{"id":2055496,"date":"2026-07-22T09:28:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T06:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2055496"},"modified":"2026-07-22T09:28:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T06:28:39","slug":"reddit-is-forcing-google-ai-into-hallucinating-the-duskbloods-characters-before-fromsoftwares-switch-2-exclusive-is-even-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2055496","title":{"rendered":"Reddit is forcing Google AI into hallucinating The Duskbloods characters before FromSoftware&#8217;s Switch 2 exclusive is even out"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-duskbloods\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      The Duskbloods<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Reddit is forcing Google AI into hallucinating The Duskbloods characters before FromSoftware&#8217;s Switch 2 exclusive is even out<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Poison swamp.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/duskbloods-gemini.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"The Duskbloods x Gemini custom image\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"duskbloods-gemini.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer \/ FromSoftware \/ Google<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-22T09:28:39+00:00\">July 22, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"b574f1ea-a4d4-4017-8b34-ef0859405d07\" data-name=\"The Duskbloods\" data-follow-text=\"Follow The Duskbloods\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following The Duskbloods\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow The Duskbloods\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following The Duskbloods\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow The Duskbloods\" title=\"Follow The Duskbloods\"><br \/>\n  Follow The Duskbloods<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-duskbloods\">The Duskbloods<\/a>&#8216; first playtest &#8211; which will likely mark the first time anyone outside FromSoftware and Nintendo has played the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> exclusive &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-duskbloods-closed-playtest-dates\">is coming next month<\/a>, yet Google&#8217;s AI search believes the subreddit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheDuskbloods\/\">r\/TheDuskbloods<\/a> already has official information.<\/p>\n<p>As spotted and explained by Ian Walker at <a href=\"https:\/\/videogame.town\/2026\/07\/21\/google-ai-hallucinating-fake-duskbloods-bosses-reddit-shit-posting-switch-2-nintendo-from-software\/\">Video Game Town<\/a>, the elaborate jokes and shitposts have been going for a while, probably the product of waiting too long for a game without crumbs of new information &#8211; a feeling the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/grand-theft-auto-vi\">GTA 6<\/a> crowd knows all too well. The main difference here, though, is that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/this-years-agdq-included-someone-speedrunning-elden-ring-bosses-with-a-saxophone\">diehard FromSoftware fans are a traditionally goofy bunch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"The Duskbloods - Official Closed Network Test Trailer | Nintendo Direct June 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dMrTr9cz53k?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/dMrTr9cz53k\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">The Duskbloods &#8211; Official Closed Network Test Trailer | Nintendo Direct June 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The Duskbloods &#8211; Official Closed Network Test Trailer | Nintendo Direct June 2026<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dMrTr9cz53k\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Characters like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheDuskbloods\/comments\/1u2ijn6\/comment\/oqxwt66\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\">Bugout Billy<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;the unlockable character you get when you beat the Duskbug Brigade boss in the Underdusk zone&#8221; &#8211; sound obviously jokey, but what about Blood Mistress Elizabeth, &#8220;clearly the fanservice boss&#8221;, or Lycan Vrykolakas, who&#8217;s described as &#8220;Blaidd 2&#8221; and &#8220;absolute cinema&#8221;? User Southern_Copy_6173 went all the way with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheDuskbloods\/comments\/1rv0lj9\/my_list_of_duskbloods_bosses_ranked_from_easiest\/\">their ranked list of bosses in The Duskbloods<\/a>. There are enough lore, aesthetic, and gameplay details in there to fool any casual reader stumbling into the post a few months from now. The thing is the game isn&#8217;t out, but Google AI seemingly doesn&#8217;t register that as an issue before confidently spewing out the information to unsuspecting searchers&#8230; most of the time.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I had to see this for myself, so I asked Google AI for a list of confirmed Duskbloods bosses, but it seems it might have caught up with the conversation, as it perfectly underlined none had been officially announced, but Reddit had been making up a bunch of them. However, questions that were formulated slightly differently could get it to tell me that yes, Lycan Vrykolakas is a real bloke you can fight in the unreleased game, for example.