""AI games are going to be amazing (sound on)." That's the only context provided for the latest viral clip of a video game produced with generative AI tools. It's trash, a bizarre real-time hallucination of someone's idea of an on-rails Tom Clancy game that's revolting to witness but hard to turn away from. The clip was shared yesterday on X by Matt Shuman, the CEO of "rare Long Island AI startup" HyperWrite, as a tease for an upcoming project."
"The result is a series of wonky, Matrix- like visual sleight-of-hands which make it feel like reality is falling apart and slipping past itself. A bus platform melts into a subway station. Cars are underground. HVAC systems are stacked on top of each other. Cascading tunnel systems look like a collage of discordant film reels being violently edited together. Multiple transportation signs read "Uptoon.""
"Anytime the SWAT-looking avatar has to actually do something like shoot a gun, throw a grenade, or climb down a ladder, it looks like the type of glitch that circulates online when a big-budget blockbuster bombs. But my favorite part is near the end of the clip when the character is told to find cover from an enemy chopper, even though they're already inside a sewer beneath the street."
Generative AI produced an on-rails, Tom Clancy–style gameplay clip that combines surreal, malformed environments with inconsistent action. Visual elements collide: bus platforms transform into subway stations, cars appear underground, HVAC systems stack atop one another, and tunnels splice like mismatched film reels. Player actions such as shooting or climbing produce obvious glitches that resemble failed big-budget visuals. Interactive prompt choices suggest a choose-your-own-adventure structure driven by real-time generative output. The sequence culminates in an anticlimactic shot of PVC pipe cuttings and a disconnected call to find cover while the character is already inside a sewer.
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