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In Dragon Age: The Veilguard, This Dialogue Option Lets You Declare Your Character Is Trans
28.10.2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s character creator is easily the most expansive that developer BioWare has ever put in one of its RPGs, with its most notable additions this time around including options to select your character’s gender and pronouns independent of any aspects of their body, and...
Dawntrail Players Should Read The Damn Dialogue, Cloud Gaming Is Good Actually, And More Opinions For The Week
6.7.2024
This week saw some “discourse” flare up around the storytelling in Final Fantasy 14 and specifically its new expansion, Dawntrail, and we’ve got thoughts. Also, don’t miss our commentary on what appears to be Sony winding down active support for the PS4, and how cloud gaming can be really cool...
I’m Begging Final Fantasy 14 Players To Just Read The Dialogue In Dawntrail
2.7.2024
According to some players, Final Fantasy 14’s new Dawntrail expansion has a story problem. It’s boring, plot points aren’t explained properly, and it is by and large unimportant, or so go the criticisms. Of course, what those complaints don’t tell you is that a lot of the people behind them...
Digital Scarcity — Billionaire Michael Dell and Michael Saylor Exchange Dialogue on Bitcoin
21.6.2024
On June 20, Michael Dell, the Chief Executive Officer of Dell, the American technology company known for developing, selling, repairing, and supporting computers and related products and services, shared his thoughts on bitcoin via the social media platform X. This interaction began with a response...
Next Starfield Update Adds Better Maps And 60 FPS Option To Xbox
1.5.2024
Starfield’s next big patch, 1.11.33, is now out for PC players on Steam via the game’s beta branch. This new update, which will go live later for everyone, adds performance options to Xbox, improved maps while walking around planets, new difficulty options, and a huge list of bug fixes.Read more
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Lets The Life Is Strange Devs Grow Up
29.4.2024
Don’t Nod has spent a lot of the past decade writing about teenagers and young adults. After creating the Life Is Strange franchise in 2015, much of the studio’s most well-known portfolio has been made up of adventure games capturing the raw, unbridled emotion of being in your developing years,...
New AI Demo Shows Why Games Writing Should Be Left To People
18.3.2024
NVIDIA and Convai have released a trailer for their AI demo, Project Neural Nexus, and it predictably looks and sounds like shit.Read more
Elon Musk Sparks Excitement and Speculation in Crypto Community with OpenAI Troll
7.3.2024
Elon Musk's critique of OpenAI, the company he co-founded, has sparked a legal dispute and mixed reactions within the cryptocurrency community. His call for a more open AI dialogue contrasts with OpenAI's funding and strategic decisions, leading to a complex discourse on AI's future direction.
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Bitcoin Price Prediction: Surge to $52,250 Amid Coinbase Shift & VC Funding Boost; BTC to Target $55,000?
19.2.2024
In the During the Asian session, Bitcoin is trading near $52,250, marking a modest increase of approximately 0.50% on Monday, the cryptocurrency landscape is undergoing significant shifts. Notably, Coinbase’s recent decision to halt native Bitcoin payments for merchants, opting instead for...
AI Agents: The Next Big Buyers in Crypto, Predicts Palantir’s Joe Lonsdale
24.1.2024
This week, Joe Lonsdale, a founding partner of Palantir, engaged in a dialogue about artificial intelligence (AI) on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” During this discussion, he highlighted the significant role AI will play in enhancing productivity. Furthermore, Lonsdale pointed out...
EBA Discusses Proposed Guidelines for Stablecoin Issuers
11.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock / rarrarorro European banking regulators have urged stablecoin issuers and other stakeholders to dialogue with regulators ahead of proposed stablecoin rules under the Markets in Crypto Assets (MICA) regulation. EBA Calls for Synergy Between Stakeholders and Regulators...
‘Controversial’ Bitcoin Proposal to Curb Inscriptions Ignites Fierce Debate, Ends Without Resolution
7.1.2024
On Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, the debate surrounding Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr’s proposal to restrict all varieties of data-bearing transactions concluded as the topic veered into “controversial” territory. Bitcoin Core custodian and Blockstream staff member Andrew Chow...
Okx to Cut Ties With Privacy Coins Amid Regulatory Heat, Triggering Market Dip
29.12.2023
In light of the ongoing dialogue around Binance’s removal of privacy coins, the cryptocurrency exchange Okx has declared the removal of various spot trading pairs linked to privacy tokens such as monero, zcash, and dash. Okx attributes its decision to remove these offerings...
SEC’s Dialogue With Wall Street Behemoth BlackRock Regarding Spot Bitcoin ETF Application Continues – Approvals Coming in January?
15.12.2023
BlackRock Office Officials from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) met with three employees of BlackRock on Thursday to discuss the asset manager’s application to set up a spot Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), as per a memorandum released by the SEC on Friday. Blackrock met with...
Crypto Exchange Coinex Pens an Open Plea for Dialogue With the Hacker
15.9.2023
On September 12, 2023, Coinex was hacked, losing an estimated $54 million after hackers removed significant amounts of BTC, ETH, TRX, and other tokens. Three days later, Coinex released an open letter to the hackers, hoping to “build a sincere and open channel of communication.”...
Stardew Valley's Next Update Includes A New Festival And...Secrets?
18.7.2023
Fans of pixel-art farming simulator Stardew Valley just got another tease about what to expect from the upcoming 1.6 update. While we still don’t know when it will release, developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone tweeted on July 17 that the patch will include another festival and more dialogue.Read...
Don’t Skip Baldur’s Gate 3’s Opening If You Played Early Access
11.7.2023
Baldur’s Gate 3 entered early access almost three years ago, so players have had ample time to take its opening hours for a spin. If you’re one of them, you may have even seen the RPG’s first few acts several times at this point. However, if you’re gearing up to play the full game when it launches...
Ethereum Core Devs Weigh Pros and Cons of Raising Validator Threshold From 32 ETH to 2,048 ETH
19.6.2023
Ethereum’s core developers are engaged in discussions about raising the validator threshold from 32 ETH to 2,048 ETH. This proposal, put forward by Michael Neuder, a researcher from the Ethereum Foundation, aims to address concerns related to decentralization, inflation, and the size of...
Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse Is Hard To Hear, Some Viewers Say
5.6.2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse came out on June 2 to rave reviews and a box office weekend that trailed only The Super Mario Bros. Movie to become the second-largest of 2023 so far. There’s only one thing holding the movie back apparently: people can’t hear what the hell characters are saying...
Male Video Game Characters Talk Way More Than Women, Research Shows
31.5.2023
A new study has uncovered a not-so-surprising truth about gender bias in video games: Across 50 role-playing games, male characters have about twice as much dialogue as female characters. Shocking, I know.Read more