This weekend I've been playing GB games: Kirby's Dream Land and Castlevania Legends. I've never played CV Legends before; I like it, but the controls are really stiff, though. Trying to jump on a rope, I failed to grap it about 75% of the time; I had to use NSOs rewind feature to practice it over and over and I still miss it sometimes. Otherwise it's a decently fun game so far.

I streamed my way through Super Mario Land 2 DX. I prefer the original, but this isn't half bad. I also started Snoopy's Grand Adventure, that's actually a halfway decent platformer. I bought the game a month or two ago from GameStop, but by the time I got around to testing it, I found out that the disc was corrupted, and it was past the 10-day return policy that GameStop has. Screw those guys. But, one of my viewers actually rebought and sent me the game. So as a thank you I figured I'd stream it.

Oh yeah, and playing a bunch of hearthstone in between. Probably going to put that away again by the end of this week, and then finally dive into something like Alan Wake 2.

Seamus Blackley said:

"If you’re Satya, you have a hammer called gen AI and every single problem is a nail. Okay, so who do you put in charge of games? A games person? No, because in the world of Satya, everything is a gen AI problem, so you put a gen AI person in charge of games with a training model, with boot camps for her to train her like you train an AI model, to bring gen AI into a position to revolutionize games.

Whether or not you believe that’s possible, I think, is the question of whether or not you believe she can succeed in this. Whether or not you believe that’s possible is the deciding factor in whether or not you believe Xbox will continue to exist and what you believe Microsoft will do with Xbox."

gamingeek said:

Gen AI could have significant benefits for game development, but they have to use it carefully.


BTW did anyone see China sword wielding robots at the spring festival? Did no one see the Terminator?

Yeah, it was really impressive how those robots kept their balance on those flips.

Here are new ratings of the British EDGE. A maximum of 10 points will be awarded.

Nioh 3 (PS5/PC, Koei Tecmo): 8

Cairn (PS5/PC, The Game Bakers): 7

Romeo is a Dead Man (PS5/Xbox Series/PC, Grasshopper Manufacture): 7

Reanimal (PS5/Xbox Series/Switch 2/PC, THQ Nordic): 8

2XKO (PS5/Xbox Series/PC, Riot Games): 7

Highguard (PS5/Xbox Series/PC, Wildlight): 5

Mewgenics (PC, Edmund McMillen): 8

Crisol: Theater of Idols (PS5/Xbox Series/PC, Blumhouse Games): 7

Pathologic 3 (PS5/Xbox Series/PC, HypeTrain Digital): 8

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (PS5/Xbox Series/Switch 2/Switch/PC, Square Enix): 6

MIO: Memories in Orbit (PS5/Xbox Series/Switch 2/Switch/PC, Focus): 8

I Hate This Place (PS5/Xbox Series/Switch/PC, Feardemic): 4

Ratcheteer DX (Switch/PC, Panic): 7

Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma shows zero tolerance for "bad AI"

21.02.26 - Asha Sharma was named the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming yesterday after Phil Spencer retired and Sarah Bond stepped down. Sharma previously led Microsoft's CoreAI division and now takes over responsibility for Xbox and the company's gaming division.

In an interview with Variety, she explained her stance on artificial intelligence in games. She emphasizes that the industry is currently in a turbulent phase, but is optimistic about the future.

Sharma calls for clear quality standards for AI applications in games and underlines that human creativity is still crucial for good stories. While AI is an important part of the industry and will continue to play a role, new growth opportunities must be designed responsibly, with the human contribution remaining at the heart of storytelling.

Sharma says her stance is simple: she has "zero tolerance for bad AI." It sees it as a central task to protect existing strengths and drive innovation in a targeted manner in order to offer both players and developers a consistent and high-quality experience.