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POSTAL: Bullet Paradise gets cancelled over generative AI with Goonswarm Games shutting down (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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Oh dear. Goonswarm Games are shutting down after Running With Scissors cancelled POSTAL: Bullet Paradise due to the use of generative AI. It's a bit of a saga this one.

I covered the initial announcement, along with a follow-up update in there where Running With Scissors attempted to defend the developer. The backlash only continued, and eventually RWS cancelled it as per the statement GamingOnLinux was sent on December 5th via Vince Desi, founder of Running With Scissors

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[-] Master@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

My takeaway from these games being cancelled and studios shutdown over ai bs is that they dont actually have a viable product and are using ai to convince people they do. In this case they faked having a game to secure money and failed and had to close down. I dont feel bad about it at all.

[-] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Goonswarm Games

the clue was in the name of the company… they’re obviously full of shit

[-] regdog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Goons ruin everything

[-] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 25 points 3 days ago

Solid apology imo

[-] Damarus@feddit.org 8 points 3 days ago

Totally reasonable thought process on their side. Sucks that it had to come to this.

[-] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 days ago

I had a feeling about this game, and it seems that came true.

The enemies all being feminists felt... "off", especially when Postal isn't a right wing series, it's more about poking fun at society in general.. So it just seemed odd that ALL of the enemies in Bullet Paradise were Feminist Stereotypes.

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 15 points 3 days ago

Due to the accusation of using generative AI. This was a result of the witch hunt itself.

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

And also the actually using it.

[-] NotANumber@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

If you actually read the note you would have realized they didn't even use gen AI but hired someone who did without knowing.

[-] luciferofastora@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

They failed to vet their contractors properly, which is kinda unfortunate, and take responsibility for that, which is decent, but to have the plug pulled over the backlash for what turns out to be a correctable mistake does feel a little unfair.

[-] alessandro@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

How do you define a witch hunt? Kings of the AI creates mobs through tiktok, facebook thanks to AI social engineering... so the mob hunt the random guys for their own guilts (as "king of the AI's guilt").

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