Videogames
Dune the Awakening open world game. This is the creators trailer with alpha footage, concept art, and interviews.
ExeKiller is a cyberpunk western that looks like fun if a little rough around the edges.
Kingdom is about funding and creating a kingdom. The new version takes place in the 1980's and has bikes and playgrounds.
The Last Faith looks awesome.
A guy plays 9 souls like games and rates them. The first two look amazing. The demo of Lies of P caught my attention. Then another game looks awesome but dull in gameplay. Apparently he has played a lot of games like this so check it out.
Microsoft says Flight Simulator is not a game.
Geck Gods is a 3D platformer about a relaxed gecko that can cling to anything.
Time Travel Survival game looks really interesting.
A cell shaded social RPG. I love cell shading and wish it was used more.
Six days in fallujah releases into steam.
Another retro looking racer is being released.
There was a string of announcements for just Sonic stuff. This includes games, Legos, and a TV show.
VG Nintendo Direct
Nintendo had a Direct and announced the games for the rest of the year. This article shows all of them in an infographic
Mythforce is a co op dungeon FPS game with a great graphical look. They purposefully tried to look like 1980's action cartoon shows.
Super Mario RPG has a remake and it looks great.
Super Mario Bros Wonder releases this year. It's a 2D side scroller that looks like a lot of fun.
Pikmin 4 also releases.
VG Beat em Ups
The best up coming
Best modern
VG Opinions and Propaganda
Are videogames heading to a recession?
Why fighting games have gone gay
Sony has won the console wars, all hail Sony. Now go buy one… please.
Sega should get back into the console market.
VG Classics
The X68000 mini has some great games. Sega Lord X talks about it.
VG Business
Sonic Team says there may be a future for dormant game series. Meanwhile rumours say Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio are coming back
Atari announces Quantum: Recharged for Switch. It's a remake of an old game.
There will not be a physical release for Starfield.
The Batman Arkham series will have only one game on the cartridge and the other two need to be downloaded.
The Xbox consoles are getting price raises.
Eve online connects to Excel to properly play the game.
VG Microsoft Activision
Microsoft is buying Activision because Sony was paying for exclusives. Starfield would have been an exclusive.
In 2020 Microsoft had a list of companies it wanted to buy. On the shortlist was Sega and other big names.
VG Leaks
Metal Gear Solid collection Volume 2 has leaked.
Quake 2 is getting remastered.
Suikoden 1-2 remastered to be released in October.
VG Fan Made and Mods
Fans have been updating an MMO and the rights are in limbo.
Descent has been RayTraced
Starfield is a modder's paradise. It has to be, the original game will have ships stuck to each other while a planet leaves orbit for no reason. I look forward to the day I can travel in Thomas the Tank Engine to the land of Rainbow Brite, and destroy the blue meanies with a lightsaber and phaser alongside Gandalf the Funky.
I have no real place to put this, but it's a hobby show in Japan.
Fan Made Mario Kart
VG Graphics and Design
A new add on for Blender lets you use Google maps geometry for your project.
The Super Mario RPG remake has bits that have been fixed. Margarita is holding an actual margarita.
VG Classic Game Room
My favorite YouTube game reviewer is back. I'm a little confused on how I missed this, or why he's back.
He had a Kickstarter which I also missed.
Classic Game Room 2085 Season 1 Blu-Ray Master Collection, via @Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/classicgameroom/classic-game-room-2085-season-1-blu-ray-master-collection
Here is the news announcing it on his website. He intends to do it as a hobby only, but not have one website controlling it all. Also, he made his own music so no one can copyright claim him.
VG Goemon
My thesis is designing a park using AI. I chose Goemon as the theme. So, here are some amazing videos about the series. Have some factoids
Longplay of Ganbare Goemon 2. I have this one.
Goemon DS commercial with Costume Character. Great use for designing meet and greets.
An OVA of Goemon
There was a TV show. The voice actors for the American version had Vic Mignola
Goemon was a common character in Kabuki theatre. In the earlier games it was obvious the game took place on a stage.
I didn't realize Goemon was a mascot for Konami in Japan until I watched this OVA.
A ton of information on the characters and culture of the games. 20 games in 10 years is fantastic. There should be a collection of these.
The Americanized version with Vic Mignola.
The movie trailer that has very little to do with the games. There are so many Goemon that MidJourney and Stable Diffusion don't make distinctions.
Film TV
Lucy is an evil cat. It was made by the Ringling brothers which was originally for training people for circuses but has since turned into one of the top Themed Design and Parks design schools.
A fan film of the movie Small Soldiers
Film TV Business
Movie theaters saw more viewers this year than last.
Videowalls defeated the green screen.
Embracer bought the Lord of the Rings movies, books, music, and games for nearly $600 million. They have not admitted to employing Skrima Wormtongue, but I have my suspicions.
Film Warner Bros Assets
Warner Bros looking to get rid of half of their music catalog. This is a rumour.
Another article
Film Star Wars the Acolyte
I waited till a more reputable site reported it, but the truth seems lost in fog. The report says Acolyte is canceled, but we don't know.
Another article and first time I read the rumor.
Film 41
The Thing is 41 years old today. Here's a Twitter article about it.
Also turning 41 is Blade Runner.
VR AR MR XR
This could be in Videogames. Play a guy working at Atari in 1978. There are games from that era, phone calls from famous modern reviewers, and an office from the late 1970's.
The AR Space Invaders could be interesting
C Smash VRS is a paddle game that has you destroying things with ping pong.
Electric Dreams Demo is using Unreal Engine 5.2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTQW0zLg2Ys
AR Pool
Espire 2 is a hunt the bad guy FPS in AR.
VR AR MR Goggles
Meta goggles have been updated to be more powerful. Hand gestures and eye tracking have been updated as well.
The Apple Goggles may have problems with their design.
XR Design
A long article asking what the purpose for the new Apple Goggles. It's not AR or VR, and MR seems right out. To be honest, it doesn't appear to work with actual ideas. Then he tries to talk about how great this is.
Designing games for AR
VR VIVED by NASA
VIVED was the VR system created by NASA in 1990. This is their promotional video for it.
Have an article on it
AR MR Designing for the Vision Pro
A guy wrote a 5 part tweet that is longer than most articles. Heck, a single tweet is longer. It's well written so I had to archive each tweet.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Anyone played Myth Force? It's by Beamdog, Canadian studio started by Trent Oster to revive Baldur's Gate and other Infinity Engine games (Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Planescape Torment, etc.)
I think Myth Force is their first original game.
Well apparently all of the original content they made for BG 1 and 2 was absolute shit, so I wouldn’t be optimistic.
I haven't, but it is on my list to be played. It looks like a lot of fun.