I Made Terrible Games With Google's AI Playground

A long day's haul in the video game slop mines.

By Boone Ashworth | October 11, 2026

Neon Don is really pissed at his ex-wife's lawyer. He'll tell you any chance he gets while he shotguns lines of pixelated bad guys. He's also not real—his likeness has only existed for a few minutes in a top-down cyberpunk-style shooter game, generated in the Google Labs service, Playground.

"Keep shooting!" Neon Don says as he mows enemies down. "Brenda took everything el..."

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