STOP FALLING FOR THIS! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... This is not "rogue AI", it's a program following its instructions. They are not releasing this information as a public service but because it's the best free advertising. They want you to think their predictive text engine is all-powerful.
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John Walker - Industry Analcyst
Профиль VivelyCo-creator of Rock Paper Shotgun, currently helping out at Kotaku, and still looking for a new long-term gig. I write www.buried-treasure.org, unearthing excellent unknown indies. Please consider supporting! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/buriedtreasure
This was a lot of fun to write, on the back of @iantothemax.bsky.social's excellent reporting: kotaku.com/the-duskbloo...
I just remembered one of my favourite things I ever wrote for RPS: a gallery of men at E3 taking photos of "booth babes". Tragically RPS purged all our old images for some godforsaken reason, but thank goodness for the Internet Archive: web.archive.org/web/20210516...
I want this so ridiculously much. www.amazon.com/dp/B0G8773WZ... The only thing is you'd need a dining room table from one of those banquet halls in a medieval castle.
I wrote a piece celebrating my favourite ever logic puzzle game, Hexcells, just cos. kotaku.com/hexcells-log...
My appeal for a return of the budget label re-release: kotaku.com/budget-games...
Kaz by Kalinarm is a stunning and deceptively tactical arcade game about hammering your cursor keys to reach new high scores. It has SO much variety, and I'm still discovering more. My review: buried-treasure.org/tag/kalinarm/ Please support this project! www.patreon.com/c/buriedtrea...
So this is utterly gross in every imaginable way. But at least I got the word "cumbot" on Kotaku. kotaku.com/realdoll-sex...
This story went from super-creepy to rather oddly sweet. kotaku.com/game-dev-exp...
For Buried Treasure I've written my conflicted thoughts on Omen Exitio Hunger. It's a superb game, with incredible writing, art and sound, and it's hooked me. But it's also based on a true story that's so incomprehensibly upsetting, and I don't know what to do. buried-treasure.org/2026/07/conf...
Toby's had nearly 90 responses so far! I think the course's record was like 20. Let's get him over 100!
John Walker - Industry AnalcystHey, do you own a dog or a snake? Or both? It would make SUCH a difference if you could fill in this quick survey for my 11yo. He's doing a GSCE-like in herpetology in his spare time, because he's the best, and this is for a research project: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
David Lammy has just sentenced a dead woman to life in prison. Is a fun way to summarise this story. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...