Requiescat in urina, Electronics Arts.
Requiescat in urina, Ubisoft.
Requiescat in urina, entire fucking modern video game industry. Hopefully. Fucking hopefully. Hopefully soon.
Pat: "I wish Nintendo wasn't so fucking evil on a lot of stuff, because they're the only company that's not evil on some other stuff."
As far as being able to tell if AI was being used in game art (or whatever and wherever else) anymore, yeah, Woolie's entirely right. It's going to become ever harder to tell. We're really going to start getting into "This looks shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time" levels of mockery for anyone who tries to point this shit out, legitimately or otherwise, and that's just going to normalize the use of AI in scuzzy ways even more.
Pat: "It's really a good sign for whatever industry that you're in that the solution to ever-rising costs is a golden goose. 'Like, guys, listen, I know the farm's about to go under, BUT CHECK THIS OUT! I GOT SOME FUCKING MAGIC BEANS!'"