Everything referenced in the video essay “AI in Games”:
Parents say ChatGPT encouraged son to kill himself | CNN:
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/us/openai-chatgpt-suicide-lawsuit-invs-visGrok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery | The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/09/grok-image-generator-outcry-sexualised-ai-imageryAI Slop is Destroying the Internet | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN9wnPvU0AGI is the only thing keeping the AI bubble from popping | Hazel Thayer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUQjRTMBNuQShould I feel guilty using AI? | Simon Clark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sFBySzNIX0Larian Studios Announces Reddit AMA Date and Time for Divinity Following AI Drama | Vice:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/larian-studios-announces-reddit-ama-date-and-time-for-divinity-following-ai-drama/The Indie Game Awards 2025 | SixOneIndie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lixLgd1WV2Ei. Indie Game Awards Strips Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 of Game of the Year Over Gen AI… | IGN:
https://www.ign.com/articles/indie-game-awards-strips-clair-obscur-expedition-33-of-game-of-the-year-over-gen-ai-dev-says-placeholder-textures-were-patched-out-after-slipping-through-qa-process
ii. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Just Lost Its Indie Game Of The Year Awards Over AI Concerns | Gamespot:
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/clair-obscur-expedition-33-just-lost-its-indie-game-of-the-year-awards-over-ai-concerns/1100-6537129/
iii. Indie Game Awards rescinds Clair Obscur's GOTY wins over use of generative AI | Polygon:
https://www.polygon.com/clair-obscur-expedition-33-indie-game-awards-goty-rescinded/Raw Fury Statement, “There is no AI used in Blue Prince”:
https://bsky.app/profile/rawfury.bsky.social/post/3maivmd5kps2wBlue Prince: Beyond The Doors — Blender Conference 2025 | Blender / Davide Pellino:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhgJ69uXnQUArchived Blue Prince Website (27/11/2021) | Internet Archive Wayback Machine / dogubomb:
https://web.archive.org/web/20211127091417/http://blueprincegame.com/Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst | The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/08/bank-of-england-warns-of-growing-risk-that-ai-bubble-could-burstAI Search Has a Citation Problem | Colombia Journalism Review:
https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/we-compared-eight-ai-search-engines-theyre-all-bad-at-citing-news.phpCreative industries 'incredibly worried' about OpenAI-Disney deal | BBC:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ydp1gdqwqoOpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence | TED:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MWT_doo68kCorrection: The Indie Game Awards stripped Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 of Game of the Year… | The Escapist:
https://www.escapistmagazine.com/news-indie-game-awards-clair-obscur/The Genius AI Behind The Sims | Game Maker’s Toolkit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gf2MT-IOsgIntroducing Bespoke AI Jet Ultra I Samsung:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5NTZfwtuf8“Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed I ARS Technica:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-torrented-over-81-7tb-of-pirated-books-to-train-ai-authors-say/FAQs: Game Eligibility I Indie Game Awards:
https://www.indiegameawards.gg/faqThe Alters cops to using generative AI for background text and translations… I PC Gamer:
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/spitting-in-the-face-of-your-international-audience-the-alters-caught-using-generative-ai-for-background-text-and-translations-despite-not-
disclosing-such-on-steam/I Don't Think Larian's CEO Understands How Art Is Made I Aftermath:
https://aftermath.site/larian-ceo-ai-art-baldurs-gate-3-divinity/Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash… | IGN:
https://www.ign.com/articles/larian-ceo-responds-to-divinity-gen-ai-backlash-we-are-neither-releasing-a-game-with-any-ai-components-nor-are-we-looking-at-trimming-down-teams-to-replace-them-with-ai‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’ | Bloomberg:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-12-16/-baldur-s-gate-3-maker-promises-divinity-will-be-next-levelConcept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder | This Week in Video Games:
https://thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/concept-artists-in-games-say-generative-ai-references-only-make-their-jobs-harder/Former [Larian] devs claim Larian heads are "lying about people being okay" with using AI | Gamers:
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/show-your-employees-some-respect-former-baldurs-gate-3-and-divinity-devs-cl aim-larian-heads-are-lying-about-people-being-okay-with-using-ai/The Myth of AGI | Tech Policy Press:
https://www.techpolicy.press/the-myth-of-agi/Epic's Sweeney says platforms should stop tagging games made with AI | GamesIndustry.biz:
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/epics-sweeney-says-platforms-should-stop-tagging-games-made-with-aiAndresPlays on Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/andresplays.bsky.social/post/3m3gvuzuljk2kRPG dev pushes back against Steam review AI accusations | IGN:
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/rpg-dev-pushes-back-against-steam-review-ai-accusations-we-poured-years-of-our-lives-into-this-game-and-only-worked-with-real-human-artists-on-everything/Reddit - /r/gamedev - The artist I hired is probably using AI:
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/1poql3y/the_artist_i_hired_is_probably_using_ai/Arc Raiders Is My Game Of The Year, But Its Use Of Generative AI Really Sucks | Gamespot:
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/arc-raiders-is-my-game-of-the-year-but-its-use-of-generative-ai-really-sucks/1100-6537140/Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity | METR:
https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/Is AI the end of software engineering or the next step in its evolution? | The Verge:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/767973/vibe-coding-ai-future-end-evolutionThe 'godfather of AI' says it will create 'massive' unemployment… | Business Insider:
https://www.businessinsider.com/geoffrey-hinton-warns-ai-will-cause-mass-unemployment-and-inequality-2025-9Trump says US will take Greenland the 'easy way or hard way' | DW:
https://www.dw.com/en/trump-says-us-will-take-greenland-the-easy-way-or-hard-way/a-75457869What Sam Altman Doesn’t Want You To Know | More Perfect Union:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0K4XPu3QhgMore than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds | The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/27/more-than-20-of-videos-shown-to-new-youtube-users-are-ai-slop-study-findsAn AI-Generated Artwork Won First Place at a State Fair Fine Arts Competition | VICE:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/an-ai-generated-artwork-won-first-place-at-a-state-fair-fine-arts-competition-and-artists-are-pissed/Video games can never be art | Roger Ebert:
https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/video-games-can-never-be-artOhanian And Altman Warn Of ‘Dead Internet Theory’ — What Is It And How Is AI Making It Happen? | Forbes:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/10/13/ohanian-and-altman-warn-of-dead-internet-theory-what-is-it-and-how-is-ai-making-it-happen/Trump signs order to block states from enforcing own AI rules | BBC:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmddnge9yroOne Game Publisher Is Pushing Back Against AI Art With Contracts That Ban It: ‘It’s Cancerous’ | Kotaku:
https://kotaku.com/hooded-horse-gen-ai-art-ban-4x-strategy-steam-2000658179Nexon CEO: It's important to assume that every game company is now using AI | Game Developer:
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/nexon-ceo-it-s-important-to-assume-that-every-game-company-is-now-using-ai