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Re:People Hate AI Art on Saturday May 09, 2026 @01:51PM (#48076807)
There's a small strategy game on Steam I've considered picking up a few times.

It's published by a publisher I trust in the genre, but it has a certain amateurish/primitive look to it. Personally, I found the style charming. Overall the game seemed really well received at first.

Recently, I learned they were successful enough that they had released a new DLC. I had also returned to find the game review bombed to hell. Apparently, the team decided use AI generated imagery for the new DLC. Not only did it kill off the character and charm the games graphics had previously had. People were unhappy.

I do feel bad for them. I don't like the new art style, but I wouldn't review bomb their game for it, as long as that part remained fun.

Re:The Intolerable Hypocrisy of Cyberlibertarianism on Saturday May 09, 2026 @01:41PM (#48076739)
> highly regulated tech

If tech were "highly regulated", the largest tech companies wouldn't be constantly promoting scams to me.