Last week’s surprise departure of Phil Spencer from Microsoft led to the promotion of Asha Sharma, who comes to head Microsoft’s gaming division after two years as president of the company’s CoreAI Product group. Despite that recent history, Sharma says in a new interview that she has “no tolerance for bad AI” in game development.

Meanwhile the head of another Soulless Tech Corporation Hellbent On Dehumanizing Game Development In Every Sense Of The Word “Dehumanize” Possible reminds us…

CEO Tim Sweeney says requiring developers to disclose their use of AI tools is as relevant as disclosing “what shampoo brand the developer uses,”

  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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    14 hours ago

    It sucks to say, but I’d actually wager there’s more game developers and designers that don’t play games regularly than ones that do. The time and mental investment necessary to create games doesn’t tend to leave much room for enjoying them.

    But probably really should at least consider yourself a fan of games in the industry, even if you can’t keep up playing the latest and greatest.