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posted ago by AlfredicEnglishRules ago by AlfredicEnglishRules +19 / -2

Videogames

Konami will be at E3 this year to show off new games, collaborations, and rereleases. Metal Gear Solid and Castlevania are the most prominent.

https://archive.ph/qd01C

An excellent article on remasters and remakes that asks why so many are subpar. It turns out in one case, the original game was lost, so it's a port of a lesser version.

https://archive.ph/L1xtv

Metroid Prime remake is completely sold out, and preorders are no longer being taken.

https://archive.ph/dkh0d

Gameplay of that WW1 game I posted about. Devs talk over it to show their decisions.

https://archive.ph/pzgxh

Suicide Squad game will require you to always be online to play.

https://archive.ph/jdpVp

VR

An article saying millennials and Gen Z are more likely to play immersive media than read a book or watch TV. They show someone playing VR, and talk that up, but the game is Roblox. They imply VR and mean videogames.

https://archive.ph/CmCL0

The actual report can be read here. It says VR and AR are not needed for the Metaverse to continue to grow. Keep in mind, they mean videogames, but want it to sound cooler.

https://archive.ph/hLE3G

TV and Movies

Agatha Harkness' show has been changed to TBD. It was part of the new Marvel Disney+ shows.

https://archive.ph/IMP6T

Avengers the Musical to be shown at Disneyland.

https://archive.ph/9JkC3

Another article on the show. It will be the same one from the Disney+ show.

https://archive.ph/7947C

YouTube will have higher nitrate for 1080p videos if you pay premium.

https://archive.ph/TohCY

YouTube also allows you to dub into multiple languages.

https://archive.ph/O8tR1

Warner Bros making more Lord of the Rings films. It's a blow to Amazon. I would love some more stories, but fear this may be a cash grab.

https://archive.ph/D12Tm

Soda

Coca-cola has announced a deal with ChatGPT and OpenAI. Expect advertisements, and HR changes.

https://archive.ph/rR8a1

Dr Pepper has a new flavor. My wife really likes it.

https://archive.ph/9qIvZ

A study at a university in China shows soft drinks like Pepsi and Coke can give men larger testicles and testosterone.

https://archive.ph/2HkhA

Automation and AI

Google has taken their everyday robot program and let it die. The program will continue, but through the regular automation department, which will use any products made for other stuff. The company says it will continue the project, but expect it to be very low priority now.

https://archive.ph/MuagJ

Harvard doesn't think ChatGPT is a threat.

https://archive.ph/KfLfs

Meet the $10,000 AI card by Nvidia.

https://archive.ph/MF2jr

Nvidia had an investors meeting so we are getting stuff from that. The president of Nvidia says that ChatGPT shows how normal language is now computer language. Need some code? Tell the program to make it.

https://archive.ph/cMmNH

New Qualcomm chip can use AI imaging at new fast rate of 14.2 seconds. How to install said programs would be nice to know.

https://archive.ph/QDU22

Fallen Greatness

More states are reviewing AP classes, especially African American History.

https://archive.ph/6UbCC

Students walked out of class in Florida to protest governor DeSantis. The amount seems to be small, but the articles make sure that doesn't show.

https://archive.ph/B0ckw

The walkouts are because Florida is changing the way education works in the state. Also transgender students are not getting cared for or something. Really it's the universities are realizing they have a new set of rules and they want to rebel.

https://archive.ph/8AWrK

Cows milk, Almond Milk, and Soy Milk to no longer be differentiated by FDA.

https://archive.ph/aLdkz

Cars

A historical article on the founder of NASCAR.

https://archive.ph/WMD7T

Science

A longer article on the history and opinions of Energy Teleportation.

https://archive.ph/rN9pF

News

A lawyer says that the child in a mother is being held for crimes it did not commit, because the mother had done them. The only way to free the child from incarceration is to free the mother.

https://archive.ph/jylUa

The 150 kilometer long building, that was supposedly vaporware, has been approved for construction.

https://archive.ph/CETld

A new balloon carrying system will be offering rides this year.

https://archive.ph/8V9OJ