{"id":1168290,"date":"2026-02-12T04:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ckRBGntN2vmMUDZPy7qyMU"},"modified":"2026-02-12T04:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:59:09","slug":"microsoft-unveils-ai-generated-demo-inspired-by-quake-2-that-runs-worse-than-doom-on-a-calculator-made-me-nauseous-and-demanded-untold-dollars-energy-and-research-to-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-unveils-ai-generated-demo-inspired-by-quake-2-that-runs-worse-than-doom-on-a-calculator-made-me-nauseous-and-demanded-untold-dollars-energy-and-research-to-make\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft unveils AI-generated demo &#8216;inspired&#8217; by Quake 2 that runs worse than Doom on a calculator, made me nauseous, and demanded untold dollars, energy, and research to make"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Before the disaster that was Stadia, Google demoed its game streaming tech via a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/you-can-get-assassins-creed-odyssey-for-testing-googles-game-streaming-service\/\" target=\"_blank\">free version of Assassin&#8217;s Creed: Odyssey<\/a> you could play in your browser. My fianc\u00e9e has fond memories of whiling away slow nights at work playing this massive triple-A game on a crummy library OptiPlex.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever came after with Stadia and game streaming in general, that demo felt like black magic. If a genuinely impressive tech demo can lead to a notorious industry flop, what about a distinctly <em>unimpressive<\/em> one?<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vFO7Cnoxdck\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>What are the ethics of expending massive amounts of capital, energy, and man hours on not even a worse version of a game from 30 years ago, but a vague impression of it? These are the questions I pondered after having gotten motion sickness playing a game for the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/this-new-co-op-horde-shooter-on-steam-is-so-bad-it-made-me-feel-physically-ill\/\" target=\"_blank\">second time<\/a> in my life with Microsoft&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/copilotlabs.microsoft.com\/experiment\/copilot-gaming-experiences\/\" target=\"_blank\">Copilot AI research demo of Quake 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This bite-sized demo pulls you into an interactive space inspired by Quake II, where AI crafts immersive visuals and responsive action on the fly,&#8221; reads Microsoft&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/copilotlabs.microsoft.com\/experiment\/copilot-gaming-experiences\/\" target=\"_blank\">Q&#038;A page<\/a> about the demo. &#8220;It\u2019s a groundbreaking glimpse at a brand new way of interacting with games, turning cutting-edge research into a quick and compelling playable demo.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This demo is powered by a &#8220;World and Human Action Model&#8221; (WHAM), a generative AI model &#8220;that can dynamically create gameplay visuals and simulate player behavior in real time.&#8221; Perusing <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-025-08600-3#Sec7\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft&#8217;s Nature article<\/a> on the tech, it appears to operate on similar principles to large language models and image generators, using recorded gameplay and inputs for training instead of static text and imagery.<\/p>\n<p>This demo is not running in the original game&#8217;s id Tech 2 engine. However Microsoft produces this demo, it&#8217;s some kind of bespoke engine with an output that resembles Quake 2 because the AI model behind it was trained on Quake 2.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m reminded of those <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nduMTX86Zl0&#038;ab_channel=LGR\" target=\"_blank\">demakes of Doom for Texas Instruments calculators<\/a>, but instead of marshalling limited resources to create an inferior impression of a pre-existing game, the Copilot Gaming Experience is the result of Microsoft&#8217;s (and the entire tech industry&#8217;s) herculean push for generative AI.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what the discrete Copilot Gaming project costs, but Microsoft has invested billions of dollars into compute, research, and lobbying for this technology. On Bluesky, developer <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/sosowski.bsky.social\/post\/3lm5dlspqws2o\" target=\"_blank\">Sos Sosowski<\/a> pointed out that Microsoft&#8217;s Nature paper lists 22 authors, as opposed to the 13 developers behind Quake 2.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the paper, Sosowski also estimated that Microsoft&#8217;s new model required more than three megawatts of power to begin producing consistent results\u2060. That&#8217;s assuming use of an RTX 5090, which Microsoft likely did not have access to given the timing of the paper&#8217;s publication, but it&#8217;s still helpful to get an idea of the scope of this project&#8217;s power draw. According to battery manufacturer <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pknergypower.com\/what-is-megawatt-and-how-many-homes-can-it-power\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pkenergy<\/a>, a single megawatt requires 3,000-4,000 solar panels to produce.