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Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says a world where AI generates games, TV shows, and even doctor’s appointments is inevitable, and he’s even “looking forward” to that future.In arguably the veteran game developer’s saddest “fun Friday” video ever, Cain envisions a world in which dead MMOs come back to life with AI-generated players mimicking real-life personalities, where generative AI makes Joey from Friends a lawyer instead of a struggling actor, and where you take vacations in VR. Yes, really.”This particular video is me talking about what I think generative AI will lead to in the very near future, because I think…
After months of pleading for the sun to show its face, I’m actually feeling quite warm now. Potentially, I’d go so far as to say I’m too toasty. I’m not saying I’m looking forward to winter. But I’m not not saying it. Granted, I’ve not yet adapted my wardrobe to these summery climes, with my shepherd’s jacket, thick jeans, and thick slippers still in regular use. Nor have I swapped out the winter duvet (15 tog) to the summer spread (4.5 tog). And, I guess I could stop using a hot water bottle at my desk. But heaven forfend I…
Half-Life is one of the most successful and influential games ever made, but not every aspect of its design was far-reaching. Writer and designer Marc Laidlaw was surprised Valve’s narrative tricks weren’t more widely applied across the FPS genre, despite heavy hitters like Medal of Honor and Call of Duty taking some sporadic cues from Gordan Freeman’s adventure.Valve’s FPS puts you into the shoes of Gordan Freeman, and you never leave them – every aspect of the game’s story is delivered from a first-person perspective, and you experience every aspect of the story through Gordon’s eyes. You never have control…
Filmmaker Stephen Soderbergh pitched some rather unconventional James Bond movies to then-producer Barbara Broccoli.”I had pitched in 2008 the idea to Barbara Broccoli of a parallel franchise. [It would be] cheaply made, where you get people like me, who are interested in that approach to do one of these things,” Soderbergh told The Playlist, when asked about his first idea. “Set in the ’60s, R-rated, violent, sexy. Fictional backstory to real historical events, different actor, different universe…”It’s just another lane that exists totally separate from the normal Bond movies. I was just kind of, you know, pitching a hardcore auteur,…
24 years at Bethesda taught former head of publishing Pete Hines what a great game looks like and who’s capable of making one. According to the now-retired executive, it’s Todd Howard.Bethesda’s current director and lord of its brand-defining franchises – Howard led Skyrim in 2011, directed Fallout 4 in 2015, among other accolades to chisel on a stone tablet – is not amazing at the technical aspects of his job. Hines tells Kirk McKeand in a new installment of the journalist’s Firezide Chat series matter-of-factly, “He is not the best programmer in the world. He might not be the best…
After first premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, Exit 8 is now one of the highest-rated video game movies of all time.Based on the viral indie horror video game of the same name, the movie follows a character known only as The Lost Man (Kazunari Ninomiya) who learns that his girlfriend is pregnant and panics at the idea of becoming a father. When he gets off the train, he finds himself trapped in an endlessly looping corridor. Much like the game, The Lost Man must proceed to Exit 8 by identifying the anomalies in each corridor… or be sent back…
The Boys star Antony Starr takes great pains to ensure fans he’s nothing like his murderous supervillain dictator Homelander, but there’s one particular quirk of the character that the show’s viewers apparently love to bring up with him quite often: his almost fetishist love of milk, especially breast milk.”Yeah, like it’s the first time. Like it’s the best joke they can think of,” Starr says on Jimmy Kimmel Live when asked if fans ever offer him milk. “Waiters will play it super cool, then they’ll take the drinks order and be like ‘How about you sir? Milk??’. And I’m like…
It’s the weekend, which means it’s time to kick back and relax with some of the best new shows on Prime Video. On this page we’ve selected our three favorite new series, all of which have recently landed on the streamer.The Boys kicks off an action-packed week with the first two episodes of its epic final season. We’ve backed that up with a pair of exciting new anime shows. One is the adaptation of hit manga Nippon Sangoku: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun, and the other is the long-awaited reboot of the all-time-classic Fist of the North Star.After…
As a known Soulslike hater, even I can admit Elden Ring is a very pretty game, and it holds up exceptionally well some four years after its release. Even compared to technical marvels released in 2026, like, say, Pearl Abyss’s Crimson Desert, Elden Ring’s fantasy world is distinctly beautiful, especially on a good PC with all of the quality settings juiced up. That said, according to veteran Capcom artist Akira “Akiman” Yasuda, it’s actually an intentional blurring of visual fidelity that makes Elden Ring so appealing to the eye.Akiman, best known for his Street Fighter character designs, recently responded to…
What are the best GTA 5 mods? There’s no need to navigate through mod databases for dodgy links and unclear mod descriptions as we’ve done the legwork for you, hunting down the most popular GTA V mods to transform your gameplay experience. Grand Theft Auto 5 has a mod scene that is much more than just a few cheats and trainers – it’s rife with incredible additions, useful tweaks, and big transformations. GTA 5 mods are guaranteed to keep you entertained. If you’re stuck on which ones to install, take your pick from our list of the best mods, scripts, and…