Jennifer English dropped her take on generative AI at the Golden Joystick Awards and basically told the industry to knock it off. The actor behind Shadowheart from Baldur's Gate 3 and Maelle from Clair Obscur Expedition 33 said devs should stick with human creativity instead of leaning on AI for voices and assets. She pointed out that imperfections and mistakes actually make games better.
Her comments landed right before Clair Obscur cleaned house at the awards show, snagging every category it entered and taking home the biggest prize of the night. The game made history heading into The Game Awards with 12 nominations, breaking records for a single title. English grabbed Best Lead Performance and is competing against two of her costars in that same category at the upcoming show.
The whole thing gets messy when you consider that even Sandfall Interactive apparently used some AI-generated stuff in Clair Obscur before swapping those assets out after players called it out.
Her comments landed right before Clair Obscur cleaned house at the awards show, snagging every category it entered and taking home the biggest prize of the night. The game made history heading into The Game Awards with 12 nominations, breaking records for a single title. English grabbed Best Lead Performance and is competing against two of her costars in that same category at the upcoming show.
The whole thing gets messy when you consider that even Sandfall Interactive apparently used some AI-generated stuff in Clair Obscur before swapping those assets out after players called it out.
