<![CDATA[a list of games, developers and studios to boycott.]]>a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. handy!

https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46280965/sale/AIGamingFestival

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/514dbcfa-02f7-49d8-9aa3-ee913345f117/a-list-of-games-developers-and-studios-to-boycott.RSS for NodeFri, 11 Sep 2026 21:36:11 GMTFri, 11 Sep 2026 11:38:42 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:20:19 GMT]]>@davidgerard for fucks sake

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meow.social/ap/users/116211583118806177/statuses/117253788121411771https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meow.social/ap/users/116211583118806177/statuses/117253788121411771Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:20:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:13:36 GMT]]>@chx @davidgerard

I knocked a lot of fun out of Path of Exile, it's great, never really got as deep as some people but it's a good laugh

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/davey_cakes/statuses/117253761676828784https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/davey_cakes/statuses/117253761676828784Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:13:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:37:48 GMT]]>@davey_cakes @davidgerard they have been successfully running a live service game for 13 years and added a second one recently and while it's been a bit rocky as it can expected everything indicates they will be able to run two successfully long term. It's quite remarkable.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chx.contact/users/chx/statuses/117253620956660995https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chx.contact/users/chx/statuses/117253620956660995Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:37:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:13:17 GMT]]>@davidgerard @flesh @pndc @kaito02 Ah shit, I threw "Verification and testing" and "Issues and discussions" in the same pot and thought the stuff in regards to Issues also applies on the code itself. You're right, it's way too permissive.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/Natanox/statuses/117253524513765979https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/Natanox/statuses/117253524513765979Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:13:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:11:25 GMT]]>@Natanox @pndc @kaito02 @davidgerard It's weird because they permit slop code in their software project.
It's like a banning high-fructose corn syroup while allowing lead flakes. Not really a consistent standard.

The fundamental baseline is not allowing slop. If they can't do that, they get no points.

And then there's the possibility that slop images to avoid being caught, since these can be more obvious to the average users than slop code.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.fleshcraft.tech/users/flesh/statuses/01M28Q7QXXPB057ER8VEN0Z0ZMhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.fleshcraft.tech/users/flesh/statuses/01M28Q7QXXPB057ER8VEN0Z0ZMFri, 11 Sep 2026 17:11:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:01:36 GMT]]>@Natanox @flesh @pndc @kaito02

> Well, at least they don't permit "vibe-coding"

what they allow is absolutely what non-vibecoders think of as vibecoding. Slop is permitted, that's the bottom line.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://circumstances.run/users/davidgerard/statuses/117253478605291692https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://circumstances.run/users/davidgerard/statuses/117253478605291692Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:01:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:48:12 GMT]]>@flesh @pndc @kaito02 @davidgerard Well, at least they don't permit "vibe-coding". So that's something.

Why is it weird they ban slop images and sounds? I think that's just the most fundamental baseline.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/Natanox/statuses/117253425919539241https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/Natanox/statuses/117253425919539241Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:48:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:20:36 GMT]]>@Natanox @pndc @kaito02 @davidgerard Personally, I find the fact it's explicitly permitted alone to be a "avoid like the plague" project.
The fact they ban slop images is more weird than it is helpful.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.fleshcraft.tech/users/flesh/statuses/01M28MAP4PTWNCXKESWNSKSPMEhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.fleshcraft.tech/users/flesh/statuses/01M28MAP4PTWNCXKESWNSKSPMEFri, 11 Sep 2026 16:20:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:16:36 GMT]]>@davidgerard Everyone hit report grouop, select the piracy option and write a sentence or 2 about how ai generated content is based on stolen work

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/RavenLuni/statuses/117253301653436567https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/RavenLuni/statuses/117253301653436567Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:16:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:11:23 GMT]]>@davidgerard Yeesh, those all look like humans were only tangentially related to their creation.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/kosure/statuses/117253281145569933https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/kosure/statuses/117253281145569933Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:11:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:07:42 GMT]]>@flesh @pndc @kaito02 @davidgerard I mean, I've seen worse… and I've seen better. At least they specifically ban any kind of media slop and limit the use of LLMs to "assistance". Also people having to tell which one they used might enable social pressure, away from the most evil ones (like Grok / xAI).