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all of that investment, the demo is not good. The Copilot Gaming experience runs like a slideshow in a tiny window at the center of the browser, its jerkiness and muddled, goopy visuals\u2060\u2014familiar to anyone who&#8217;s seen an AI-generated video\u2060\u2014gave me a rough case of motion sickness after bare minutes of play. The only other game to ever have set my belly a rumblin&#8217;, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/this-new-co-op-horde-shooter-on-steam-is-so-bad-it-made-me-feel-physically-ill\/\" target=\"_blank\">EvilVEvil<\/a>, did so closer to the hour mark.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fancy-box\">\n<div class=\"fancy_box-title\">Best of the best<\/div>\n<div class=\"fancy_box_body\">\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' >\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"QJ7JHgYv6WEL9dHitak4vS\" name=\"BG3 Dark Urge.png\" caption=\"\" alt=\"The Dark Urge, from Baldur's Gate 3, looks towards his accursed claws with self-disdain.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/microsoft-unveils-ai-generated-demo-inspired-by-quake-2-that-runs-worse-than-doom-on-a-calculator-made-me-nauseous-and-demanded-untold-dollars-energy-and-research-to-make.png\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"pinterest-pin-exclude\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Larian Studios)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\"><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: Upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: All-time favorites<br \/><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And while chatbots will tell you to eat rocks and drink piss, the Copilot Gaming Experience has its own fun &#8220;hallucinations&#8221;\u2014the surreal, unnervingly confident errors produced by generative AI models that massive amounts of money, compute power, and uninhibited access to copyrighted material can&#8217;t seem to address.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the floor or ceiling at any time in the Copilot Gaming Experience has about an 80% chance of completely transforming the room in front of you, almost like you teleported somewhere else in the level.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there is no &#8220;level,&#8221; goal, or victory condition: The Copilot Gaming Experience is just constantly generating a new Quake 2-like bit of environment in front of you whenever you turn the corner, with what came before seemingly disappearing as you go.<\/p>\n<p>One such warp moment sent me to the Shadow Realm, a pitch black void out of nowhere which took some finagling to get out of. There are &#8220;enemies,&#8221; but when I killed one it just deformed into some kind of blob. Then I walked past it, turned around, and the hallway had completely changed, taking the blob with it.<\/p>\n<p>Like so much of generative AI or the blockchain boom before it, I can imagine the &#8220;Well, it&#8217;s just a WIP, first step type of thing&#8221; defense of what I was subjected to, but I&#8217;m just not convinced. Whatever specific compelling use cases may exist for generative AI tools, that&#8217;s not what we&#8217;ve been aggressively sold and marketed for the past two years and counting, this insistence of cramming it into everything. Google Gemini is now constantly asking if I want its help writing, like some kind of horrible, latter-day Clippy.<\/p>\n<p>Forced mass-adoption of this stuff by consumers is here, now, demanding our approval, attention, and precious time. A public tech demo exists to impress, and the Copilot Gaming Experience does not. Doom on a calculator, but we had to boil a lake or two to get it and are being told it&#8217;s the future of games. I reject this future. Not only do I find it philosophically and ethically repugnant, it also made my tummy hurt.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/microsoft-unveils-ai-generated-demo-inspired-by-quake-2-that-runs-worse-than-doom-on-a-calculator-made-me-nauseous-and-demanded-untold-dollars-energy-and-research-to-make\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the disaster that was Stadia, Google demoed its game streaming tech via a free version of Assassin&#8217;s Creed: Odyssey you could play in your browser. My fianc\u00e9e has fond memories of whiling away slow nights at work playing this massive triple-A game on a crummy library OptiPlex. Whatever came after with Stadia and game streaming in general, that demo felt like black magic. If a genuinely impressive tech demo can lead to a notorious industry flop, what about a distinctly unimpressive one? What are the ethics of expending massive amounts of capital, energy, and man hours on not even a worse version of a game from 30 years ago, but a vague impression of it? 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