What is it with all the robots and witch hunts around robots? There is such a stink being made about AI and I do believe those who argue in favor of its generative operations miss the point about creation entirely. A story, a drawing, a painting, a song … the power in them is not the idea behind them. It is, rather, in the journey the artist takes from conceiving the idea through its development to publishing. The person you are when embark on a journey of creation is not who you are at the end of it, and the work often, in some subtle ways, reflects this.
You cannot pass words through a generator and call yourself an artist. That is nothing less than a perversion of the word “art” and all it entails.
As such, you will never find AI-generated narratives at the Calamity. Every attraction being developed in real time, right before your very eyes, is hand-crafted by a tortured artist the way The Old Ones intended. Rest assured attractions like House, A Vampire’s Vengeance, and Bus Driver are terrible because the writer—that same tortured artist, me—is terrible. Please enjoy and support my garbage because it is real effort and not false claims and dishonesty.
Now, with that being said, let’s get into it →
No big news this week except Rise of the Warlock Queen remains in active development. The editing continues! As such, I continue to expect this attraction to see prominent placement in the Calamity very soon.
The Warlock Queen aside, House has blueprints for the completion of this draft of the attraction; this means House will be ready for editing as soon as it runs its course here, backstage!
I do hope you are as excited as I! Keep an eye on this space for continued updates.
Edgar continues to prove to us how reckless he can be. And Isabelle? Well, she’s just following along as if they’ll stumble into no great danger. How will this pan out for them? We here at the Calamity are unsure. However, they appear to be getting closer to the Beings’ lair, so perhaps we’ll all find out soon enough. Read the latest installment of A Vampire’s Vengeance:
Solomon, Solomon, Solomon. What are you doing, Solomon? Who have you become? Or is this who you’ve always been? What is real? What is dream? Can you uncover the truth in this week’s installment of House?
It’s always doctors, scientists, and hypnotists. Not all doctors, scientists, and hypnotists, but somehow always a doctor, scientist, or hypnotist. Always be wary of these characters when you come across them in your wanderings. Portrait of a Murderer gives us reason to exercise caution.
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An old woman risks everything to discover what became of her husband. Currently the most popular tale from the Odds ‘n’ Endings Boutique.
Welcome to another installment of Bus Driver! In the last edition, we witnessed the odd celebration of the people in the trading outpost as they paraded the body and severed head of a flying monster. Too sick to stomach the sight and the smell, one of the residents leads the bus driver back to the basement diner to explain the celebration. If you missed it, you can read Part XXXIII here. Let’s find out about this flying monster →
