Shift Up head defends AI-generated Blood Rain video amid Evie backlash
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I wasn't able to retrieve the actual body text of this article — both the text you provided and a direct fetch of the URL only returned PC Gamer's site navigation, membership prompts and cookie/subscription boilerplate, not the story itself (likely blocked by a paywall or JavaScript-rendered content).
All I can reliably infer from the headline is that a "Stellar Blade boss" (presumably from Shift Up) responded to backlash over an AI-generated video tied to a game called "Blood Rain" involving the character Evie, arguing the AI wasn't creating her "from scratch" — but critics apparently felt this missed the actual objection. I don't have enough verified detail (who exactly said this, the full quote, what Blood Rain is, or the nature of the backlash) to write an accurate two-paragraph summary without guessing or fabricating facts.
If you can paste the full article text (e.g. copy it from the page) or another accessible source, I can produce the summary in the requested format right away.
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I don't have reliable, verified details to write this primer. WebSearch isn't authorised in this session (the permission request was declined), and the article text you provided doesn't actually contain the story — only site navigation and paywall boilerplate came through. All I can see is the headline itself.
Writing a "start here" primer requires stating background facts (who Shift Up's head is, what Blood Rain is, who/what Evie refers to, and the nature of the backlash) as if they're established — and I'd be guessing at all of them. That risks putting fabricated claims in front of readers, which I'm not willing to do.
Two ways to move forward: 1. Grant WebSearch permission for this session so I can look up the actual story and confirm details before writing. 2. Paste the article text directly (copy from the page) and I'll write the primer from that.
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Originally published by PC Gamer as “Stellar Blade boss completely misses the point of why people are upset with Blood Rain’s AI slop video: ‘The AI is not creating [Evie] from scratch’”.