Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is easily one of the best games I have ever played. It might end up being one of the few I would give a perfect score; I’d need to reflect for a while before I can say for sure, but it’s a contender. However, I’ve had one thing niggling in the back of my mind since I finished it last week, and this piece is my attempt to tease it out.
Tools have been cropping up that claim to be able to expose the use of generative AI (genAI) in a given piece of writing. Around the same time, there have been accounts of people being accused of using genAI when they haven’t.
The phrase “kill them with kindness” has never sat right with me. It feels a lot like “they go low, you go high” and allows the asshole in question to get away with being a prick. However, there have been times when I noticed this tactic work. Some of the discussions in Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny have had me thinking about this again, as women are so often told to do this in response to men.
White Australian with a focus on environmental issues and queerness. Will write about other topics, including but not limited to politics, feminism, decolonisation, tech and whatever I'm reading or playing. You might even see some of my drawings.