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From what I can find he is a tabletop RPG game designer not a computer game designer. 15 years of that doesn’t equate to knowing diddly squat about adventure games.

Karlok - 30 May 2024 08:09 PM

zane - 30 May 2024 01:28 PM

Yeah, well thats the thing about AI, it cobbles together things that make it flow like a normal article but lacks context and overall substance.

You’re right, and that convoluted paragraph doesn’t help. So I guess it is an AI list.

Beats me why a “game designer with over 15 years worth of game credits and industry experience” would order AI to produce a list. What’s the point?

Well, I don’t know about that Forbes article or its author, but a number of media outlets subcontract out for listicles, et cetera with the sole aim of hoovering up search engine traffic. These ‘articles’ sometimes even include a fake author profile. The goal is getting incidental eyeballs on ads and not providing a decent or informative read.

Like I said, I’m not saying this is the case with the OP, but it is definitely a thing and speaks to a prevalent mindset among media organizations.

Karlok - 30 May 2024 08:09 PM

Yeah, well thats the thing about AI, it cobbles together things that make it flow like a normal article but lacks context and overall substance.

You’re right, and that convoluted paragraph doesn’t help. So I guess it is an AI list.

Beats me why a “game designer with over 15 years worth of game credits and industry experience” would order AI to produce a list. What’s the point?

This isn’t the only place it is happening. There is a series of Facebook posts by someone/something purporting to be a discographer of Eagles music. It’s well written but, unfortunately, factually wrong. It writes that a song as sung magnificently by Glen Frey ... except it was actually sung by Timothy B. Schmidt. A song credited to Don Henley was actually written by Frey. And the list goes on and on. It’s obviously AI. But why? Unless the intent is to capture the names of the people who are criticizing the post for other, un-named ulterior motive.

rtrooney - 14 June 2024 09:12 PM

But why?

Laziness.

Instead of doing the work, have the AI do it. And don’t bother checking anything, because who cares?

I get that it might be lazy, but there must be a rationale for doing something that is factually wrong. If laziness was involved, the “author” could simply have come here and copied the top the of our 100 Best. Plagiarism aside, it would have some basis in reality. So what was the motivation. Money? Did the “author” get paid? Was the objective to acquire names for a list? That would be foolish as list management companies sell lists for a few dollars/1000.

I just wonder what the motivation might be that justifies exposing yourself as an idiot.

What!? No Doom Eternal on the list? Outrageous!

That list is a trip! Clearly there is no proof reading going on at Forbes. I don’t know who Rob Wieland is but it must be a tough time being a game developer and not understanding the genres in the medium.