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.
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.
Metroid Prime remake is completely sold out, and preorders are no longer being taken.
Gameplay of that WW1 game I posted about. Devs talk over it to show their decisions.
Suicide Squad game will require you to always be online to play.
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.
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.
TV and Movies
Agatha Harkness' show has been changed to TBD. It was part of the new Marvel Disney+ shows.
Avengers the Musical to be shown at Disneyland.
Another article on the show. It will be the same one from the Disney+ show.
YouTube will have higher nitrate for 1080p videos if you pay premium.
YouTube also allows you to dub into multiple languages.
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.
Soda
Coca-cola has announced a deal with ChatGPT and OpenAI. Expect advertisements, and HR changes.
Dr Pepper has a new flavor. My wife really likes it.
A study at a university in China shows soft drinks like Pepsi and Coke can give men larger testicles and testosterone.
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.
Harvard doesn't think ChatGPT is a threat.
Meet the $10,000 AI card by Nvidia.
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.
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.
Fallen Greatness
More states are reviewing AP classes, especially African American History.
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.
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.
Cows milk, Almond Milk, and Soy Milk to no longer be differentiated by FDA.
Cars
A historical article on the founder of NASCAR.
Science
A longer article on the history and opinions of Energy Teleportation.
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.
The 150 kilometer long building, that was supposedly vaporware, has been approved for construction.
A new balloon carrying system will be offering rides this year.
I got the chance to play the demo during Nextfest on Steam. I think it had some teething issues, but it is absolutely something I am still looking forward to.
Expect this to start happening a lot more. Despite both SJW's trying to happy-talk the situation, and Culture Warriors being blackpilled about ESG things, Disney finally had to admit during their last investor call that they are in a bad financial situation. And you know damn well that even with that, the situation is worse than they would be willing to admit. So expect Disney to have to start doing things that they would have never done before.
And for Iger to be grinding his teeth the entire time, because in a lot of cases it means destroying his own pet projects or his own legacy.
Lol. Lmao even. Just Saudi Arabian things.
I honestly couldn't remember the names of the shows Harkness' and the Avengers were spinning off of. I liked Wandavision, and hoped Harkness' would be just as good. I have no hopes for Avengers the Musical.
Maybe the cube will happen as well.