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Back in the mid-1980s, the nighttime soap opera Dallas set the all-time gold standard for terrible uses of the “It was all a dream!” plot reveal, with a ridiculous twist erasing the entire previous season. In the decades that followed, Hollywood has continued to exploit this overused trope. Horror movies, in particular, going back to the beginning of cinema and including genre classics like Carrie and Friday the 13th, have...
Unless you take curation of your social feeds very seriously, the tidal wave of AI slop images and videos has felt nigh inescapable. More worrying still is how often this crashing tide serves to highlight which of our loved ones struggle to discern AI-generated content from all the slop made by human hands. Even worse still, one can often find oneself fooled by an image spat out by a generative...
Amazon Q, the company's AI coding assistant, reportedly exposed almost one million users to a potential system wipe, and the hacker who did it claims to have exposed the 'security theatre' at the heart of Amazon's system.As reported by Techspot, Amazon Q has an open-source GitHub repository for its code, and this is what the hacker took advantage of. They reportedly gave instructions that, if followed, could delete users' files...
Rematch is great—I've already sunk about 40 hours into the thing and have no intention of stopping anytime soon. Just one small problem, though: the desync issues are still rough. In any given match, there's a chance you'll make a dive towards a ball—only for the fabric of time to hiccup, subjecting you to an avalanche of vicious 'good jobs!' and a wash of unearned shame.Sloclap's already made efforts to...
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Cooking is the most complex activity in Tales of the Shire. Chopping, mixing, frying, seasoning… If you want to create delicious dishes, you’ve got to learn all that and more. It’ll take some effort, but once you get the hang of it, you won’t just be a top chef; you will also be the most popular Hobbit in Bywater. From the basics of cooking to achieving the flavor bonus, here’s...
August is shaping up to be a relatively quiet month when it comes to videogame launches, at least when it comes to brand new diversions. It is, however, a weirdly busy month for remakes and remasters, which seem poised to dominate this part of the summer.I like to pretend I'm above nostalgia, but in truth I'm an absolute sucker for my faves of the past being repackaged and resold to...
Hi, everyone. I’m Matt Bozon, director of the Shantae series. Today I’d like to fill you in on some exciting news about Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution, and share more details about the project! If you’re familiar with the Shantae video game series, you might have heard that the original Shantae game had an unfinished sequel that never saw the light of day. Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution is that long-lost sequel....
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Ahead of the launch of Apex Legends Season 26: Showdown, developer Respawn Entertainment has released a gameplay trailer unveiling the game’s new mode — Wildcard, a permanent game mode focused on fast-paced fights and last-minute comebacks. Oh, and it also allows you to stack Legends. “[The] goal was to create lower stakes, a high-energy experience that lets players jump right into the chaos,” the mode’s principal designer J.J. Williams said...
Nintendo’s chaotic racer is undergoing some changes today thanks to its Ver. 1.2.0 update, which tries addressing many of the biggest complaints about the game. Emphasis on tries: at least one of the adjustments to Mario Kart World isn’t quite what it seems based on player testing. So, what’s new? We’ll drop the whole patch notes at the end of this post, but some aspects that immediately stand out are...
Play Video Rogue Factor’s mysterious and brutal action adventure, Hell is Us, is clawing its way out of our darkest dreams and onto PlayStation 5 September 4. With an atmospheric new trailer fresh from the depths, the game’s Creative and Art Director, Jonathan Jacques-Belletête took me through its secrets to reveal more about the game’s enemies, dungeons, and emotional commentary. What was the inspiration behind the Hollow Walker enemy designs...