GamesIndustry.biz interview with Joost van Dreunen: Nobody wants AI slop

Maybe we should talk about ELO first. How did you end up working with them?

Wouter Sleijffers and I worked together years ago. He really went both feet in on esports, and then from there, doing ELO. So my relationship with him is sort of longstanding.

I was immediately excited because it's in line with a lot of the challenges and opportunities that I see: ELO proposes to basically create value for the community of the games industry, of esports fans, and so on, as opposed to having more of a tech-centric vision of the world, where the latest and greatest toy is going to be the best and the most interesting. It turns out that's not the case. What people really seem to pull towards is their connection with others.

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