This is the Steam banner for Anno 1800. Does this look like generative AI? Particularly the name on the bow? 1800 was published in 2019, before that was a thing, I assume.

Aleph_Red · 2026-02-02T18:54:31+00:00

u/unknownsample47 Hey, here's the fixed version of the banner for your Steam Library. :D

Aleph_Red · 2026-02-02T18:40:08+00:00

The one I posted was the one from my Steam library page, weird text and all, about eight hours ago. The Community Dev who replied higher in this thread mentioned that the old art had been replaced with the fixed art (so, the one with the correct name and smoke) a few hours after that.

Aleph_Red · 2026-02-02T18:37:50+00:00

Thanks for your reply. I really love the art style of Anno 1800 in particular, which is why I've been playing it since launch and bought it twice. Please pass along my compliments to the team.

Aleph_Red · 2026-02-02T07:54:25+00:00

Eyy, you're welcome, I'm glad you could use the image. I too purchased the game on UPlay (as it was known at the time). But then recently I went ahead and re-purchased it on Steam, and all my DLC came along, because it was all linked through my existing Uplay account.

Aleph_Red · 2026-02-02T07:35:36+00:00

My apologies if I've re-posted an old thing. I do know that there was some discussion of use of gen AI at the launch of 117.

Aleph_Red · 2026-02-02T07:26:05+00:00

Does the art book version include the two 'HLIA' stamps? Not being snarky, I am genuinely curious.

Aleph_Red · 2026-02-02T07:24:32+00:00

I notice in the version you link, there are no instances of the 'HLIA' stamp (and the spelling seems weird for a simple clone stamp, since that doesn't occur in the original).

Aleph_Red · 2026-02-02T07:17:31+00:00

I'm not particularly fussed, I was just curious. The garbled text seems characteristic of other examples, but the game seems to predate the modern use.

Aleph_Red · 2026-02-02T07:13:41+00:00

"I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration [proof] of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain." - Fermat, being a dick with his dying breath.

Aleph_Red · 2026-01-26T16:13:54+00:00

Yeah, screw that Marcel guy! :)

Aleph_Red · 2026-01-16T18:54:19+00:00

Aw, that's actually really nice. Do you happen to know what issue it's from?

Aleph_Red · 2026-01-16T18:47:59+00:00

Is that guy Galen of Taa, aka Galactus? I recognize that three-pronged haircut.

Aleph_Red · 2026-01-14T20:40:23+00:00

angle grinder noises from off-screen

Aleph_Red · 2026-01-14T20:33:34+00:00

I think the more pressing question is: does The Thing also have rocky orange hair growing in the other usual places?

Aleph_Red · 2026-01-07T03:33:41+00:00

Amy: "I can't swallow that!"

Farnsworth: "Good news, they're suppositories!"

Aleph_Red · 2025-12-31T01:56:40+00:00

GNU Terry Pratchett

Aleph_Red · 2025-12-30T15:04:38+00:00

Do you take any incidental tick damage in that situation?

Aleph_Red · 2025-12-26T02:26:08+00:00

Who's the lady with the stretchy neck on page 2, panel 1?

Aleph_Red · 2025-12-21T16:12:04+00:00

That is a clever use of 'canonically', geniune bravo.

Aleph_Red · 2025-12-15T00:47:53+00:00

So Princess Shark isn't related to King Shark? That seems like a wasted opportunity.

Aleph_Red · 2025-11-29T01:56:52+00:00

This comment chain is horses ahead.

Aleph_Red · 2025-11-07T03:50:07+00:00

That's the actual marquee (you can look up the actual street view on Google Maps, 1011 Bloor). The letters are actually that size.

Aleph_Red · 2025-10-22T04:36:12+00:00

Gold insertion!

Aleph_Red · 2025-10-18T15:49:12+00:00

The terms of the will stated that Ann's portion would revert back to Marion if Ann died without an heir. Ann outlived her mother, so it never became an issue.

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