PlayStation is getting back to what it’s good at
…After a series of costly live-service stumbles, it’s getting back to focusing on premium, narrative-driven, single-player games. That statement was made clear with how it started and ended…
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AI avatars in digital blackface want to sell you this belt buckle
…In a video for the social media platform from March, she cries to the camera and pleads for views: “Even as a black woman, I have more faith that white women will…
Playing Esoteric Ebb is like rolling the dice with a great DM
…I even chatted with a giant snail. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xayOde6o8J0] In retrospect, I think my initial, unfocused-feeling experience is actually the intended experience of Esoteric Ebb…
The future of Hollywood isn’t feeding prompts into vanilla gen AI models
…Most of Mauvais Soleil’s shots last for just a few seconds and the only speaking character is an unseen narrator, but the film’s story about how a man’s life…
With Saros, Housemarque makes a case for doing next-gen games differently
…I think that’s why we then get a lot more leeway to fall in love with the hardware as much as we do.” [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj…
Google’s first smart speaker in six years arrives next week
Google’s first new smart speaker in six years starts shipping on June 25th, narrowly missing its promised spring launch window. Preorders for the Google Home Speaker open today, June 17th. Nothing…
Backrooms is at the forefront of horror’s YouTube wave
…You frequently see the ways in which creators can let online engagement affect them personally and affect the way they make things.” [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HjdiohVOik] Like Parsons…
X-Men ’97 has what Master of the Universe is missing
…they are. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfUtseK27pc] Rather than adapting a single storyline from Marvel’s comics, the new season of X-Men ’97 combines narrative elements from a…
Sony’s sloppy Spider-Man universe gets even messier with Spider-Noir
…But the series is so lacking in narrative substance that it feels like Sony has lost sight of what made its most successful Spider-Man projects shine. [Media: https://www.youtube.com…
Star Fox is the Switch 2’s most impressive visual showcase yet
…The barebones narrative feels even more lacking now given how epic the visuals make everything feel, and while the cutscenes look great, the set-up means you’ll see them many, many…