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AI is grooming our youth. Plus, James has thoughts on the Xbox Ally X.

Season 1 Episode 51 Published 6 months, 1 week ago

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The Steam Next Fest - October 2025 Edition

Link: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest

Steam’s New Record! 41+ MILLION concurrent users

Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/steam-is-officially-bigger-than-canada-with-a-41-million-concurrent-user-record/

41,666,455 concurrent users all at once on Steam. It’s a population that’s a bit more than the entire population of CANADA. Last time Steam had broken a record was last year when it hit 35+ Million concurrent users all at once on Steam. Many factors could be involved. Could be due to Battlefield 6’s series high, record breaking sales. Could also be due to ARC Raider’s public server slam test. Or dare I say… The Next Fest? Whatever the case is, it seems no matter how you game, whether it’s on a PC, or Steam Deck, or even that newfangled ROG Xbox Ally X, you’re bound to be on Steam, so Valve just keeps winning.

The ROG Xbox Ally X reviews are IN

Link: https://old.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1o7cawu/rog_xbox_ally_review_thread/

The ROG Xbox Ally X released on October 16th, 2025. While many praise its performance and battery life, there are MANY criticisms surrounding the price and the fact that Windows is still Windows despite the FSE. And also the FSE feels somewhat incomplete. There are also criticisms that despite the fact that this is an Xbox branded device, this is NOT an Xbox that plays Xbox games, but a PC, despite MS’s marketing that everything is an Xbox.

Halo Studios has AI “woven into every aspect” of development says Insider

Link: https://thegamepost.com/insider-halo-studios-generative-ai-game-development/

They weren’t kidding when they said it was woven into every aspect of game development. Everything from game logic to world design to enemy behaviors and even internal workflows. It isn’t exactly surprising given game devs already use AI for stuff like vibe-coding. Call of Duty infamously sometimes uses AI generated assets for ingame assets and marketing (sometimes). The problem herein lies that AI is often being used as a substitute for human talent, not as a supplement or tool. Tighter deadlines, layoffs and Microsoft is HEAVILY invested in AI. They really want you to use AI so you can rush out games faster it seems. What a shame really. Of course this is just a rumor.

Pokemon’s Embarassing Lack of Voice Acting

Link: https://www.thegamer.com/pokemon-legends-z-a-voice-acting-story-characters-lumiose/

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