Videogames
Gecko Gods looks like a nice chill adventure game. Anyone else realize Zelda basically owns a lot of cel shading styles now? Cause I was think of Zelda when I saw this video.
Thaumaturge looks interesting.
Harmoknight is on 3DS and is one of the many games that will disappear for people to legally buy.
I found this cool unreleased Castlevania fan game. It should release soon on the various platforms.
More on the fan made remake of Bloodborne.
Hogwarts Legacy gets mods. Now you can be CJ from GTA or Robin at Hogwarts. No word yet if the train will become Thomas.
Squirrel with a gun creator talks about Unreal Engine 5.
The archive screwed up, so here is the original article.
https://gamerant.com/squirrel-gun-indie-game-development-unreal-engine-5-benefits/
A new Nintendo switch model is being released. Not the Super Switch, just a new model. The internet media rumorgeisten are all saying it has to be a more powerful switch.
An interesting article on the history of Flight Simulators, and how they helped 3D gaming. No mention of the various military contractors who worked on a lot of it. Seriously, Pilotwings 64 and a lot of the Nintendo 64 design was from a military simulations company.
A bunch of game announcements is expected from Paradox entertainment.
The oldest known interview with Shigeru Miyamoto has been translated. Here is an article about it.
Here is the translation.
Nintendo Switch 2 is totally confirmed guys.
Videogame: Engines and History
Epic talks about using photogrammetry and lidar to recreate historical buildings in game.
Here is a video demonstration.
Videogames: Design
A guy makes the same game with 8 different game engines. Think of how you could recreate a city street with each game.
An article on the differences between SketchUp and Blender. Can I just say cad programs are terribly designed and hog power like it's an ultra rare Pokemon card? Blender has cad mods, and should destroy the market with that.
Comics
The latest Power Rangers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cross over has a cover that looks like the old school videogames they were both part of. Yeah, nostalgia is all they have.
Jeff Lemire is making more horror masterpieces.
AR VR
Metas roadmap for VR and AR. It looks like they intend to go towards AR as it becomes more popular.
MIT students made an AR goggles that have an RF reciever. This way, they can locate various objects nearby.
Theme Parks
Universal has a Nintendo Themed parade now.
More social entertainment videogames are coming out. It started in England and is now opening up in the US. Nintendo seeks to make more small theme park experiences outside of universal.
AI
Spotify now has an AI created DJ who talks about music between songs. The very thing I don't want when listening to Spotify.
Nvidia is creating a server powered AI system for it's programs.
Videos at 360p on YouTube can be upscaled to 2K at 144 mhz. This destroys YouTube's attempts to charge for better bitrates.
Stable Diffusion can run on your phone now. It has a 14 second wait, which about the same as doing it through the cloud. I want this released yesterday.
How to take real footage, and turn it into an animated show using Stable Diffusion and Unreal Engine.
An article on digital Twins. It could also go to AR VR, but it's mostly a puff piece. One interesting tidi bit is that companies are trying to turn the at home office into the work office. I don't think they understand why people are staying home.
AI: Fear mongering
I've been seeing a lot of fear mongering about AI. It's as if they realize they can't control it the way they want to. IE left leaning crazy brains. I personally see AI as a toll that replaces a lot of people that only had talents in making the exact same art or text.
Another fear mongering response to AI.
An article written by the Google employee who believes the AI he worked with gained sentience. He talks about how other technologies have been used to win elections or persuade people to do things. Even if it's not sentient, the AI could be used in evil ways.
That AI chat program is now released.
AGI is stupid, and you're stupid for liking AI.
Film and TV
Eddie Van Halen has been invited to appear in every Bill and Ted Movie.
Desperate thinking says Netflix will continue the Snyderverse with Henry Caville as Superman.
The Mandalorian will not feature Cars Dune this season. The creators are trying to sell their show, but you can see how stymied they are.
Radio
Tom Baker is working with Louise Jameson again, and she is thrilled about it. Doctor Who radio dramas for the win.
Cars
Man drives the same Rolls Royce for 77 years.
Someone designed a new Celica. The archive didn't work correctly, so I'm including the real link. My favorite car is the Celica so any hint at one gets my attention.
https://archive.ph/KIUNb https://www.hotcars.com/new-toyota-celica-concept-pure-toyota-sports-car-without-bmw/
Finance
Rent is starting to drop, because there is more supply than demand.
Americans are staying home, while Europeans and Asians go back to the office.
After splitting from Kanye West, kano is out of money. They broke up because Wests right leaning made them look bad. Now they're broke because the left lies about support.
Just messed up
A boy reads a sexually explicit book he checked out from his school library.
Science
Scientists demand people stop trying to make the earth cool off because of global warming. They don't know the long term effects of trying to make those changes.
Propaganda
CPAC is falling apart. The republicans are doomed.
Pretty sure they mean Sapient AI, but there's no (current) worry about that, with binary computers. Maybe Sentient (which is the word they use, but not the meaning), perhaps.
Thaumaturge.. "Story-rich, turn-based". Do they mean WRPG, or Chose-your-own-ending, or Visual Novel, or Point'n'Click adventure?
I stopped watching Mandalorian when they cancelled Gina Carano.
Pretty sure AI DJ should be in Propaganda, what with it sharing "culturally relevant, accurate commentary".
I'm wondering what will happen to Mandalorian. The company defeated itself in Florida, and has been shooting its own foot in many other ways. Can another season save it?
I agree with the AI DJ. It's hard to put the links in perfect places. I do know I don't want AI DJ.
How would an electronic machine or formless algorithm be classified as sentient? And I can't believe that google guy hasn't been shamed out of the industry yet and is actually doubling-down on his ignorance. I want to laugh but there's way too many people like him and they are the reason AI will be dangerous. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.
There's no exact defined line, but if you think about life in a series of steps from non-alive matter to simple life to insects to animals to humans.. Then sentient would include insects and animals. Sapient is human btw.
But computer programs aren't alive though? Amino acids aren't sentient. I wonder if a thermostat is sentient. It "feels" the room temperature and responds by blowing cold or hot air.
So then what will the climate cult do?
Demand more money for their houses next to the ocean.