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AI Appreciation Day is an awareness day that happens every year on July 16. It was created to recognize how artificial intelligence is showing up in everyday life. Let’s catch up with the team and get their takes on AI appreciation.

AI has been introduced, developed, and gradually woven into everyday life, and it has also become part of my own life for the better. While AI certainly has its controversial side, since it is AI Appreciation Day, I want to focus on what I appreciate about it and how I use it. I use AI almost every day, from simple suggestions about what to wear, including the colors of my top, bottoms, underwear, and accessories based on my Four Pillars of Destiny, or 사주, to recommendations for music that matches my taste and ideas for lunch or dinner. I also use it for grammar checks, writing assistance, and comparing products I am considering buying. Twenty years ago, people often had to know exactly what they were looking for, remember countless details, or become knowledgeable in many different areas just to make everyday decisions. AI has made my life easier, less time consuming, and less stressful. Of course, there may be certain things we lose by relying on AI, but there is no denying that it has made many parts of my life more convenient and manageable.

— Justin J, Asst. Project Manager

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In honor of AI Appreciation Day, I wanted to share a bit about how I use AI in my everyday life. To me, AI has become the new search engine. When I’m looking for specific, tailored information, it’s my go-to tool for getting straight answers.
For instance, I’m definitely not an Excel wizard. Whenever I need a complex formula, I’ll ask AI to build it for me—or even help me structure an entire spreadsheet from scratch using my raw data. I also love using it for translations. Unlike traditional translation apps that just swap words literally, AI actually gives me the cultural context behind the phrases. Ultimately, AI has been an incredible productivity partner for my personal projects, and I’m genuinely excited to see how it continues to evolve.

— Kevin D, Client Success

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I’ll admit that I use AI everyday.

What was once a ‘dip in and out’ of Grammarly workflow turned into ‘polish this or that’ with ChatGPT. Sometimes what needs a little appreciation is how AI can touch people or their daily work differently.

From AI that’s trained to detect illnesses doctors can’t detect or a game artist making variations of their own art to spark inspiration, AI can be pretty powerful, for better or worse.

Sure, there are lots of cases where AI is used illegally or unethically but I’m happy with some of the positives and how real people are being helped.

I’m personally against AI mastering games like doing speed-runs or beating humans at chess or League of Legends.

I just don’t see the point.

Teams of researchers with millions of dollars in funding against humans who have to compete the old-fashioned way is just not interesting to me. Let’s see how good AI is at games when it has to deal with physical setbacks or last night’s rough conversation with a loved one echoing endlessly in the corners of its mind when things get tough in a head-to-head battle.

All that aside, where AI gets interesting is in the times where you need help writing an outline or researching recipes for that friend who’s visiting that can’t eat cranberries or walnuts. Little things matter.

I think AI is amazing but humans are pretty cool too and, for the record, both can – and often do – create slop.
AI hasn’t cornered the market there!

— Mace T, Project Manager

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After last’s post about the team’s fond memories of summer, we caught up with them to hear their thoughts on what they’re looking forward to this summer.

When I think of summer, I think of horror, thrill, and anything scary enough to give me chills. This summer, I’m especially looking forward to new horror games that may be released in July and August, as well as games that are already out and ready to play. Over the past few years, the idea of the Backrooms has become really popular through short amateur clips, and now it has even turned into a movie called Backrooms. Recently, a new game called Backrooms: Lost Runners also caught my attention. There are many Backrooms-themed games out there, but this one stands out because of its quality and multiplayer features. I’m really excited to play it myself and also watch other streamers experience it.

— Justin J, Asst. Project Manager

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Well, I’m kind of cheating a bit here, but I am looking forward to No Rest for the Wicked on consoles. I’m a little torn tho as Sony’s latest stance on physical media is not sitting well with me and I planned on playing that game on PS5. Despite the fact that I mostly buy and play digitally I may have to really think harder about my options.

Regardless, I’m looking forward to No Rest for the Wicked as it’s been some time since a co-op action RPG with lots of depth and fluid class builds caught my eye, so I’m looking forward to it. I’m a big advocate for co-op games and this one looks grindy and challenging which i appreciate. “No Rest” also features cross-play which is exciting. I’m hoping to revive some of the magic of games like Champions of Norrath and the PS2 Baldur’s Gate games with this one.

We’ll see if it can help me thru the fall to winter period as I, like many others, reassess their hardware gaming stack… just in time for higher hardware prices. Yayyyy!

— Mace T, Project Manager

This week, we’re looking back on what summer means to us.

Summer is a little different for everyone which is what keeps it feeling no fresh and exciting year despite the hard-to-sleep nights and occasional sunburn.
Let’s catch up with the team…

For me, summer gaming has always meant horror. In South Korea, there is a beloved cultural tradition of consuming horror media during the hottest months of the year, from scary movies and ghost stories to TV horror specials, haunted houses, and summer-themed fright events. It may seem strange from a Western perspective, where horror is usually tied to Halloween and the colder months, but in Korea, fear is often used as a way to “scare the heat away.”

Physiologically, it almost makes sense: when you are frightened, your body releases adrenaline, your heart rate rises, your blood vessels constrict, and you may even get goosebumps or shiver. That reaction mirrors the feeling of being cold, almost tricking your brain into experiencing a chill.

Growing up, Korean media always treated summer as the season for scary content, and that carried over into my life as a gamer. When I was younger, my friends and I would gather at someone’s house, turn off all the lights, and play horror games like The House flash game or SCP-087-B, both of which I still remember vividly. I do not know if those games actually helped us escape the sweltering heat, but they definitely gave us unforgettable summer nights.

— Justin J, Asst. Project Manager

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When we think of summer, our minds instantly drift to the classic Hollywood blockbuster. Over the years, the season has increasingly become a battleground for video game adaptations looking to make a splash on the big screen.
One of the most highly anticipated releases in this category was 2016’s Warcraft. Having dedicated my high school and college years to the iconic MMORPG, the prospect of a full-length cinematic adaptation was thrilling. While the film ultimately received mixed reviews and struggled to capture mainstream box office dominance domestically, it remains a nostalgic treat for long-time fans like myself. Seeing a world I spent years exploring brought to life on the silver screen was well worth the admission.

Looking ahead, the next major summer milestone for gaming fans is the upcoming Call of Duty film. Though the project’s expected release window is slated for June 2028, the sheer scale of the franchise ensures that anticipation will remain high. Adapting a first-person juggernaut is no small feat, but it is undoubtedly a summer blockbuster to watch out for.

— Kevin D, Client Success

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Summer movies feel inseparable from the season because they share the same energy as the long summer I spent glued to the original Final Fantasy VII on PlayStation, a game that turned my living room into an epic quest and made everyday vacation time feel bigger, stranger, and more magical. That same feeling is what made the original Masters of the Universe stick with me, even with its more sci-fi style, because it took those lazy months and opened them into cosmic stakes and wild adventure. Around all of that is the softer nostalgia of going to camp, sitting by the pool, eating ice cream on a bright day, and knowing there’s a new movie or game waiting to take you somewhere else the moment you step inside or pick up the controller. Together, those stories didn’t just fill time. They became part of what summer feels like, a tradition of escape and imagination woven alongside the kind of summer sun that melts your ice cream, your soul, and sometimes your skin.

— Mace T, Project Manager