{"id":1664587,"date":"2026-08-15T23:30:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T23:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/EtPxe8DL7XuLo7fZ2c9nRb"},"modified":"2026-08-15T23:30:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T23:30:56","slug":"sabers-ai-rideshare-stimulator-controversy-almost-closes-on-high-note-with-ceo-apology-then-he-calls-portal-scribe-who-mocked-him-an-unsuccessful-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sabers-ai-rideshare-stimulator-controversy-almost-closes-on-high-note-with-ceo-apology-then-he-calls-portal-scribe-who-mocked-him-an-unsuccessful-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"Saber&#8217;s AI Rideshare Stimulator controversy almost closes on high note with CEO apology, then he calls Portal scribe who mocked him an &#8216;unsuccessful writer&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The Rideshare Stimulator AI fiasco almost, but not quite came to a close today when writer Stella Sacco shared that <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/antlervel.vet\/post\/3mt57o6to6s2o\" target=\"_blank\">she had received a private message<\/a> from Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch, who apologized for his hurtful comments to the press regarding her employment and capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate post on LinkedIn, Karch reflected on the controversy and seemingly alluded to his personal contact with Sacco. But he also couldn&#8217;t resist taking a swipe at Portal writer Chet Faliszek, who has publicly criticized Karch for his actions\u2014most notably in the form of a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PTc7Vhs0SwY?si=cE2yvWef8JJZdNPg\" target=\"_blank\">26-minute vlog<\/a> on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>The briefest of recaps if you haven&#8217;t been paying attention (bless you):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saber Interactive releases a trailer for Rideshare Stimulator, a mundane job sim where you play a cabbie.<\/li>\n<li>Writer Stella Sacco claims to have worked on the game before getting fired, her workload then taken over by an LLM.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/saber-interactive-denies-replacing-writer-with-chatgpt-on-its-new-driving-game-but-says-it-will-use-ai-as-the-number-of-passengers-in-the-game-is-infinite\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saber&#8217;s official statement on the matter<\/a> admitted to AI use in Rideshare Stimulator, but denied that any writers were replaced wholesale by AI tools.<\/li>\n<li>Saber CEO Matt Karch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/game-development\/saber-ceo-scorns-writer-who-says-she-was-fired-in-favor-of-ai-with-confusing-combative-statement\/\">supplied his own statement<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/thisweekinvideogames.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">This Week in Video Games<\/a>, belittling Sacco&#8217;s competency, asserting that she was not replaced by an LLM, but also that &#8220;I would frankly in retrospect have been happy to replace her with AI.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Today, Sacco shared a post to Bluesky saying she had been messaged by Karch, and that &#8220;he apologized unreservedly for the way he spoke about me in the press.&#8221; While Sacco noted that she and Karch remained opposed in their personal stances on the use of AI, she concluded that, &#8220;Apologies are simply in too short supply these days to spurn one when it&#8217;s offered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Great. Awesome. That&#8217;d have been a wonderful place to end things. But Karch also shared his own further statement on the matter to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7494353074019323904\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a>. Karch did not mention Sacco by name, but mostly reflected on his experience, particularly the negative consequences of responding to a feeling of personal insult with a public statement. Karch also noted that he is sticking to his guns when it comes to deploying generative AI in games.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"high\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/PTc7Vhs0SwY\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Resolve issues human-to-human,&#8221; Karch wrote, seemingly alluding to the apology Sacco received from him. &#8220;Escalating disputes through media channels or public statements rarely solves anything. Real resolution happens through direct, personal connection. If you cross a line, own it directly with the person involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Karch&#8217;s fourth paragraph in the post threw us for a loop. &#8220;The digital ecosystem thrives on outrage and surface-level takes,&#8221; Karch wrote. &#8220;Case in point: a 26-minute video essay from an unsuccessful writer dedicated entirely to analyzing a single sarcastic quote of mine and pretending he knew exactly who I am\u2014which somehow concluded with personal remarks about my physical anatomy and encouragement to accost me. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When &#8216;industry analysis&#8217; devolves into personal insults and threats, it says far more about the creator than it does about the subject. Relying on outrage algorithms for industry insights is a trap.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>PC Gamer&#8217;s top news hound, Andy Chalk, clocked that this could only be referring to an August 14 video shared by Chet Faliszek, a veteran writer whose credits include Portal, Left 4 Dead, and the Half-Life Episodes. The video in question, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PTc7Vhs0SwY?si=cE2yvWef8JJZdNPg\" target=\"_blank\">Who is the CEO of Saber Interactive?<\/a>&#8221; is 26 minutes and 13 seconds long, and Faliszek repeatedly states that Karch&#8217;s behavior is compensating for something. Faliszek also says to viewers that, if they encountered Karch at an industry event, they should &#8220;make fun of him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To be fair to Karch: Faliszek does repeatedly mock and insult him over the course of the video, going so far as to extrapolate that he has a domineering character, and that his actions are, at least in part, meant to discipline and control employees at Saber. I can see a certain tit-for-tat fairness to getting back at the person who said that.<\/p>\n<p>But also: Faliszek&#8217;s primary argument in the video is that, separate from Karch&#8217;s personal character or the ethics of Sacco&#8217;s original treatment, Karch&#8217;s statement to This Week in Video Games was a completely avoidable PR and marketing catastrophe that worsened the controversy. <\/p>\n<p>Karch&#8217;s own conclusion in the same LinkedIn post where he took a jab at Faliszek was that he should have not said anything and left it to the communication team. At the time of writing, Faliszek&#8217;s video is coming up on 4,000 views\u2060\u2014small potatoes.<\/p>\n<p>Karch ignored Faliszek&#8217;s and his own advice and escalated again\u2060\u2014right as things were calming down\u2060\u2014by providing so much identifying information about Faliszek&#8217;s video. 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In a separate post on LinkedIn, Karch reflected on the controversy and seemingly alluded to his personal contact with Sacco. But he also couldn&#8217;t resist taking a swipe at Portal writer Chet Faliszek, who has publicly criticized Karch for his actions\u2014most notably in the form of a 26-minute vlog on YouTube. The briefest of recaps if you haven&#8217;t been paying attention (bless you): Saber Interactive releases a trailer for Rideshare Stimulator, a mundane job sim where you play a&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sabers-ai-rideshare-stimulator-controversy-almost-closes-on-high-note-with-ceo-apology-then-he-calls-portal-scribe-who-mocked-him-an-unsuccessful-writer\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1664588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[5491],"class_list":["post-1664587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-gaming-industry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Saber&#039;s AI 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