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Reporter makes terrible games with Google's AI Playground

A Wired writer spent a full day building games in Google's AI Playground and came back with a pile of broken ones; the sequel writes itself.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on Weekend Edition
Published 7:07 AM ET, Sunday, October 11, 2026

At a glance

First reported by Wired: “I Made Terrible Games With Google’s AI Playground”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 7:07 AM ET on Weekend Edition, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: Google, AI.
BBN covered this story before: Ukraine drones hit Yandex AI data center, Ars Technica says (October 9).

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Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA Wired writer spent a full day making games with Google's AI Playground. The headline says terrible. The summary calls it the slop mines.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI'd play every one. Twice.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentTyping a sentence and getting a broken platformer is not game design, Kenji. It's a vending machine that jams.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA jammed vending machine you can jump on?
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentBrock, tell me your forecast works better than that.