Videogames
This First Person Shooter looks really nice. I like the graphics, and the person playing is enjoying how smooth it feels.
A video about the fps RTS game I linked to in an earlier list.
Trip World DX will get a remake and release this June.
Shadows of Doubt is a procedurally generated sneaking detective game.
Negative Atmosphere is a Dead Space inspired game.
A review of the Thaumaturge
Stardew Valley got a surprise update.
Videogames: Demos
Road to Vostok gets a demo. It's a survival zombie game.
Grand Arms is a tactical game like Tactic Ogre, and it gets a demo.
Videogames: Business
Lego and Sega teamed up to make Lego Sonic builds.
Too many games are being destroyed by Live Service and attempts to be like Fortnite
A book on gaming culture you can read for free, but is flawed. The author considers the videogame culture to be those that make games, and that's it.
Nintendo won a lawsuit against a rom site.
Videogames: Creators
A good lesson on how choose where enemies and players spawn.
A video on Procedural Content creation.
Videogames: Unrecord
This is a realistic tactical shooter that is based on bodycam footage and cop shows. The designer made a video to show off originally, but it was so good, he made a crew for an entire game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2381520/Unrecord/
Here is the trailer. It really does look like footage not a game.
Here is a video breaking the trailer down.
Studio website.
Videogames: Fan Made and Mods
Portuguese translations of Dreamcast games.
There is a rumor that the newest Zelda will have Ganondorf as an ancient hero trying to stop the endless cycle of rebirth.
The Stalker in Unreal Engine project is now playable.
Videogames: Classics
A review of Castlevania 64.
Videogames: HD 2D
A fan is making various famous games areas in HD 2D. The cool 3D but not look of Octopath Traveler for Pokemon is a cool idea.
There are other methods to do HD 2D and this Twitter poster is annoyed by it.
Videogames: Indie
Nintendo had a video about new indie games coming out. Blasphemous 2 looks awesome.
Teslagrad 2. I follow one of the creators on Twitter and he's always been entertaining.
My Time at Sandrock is an Animal Crossing Farm Simulator Exploration game.
Brotato is a top down move everywhere swarm shooter.
Shadows Over Loathing looks hilarious.
I don't know if Oxenfree 2 will be good or not. It looks interesting.
Videogames: Indie: Wife Cats
Little Kitty Big City will likely be my wife's favorite game.
Or this one. You play a board game to attract cats.
Or this one. You explore a village to find magical cats. I'm sure you're seeing the pattern.
Videogames: Demos and Graphics
An environment artist created an anime version of Tokyo that you came run through.
How to light and make characters for Callisto Protocol.
Film and TV
I've been reading bad reviews like this one about the Super Mario Bros Movie. I really enjoyed it, and look forward to sequels.
Shin Kamen Rider coming to theaters in the US.
Super Mario is going to make a Billion at the theaters, and Disney movies -all of them- are not doing as well.
Film and TV: Duke Nukem
Duke Nukem is getting a movie.
An opinion on how that movie should work.
Architecture
This house is made of boxes, but in artistic display. It's a nice tiny house mansion idea.
How to design a house, and then make a 3D version of it. This is a dollhouse, not a rendering. Architects have a different language.
Food and Drink
Kit Kat makes fun of AI in its advertising
The Hamburlgar returns!! Also they are updating the burgers.
Food and Drink: Dr Pepper
A video on the history of my favorite soda.
An article about the video.
Music
Latest song by the Hu.
I had twin baby boys in my house. I would play these songs to help them settle down. I've heard this has been their bedtime music since they have been placed elsewhere.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZP6ZVn1Z5veQHXEvskW9iewZOCIZcIK_
Music: Videogame Remixes
Enjoy some synthwave remakes of classic games.
Legend of Zelda Ocorina of Time as a Prog Rock album
Castlevania remixes
Diggy Diggy Hole
Here is the original Rock version by a Dwarf themes rock group.
Here is a remix.
Another remix.
Orchestral remix
Here is the Dance Remix. NSFW
Music: Peaches Song
The song Peaches from the Super Mario Bros Movie has caught a large audience. Here is the original.
Another Official Edition.
Here is Jack Black singing it.
Here is Peach Singing it.
Here it is in N64 Bowser style.
Here it is slowed down.
It's hitting the Billboards
Here it is in Omatatone.
