Tech founder criticized for vibe coding game about shooting 'zombies' in San Francisco's poorest neighborhood

Tech founder criticized for vibe coding game about shooting ‘zombies’ in San Francisco’s poorest neighborhood

Pierre-Louis Biojout, founder of Y Combinator-backed AI startup NanoCorp, took heat from San Francisco residents and city leaders this week after publishing a weekend vibe coding project: a web-based shooter set in SF’s Tenderloin district, which is known for homelessness and open drug use. “San Francisco couldn’t fix the Tenderloin,” Biojout said in a now-deleted…

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Ambitious The Witcher 3 restoration mod adds yet more cut dialogue to the game, including a new Yennefer romance scene and extra choices for its most famous quest

With nearly half a million words in its script and 950 speaking roles to voice them, one thing The Witcher 3 isn’t short of is dialogue. Yet like any properly edited work of fiction, there were originally a lot more words in CD Projekt’s brilliant RPG. Hundreds of cut voice lines lurk within The Witcher…

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Steam Week in Review: A touch of AI is all it takes to trigger backlash, as a promising new indie falls afoul of slop skeptics

Vapor World: Over The Mind is a Soulslike Metroidvania with an evocative, painterly art style reminiscent of Lies of P and the narrative platformers of Playdead. According to Korean studio Alive Inc, the game had 100,000 wishlists just before its early access launch on August 19, mostly on the strength of a demo available since…

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Crimson Desert will be slowing down its free updates in preparation for its paid DLC, and I’m just glad Pearl Abyss is finally pacing itself

You’ve got to give Crimson Desert kudos—it’s been getting hit with free update after free update, including, most recently, an overhaul to the game’s story. But that’ll be slowing down in coming months, as Pearl Abyss gears up to release the game’s first major paid piece of DLC content. “While there still will be updates,”…

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