i think it’s pretty weird how the whole gen ai accusations & elimination of expedition 33 only came after it won basically everything at the game awards.
i don’t think it deserved to win everything— there were some incredible games nominated that i feel would’ve been better suited for specific categories (plus, i think that the game awards should be a celebration of games, and having one game sweep is a little reductive— but that’s a different topic entirely). however, it feels like some people saw the success of expedition 33 and tried to find something wrong with it afterwards.
sandfall was experimenting with ai in 2022 when it was brand new and shiny, and many people were doing the same: snapcube with sonic destruction, markiplier with his reaction content— and none of them had people lashing out like what is happening now. the end result was that they had the placeholder textures, literally said that “it felt wrong” (https://www.tumblr.com/kitsuleif/803773974098165760/exactly-what-i-expected-experimenting-with-new) and removed them.
💬 0 🔁 40 ❤️ 146 · Exactly what I expected. Experimenting with new technology in 2022 and not liking it. Nothing to crucify them over.
overall, it feels like this whole thing is people trying to find something to get mad at just because expedition 33 swept at the game awards.








