Kickstarter Book ‘Beyond The Click’ Criticized For Plagiarism And AI Art

The book has somehow managed to raise £2560, almost half its goal.

A new Kickstarter book claiming to be an “exhaustive review of the point-and-click adventure games produced by Lucasfilm between 1986 and 2000” has come under criticism recently for its use of AI art and for “pilfering” information from different sources like Wikipedia and GameFAQs.

Massimiliano Mapelli’s Beyond the Click: the Saga of Lucas Adventures appeared on Kickstarter earlier this week and promises “reviews, photographs, interviews, trivia, behind-the-scenes stories, and… game solutions” to classic LucasArts adventure games. It has so far raised over half of its £4277 goal. However, as pointed out by the Italian journalist/ and frequent Time Extension contributor Damiano Gerli in a recent Twitter thread, it seems to contain more red flags than a semaphore convention.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

The book has somehow managed to raise £2560, almost half its goal.

A new Kickstarter book claiming to be an “exhaustive review of the point-and-click adventure games produced by Lucasfilm between 1986 and 2000” has come under criticism recently for its use of AI art and for “pilfering” information from different sources like Wikipedia and GameFAQs.

Massimiliano Mapelli’s Beyond the Click: the Saga of Lucas Adventures appeared on Kickstarter earlier this week and promises “reviews, photographs, interviews, trivia, behind-the-scenes stories, and… game solutions” to classic LucasArts adventure games. It has so far raised over half of its £4277 goal. However, as pointed out by the Italian journalist/ and frequent Time Extension contributor Damiano Gerli in a recent Twitter thread, it seems to contain more red flags than a semaphore convention.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

 

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