This Is Hopefully The Last Time I'm Writing About 1666: Amsterdam
'I can ask the AI to give me 75 different variations of one thing, but I cannot have 75 different illustrators come up with a variation in three seconds'
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Reliving Kotaku’s Theme Week About 2002, From 2036
Back and then forward and then back again to the future
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You Can Feel The Love That Went Into Veritas Tales
Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle is a lovingly crafted game by a Vanillaware veteran, and you can feel the love in every page.
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Chris Person
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Welcome To The Resistance: Meet The Workers Dodging (And Sabotaging) Their Employer's AI Mandates
'When I copy-edit writing I take an extra twenty minutes to double check, then say I had Claude copy edit it as well. Everyone’s really happy with my performance'
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