<\/p>\n<p>After that, I decided to push things a bit further with more specific queries, and told Google AI to give me a rundown of Bugout Billy&#8217;s features and abilities. Even though it told me it&#8217;d pulled this information from the post shared above and identified the nickname as informal, it still gave me a detailed explanation of how to unlock him thanks to leaks (that don&#8217;t exist) without identifying the information as fake at any point. Cool, cool.<\/p>\n<p>This behaviour isn&#8217;t entirely new, either. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheDuskbloods\/comments\/1tu82ot\/sanguiphisto_named_hardest_boss_by_google_ai\/\">This post from two months ago<\/a> revealed Sanguiphisto, &#8220;the undisputed S+ tier challenge&#8221; in The Duskbloods, had been picked up by Google AI along with Orlac and Blood Mistress Elizabeth. The well has been poisoned for quite some time. It&#8217;s all fun when it&#8217;s some random bullshit for an upcoming video game that Google picks up, but the more serious implications should disturb us, especially when the <a href=\"https:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/torment-nexus\">Torment Nexus<\/a> is demanding more billions, and more resources, with every passing day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-duskbloods\">The Duskbloods<\/a>&#8216; first playtest &#8211; which will likely mark the first time anyone outside FromSoftware and Nintendo has played the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> exclusive &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-duskbloods-closed-playtest-dates\">is coming next month<\/a>, yet Google&#8217;s AI search believes the subreddit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheDuskbloods\/\">r\/TheDuskbloods<\/a> already has official information.<\/p>\n<p>As spotted and explained by Ian Walker at <a href=\"https:\/\/videogame.town\/2026\/07\/21\/google-ai-hallucinating-fake-duskbloods-bosses-reddit-shit-posting-switch-2-nintendo-from-software\/\">Video Game Town<\/a>, the elaborate jokes and shitposts have been going for a while, probably the product of waiting too long for a game without crumbs of new information &#8211; a feeling the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/grand-theft-auto-vi\">GTA 6<\/a> crowd knows all too well. The main difference here, though, is that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/this-years-agdq-included-someone-speedrunning-elden-ring-bosses-with-a-saxophone\">diehard FromSoftware fans are a traditionally goofy bunch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"The Duskbloods - Official Closed Network Test Trailer | Nintendo Direct June 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dMrTr9cz53k?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/dMrTr9cz53k\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">The Duskbloods &#8211; Official Closed Network Test Trailer | Nintendo Direct June 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The Duskbloods &#8211; Official Closed Network Test Trailer | Nintendo Direct June 2026<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dMrTr9cz53k\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Characters like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheDuskbloods\/comments\/1u2ijn6\/comment\/oqxwt66\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\">Bugout Billy<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;the unlockable character you get when you beat the Duskbug Brigade boss in the Underdusk zone&#8221; &#8211; sound obviously jokey, but what about Blood Mistress Elizabeth, &#8220;clearly the fanservice boss&#8221;, or Lycan Vrykolakas, who&#8217;s described as &#8220;Blaidd 2&#8221; and &#8220;absolute cinema&#8221;? User Southern_Copy_6173 went all the way with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheDuskbloods\/comments\/1rv0lj9\/my_list_of_duskbloods_bosses_ranked_from_easiest\/\">their ranked list of bosses in The Duskbloods<\/a>. There are enough lore, aesthetic, and gameplay details in there to fool any casual reader stumbling into the post a few months from now. The thing is the game isn&#8217;t out, but Google AI seemingly doesn&#8217;t register that as an issue before confidently spewing out the information to unsuspecting searchers&#8230; most of the time.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I had to see this for myself, so I asked Google AI for a list of confirmed Duskbloods bosses, but it seems it might have caught up with the conversation, as it perfectly underlined none had been officially announced, but Reddit had been making up a bunch of them. However, questions that were formulated slightly differently could get it to tell me that yes, Lycan Vrykolakas is a real bloke you can fight in the unreleased game, for example.<\/p>\n<p>After that, I decided to push things a bit further with more specific queries, and told Google AI to give me a rundown of Bugout Billy&#8217;s features and abilities. Even though it told me it&#8217;d pulled this information from the post shared above and identified the nickname as informal, it still gave me a detailed explanation of how to unlock him thanks to leaks (that don&#8217;t exist) without identifying the information as fake at any point. Cool, cool.<\/p>\n<p>This behaviour isn&#8217;t entirely new, either. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheDuskbloods\/comments\/1tu82ot\/sanguiphisto_named_hardest_boss_by_google_ai\/\">This post from two months ago<\/a> revealed Sanguiphisto, &#8220;the undisputed S+ tier challenge&#8221; in The Duskbloods, had been picked up by Google AI along with Orlac and Blood Mistress Elizabeth. The well has been poisoned for quite some time. 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