Merry Christmas 2025

Twas the night before Christmas, and I write with a sigh
You all want me to say “something something ai”
It’s taking our jerbs, and it’s beating us at chess
It’s a transformation as profound as Gutenberg’s press
It has naysayers and haters and doomers and gloomers
It is more despicable to genZ than genX and boomers
On the plus side, it might be what saves AAA
Those hundred-dollar sequels we don’t want to play
While they lay off their artists and their risky designers
Leaving yes-men, committee members, and do-nothing whiners
The laid-off creatives? They smirk and they tisk
They ship indie games; Works of passion and risk
We see better games, so I will not begrudge it
(And compared to AAA, they are better for my budget)
Mobile games are still an ocean, saturated and red
Tim Sweeney is still trying to beat the duopoly dead
Web3 is still busted and full of wagmi and grifting
VR is still a niche, my opinion’s not shifting
AR is still coming, slower than molasses
I am ready to toss my phone for some glasses
Innovation is stuck like the lid on a jar
By now, we should all have a self-driving car
Instead we have prompts that give us hesitation
Is it correct and concise, or just more hallucination?
So without emojis or emdashes, “I Am Absolutely Right”
When I say Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!