Brutkey

AA
@AAKL@infosec.exchange

More layoffs?

"The Just Cause developer’s latest game was announced four years ago and nothing has been seen since."

VGC: Microsoft has stopped development on Avalanche Studios’ Contraband https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/microsoft-has-reportedly-stopped-development-on-avalanche-studios-contraband/ #Microsoft #Xbox

GamesRadar: Microsoft bloodbath continues 9,000 layoffs later with the death of Contraband, the '70s co-op game from the studio behind open-world hit Just Cause https://www.gamesradar.com/games/co-op/microsoft-bloodbath-continues-9-000-layoffs-later-with-the-death-of-contraband-the-70s-co-op-game-from-the-studio-behind-open-world-hit-just-cause-and-it-seems-hideo-kojimas-od-is-the-only-thing-thats-safe/ @GamesRadar@flipboard.com

Kevin Dominik Korte
@kdkorte@fosstodon.org

@AAKL@infosec.exchange @GamesRadar@flipboard.com It seems that after countless years, my childhood is finally coming to an end. Who would have thought that it would end in a series of Microsoft layoffs?

AA
@AAKL@infosec.exchange

@kdkorte@fosstodon.org @GamesRadar@flipboard.com It seems to be ongoing. AI is expensive.

Kevin Dominik Korte
@kdkorte@fosstodon.org

@AAKL@infosec.exchange @GamesRadar@flipboard.com Yes, unfortunately, it seems to come at the expense of our culture and entertainment.
And before you ask, I do consider franchises that Microsoft owns, such as StarCraft or Just Cause, much more culturally valuable than Co-Pilot or anything from OpenAI.

AA
@AAKL@infosec.exchange

@kdkorte@fosstodon.org @GamesRadar@flipboard.com I agree. These tittles are part of the cultural journey. The AI models have been corrupted by mountains of garbage scraped off the web, so that seems like a skewed representation of the culture, especially when the mixed results are taken into account.

Looking from the outside, so to speak, as an observer might, I don't recognize this world any more.