The Sunday Papers: FF16's Middle Eastern Influences, Armored Core 6's Violence, and AI Research

Rock Paper Shotgun's The Sunday Papers rounds up the week's games writing, including a critique of Final Fantasy XVI's shallow handling of Middle Eastern and North African cultural influences and a piece on violence and empowerment in Armored Core 6. It also features AI researcher Michael Cook on how AI papers now just ask an LLM to do something, plus writing on Microsoft layoffs and Bobby Kotick.