Mike Cook writes things sometimes
A few weeks back there was some 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓮 about games research on bluesky. One of the more specific points being made was that it was costly or difficult to engage with academics or to publish and participate in academic spaces. It's very possible I've misunderstood what was meant by this, but it made me think that this point comes up a lot and I think it creates some misconceptions…
Hello RSS feed users! It's Mike here. I wrote a quick post about Muse, a new system announced by Microsoft today that combines generative AI video stuff with games. It's just a few points about the system based on some misconceptions I saw online. I hope the RSS feed is still working correctly!
Late last year I was having a coffee with narrative designer, historian and researcher Holly Nielsen. I always enjoy talking to Holly about games because she has a great supply of anecdotes both about her work in today's games industry, and also about her research on the games industry of a hundred years ago. We often talk about AI, and the arguments people use to criticise it (which we largely…