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Musk's Grok AI Follows Up 'MechaHitler' With Anime Goth Waifu And Red Panda That Wants To Teabag Everything In Sight
16.7.2025
A week after Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok descended into antisemitic rants and declared itself “MechaHitler,” the social media platform X is back with new AI-controlled chatbots for paid subscribers to “SuperGrok.” These new companions are the anime goth sexbot Ani and a rude Red Panda named Bad Rudi...
The Pope Just Blessed A Holographic Pokémon Card
8.7.2025
What would you take to a meeting with the Pope? A family heirloom? A favorite book? Pictures of an ill loved one? Well, one person decided to bring a Pokémon card. His holiness not only blessed it but autographed a second one. The fan said the Pontiff laughed, and described the entire meeting...
13 Things We Noticed In The New GTA VI Trailer And More Of The Week's Top Stories
10.5.2025
After last week’s announcement that GTA VI was being delayed into next year, Rockstar Games surprised us this week with a new trailer for the upcoming crime epic, and we studied it for every cool detail it might offer and every hint it might provide as to what we can expect from the game. Also,...
The New Pope Plays Video Games
9.5.2025
Yesterday, the world was introduced to the newest leader of the Catholic church, Pope Leo XIV aka Robert Francis Prevost. He was elected after just two days and was born in Chicago, making him the first American pope in history. He also is very likely the first pope to regularly play video games....
Bettors Lose Millions Predicting the New Pope as Polymarket Edge Fizzles Out
9.5.2025
The event throws into question the perceived heightened accuracy of betting markets like Poymarket over conventional polls
The Internet Reacts To Pope Leo XIV
8.5.2025
Have you heard the news? There’s a new Pope. Pope Leo XIV to be precise, aka Robert Francis Prevost. He was born in Chicago. Graduated a Villanova wildcat. Now he’s the first American Pope, which was such an honor to realize. Catholics make up less than 20 percent of the global population,...
12 Years Late, This Kickstarter-Funded Tribute To A Legendary Adventure Game Series Is A Complete Disaster
4.4.2025
In 2012, renowned developers Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe launched a Kickstarter to spiritually revive their classic Space Quest series, a game to be called SpaceVenture. Some 13 years later, following numerous delays and botched half-launches, the game has finally arrived on Steam. And oh no, it’s...
20 Spectacular Indie Games To Slam On Your Wishlist
28.11.2024
Once upon a time, the United States of America would enjoy a holiday called “Thanksgiving.” However, over time, as culture shifted and the country changed, it eventually evolved into the day of celebration we now all know and love. That’s right, Thanksgaming! It’s the day of the year when everyone...
ETH ETFs launched in ‘weak market’ and could pressure Bitcoin: Analyst
26.7.2024
Spot Ether ETFs came during a weak market and could tempt investors to diversify, putting Bitcoin’s price at risk, says Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards
Traders see ETH’s $3.2K pullback as a ‘buy’ while ETFs build steam
25.7.2024
Analysts believe Ether will see “tremendous” price action once their spot ETFs build momentum, similar to Bitcoin after the launch of spot Bitcoin ETFs
Someone Dumped $400,000 Worth Of Stolen Playdate Gaming Handhelds At A Random Restaurant
31.5.2024
Earlier this year, Panic, the company behind the whimsical Playdate gaming handheld, revealed that a shipment containing more than a thousand of the devices had been stolen. Several months and a lot of sleuthing later, the rogue shipments have been discovered after seemingly being dumped on...
Lorelei And The Laser Eyes: The Kotaku Review
15.5.2024
You will never be able to stop thinking about Lorelei and the Laser Eyes. The latest game from developer Simogo, the team behind 2019’s Sayonara Wild Hearts and 2013’s buzzy, puzzly adventure game Device 6, will burn itself into your mind. That remains true even when you aren’t actively playing...
New York Times Simulator Is A Gripping Exploration Of Modern Media Pitfalls
2.4.2024
The goal of The New York Times Simulator, a new, free game, is simple: keep readers happy and don’t get shut down. It’s a problem any modern media outlet knows well. But this new game doesn’t just make you any old journalist struggling to make a living in today’s fraught media landscape. No,...
Russell Crowe Movie Mistakes Dragon Age Icon For Spanish Inquisition Symbol
13.5.2023
I haven’t seen The Pope’s Exorcist, the horror movie starring Gladiator and Beautiful Mind actor Russell Crowe out in theaters right now, but it sounds like the film is pretty middling, and that Crowe can’t elevate the poor take on supernatural demons in the Catholic church. Frankly, I hadn’t heard...
Shooting The Pope: The Near Ruin Of A Country's Gaming Industry
27.2.2023
March of 2011. After a couple of moderately successful decades, the Italian gaming industry was facing its worst crisis yet; only a couple studios survived the dawn of the 2010s, and the country was still reeling from 2008’s global recession. Because of limited funds and developers leaving...
Good News, Undertale Fans: Toby Fox Just Wrote A Sans x Mob Psycho 100 Story
8.9.2022
Legacy media publications can keep their sexiest men and women of the year awards because the world finally has a winner in one of the internet’s most contentious beauty contests: the Tumblr sexyman award. And that winner is Sans from Undertale. Long may he reign.Read more
Elden Ring's Turtle Pope Wins All-Out Death Battle By Doing Absolutely Nothing
28.7.2022
The animal kingdom is a savage beast that cares not for gentle creatures, or at least that’s the only way I can mentally justify why YouTuber BjornTheBear would concoct a messed-up situation like this one. Bjorn decided to find out what would happen if you put every Elden Ring animal in an ultimate...
New One Piece Odyssey Trailer Gives Straw Hat Pirates Movie-Esque Intro
9.6.2022
One Piece’s manga might be going on a month-long hiatus, but that didn’t stop Game Pope and Muppet enthusiast Geoff Keighley from giving fans a new look at its upcoming JRPG during Summer Game Fest. Read more
Final Fantasy XIV Players Are Once Again Free To AFK (And Dance) Forever
26.5.2022
With lengthy wait times a distant memory, the Final Fantasy XIV team is ready to return to normalcy by letting folks stay logged in forever, no matter how long they go without, you know, actually playing the massively multiplayer online game.Read more
Someone Just Bought Two Super-Rare Golden Funko Pops For $100k Cash
25.5.2022
On May 5, a man in Glendale, California met up with another man to buy from him a sealed two-pack of ultra-rare Funko Pops for $100k cash. This deal, the first six-digit Funko Pop sale ever recorded, is believed to be the largest in Funko Pop collecting history, and it might just be the start...