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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
Posted:   Subject: Thin End of the Wedge: Steam Next Fest Under Fire as Demo Festival Drowns in a Flood of AI Slop Quote

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
#2 Posted:   Subject: Re: Thin End of the Wedge: Steam Next Fest Under Fire as Demo... Quote Reply

Yeah its pretty bad.
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PattyMcB
lemmy.world
PattyMcB@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-12
#3 Posted: · edited   Subject: Re: Thin End of the Wedge: Steam Next Fest Under Fire as Demo... 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 Posted:   Subject: Re: Thin End of the Wedge: Steam Next Fest Under Fire as Demo... 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 Posted:   Subject: Re: Thin End of the Wedge: Steam Next Fest Under Fire as Demo... 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
#6 Posted:   Subject: Re: Thin End of the Wedge: Steam Next Fest Under Fire as Demo... Quote Reply
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
#7 Posted:   Subject: Re: Thin End of the Wedge: Steam Next Fest Under Fire as Demo... Quote Reply
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
#8 Posted:   Subject: Re: Thin End of the Wedge: Steam Next Fest Under Fire as Demo... Quote Reply
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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