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473 Black & White at 25: how Lionhead's hairbrained, stoner-powered game design became the harbinger of modern AI

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Lewis Gordon @ Eurogamer.net · 04/12/2026 07:00 EDT

Black & White at 25: how Lionhead's hairbrained, stoner-powered game design became the harbinger of modern AI

Your disembodied hand trembles with raw power. It can raze forests, summon storms, and dedicate villagers to single tasks for their entirety of their humble lives: fishing, for example, or the most profound act of all - procreation (fine, shagging). But in Black & White, which recently turned 25-years-old, your divine command of mind and matter does not extend to the capricious creature roaming the grassy land below. This pesky being may be your godly will made flesh, but they're liable to dissent from it a

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