Utilitarian Work Is Dead, Games and Storytelling Are the Open Field
itsmnjn · x · 2026-10-11
- The author argues that any utilitarian work that isn't insanely complex or creatively open-ended is dead in the AI era, while entertainment/gaming remains a wide-open greenfield.
- Good game design and good storytelling are hard — and will never get easy as standards keep rising. His tl;dr: make good games and tell good stories.
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