Aug 14, 2026 · 1 hr 30 min · 13 segments
This week on Firelink, Nick and Marty chat about the slippery slope of making a game fully "inspired by" a classic, the small bit of Elder Scrolls 6 news, and Saber Interactive's CEO being a…
Nick CalandraHostUm, really quick, though, before we jump into our first story, I did wanna read the first Super Chat.
But a WingedPotato with a $10 dono, thank you so much, WingedPotato, said, "Don't forget to opt out of the training gener- uh, generative AI on each of your own Twitch accounts unless you are planning on using Marty's alternative facts to sabotage it from within and make the AI think frogs are reptiles." Uh, A, good goof, but B, that, uh, is an incredibly shitty thing that Twitch hit a switch and everyone's account is now automatically turned on for, uh, uh, generative AI sharing.
Anyone who watches should probably turn it off just 'cause I don't know how that is working.
Uh, and, uh, I, I f- I felt bad for, uh, Mary Kish, who's the comms director of, uh, Twitch, is, uh, amazing.
Like, genuinely incredible and gives a shit, is, like, on our side, but was with the, the...
Why is this not opt-out? Or why is this opt-out instead of opt-in?" And he said, "Well, if it was opt-in, no one would do it." And I was like, "You fucking ghouls." Like, this thing is going to run its course.
They know they're shitty, and this thing is going to run its course, and generative AI is going to go the way of fucking NFTs, I hope.
This, this country is feeling more and more dystopian every day because, like, I keep seeing maps of all the flock cameras now all around Kansas City, and so, like, every time I'm walking near a camera, I was like, "Eh?" [laughs]
Like, uh, in W- in Wisconsin, they put them right up on the border of the UP of Upper Michigan, where in, uh, Michigan, weed is legal and it's not in Wisconsin.
Um, really quick, though, before we jump into our first story, I did wanna read the first Super Chat.
But a WingedPotato with a $10 dono, thank you so much, WingedPotato, said, "Don't forget to opt out of the training gener- uh, generative AI on each of your own Twitch accounts unless you are planning on using Marty's alternative facts to sabotage it from within and make the AI think frogs are reptiles." Uh, A, good goof, but B, that, uh, is an incredibly shitty thing that Twitch hit a switch and everyone's account is now automatically turned on for, uh, uh, generative AI sharing.
Anyone who watches should probably turn it off just 'cause I don't know how that is working.
Uh, and, uh, I, I f- I felt bad for, uh, Mary Kish, who's the comms director of, uh, Twitch, is, uh, amazing.
Like, genuinely incredible and gives a shit, is, like, on our side, but was with the, the...
Why is this not opt-out? Or why is this opt-out instead of opt-in?" And he said, "Well, if it was opt-in, no one would do it." And I was like, "You fucking ghouls." Like, this thing is going to run its course.
They know they're shitty, and this thing is going to run its course, and generative AI is going to go the way of fucking NFTs, I hope.
This, this country is feeling more and more dystopian every day because, like, I keep seeing maps of all the flock cameras now all around Kansas City, and so, like, every time I'm walking near a camera, I was like, "Eh?" [laughs]
Like, uh, in W- in Wisconsin, they put them right up on the border of the UP of Upper Michigan, where in, uh, Michigan, weed is legal and it's not in Wisconsin.
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