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Thin End of the Wedge: Steam Next Fest Under Fire as Demo Festival Drowns in a Flood of AI Slop
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Sundray lemmus.org sundray@lemmus.org
Joined: 2023-12-19
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Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/thin-end-of-the-wedge-steam-next-fest-under-fire-as-demo-festival-drowns-in-a-flood-of-ai-slop
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mesa piefed.social mesamunefire@piefed.social
Joined: 2024-12-27
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Yeah its pretty bad.
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PattyMcB lemmy.world PattyMcB@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-12
#3 · (edited) Quote Reply

I think retro gaming is going to see a huge resurgence soon.
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dindonmasker sh.itjust.works Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-18
#4 · Quote Reply
PattyMcB wrote:
I think retro gaming is going to see a huge resurgence soon.

I just started playing a 2000 game called empire of the ants. There's also a 2024 version of the game but the 2000 one was on gog for 5 bucks so i'm trying it out XD
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Quicky piefed.social Quicky@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-04
#5 · Quote Reply
PattyMcB wrote:
I think retro gaming is going to see a huge resurgence soon.

It is already, and I hate to say it, in no small part to the decomp/recomp scene and how AI has revolutionised that.
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PattyMcB lemmy.world PattyMcB@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-12
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dindonmasker wrote:
I just started playing a 2000 game called empire of the ants. There's also a 2024 version of the game but the 2000 one was on gog for 5 bucks so i'm trying it out XD

GOG is a treasure trove of good deals
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PattyMcB lemmy.world PattyMcB@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-12
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Quicky wrote:
It is already, and I hate to say it, in no small part to the decomp/recomp scene and how AI has revolutionised that.

Yep. Decompiling and porting old games is much easier now.
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Katana314 lemmy.world Katana314@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-09
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Quicky wrote:
It is already, and I hate to say it, in no small part to the decomp/recomp scene and how AI has revolutionised that.

Even there, there’s huge concern that the AI recomps will miss key details, or gloss over bits of the original. They look great in a first look, for sure.
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