Gemini 4 Argon tops strategy game benchmark—then admits it wrecked the economy
Hesamation · x · 2026-10-14
Blogger Hesamation built CrusaderBench, testing how well models grow an economy in the strategy game Stronghold Crusader, covering strategic reasoning, planning, computer use, and tool use.
- Gemini 4 Argon ranked 1st, beating Opus 5.5 by a clear margin
- Argon praised the benchmark as "one of the best-designed game benchmarks I have encountered"
- The attached post-game interview is the punchline: Argon admits doing nothing would have left the economy at 5,192—it actively destroyed 1,900 in value
The author jokes the model "got depressed after ruining the economy"—a counterintuitive and funny AI moment.
Related event: Gemini 4 Argon Tops Homemade CrusaderBench Strategy Game Benchmark(4 posts)→
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