just looking to further a different kind of corporate BS in the form of cancel culture?

Yup. All corporate BS to serve their paymasters.

@Tomtomwho You're a tad younger than I am. Glad your kids like the thing. I also liked garbage when I was a child.

@N64-ROX I am 102% certain there is nothing on the Playdate that doesn't have a much, much, muuuuuuuuuch better counterpart elsewhere.

Rich kid toy for rich people and those with issues hanging on to their money. Not trolling to call it what it is.

@jesse_dylan Yes, and normally one of those benefits is that a device is not priced as though it DOES have a lit screen. Also not everyone has easy access to natural light.

@naxuu I'm sorry they took your money.

@ArcadeRacingCENTRAL I have replaced "slop" with "garbage" just for you.

Comment section is a fantastically depressing example of how brainwashed people are into defending IP law.

I still can't believe the PlayDate found an audience. People love overpriced garbage consoles lacking even a basic lit screen it seems.

@Johnny_Arthur There are way worse things, including 99.6% of modern anime.

Yessssssssss! So good.

While there are some "worst episode of anything in the history of anything" contenders (e.g., Curse of the Lion Men), there are some legit great episodes (e.g., Mega X). The good outweighs the bad.

@cyxceven Yup, and if you point that out, you're "unconstructive."

I love those old dubs. Nostalgia.

The article is paywalled so I can't confirm, but it seems clear the idea is to compare video game AI with how generative AI amasses and presents data.

It isn't an entirely outlandish comparison, if you boil everything down to its base. And like everything else to do with AI fearmongering, being mad about the comparison is silly.

@jamess It will never replace the "soul" of art because that is the creator's voice, and that requires a human being. Art is in the editing, in the chipping away, in the taking of what came before. Nothing is wholly (un)original, which is why the AI fearmongering nonsense is exactly that.

But as to the crux of your post on how AI continues to improve, it does continue to make impressive gains. AI is a fantastic tool for people, but barring a Dr. Light/Wily making an artificial brain, it won't supplant human creativity.

@xenobladexfan I've been playing games since the 80s and what you're saying is lunacy. There were politically charged titles back then, and there are great games without that nonsense today. You're just looking for a reason to be a retro snob.

Gamers exist in 2025 without developing deep resentments over nothing challenge (failed).

Oh no there's an NES cartridge in an SNES, the horror.