{"id":1720873,"date":"2026-10-16T10:52:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/DFYJAEtxpzWT99uyUYi9BX"},"modified":"2026-10-16T10:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:52:32","slug":"little-tim-is-so-obsessed-with-gabe-former-valve-writer-baffled-by-epic-ceo-tim-sweeneys-attempts-to-compete-with-steam-via-vibe-coding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/little-tim-is-so-obsessed-with-gabe-former-valve-writer-baffled-by-epic-ceo-tim-sweeneys-attempts-to-compete-with-steam-via-vibe-coding\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Little Tim is so obsessed with Gabe&#8217;: Former Valve writer baffled by Epic CEO Tim Sweeney&#8217;s attempts to compete with Steam via vibe coding"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\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\/m5x0PSKano0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In contrast, Epic&#8217;s store &#8220;always feels sterile to me\u2014you can complain about the Steam comments all you want \u2026 but, what they also do is they give the player a place in that world. They give the player actual agency and import and power inside of that ecosystem.&#8221; Yeah, that tracks. The Steam forum is basically a replication of the horrors (and hilarity) of Barrens Chat, just with a few less Chuck Norris jokes.<\/p>\n<p>Appealing to vibe coders, then, is a bizarre move, since &#8220;they have nothing&#8221; for people who just want a platform where they can play videogames. &#8220;It&#8217;s nothing about community \u2026 And this is your store that you&#8217;re complaining that Valve is unfairly competing against! <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you fumble your announcement this badly, and you fumble what this is this badly, and you&#8217;re gonna blame it on Gabe, like this is Gabe&#8217;s fault? That you decided to make a jab at him and talk about vibe-coding and say that &#8216;making a store is hard!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just bizarre to me, man. And I know a bunch of people I used to know there that were really smart about how to communicate and talk about this kind of thing, [they&#8217;re] gone. And I think they&#8217;re gone &#8217;cause of little Timmy [whispering]: &#8216;Make sure you make a jab at Gabe. Where should we put it, first paragraph? No. Second. Second, we&#8217;ll be subtle. We&#8217;ll be subtle. No-one will catch it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To be honest, given how tumultuous the topic of AI has been in video gaming, it does smack as strange that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/game-development\/our-humble-goal-is-to-survive-the-ai-revolution-says-epic-games-ceo-as-its-star-wars-and-marvel-crossover-pivots-to-ai-first-development\/\">Sweeney has gone so heavily in on it<\/a>. 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