Videogames
Ken Levine says his next game will have Narrative Legos.
From Software made sure the new Armored Core wasn't Elden Ring or Dark Souls with Mecha.
Sony promises the next Spiderman game will not depict police in a good light to end anger from the previous game. Also, my phone now thinks contracersary is a word. Controversy, there we go.
Massive games that let you drive a car online.
Slayer X is a shooter that has a meta narrative about the creator of the game. It's a weird one, and the reviewer goes off about sandwiches for a bit.
27 games that were hyped up and never released
Cozy Survival Game Solarpunk
Dreamworld Build is a city builder and dungeon crawler in one
GTA online has a big update and set of missions
Silent Hill Ascension looks insane
Videogames: Emulation
Mame update has new processors and TMNT playable.
Videogames: Dolphin Emulator on Steam
There was a Wii and GameCube emulator offered on Steam until Nintendo sent a cease and desist order. It turns out Valve told Nintendo and asked them to step in.
Another article about what happened
Videogames: Opinions
An interesting article that wants to see games made by the older game makers. There aren't a lot of them, and they tend to not release much… except guys like Shigeru Miyamoto who has a new game a year. So, the article argues we need to see more of that.
This article wants more fishing in open world games
Videogames: Business
Major layoffs have begun by various EA companies.
Stalker 2 was leaked by Russian hackers
Bobby Kotick talks about toxic Activision Activities
No one at BioWare believes in BioWare magic
Sony is being investigated for abusing it's top position
Vanpool, a company that helps make Kirby games, has been axed
Xbox promises to help with Pride more.
Videogames: Classics
Top 10 classic arcade games from the 90's. Virtual On, WAR, and Aliens vs Predator is not mentioned.
Demon's Crest was awesome
Etrian Odyssey series being rereleased on PC and Switch
Strongbad's Games for Attractive People is going into Abandonware status
7 great but forgotten Sega Genesis games
https://archive.ph/xAGbW Videogames: Fan Made, Mods
Rogue craft is a turn based rogue like for the Amiga.
Sonic Adventure gets an HD remake by fans. Yuji Naka got two years in jail for insider trading.
Remaking Borderlands in Unreal Engine 5
A Stardew Valley arcade cabinet
Videogames: Game Making
Realistic grass
A fisherman's inn
A full real earth to explore
Videogames: Graphics
Cyberpunk 2077 Ray Tracing
Themed Experiences, Conventions, and Parks
Disney is offering a private jet toure of all the Disney theme parks, with private access and treatment a millionaire could want. It's over $100 Thousand so it better be.
Fast and Furious ride at Universal Orlando may be replaced by roller coaster experience. Fast X hints at it.
Six Flags to use amazons frictionless store tech. You walk in and out without seeing anyone or doing anything. The purchase is made by an app on your phone.
Theme Parks aren't a thing in the PNW. I had to move to Florida just to learn the right terms. There imare theme parks, but it isn't thought of like that. Leavenworth is a Bavarian themed town in the Cascade mountains. It is getting an alpine roller coaster
Conventions: Videogames
The new Cyberpunk 2077 DLC is being toured through Europe.
Arcades
Games coming out this month. Halo Fireteam Raven is the highlight
TV Film
Taskmaster series 16 lineup is announced.
There is a fourth Spiderman movie being planned.
This writer sees the MCU movies as episodes in the MCU TV shows
VR AR MR
Asgard's Wrath is an RPG with crafting, combat, and exploration. It's coming out for the Quest 2
Vampire Masquerade Judgement is a big vampire VR game.
7th Guest remake will be playable through VR
Operation Wolf has a new game for VR. Yes, the arcade shooter is now on VR.
The ThinkReality VRX is built more for business, but has all the parts needed for gaming. You can even wirelessly connect to a PC.
The big XR business show AWE happened recently. Here is a report on it.
VR AR MR: Quest Presentation
The new Quest 3 was announced and shown off by Meta. There are several games and apps ready for it.
Games for the Quest 3 are showcased
Quest 3 will cost $500
The Quest 3 works with Quest Pro Controllers
The Quest 2 gets an update and a lower price.
AR: Apple Vision Pro
The long awaited Apple VR goggles have been announced. The company claims they're Artificial Reality, but it's actually Mixed Reality. The website gives a lot of details. https://archive.ph/XDxZm
The presentation itself was a bunch of boring people who don't know how to do a Nintendo Direct trying to look cool.
Wired wonders if it will sell at all. The best selling product sold 20 million units after years of being out.
The actual engineering is cool, but it is hampered by the fact that with a battery pack it will last two hours.
They had Bob Iger make a presentation on how much Nintendo will pretend to support it. Then they revealed the price is $3,500 base simple edition.
They keep claiming it's VR AR, and have everyone quoting that. This just shows how much so many don't understand
Art and Architecture
Pictures of the beauty and absurdity of globalization
The Theatricalization of Buildings. The term is pretentious, but the idea and art is pretty cool.
Using MidJourney to design buildings
Zaha Hadid designers show ideas for a new metropolitan area
George Baztios has a huge ramp as part of the display
Architectural Sketching in Blender
*Art and Architecture: Self Promotion Renovations
A woman used a house she bought for £1 and is renovating it as a way to make money from Instagram and other social media sites.
A guy spent $30,000 to make a Star Citizen gaming space. It looks like the inside of a starship. This was in Videogames till I saw he uses his new space to promote himself.
Comics
Seattle is portrayed in the DC universe for the first time. All the tourist locations are shown. Don't expect to see Pink Gorilla or the cement parks. Poison Ivy is from there, which seems fairly legit when you see her insanity.
J Michael Straczynsky returns to comic writing.
Image comics has a union problem
CBR is going through several layoffs in the name of progress
Slayer X looks like an intentional shitpost. Hearing the way the voice acting is done (or even just some of the way the script is written), there is no way anyone was taking it seriously.
I'm hesitant on Silent Hill Ascension. The models look REALLY bad and there isn't enough on the story front to make me ignore that. From the mind of a jaded SH fan, it sounds like SH2, without the subtlety and terror. Your regrets become monsters that pop out and scream at you and you have to run away from them.
Too bad to hear SBCGFAP is going the way of Poker Night at the Inventory.
Fire Team Raven with light gun ARs looks super badass! I always loathed the generic turrets that were used in the original game. It does bring up the question of what it will be like when you are in a vehicle and shoot a turret on-screen but control it with a light gun.
Yeah, I think you have Slayer X figured out.
Ascension looks like it's a live event of some kind. I still don't fully know what they will do with it. I expect a choose your own adventure with crowds thing.
The strong bad game will always be in my memories as hilarious and dull at the same time.
You ask a good question. I don't know the tech used, but I would guess the turret moves to where you are aiming.