The tension >>>>>

Awfully cryptic to leave it at "price" - I await the answer earnestly.

The act of researching, collecting reference material, writing a brief, or actually making (not generating) a rough sketch as a non-artist helps you hone in exactly what is important to share and what is open for the artist's interpretation

Shortcutting this via genAI makes for lazy communication

Regarding the April 2025 interview, that was 8 months ago! Things change, new information becomes available, people form opinions. I would hope 8 months is long enough to come to the conclusion that tools aren't useful and you should stop. Especially they're worried about "agility" and "keeping up".

It's settled! 💕

Characters like Superman or Sherlock Holmes are very entertaining and fun to read about despite not really changing or growing as people.

People wonder why a lot of games use dialogue to just spell out the plot or character motivations — this is often why. Because you’ve cut off the writer’s ability to use action, setups and layoffs, visuals, etc if you lay out a whole level and THEN bring them in