Videogames
Atomic Heart is getting DLC.
Ember Knights demands co-op with its difficulty.
Gylt was originally released for Google Stadia, but is now getting a full steam release. It's a hunt the darkness style game.
In the same genre as Tecmos Deception, you are a monster looking for adventurers.
Red Dead meets Resident Evil in this hunting game.
A weird find the item game with amazing art.
Space Cats is a ship exploring space and going XCOM on others.
VG: Warhammer
A new Warhammer RTS is coming out.
Watch someone try to play every WarHammer 40K videogame.
VG: Metroidvania
Ebenezer Scrooge inspired Metroidvania gets a preview.
The Last Faith arrives in October.
Mickey Mouse and friends will have a Metroidvania game that leads players by the hand on where to go. This is done by hints on the map.
Laika Aged by Blood has a new trailer. It's a Metroidvania with a motorbike and nice graphical design.
VG: Business
Nintendo has announced games, and not a new console.
EA Games is now EA entertainment. EA Sports is now its own entity away from EA games. You can't make a real world Madden that's just like the NFL only using EA brands. You can make a real life gaming experience for the Syndicate.
Id software has something Microsoft is really excited about.
Chocobo GP isn't pay to play anymore
Justin Roiland is axed from DLC of his own game.
Metroid Prime 4 creators are hiring.
Nintendo execs are given a comparably small amount for all their work. Miyamoto gets about $2 Million a year.
Tokyo Game Show will have 500 companies
VG: Leaks
Rockstar may be working on another game besides GTA 6.
Silent Hill: Short Messages exists, and the story has been leaked.
VG: Classics
Top ten 90's city builders
VG:Classics: Sega internal documents from the 90's
Sega internal documents from the 90's reveal that Tom Kalinsky thought for certain he was winning.
Another article on the documents.
VG: Opinions
Super Mario Bros Wonder releases the same day as Spiderman 2. Houses will be split by these games, but it's ok. This reads like Spidey will be an also ran, and Sony is trying to find a win from that.
VG: Nintendo Direct
A Nintendo Direct had a bunch of games announced.
The games that caught my attention started with Super Mario
VG: Nintendo Direct: Super Mario RPG
What the super Mario RPG remake should do
Another Super Mario RPG remake bad idea.
The remake surprised one of the original directors.
VG: Design
Making a realistic shot in Unreal
A Slavic village
A fairy forest
Epic released their make for a presentation they did a few months ago. It's the one with procedural content.
VG: Mods and Fan Made
San Andreas online multiplayer mod gets new graphics and updates at version 1.6
Mods for Valheim
VG: Fan and Mods: Castlevania for the Amiga
Castlevania port to the Amiga
Castlevania fan game for Amiga. The best part is someone used a modern game engine designed for the Amiga.
VG: Graphics
Ride 4 looks like a real video while playing it.
VR AR MR XR
Check out this Mixed Reality Pool table.
PSVR2 is about to get Ultrawings 2
Miniput VR games now have a putter controller.
Synapse is a shooter for PSVR2
Space Invaders AR game
XR: Ideas
Someone created the idea of playing a game and then picking up a 3D call at the same time. It's a prototype, but still semi possible.
Brain Reading VR is starting to emerge.
Simulators for F1 cars are getting very realistic.
Schools and the failed Metaverse
XR Businesss
This could also be in FEC and Arcades. Limitless VR systems allow 6 players.
Niantic is firing 230 people and closing their LA based design branch. The games being made by that branch are also closed.
How Google got into the AR business before Apple and still failed.
Nubia announced
Vive Cosmos is ended. It's a bit weird, Vive is used a lot for public places like FECs, but not at home. For some reason people are competing for home though.
XR: Business: XBox
XBox won't invest in VR or AR until there is a market they deem big enough. The magical number is 10 Million.
Another article
XR: Business: Vision Pro
Apple has cut production of its new goggles
Apple says they will update their phones to work better with Vision Pro.
Tim Cook is betting his legacy on Vision Pro.
Who is Vision Pro for?
Film TV
Concept art from a live action Robotech movie.
Peter Jackson is talking to people at Warner Bros about their new Lord of the Rings film.
The Super Mario Bros Plumbing website has been updated
We were going to get another 5ish doctor's sketch with early Doctor Who actors, but it was scrapped.
Netflix is really promoting how Henry Cavill is still in Witcher season 3.
Warner Bros cancels it's live action Power Puff Girls.
Film TV: Star Wars
Skeleton Crew makes sure to mention how it fits within the Mandalorian universe.
The original 4 Star Wars trilogies as planned by George Lucas
Robert England tried out for Star Wars and even helped Mark Hammil get his part.
Film TV: Disney cancels and erases shows
High School Musical was canceled.
Young Indiana Jones TV show doesn't have old Indy in it.
Disney may have canceled Bill Murray
Theme Parks and Experiences
A new Harry Potter Theme Park is opening up. It's indoors, and not run by Universal.
Universal Parks will have the Last of Us for Halloween Horror Nights.
Universal could have a new Pokemon ride. I sort of hate this kind of speculation, but a pokemon park would be cool.
Knott's Berry Farm in California had a second park that is largely forgotten now.
A super Mario parade has opened up at Universal Japan.
TE: MSG Sphere
The MSG Sphere opened up on July 4th. It's a giant round LED building that displays images in incredible views. I chose a tweet with only still pictures, because video doesn't show up on archive.
Here is an article about it.
Arcade FEC Social Gaming
Movies have helped Arcades move up in the world. Several game companies want to make theme parks on their IPs, and Arcade1Up keeps making their mincades bigger.
https://archive.ph/PqNfR Bop It is now an arcade game.
Old malls and retail areas are being turned into entertainment centers with XR, arcades, and restaurants.
Architecture
Ships that never dock, but create their own cities.
A tiny bakery in Japan
When architects go full screwy on a project.
Classic Architecture in miniature
Modern twist on a stone house
Cooler design in California.
This is a really cool design. If you see it from ground level, it's not that big. From the canyon, it's a sky scraper.
Bubble Buses
A building that is also a bunch of potted plants as a facade.
I did this one earlier, but now I have the entire posts with thread reader. BTW, it's charging $3 a month now.
This library was an ancient mansion.
Architecture: Playgrounds
This playground has some fun contrasts.
Imagine a submarine playground.
Architecture: Faux Facade
Faux Facade for a city in Portugal.
A French Faux Facade
Books and Comics
Wonder Woman's kid is a slut, but it's empowering female fantasy now.
The new Star Wars books don't sell well. The brand is dead.
Atompunk as a genre. Akira is in it, so it's a good list.
New propaganda style comics in June.
Cars
First US flying car is certified.
Alfa Romeo will announce something soonish.
Bugatti sent their newest into Le Mans
I'm sure he gave them the secrets right away.