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Team Behind Popular Ocarina Of Time PC Port Admit To Using AI For Years And Now Fans Are Freaking Out About ‘Vibecoded Slop’

When asked what version of Ship of Harkinian doesn't contain LLM content, a dev said 'I don't know'

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 17, 2026

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Level-5 Promises To Fix Yo-Kai Watch 2 And Professor Layton Presentation In The Wake Of AI Backlash And Explains That Many Of Its Artwork Mistakes Were Simply Down To Human Error

According to Level-5, many of the perceived 'AI slop' elements in its recent presentation were due to the rushed nature of the Nintendo Direct, and were not AI-generated

By Lewis Parker Published September 16, 2026

CultureTech

Nvidia CEO Asks Trump To Reassure Everyone That AI Isn’t A World-Ending House Of Cards As AI Stock Prices Fall: ‘It’s All A Hoax, The Data Centers Are Great’

Trump also stated that data centers are great because 'they make people wealthy,' and described AI as being 'bigger than the internet'

By Lewis Parker Published September 15, 2026

CultureNews

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask’s Art Director Gets Blow Back For Using AI In Prototyping Test

Takaya Imamura was surprised that he was 'getting slammed this hard' for sharing a prototype made with the help of AI

By Lewis Parker Published September 13, 2026

OpinionCommentary

Anthropic CEO Says ‘We Owe It To Humanity To Try’ To Prevent An AI Swarm From Taking Over The Internet

Anthropic’s CEO and co-founder, Dario Amodei, states that 'a team of embedded third-party evaluators' must be put in place to curb AI's development, or else an AI 'swarm' botnet will take over the entire internet in '6-12 months'

By Lewis Parker Published September 13, 2026

Games

Twitch Plans To Shove More AI Down Creators’ Throats With Stream Coach Tool

Twitch is testing an AI-powered stream coach that will offer suggestions on how creators can improve their channel

By Ash Parrish Published September 11, 2026

CultureTech

Anthropic Researcher Declares AI Could Wipe Out Humanity In 10 Years (It Won’t)

There's a reason why these companies want you to think their products are so potentially dangerous

By John Walker Published September 9, 2026

CultureNews

Shift Up CTO Says The Stellar Blade Maker Is taking Fan Complaints About AI ‘Seriously,’ But Believes It Should Still Be ‘Used As A Tool’ To Make A ‘Great, High-Quality Game’

A controversial music video was just 'experimental,' he said

By Ethan Gach Published September 9, 2026

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CultureNews

DDoS Attack Breaks Beloved Video Game Wiki After AI Bro Was Banned

The person accused subsequently served with an image of a butthole drawn in MS Paint

By Lewis Parker Published August 28, 2026

CultureNews

Trump Reportedly Flirting With A New Round Of Tariffs On Gaming Hardware

Console prices are already going up due to RAMageddon

By Ethan Gach Published August 27, 2026

CultureNews

Atelier Just Turned One Of Its Most Popular RPG Protagonists Into An AI Chatbot

The alchemy RPG series is turning its anime protagonist into a chatbot companion

Alicia Haddick Published August 26, 2026

Culture

Twitch Accused Of Harvesting Data To ‘Fuel Amazon’s AI products’ In New Class Action Lawsuit

By the site's own admission, using streamers to train generative AI was never going to be popular, but one Connecticut-based creator alleges the policy extends beyond the last month

By Zack Kotzer Published August 23, 2026

CultureTech

Watching AI Scam Bots Having A Breakdown Is My New Guilty Pleasure

As deepfake AI scams continue to become more prevalent, it's probably wise that we start forwarding our grandparents clips like these

By Lewis Parker Published August 22, 2026

CultureNews

New Sony Patent Discusses The Possibility Of AI That Grinds Games For You And Lets You Sell Your Player Data To Train It

The AI ghost of Ghost of Yōtei could get revenge for you

By Lewis Parker Published August 20, 2026

CultureNews

Everyone Hates AI So Much, Jason Kelce Is Telling Beer Drinkers To Send Jars Of Their Piss To Data Centers

The former NFL player suggests you pee in a jar and put it in the mail

By John Walker Published August 19, 2026

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Neverness To Everness Devs Forget To Remove Watermark For Free Trial Of AI Software

NTE players in China spotted the watermark for a free version of the Doubao AI software on the artwork for a seahorse in the game's new update

By Lewis Parker Published August 18, 2026

Culture

3D Model Markets Are Being Flooded With AI Sellers, But No One’s Buying

A classic conundrum of 'why would I buy something you didn’t make,' platforms like CGTrader has shelves of AI made models collecting dust

By Zack Kotzer Published August 16, 2026

Culture

Saber CEO Apologizes To Rideshare Writer Involved In AI Controversy After Weeklong Crashout

Hopefully putting a fork in this embarrassing stitch, Matt Karch delivered a private apology to the lead Rideshare "Stimulator" writer subjected to his stinky, snarky rant

By Zack Kotzer Published August 15, 2026