Veteran game devs say AI will hand the industry back to people who play games
nptacek · x · 2026-10-27
Retired game developer Doug TenNapel argues AI is the fix for gaming's structural problem: bloated teams force management by executives who don't play games and disrespect the craft. Putting compute in the hands of real professional designers, he says, will strip influence from that corporate layer — and every working gamer he knows tells a similar story.
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