If the LLMs weren't made through the absolute most inhumane practices possible it would even be reasonable… and I still wonder why FOSS projects don't limit LLM stuff to "true FOSS-only".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/Natanox/statuses/117253266616393172https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/Natanox/statuses/117253266616393172Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:07:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:07:25 GMT]]>@davidgerard Marked every single game "ignored" and it's honestly a little funny watching steam struggle with that page now

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tulsa.ok.us/users/BalooUriza/statuses/117253265490689035https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tulsa.ok.us/users/BalooUriza/statuses/117253265490689035Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:07:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:48:02 GMT]]>@davidgerard

NB: They let the LLM post all the articles about it and it fucked up even that: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/aigamingfestival/eventcomments/585058652581544556/#c585059318369646471

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/McCovican/statuses/117253189310384467https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/McCovican/statuses/117253189310384467Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:48:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:46:59 GMT]]>@Natanox @pndc @kaito02 @davidgerard Citation: https://github.com/beyond-all-reason/Beyond-All-Reason/blob/master/AI_POLICY.md

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.fleshcraft.tech/users/flesh/statuses/01M28JD4EDRQDYJS8KAQV6Z8KZhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.fleshcraft.tech/users/flesh/statuses/01M28JD4EDRQDYJS8KAQV6Z8KZFri, 11 Sep 2026 15:46:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:25:48 GMT]]>@flesh @pndc @kaito02 @davidgerard ?)U$§TZ=H(TZ$Z(=WGFRHIOGHJLFH§=$(UT%$=TZEGHZER(OPÜHFG=($Z(%T)Z()=$TR/)§=(§)=?%$ZHT)zh4hgzf9rzt30r8z=TZG$(ZTÜ=ZTRt

fuck.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/Natanox/statuses/117253101858996112https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/Natanox/statuses/117253101858996112Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:25:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:23:48 GMT]]>@Natanox @pndc @kaito02 @davidgerard Beyond All Reason explicitly allows AI code, so probably not a best example of nonslop.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.fleshcraft.tech/users/flesh/statuses/01M28H2PVBFXZ0SGDTSPDXJYA5https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.fleshcraft.tech/users/flesh/statuses/01M28H2PVBFXZ0SGDTSPDXJYA5Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:23:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:14:07 GMT]]>@zzt @davidgerard I mean, they *could* ban the slop.
They just require people disclose it on a honour system.
I don't think they're particularly opposed, either.
Just the classic "don't make *us* liable" stuff Steam seems to do for every issue.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.fleshcraft.tech/users/flesh/statuses/01M28GGZ4ZBYFS20HHTXTY8A53https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.fleshcraft.tech/users/flesh/statuses/01M28GGZ4ZBYFS20HHTXTY8A53Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:14:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:12:34 GMT]]>@jplebreton @davidgerard Most fests on Steam know when to quit gracefully, this one's just dicking around for a whole month.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/117253049873573519https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/117253049873573519Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:12:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:11:29 GMT]]>@Rycochet @navi @davidgerard They wish to bask in the faint glow reflected off true creativity and cool in the hopes it'll confer cool onto them.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/117253045592161987https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/117253045592161987Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:11:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:09:21 GMT]]>@zzt @davidgerard If they really did they'd probably do more to prevent it popping up.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/117253037165768964https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/117253037165768964Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:09:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:08:33 GMT]]>@davidgerard Oh good, the "trigger your basal 'danger' reactions" pack.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/117253034061153866https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/117253034061153866Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:08:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:55:04 GMT]]>@davidgerard Others do what Nintendon't 😁

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115895592556690318/statuses/117252981044259605https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115895592556690318/statuses/117252981044259605Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:55:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:44:18 GMT]]>@davidgerard didn't they already do this some years ago or am I having deja vu?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://elekk.xyz/users/the_gayest_goat_on_elekk/statuses/117252938722912682https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://elekk.xyz/users/the_gayest_goat_on_elekk/statuses/117252938722912682Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:44:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. on Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:37:53 GMT]]>@chx @davidgerard

Love it.

"We're actually good at our jobs" in short.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/davey_cakes/statuses/117252913463324321https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/davey_cakes/statuses/117252913463324321Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:37:53 GMT