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INTERMISSION
Intermission, sweet rolls and hot drinks in the cafeteria!
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XR AI spotlight
I was interviewed for XR AI Spotlight a few months back. here is the full interview.
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Games Now! Podcast
A further Questions -podcast episode in regards to my AI presentation last year.
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Steam’s stance on generative AI: The AI paradox
For the longest time there has been murmurs that Valve has been rejecting games with generative AI content from their Steam store. Let’s take a look into it!
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The Adventure Game Hotspot Podcast
I was recently interviewed on the Adventure Game Hotspot podcast. We talked about Echoes of Somewhere and the potential and the limits of using AI for game production.
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Premortem Games interview
A really interesting gaming news site, PreMortem Games posted and interview about Echoes of Somewhere.
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Article on Adventure Game Hotspot
A website focused on covering adventure games, Adventure Game Hotspot, , wrote an article about Echoes of Somewhere. The piece is very interesting as it includes reactions to the game from the adventure game developer community.
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a16z shoutout
Echoes of Somewhere was briefly featured in a recent Andreessen Horowitz blog post about AI in games.
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Pixel art test: Photoshop (beta) AI tools
A new beta version of photoshop was recently released with generative ai tools (adobe firefly) natively supported directly in the app. I tried it with a simple pixel art scene.
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The Metaverse Podcast
I was interviewed on the Metaverse podcast. We talked about Echoes of Somewhere and VFX in games and movies and on how AI might affect game production.
