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It ‘Felt Good’ to Come Clean — Caroline Ellison Reveals Intricacies of FTX Operations in Court Testimony
12.10.2023
In a recent courtroom showdown, Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, provided key insights into the operations of FTX and its alleged improprieties. Her revelations, documented by Inner City Press correspondent Matthew Russell Lee, could play a critical role in the ongoing fraud...
Diablo IV’s Season 2 Patch Notes Are Over 10,000 Words Long
12.10.2023
Diablo IV’s second season, the “Season of Blood,” is set to go live next week, bringing with it some big changes that Blizzard hopes will improve the action-RPG and bring back players. And while we’ll have to wait to see if Patch 1.2.0 can pull that off, I can at least tell you that, yes, update...
Lords Of The Fallen Sounds Like 2023’s Most Divisive Soulsborne
12.10.2023
Lords of the Fallen sounds like the best and worst parts of the Soulsborne genre all rolled into one. Hexworks’ grim action-RPG arrives in a year full of homages to FromSoftware’s Dark Souls, and so far critical assessments run the gamut from high praise to exhausted disappointment.Read more
Baldur’s Gate 2’s Characters Were ‘Cardboard Cutouts’ Until Devs Played Final Fantasy VII
11.10.2023
Lauded for its story, characters, and density of quality fantasy narrative, BioWare’s 2000 RPG Baldur’s Gate II is one of the most celebrated computer games of all time. An adaptation of the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, it aspired to digitize the rich experience of playing at...
Baldur’s Gate 3 Players Found An Incredible Way To Keep Minthara Alive In A ‘Good’ Playthrough
11.10.2023
Baldur’s Gate 3’s accommodation of players’ more esoteric choices continues to astound me, two months after it launched. Players have recently found a way to rescue and recruit Minthara—a secret companion character who you can normally only team up with by murdering a group of Tieflings and going...
Destiny 2 Offers Players $45 Credit After Banning Them By Mistake
11.10.2023
Destiny 2 has been cracking down on cheating in recent years, and the sci-fi shooter is now riddled with players who claim they were banned by mistake. However, it seems at least some of them may have been telling the truth: Bungie recently contacted a few players to apologize for banning them...
Let’s Fix Starfield’s Terrible Temples With Mods
11.10.2023
Early on in Starfield you start becoming a galactic superhero, unlocking stellar abilities like suspending gravity, slowing down time, and peering into the future (though there isn’t one to make Chunks tastier, sadly). Less cool, unfortunately, is that the repetitive process of gathering all your...
Bitcoin Price Prediction: 2% Fall; Economy Booms, Fidelity Underscores BTC Role
11.10.2023
On Wednesday, Bitcoin price experienced a minor setback, with its price declining by 1.75% to trade at $27,325. This dip comes amidst a flourishing economy, suggesting that now might be an opportune moment for investors to delve deeper into the world of Bitcoin.
Notably, the stability of Bitcoin...
Dashcam Footage Shows Cops Ignoring Robbery To Play Pokémon Go
11.10.2023
Newly released dashboard camera footage shows two Los Angeles Police Department officers ignoring an active robbery in order to catch some rare creatures in Pokémon Go. The footage shows how the driver ignored stop signs, sped through quiet residential areas, and drove the wrong way down a one-way...
Crab Soulslike Lets You Whip Out A Gun When Going Gets Tough
10.10.2023
Have you ever wished you could exercise your Second Amendment right on a formidable video game boss? Well, one upcoming Soulslike will let you pull out a gun and one-tap bosses if it prove too impossible to “git gud” and vanquish them the normal way.Read more
Popular Fantasy MMO Ditches Battle Pass After Players Revolt
10.10.2023
The just-introduced RuneScape battle pass has nowhere near the longevity of the 22-year-old game to which it belongs: after debuting the pass on September 4, developer Jagex plans to terminate it on December 3, it wrote in an October 6 update post. Read more
The Week In Games: What’s Coming Out Beyond Lords Of The Fallen
10.10.2023
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Bank of Canada Study: CBDC Can Help Overcome Inclusion Issues
10.10.2023
A recent study conducted by the Bank of Canada delved into the role a central bank digital currency (CBDC) would play in improving financial inclusion, digital inclusion, and accessibility. The study concludes that while the Canadian financial ecosystem is inclusive, a CBDC might help tackle...
The Economic Engine of War — Tracing Fiat Currency’s Role in Global Conflicts
10.10.2023
When Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin, many viewed it as a solution to the drawbacks of fiat money. Historically, about 800 fiat currencies have come and gone, with many ultimately failing. Intriguingly, the fundamental reasons for establishing the fiat system remain elusive to many. Some argue...
Italy’s Cipollone Defends Digital Euro as He Seeks ECB Role
9.10.2023
Remarks at a parliamentary hearing suggest no digital currency swerve when Fabio Panetta steps down in November
The 10 Most Anticipated Pokémon TCG Cards From Paradox Rift
9.10.2023
If you both played the Pokémon Scarlet or Violet game, and follow the Pokémon Trading Card Game, you’ll have noticed that the first four sets have entirely omitted the denizens of the the Great Crater of Paldea. These either ancient or futuristic Pokémon (dependent upon whether you played Scarlet...
Cyberpunk 2077 Developers Call Unions 'A Stronger Voice In Times Of Crisis'
9.10.2023
As the international gaming industry faces wave after wave of layoffs, workers at Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher developer, CD Projekt Red, have created a new Poland-wide union aimed at protecting their rights. This arrives in the face of the massive studio announcing it would be firing nine...
Just-Discovered Baldur’s Gate 3 Feature Reminds Gamers They Should Shower
6.10.2023
Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game Baldur’s Gate 3 is a horny elven fantasy until you end up in a fight. Then, you and your companions get blood spatter all over your faces—very real and sobering—and it’s hard to woo each other at a safe campsite while you’re staring at gore. Some players try...
Police Seize 1,000 Cards In Pokémon Counterfeiting Bust
6.10.2023
The crackdown on counterfeit Pikachus and Charizards continues. Earlier this week, an investigation by police in Annaka City, Japan led them to a haul of 1,000 cards believed to be fake, including Pokémon trading card game products. The 21-year-old suspect they allegedly belonged to had been caught...
CD Projekt Red Spent Over $120 Million Saving Cyberpunk 2077’s Reputation
6.10.2023
Cyberpunk 2077’s highly acclaimed and massive expansion, Phantom Liberty, almost feels like its own game. That’s probably because the developers behind the expansion spent over $60 million on developing Phantom Liberty and $21 million on marketing it, bringing the total cost of producing the DLC...