A remix
And here are the Presidents of the United States of America singing it.
Books and Comics
About the sequel to Lord of the Rings that was never finished.
Interview with the owner of Mile High Comics
TTRPG and Boardgames
A rant that Dungeons and Dragons was destroyed by Capitalism.
VR AR MR
Apple's big MR headset is supposed to have an app store that does everything an iPhone can do.
Meta is rethinking it's VR MR headsets, and will be pushing videogames as the big thing for them. I've also heard rumors that the VR game makers for Meta have seen lay offs, because they haven't really delivered.
A report on the companies and promotions of VR in education.
MR: Quest Pro Demo
There is a Quest Pro demo video going around Twitter. It shows an interactive HUD controlled by eye movement and hand gestures. It's really impressive.
https://twitter.com/V_Kurbatov/status/1648276899838275585?t=9lJRDvxuJTl1CFLQT3cBzA&s=19
Here is an archive of that post.
And here is an article talking about how this will be common in 1-2 years. Everything is set for it to be real.
AI
NVidia Picasso is a cloud based AI generation tool. It promises a lot, and several companies seem to be investing in it.
Someone made a program that has stable Diffusion respond to the text and doodle being actively made by the user.
A long tutorial on how to take a real world place, and put it into a game. I am working on some shortcuts right now, so it's interesting to see the traditional method.
An AI picture won a photo competition.
An AI that fixes your Python Code for you.
NERF 2.0 and it's ability to port over to Unreal Engine is amazing.
AI: Opinions
AI is changing the market for a lot of tech professionals, but this writer believes the jobs will still be there.
Praise of AI destroying the Metaverse. This could also be in MR.
Ideas on where AI is going next.
AI: Papers
Nvidia has an LDM that seems to be preparing videos, and lets you choose what things look like based on pictures you input.
A new TextToRoom paper.
Stable Reimagine just needs a photo to get new photos.
Creating 3D scenes using Diffusion models
A tutorial on ControlNets.
Tech
Renderman 25 has been released. The movies it made are crap, but the tech itself is great.
Netflix to start charging extra for multiple users in the US and rest of the World
How the Japanese made a real life Gundam. The discussion of how it was made and how it actually works.
Tech: MoCap
MoveAI removed it's monthly charges again. Personally, I think it should just charge per motion capture.
How a MoCap company does it's job.
Cars
A Toyota Celica '88 was found with only 15,000 miles on it.
The new Ford Mustang looks weird.
Science
The great garbage island has animals adjusting to it and making a home from it. The article acts as if this is terrible, but life, uh, found a way.
The brain uses more techniques to communicate with itself than first thought. It also uses Calcium and a differing pulse to send information.
Ubisoft has begun to advertise itself through Northern Lights.
Business
Amazon ends it's program to help people who move around in camping trailers with season jobs.
Ryan Reynolds is really good at investing and building up what he invested in.
Propaganda
The EU space rocket just isn't getting off the ground. They had sky high ideas, but found they needed to be more grounded. I guess the sky was the limit to their outer space desires.
The US War Machine builds components for several military vehicles, even enemies. So a war is happening, but the businessmen are making money off of it left and right.
AI was given control of satellites, and it immediately began to target Chinese enemies.
Greece and Egypt are suing Netflix over their portrayal of Cleopatra
Brazil welcomes the Russian ambassador and is open to a a China and Russia pact.
Kelly Slater, one of the greatest surfers who has ever lived, is retiring and being mobbed out. He posted nostalgic stuff from his past on Instagram and this article accuses him of being a psychopath for doing that.
Propaganda: Dominion Defamation Case
Fox paid nearly a Billion dollars to end the upcoming trial on the Dominion Voting systems.
Another article.
Propaganda: Disney vs Florida
Disney to fire 7,000 employees.
Disneyland announces Pride Night.
Orlando Sentinel calls DeSantis a tyrant that wants to destroy Disney and lock up the company.
New Reedy Creek board to nullify the sneaky trick Disney tried to pull to nullify the state's powers, and then bring in safety inspectors for all the rides.
Propaganda: Comedy
I enjoyed this comedy bit about Homeless people.
https://youtube.com/shorts/sr6-aN1MTFs
Bud Lite now has a drunk test on the can.
"I've come to respect women and do as I'm told, and there's a lot of women in here."