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Steam's newly automated monthly top-seller list now lets you go all the way back to 2004, and it's been a fun way to take a trip down memory lane. And as Jody noted, it's shined a light on one particular oddity: Rag Doll Kung Fu.Chances are you've never heard of it, but this fighting game has the honour of being the first ever third-party game to come to Steam, back...
A few days ago we reported on the deeply concerning, nay totalitarian, news that one of Oblivion's largest communities (the TES4 subreddit) found itself having to lay down a ban on people hornyposting about the flame Atronachs in Oblivion Remastered.I apologise for briefly providing context: developer Virtuos paid some special attention to the flame Atronach model, and made it rather shapely. Needless to say many Oblivion fans, and this certainly...
Elon Musk's Grok AI has been having a very normal one: It's become obsessed with South African racial politics and answering unrelated queries with frequent references to the apartheid-era resistance song, "Kill the Boer."It's an anti-apartheid song calling for black people to stand up against oppression, but the lyrics "kill the Boer" have been decried by Musk and others for promoting violence against whites: the word "Boer" refers to the...
Star Wars is turning May into a month-long cautionary tale about the dangers of associating your brand with generative AI. First, Lucasfilm's Rob Bredow unveiled a near-universally reviled Star Wars-branded short film of AI-generated animal mashups. And today, Fortnite added a Darth Vader NPC that can speak with players using "conversational AI," which has—regrettably—gone exactly as you'd expect.Epic's AI Vader generates responses to voice and text chat from nearby Fortnite...
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After visual and musical artist Antireal (aka 4nt1r34l) accused Bungie of using her artwork without credit in Marathon’s recently released alpha build, the studio has admitted to wrongdoing. On Thursday, Antireal said on X, “The Marathon alpha released recently and its environments are covered with assets lifted from poster designs I made in 2017.” And she came with receipts, showing triangular V graphics, a series of boxed icons, and a...
Last week, we asked you to share portraits of broken down and nature-filled landscapes from Days Gone Remastered using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: dfgmendes shares a snowy mountain top MrioMoreno5 shares waterfalls along the canyon AdamWilson82 shares a winding wooden path into the abyss tulippooh3 shares a hazy forest morning meza6_9 shares a beautiful starry night EZ_takayoshi shares an island in the center of a lake ...
At long last, you can play as General Grievous in Fortnite, so long as you have the Chapter 6 Galactic Battle Pass. Grievous and his second outfit, Warlord Grievous, are locked to it, but unlike previous special pass skins there aren’t any specific quests you have to complete to unlock him. Below we explain how to unlock the General Grievous skin in Fortnite. How to get the General Grievous and...
Medallions return in Fortnite Chapter 6’s Star Wars season (Chapter 6 Season 3? Chapter 6 Mini-season 1? What is this season named?) after being first introduced in Chapter 5 Season 1. Two medallions are up for grabs as of the start Chapter 6 Star Wars season: the Phasma’s Blaster Medallion and the Super Shield Medallion, dropped by Captain Phasma and Shogun X respectively. In this Fortnite guide, we’ll explain what...
While some OG Nintendo Switch games will be receiving paid Switch 2 upgrades, like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, several others will receive performance upgrades for free. Though a game like New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe already looked and played pretty great on the original Switch, you know Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet are going to need all the help they can get. Through a system...
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Fortnite players can now command Star Wars’ ultimate Sith Lord using their own voices — and hear Darth Vader respond in the iconic tones of actor James Earl Jones. Following Jones’ passing in 2024, Epic Games and Disney have brought his voice back to life with a new feature that lets fans recruit and interact with Vader in-game. It’s worth noting: The potentially controversial addition, produced using generative AI technology,...