April Fool's
It's April Fool's day and that means announcements that aren't real until they're super popular. For example GTA 6 will have a peaceful mode that has you running around doing legal stuff. The cars stay in their lanes and you get fines for breaking the law.
A list of April Fool's jokes.
Bob Iger quits Disney and tells, "no take backs!"
Live action Nightmare Before Christmas is being made starring Johnny Depp.
The Eiffel tower will soon have a water slide.
April Fool's: Videogames
I'm a bit surprised I need categories for April Fool's, but here we are. There are fake and actual games released on April 1st entirely as a joke. This Sega made game lets you investigate the murder of Sonic the Hedgehog.
More on the Sonic Murder Mystery game. By the way, it's not cannon. It is playable for the moment, so get it while you can.
New game coming out called 7 Ate 9. You play 7 trying to find the good eats in New York City as you fight off evil math equations. It's a Doom Clone. I have no idea if it's playable.
Princess Connect is a quick battle game that features characters from various other games. This was released as an April Fool's joke. It's fully playable.
April Fool's: Henry Cavill
Henry Cavill will play the Master in Doctor Who.
He's going to be busy, cause Cavill will also be playing Link in a new Illumination Animated Film.
Videogames
Last of Us on Steam seems to be unpopular.
Prodeus is a Doom like game with awesome graphics. It just went 1.0
Path of Exile Crucible Trailer
A game where you play the Goblins. The battles are card based, and the rest is fairly RPG.
Videogames: Dungeons and Dragons
Minecraft is getting a D&D campaign DLC. It's a semi open world, with characters, locations, and enemies from the TTRPG. Why don't we have a randomized system for DLC like this so you can build and explore in the world several times over?
There is also a reverse to the previous game. Minecraft characters now have D&D stats in an official release.
There is a Dungeons and Dragons game that lets you play it like the actual TTRPG, but over your computer.
A long list of games using D&D as an IP.
Videogames: Business
You can now officially use the PS5 Controller on Apple Products.
Square Enix loses its Dragon Quest lead
Videogames: Classics
A former Rare creator has been teasing videos of a long lost Conker game.
A long lost Atari game was found.
Videogames: Creation
Retopology is taking a beautiful model and making a simpler one to use in games.
The argument that Physics will move gaming forward further than Ray tracing. The author gives game examples as proof.
D5 has a counter argument with new graphics being displayed.
Super Sampling is where you take an 8K video and downsize it to 4K. It makes the 4k video look better. Now imagine it being done with game assets.
This is more a design and simulate idea, but I don't have a good place to put it. Nvidia has a specialized simulator and programs to help design cars.
Film TV
Keanu Reeves and Nicholas Cage are friends.
South Park is getting shorter and shorter seasons. As if the creators are putting in too much effort and getting older at the same time. They're getting $900 Million for it though.
Netflix will lower it's output of shows and movies.
Adult Swim gets an extra hour of broadcast time, and seems to be doing better now in general.
Fast X has a fight scene created by two actresses. They made it without a choreographer or Director.
I saw this movie being talked about on Twitter. It's a lot of fun. This version is grainy, but you still get the idea. Apparently it has been majorly influential for videogames and Anime. Gunhed is about a cyberpunk Mecha future where people raid former military bases for scrap parts
https://archive.org/details/video.guru20200327223921241
Film and TV: The Mandalorian
Pedro Pascal has been replaced as the Mandalorian. It's now a girl.
And it's been 5 years since the previous season.
Comics
Amy Jo Johnson will author a new Power Rangers comic.
Theme Parks and Experiences
Disney has plans for a fifth park between now and 2032.
Disney doesn't intend to fight Universal because the company can't grow any more. So, the best method is to milk people for all it's worth.
Disney begins offering 30% off for annual pass holders for the Star Wars experience.
Florida is going after Disney for it's attempt to thwart the state.
Universal registered names for hotels that could be space themed.
VR AR
I got this article because of where I live. They are very happy to tell me how much Metaverse will be the future for these students. Poor things …
PSVR2 may need a price cut to sell well.
AI
This is a room texture creator. Have all the details created and ready to be added. It takes a bit to figure out what they made, because it's written in obfuscated Academics.
https://lukashoel.github.io/text-to-room/
A movie made from AI using voice creator and image animator.
I don't think this is real, but it's cool to watch and think about. A sort of idea for the future. Write a text and get a basic app created.
Someone got ChatGPT to create Windows 95 keys.
An outline of March for AI.
AI: Hardware
A portable GPU that connects via USB. It's likely for Photoshop or AI work, not gaming.
An AI based processor. It can turn 2D stuff to 3D and easily fit in a phone.
AI: Business
A company that makes models from AI for AI to create with.
A company that lets you animate stuff through an app using Stability.
An asset builder with AI now part of the package. This could also be in Videogames: Business.
MidJourney halts new users for the moment. They have increased the speed of image creation, so it's now double whatever you want.
AI: Editions
Canva now has AI creation tools. Want a slide? Want it based on a picture? They have that ready to go.
Stable Diffusion XL is coming out soon.
Gravity Falls style LoRa. That means you type what you want, and it comes out looking like Gravity Falls.
AI: Propaganda
Adobe promotes their AI creation programs.
Fear Porn for AI. AI researchers demand it all stop before everyone is out of a job. Especially those brave journalists who work on this website.
Vox thinks AI images are evil. The Pope in a puffy coat is dangerous. Donald Trump with a gun is leading to riots.
https://archive.ph/grMb7 Google
Google starts putting size limits on files you upload to the cloud.
It turns out Bard is just a special ChatGPT. I've been using it and it's nothing special.
Propaganda
The Ukraine is trying to capture a Russian jet.
Tiny homes are bad for teenagers. It gives them too much freedom. This evidence is entirely based on the story of a family that built tiny homes for each of their teens. It looks like a special prison.
Jobless rate is high, but the article says it's low and the economy is booming.
Top US General says Russia and China ties will be a problem for years to come
Twitter is now open source. This should be social media, but I don't have enough for that.
Propaganda: Florida
In a few weeks you can conceal carry in Florida without a license.
College life is in upheaval because of the War on Woke. In Florida anyway.
Propaganda: Transgender
Straight male rockers are donning wigs and dresses to support transgender rights.
Straight Male power lifter enters women's competition and sets world records.
https://archive.ph/ugFAv Propaganda: Donald Trump
The people trying to prosecute Donald Trump wished really hard and only sort of got what they wanted. This article details how much they wished.
A timeline of the wishing really hard by CNN.
Manhattan DA wanted to arrest Donald Trump on Saturday, but were told no. Friday means they didn't want a lot of press, and being told no means Trump wants press.
Science
A new theoretical space drive that uses Wiggling to move forward.
Archived and added.