"You can tell when you grab a vibe-coded game and your fan starts spinning"

Image credit: Tarn Adams

Another day of news, another day in which I find something genAI - related to write about while sighing. But, lo and behold, for once, it isn't a case of a company shifting gears to prioritise AI usage over paying workers, or a studio tucking its tail between its legs admitting 'yes, we used it, but we hoped you wouldn't notice', but instead a developer loudly and happily rejecting it. Rejoice!

Dwarf Fortress ' Tarn Adams, in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz (thanks!), laid out his feelings on the tech pretty clearly. He's aware and empathetic for it as an epidemic sweeping through the industry, making employees terrified that they'll be replaced by "some kind of robot that can't even do your job at this point", and noting that he's seen the same thing happen with acquaintances in the medical field.…