Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying

It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...

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Just got back from Spider-Man (great film!), but wanted to say I got to review Beast of Reincarnation for @templeofgeek.bsky.social! To be honest, I had high hopes for it and, while it didn’t met them, there’s some good roots, nature pun intended. Check it out below! Thanks y’all!

Beast of Reincarnation Review: Rules of Nature

Despite some good combat and lore, Beast of Reincarnation doesn't dig deep enough to reach its potential as a great action RPG.

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this absolutely fucking sucks, btw

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · yesterday

EA Announces Completion of Acquisition by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners www.ea.com/news/ea-anno...

Hey so this is deeply concerning right?

Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · 3d ago

There are 7 PR people for every journalist in the US. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

if I ever taught film criticism lesson one would be “you being smarter than the movie is not interesting to anyone”

Which is why I need people to stop saying dumb shit like “A.I isn’t going anywhere so we have no choice but to use it” You always have a choice.

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 7mo ago

AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns

publicly shame anyone that looks up "the best build" DENY CHEESING: jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/deny-chees...

Deny Cheesing

Congratulations! You Beat A VideoGame

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The emotional center of Brand New Day completely eroded my MCU fatigue. Spider-Man always makes me happy but this movie is such a celebration of love — for each other, for New York, for the people we misunderstood and should do better by.

The Hollywood Reporter@thr.com · 4d ago

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is swinging far higher than expected, as the superhero feature starring Tom Holland and Zendaya is becoming a breathtaking triumph in its opening weekend at the box office for Sony Pictures.

New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...

Wonder Man was awesome, and this is a huge shame.

IGN@ign.com · 6d ago

Marvel's Wonder Man TV series has been canceled and will not return for its planned second season. https://bit.ly/4fE07Nv

God of War Laufey will release on February 16, 2027, as announced by Santa Monica Studio at #SDCC. https://bit.ly/4fgAun6

All PlayStation Network services are down. gameinformer.com/psa/2026/07/...

Professor Nazgnagôl. Is this anything?

IGN@ign.com · 2w ago

The Rings of Power will continue introducing more elements from The Lord of the Rings by showing early versions of the Ringwraiths, re-invented as the Nazgnagôl. https://bit.ly/4huXq3i

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game for Xbox Series delayed to September 3 More Coverage at Overworld

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game for Xbox Series delayed to September 3

Publisher and developer Gameplay Group, and publisher PM Studios have delayed the Xbox Series version …

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GUYS

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 2w ago

guys guys you gotta check out this scrapped Delibird evolution https://kotaku.com/pokemon-diamond-pearl-documentary-leak-scrapped-2000718475

This took me several weeks to make because I went through several years worth of corporate/investor/earnings reports but... here it is! The actual, long-term reason Sony killed physical discs, and why they can't go back. youtu.be/_Znc7MVsSlg?...

everyone is missing the point

YouTube video by Alanah Pearce

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Damn that’s cool what happened to the guy who was running their old program www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...

Microsoft laid off the architect of Xbox Backwards Compatibility and Xbox Cloud Gaming

Microsoft's VP of Xbox Platform Kevin LaChapelle, who led the creation of Xbox Backwards Compatibility and Xbox Cloud Gaming, has been laid off.

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Tom Warren@tomwarren.co.uk · 2w ago

🚨BIG Xbox news. Microsoft is launching Xbox backward compatibility for PC today. The initial preview will include 4 original Xbox games on PC, with plans to bring more Xbox console games to PC over time. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/969117/...

After making the most successful Disney movies this year, obviously Pixar employees must now face huge layoffs variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Pixar Bears Brunt of Disney Studio Layoffs as Company Axes Several Hundred Staffers

Pixar Animation Studios, despite riding high on the success of summer blockbuster "Toy Story 5," was hit particularly hard in a wave of corporatewide layoffs at Disney.

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Mark your calendars—Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 start Aug 26! You can also jump into the Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta Weekend starting Aug 28! No pre-order is required to participate. Stay tuned for more info!

Avengers: Doomsday | Official Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=irVN...

The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply

"What matters the most is that the games are good" - as long as we have OD, Fallout 5, who cares, right? Everything's fine!

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 3w ago

This feels gross. https://kotaku.com/this-feels-gross-2000717133

The GameStop of years ago (which is not the GameStop of today) was THE reason for the Xbox One 180 and the killing of Project $10.

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 3w ago

GameStop CEO Says Physical Games Don't Matter

What’s the most baseball player coded name there has ever been?

This is a massive story that is not getting traction the way it should be

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 3w ago

New: the highly controversial AI music generator Suno was hacked. The hacker sent us Suno source code; it shows the company scraped YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius. In all, Suno scraped *decades* worth of music from the internet. Obviously didn't pay artists www.404media.co/hack-reveals...

A reminder that digital games aren’t the problem. Removing choice and preservation options is the problem. Ownership is the problem. All of this can be solved if the greed just stops. Anyway, Denshattack rules so go buy it

IGN@ign.com · 3w ago

Great new games are getting caught up in the online backlash against PlayStation killing discs. https://bit.ly/4gH3OEy

AI menus, AI book covers, AI songs, AI track key art, AI games, AI YouTube, Everything Sucks Now😀

I reviewed Denshattack and it may be one of the best games I’ve played all year. A refreshingly Y2K clad score attack game with a phenomenal soundtrack and drip on tap. youtu.be/N0NmcD33u_A?...

Denshattack! Review: Crazy Train

YouTube video by HARDWIRED GAMES

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"You come up with a slogan for the ice cream shop?" "Sure did boss, real fuckin haunting just like you asked." "what"