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31 Terrific Movies That Are Perfect For Spooky Season
23.9.2024
Can you feel that chill in the air? Are the trees in your neighborhood shifting shades from verdant greens to crisp reds and oranges? Notice that the sun is setting earlier? Though these are all markers of the beginning of fall AKA the beginning of my seasonal depression, they are also, gratefully...
Black Myth: Wukong: The Kotaku Review
22.8.2024
There’s a moment in Black Myth: Wukong that would be the perfect visual metaphor for the game’s hopeful, proud ascension as China’s big breakthrough into the Western AAA pantheon. Unfortunately, that moment is restricted, and we can’t talk about that.Read more
Lost Records Hands-On: The Life Is Strange Devs Explore The Good And Bad Of Nostalgia
20.8.2024
Don’t Nod, the studio behind the original Life is Strange and its (stellar) numbered sequel, has an earnest quality to its writing that still gets me, almost 10 years after Max Caulfield first strode down the halls of Blackwell Academy. So even when Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, the next game from...
The BioShock Movie Is Still In The Works, But Will Be ‘Much Smaller’ Than Originally Planned
26.7.2024
It’s been a while since we got news of Netflix’s BioShock adaptation, but we finally have an update thanks to San Diego Comic-Con. During a panel at the convection, producer Roy Lee revealed that, yes the movie is still happening, but it won’t be exactly as it was originally intended due to recent...
Palworld And Sony Team Up To Make The Next Pokémon Company
10.7.2024
Palworld feels like gaming’s ultimate troll. It’s a troll on the concepts of IP and copyright as it so brazenly mimics Pokémon with its creature design. And it’s a troll on Pokémon fans, given it’s really just yet another tree-bashing survival game. But oh boy, has it been a success, and...
Watch Twitch Star Kai Cenat And MrBeast's Indoor Firework Display
4.7.2024
YouTuber and Twitch streamer Kai Cenat finished a livestream with MrBeast in style: He, seemingly, had his streaming room blown up by fireworks. The stunt, because of course it was, terrified the vast numbers of live viewers.Read more
Why Ethereum ETF day one inflow won’t be like Bitcoin — Fireblocks MD
3.6.2024
Stephen Richardson’s view aligns with Bloomberg’s ETF analysts, who expect the spot Ether ETFs to capture 10-20% of the flows that Bitcoin ETFs did at launch
The Story Behind PO’ed, 2024’s Weirdest Remaster
30.5.2024
In 2024, I doubt most people have played or even heard of PO’ed, a’90s first-person shooter featuring strange aliens, bizarre weapons (like a frying pan), and hard-to-navigate levels. The odd Doom-like shooter was released first on 3DO in 1995 and later ported to the original PlayStation in 1996....
10 Unforgettable Cult Movies You Can Watch On Netflix Today
25.5.2024
Netflix is a go-to for must-watch series like 3 Body Problem and Stranger Things, but it’s not really a cult movie destination. If you dig deep, though, you can turn up some offbeat sci-fi and horror gems. With io9's previous Netflix cult-movie guide now mostly outdated, here’s a fresh list culled...
A New Job Listing Has Given Me Hope For Titanfall 3 Again
24.5.2024
A job listing at Respawn Entertainment, the developer behind Titanfall and the battle-royale spin-off title Apex Legends, is calling for a senior director with “multiplayer FPS experience” to lead a team on a title that’s incredibly early in pre-production right now. It’s no confirmation, but...
This Might Be The Worst Thing Stephen Colbert's Ever Done
23.5.2024
I feel like I need to start with an apology. I’m so sorry. You were just minding your own business, scrolling the internet, and living your life blissfully unaware that late-night TV host Stephen Colbert recently premiered a Skibidi Toilet sketch featuring President Joe Biden’s head on CBS. And...
YouTube Investigator ‘Coffeezilla’ Accuses Rabbit AI of Involvement in an NFT Scam
22.5.2024
Stephen Findeisen, popularly known as "Coffeezilla" on YouTube, has accused artificial intelligence company Rabbit AI of orchestrating an NFT scam and attempting to cover it up.
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Coffeezilla calls out AI firm Rabbit over alleged NFT scam
22.5.2024
Coffeezilla said that the artificial intelligence product Rabbit R1 was overhyped, similar to the Gama NFT project, which he believes to be a “scam.”
Pokémon Fans Want Stephen A. Smith To Voice The New Pokédex
21.5.2024
The Pokédex has had plenty of different voices across the Pokémon franchise. This digital codex tells you all about the different critters you meet in the Pokémon world, and in the anime, it’s voiced. Original protagonist Ash Ketchum cycled through several variations of the Pokédex throughout...
Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5
16.5.2024
The PlayStation 5 has sold just over 59 million units since it launched in 2020, which is slightly less than PS4’s sales in the same timeframe, as it sold roughly 60 million consoles four years into its lifecycle. And from the sound of it, those PlayStation 5s only account for roughly half...
Swords, Pirates, And Sand: 20 New Games To Check Out In April
29.3.2024
It’s nearly April. Where does the time go? Whether this year is flying or crawling by for you, we’re looking at another four weeks of new game releases. April arrives with a number of familiar releases landing on new platforms, some interesting new exclusives, and the video game adaptation of...
$400,000 Worth Of Playdate Gaming Handhelds Have Gone Missing
27.3.2024
Cabel Sasser, co-founder of the company behind whimsical yellow gaming handheld the Playdate, was giving a talk on the crank-sporting device at the Games Developer Conference when he provided a noteworthy factoid and anecdote. Apparently, $400,000 worth of Playdates curiously went missing at...
Monopoly Go Spent Almost $500 Million On Marketing, More Than Spider-Man 2's Dev Budget
19.3.2024
Monopoly Go, a single-player mobile board game, launched on April 11, 2023. Since then it has made over 2 billion dollars, been downloaded 100+ million times, and become one of the most popular digital games on the planet. But to reach this point, Scopely, the studio behind the hit game, has spent...
Stephen A. Smith Knows Tilted Towers Is The Fortnite Hot Spot
6.3.2024
Everyone’s favorite out-of-pocket basketball uncle, Stephen A. Smith, knows Fortnite better than you might think. At least, that’s what can be gleaned from a breakout clip of his YouTube program, The Stephen A. Smith Show, that’s making the rounds today.Read more
Bummer: We May Never See Dune 2's Deleted Scenes
6.3.2024
While the experience of seeing Dune: Part Two in theaters has been compared to the release of The Two Towers or even TheReturn Of The King, Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic differs from its predecessors in a major way. (It’s not just all that sand.) Don’t expect your post-home-release, five-hour Part...