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HBO's The Last Of Us Is A Safe Show That's Caught Between Big Changes, Expectations
10.1.2023
Ten years ago, when I interviewed creative director Neil Druckmann and game director Bruce Straley about their new, generation-defining PlayStation hit The Last of Us, they cited the Coen brothers’ 2007 film No Country for Old Men as a key tonal inspiration. But the fact that a playthrough of...
CoinDesk Research’s 2022 Annual Crypto Review
9.1.2023
Even though 2022 was a bear market, it was an eventful year for all facets of the crypto industry
Robert Kiyosaki: SEC Will ‘Crush’ Most Cryptos, Burry on US Recession, Gold Bug Schiff on Inflation in 2023 — Week in Review
8.1.2023
2023 is off to a rough start, with crypto business bankruptcies, inflation, and recession impacting markets and looming darker on the horizon. Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki says that other than bitcoin, the Unites States Securities and Exchange Commission is going to “crush”...
Trigun Stampede’s Pilot Episode Puts Any Gripes Over CGI Anime To Rest
6.1.2023
The winter 2023 anime season is hitting the ground running with the debut of hotly anticipated shows like Nier: Automata and Mappa’s take on Vinland Saga. But the anime with the most to prove to the anime community this season is Trigun Stampede, the CG remake of the classic ‘90s anime, Trigun....
This New Romance Anime Is A Breath Of Fresh Air After Last Year's Harem Blitz
4.1.2023
Ever since I caught up on the irreverent romantic comedy anime, Kaguya Sama: Love Is War, I’ve been hellbent on finding a lovey-dovey anime to fill the heart-shaped hole it’s left on my watchlist. Just when I was beginning to lose hope that I’d ever find a romantic show, in came Tomo-Chan Is...
Star Wars Fans Waited 20 Years For This Excellent LEGO Set
4.1.2023
It’s the start of a new year, which of course means it’s time for some new Lego sets! Every January 1, Lego releases a long list of new builds, and this time Star Wars fans got a wonderful and long-awaited treat: A new TIE bomber set. And it only took two decades of waiting. But it looks like...
2022 in Review: ViaBTC Capital Gathers Momentum and Delivers Win-win Results
3.1.2023
PRESS RELEASE. As financial markets worldwide confront major challenges, the crypto market has remained sluggish in 2022. Meanwhile, along with the slowing global economic growth, the crypto market has also entered a prolonged bear period. Despite the continued sluggishness of crypto this year,...
Gold, Silver, and Oil Predictions; Ellison’s FTX Testimony and the Sam Trabucco Mystery; Massively Eroded Dollar Sees the Fed Turn 109 — Week in Review
1.1.2023
Robert Kiyosaki says the time to buy gold and silver is now, predicting a stock market crash will send prices of the precious metals higher. In other news, the crypto community has been curious about the former Alameda Research co-CEO Sam Trabucco, and his whereabouts, as the guilty plea...
Insurance Giant Tokio Marine to Offer Its Services in the Metaverse
31.12.2022
Tokio Marine, the biggest property/casualty insurance group in Japan, is taking its services and operations into the metaverse. The group, which has more than 39,000 employees all over the world, will allow its users to review and purchase insurance products on a metaverse platform, using real...
CFIUS Plans to Review Any Deals Made By Bankrupt Crypto Lender Voyager
30.12.2022
The review could impact the completion, timing and terms of any such deals, CFIUS said
Venezuelan Banking Watchdog to Oversee Crypto Transactions to Preserve Currency Stability
30.12.2022
Sudeban, the Venezuelan banking watchdog, is currently working on a mechanism to review crypto-related transactions in real-time to control the influence these have on the stability of the exchange market. Analysts have recently linked the situation in peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto markets to...
The State Of PlayStation In 2022
29.12.2022
The decision-makers behind Sony’s console juggernaut spent a lot of 2022 putting down railway for 2023 and beyond, dumping money and time into growing the PlayStation brand beyond the funky-looking device in your entertainment center. The company wants the PlayStation name to be ubiquitous,...
Ethereum’s 2022 in Review: The Merge, MEV and Mayhem
28.12.2022
Ethereum’s year was marked by reductions to energy costs and improved scalability, but it was also racked by hacks and “censorship.”
Huobi announces to review the launch of Pi
27.12.2022
Pi Network’s mainnet upgrade is underway, and Huobi has its eye on the development. The latter has announced that it will support the development, which will be followed by Huobi adding support to the list of Pi. This comes after positive recommendations from the community. Huobi shared...
Snowden to Musk: ‘I Take Payment in Bitcoin’; Big Short Investor Says Audits of Exchanges like Binance and FTX Are ‘Meaningless,’ and More — Week in Review
25.12.2022
Ahead of the holidays and new year, the former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) contractor known to the world as a staunch privacy advocate and whistleblower, Edward Snowden, has offered to step up as the new CEO of Twitter after current “Chief Twit” Elon Musk has said he is stepping...
The State Of Xbox And Game Pass In 2022
22.12.2022
2022 was somehow both a very big, successful year for Xbox and Game Pass and also one that it felt as if the gaming giant was starting to lose some steam. Read more
2022’s Market Review: Crypto Economy Loses $1.4T, Top 10 Token Knockouts, Terra’s Collapse
21.12.2022
2022 is coming to an end and during the last 12 months, the crypto economy has lost roughly $1.486 trillion in value against the U.S. dollar. On Dec. 20, 2021, bitcoin was trading for $46,406 and it has lost more than 63% in value year-to-date, while the second leading crypto asset ethereum shed...
Built on Bitcoin in 2022: Top Bitcoin Newsletter Publishes Its Year-End Review
21.12.2022
A deliberately measured progression in development with at least 3 major themes is the conclusion of the Bitcoin Operations Technology Group
DeFi, NFT, blockchain games: Key takeaways from DappRadar's 2022 review
21.12.2022
Despite a tumultuous year, DeFi, NFTs and blockchain games drove DApp usage across the industry, according to DappRadar’s 2022 report
River City Girls 2 Is The Beat ‘Em Up That Dreams Are Made Of
20.12.2022
When the year began, there were only a handful of video games that piqued my interest, and chief among them was the spin-off to the classic beat ‘em up series Kunio-Kun (or River City). River City Girls 2 finally arrived in the U.S. on December 15 after shifting release dates all year, and the game...