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avclub.com - It's tough to survive in Marathon and the video game industry
It's tough to survive in Marathon and the video game industry
AV Club

Bungie's Marathon is autobiography. In 2022, Sony bought the developer behind Halo, Marathon, and Destiny as part of a larger movement into live-service gaming. Despite the success of 2024's Helldivers 2, that effort has largely crashed and burned…

nytimes.com - Cerys Jones - Enzo Fernandez casts doubt on Chelsea future: 'There's eight games left, then we'll see'
Enzo Fernandez casts doubt on Chelsea future: 'There's eight games left, then we'll see'
The New York Times

Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez has cast doubt on his future at the club following their 8-2 aggregate defeat by Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. Fernandez's Chelsea deal runs until 2032, with the 25-year-old Argentine recently…

nytimes.com - Daniel Shirley - Men's March Madness 2026 First Four live updates: Start times, how to watch and latest scores from today's play-in games
Men's March Madness 2026 First Four live updates: Start times, how to watch and latest scores from today's play-in games
The New York Times

Follow our live coverage as the NCAA Tournament gets started with the First Four in Dayton, Ohio The men's NCAA Tournament gets underway with two games today and two games tomorrow in the First Four from Dayton, Ohio. Today's games are (16) UMBC…

nytimes.com - James Pearce - Liverpool vs Galatasaray is Arne Slot's biggest game of the season. Who should play?
Liverpool vs Galatasaray is Arne Slot's biggest game of the season. Who should play?
The New York Times

Liverpool's season is on a knife-edge. With Arne Slot's team struggling for consistency in the Premier League, the Champions League has assumed even greater importance than it normally does on Merseyside. So it is no exaggeration to say Wednesday's…

yahoo.com - Jared Blikre - Why oil shocks turn markets into a game of whack-a-mole
Why oil shocks turn markets into a game of whack-a-mole
Yahoo!

As oil flirts with $100 again, investors are falling back on a familiar script: higher crude, higher inflation. That reaction is not wrong. Higher crude oil (CL=F, BZ=F) raises the odds of higher prices flowing through the economy. But oil shocks…

theguardian.com - Keith Stuart - Mythmatch review - a match-three game made in heaven
Mythmatch review - a match-three game made in heaven
The Guardian

There's been a trend for a while where familiar puzzle game genres are imbued with novel stories to give them depth and meaning beyond simply clearing a screen for points. Occult object sorter Strange Horticulture and historical romance card game…

nytimes.com - Steven Louis Goldstein - Pittsburgh Pirates 2026 guide: How to watch Paul Skenes' squad in regional, national games
Pittsburgh Pirates 2026 guide: How to watch Paul Skenes' squad in regional, national games
The New York Times

It's been more than a decade since the last Pittsburgh Pirates playoff appearance, and the franchise hasn't yielded a winning record since 2018. Could this finally be the year of the black-and-yellow vibe reversal? Somewhere along Allegheny shores…

theverge.com - Andrew Webster - Nvidia's DLSS 5 is like motion smoothing for video games, but worse
Nvidia's DLSS 5 is like motion smoothing for video games, but worse
The Verge

The generic, homogenized ‘AI face' has come for gaming, and it doesn't look good. The generic, homogenized ‘AI face' has come for gaming, and it doesn't look good. Andrew Webster is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual…

bbc.co.uk - Shamoon Hafez - Man City 1-2 Real Madrid: Pivotal run of games not going well
Man City 1-2 Real Madrid: Pivotal run of games not going well
BBC

Manchester City and Real Madrid have become familiar foes in this competition – this was the 11th meeting between the sides in the past five seasons and the La Liga giants prevailed again after their play-off round win last season and…

mirror.co.uk - Lucas Hill-Paul - Netflix confirms update on series based on 'masterpiece' video game
Netflix confirms update on series based on 'masterpiece' video game
The Mirror

Netflix's upcoming thriller series based on one of the most iconic video game franchises of all time has just confirmed an exciting update. On Monday, 16th March, the streamer revealed that four major names have joined the Assassin's Creed series…

newsweek.com - Zak Wojnar - DLSS5 unveiled, turns your favorite games into AI slop
DLSS5 unveiled, turns your favorite games into AI slop
Newsweek

Nvidia has revealed the latest iteration of its Deep Learning Super Sampling technology, and the reception has been mixed, to say the least. DLSS5 was unveiled in a deep dive video from the gents at Digital Foundry, embedded at the bottom of this…

boston.com - Samantha Genzer - MGB researchers just developed a new risk calculator for obesity. Here's why that's a game changer.
MGB researchers just developed a new risk calculator for obesity. Here's why that's a game changer.
Boston.com

Researchers from Mass General Brigham have developed a new genetic risk calculator designed to predict not just who may develop obesity or Type 2 diabetes, but how those conditions could affect long-term health. Drawing on one of the largest…

macworld.com - The Macalope - Apple's real intelligence? Winning the waiting game
Apple's real intelligence? Winning the waiting game
Macworld

Apple is behind on AI! We all know it! It was in all the papers. But Horace Dediu wonders if Apple didn't pull off the most brilliant move in corporate history. That move? Not dumping hundreds of billions into AI. Just tens of billions. The…

polygon.com - Oli Welsh - The 25 best games on Game Pass to play right now
The 25 best games on Game Pass to play right now
Polygon.com

Is Game Pass still worth it? It's an open question; a big price increase and another confusing restructure of the subscription service's various tiers in late 2025 makes the question harder than ever to answer. As ever, it's subjective, and depends…

espn.com - Women's basketball tournament betting: Odds, spreads, totals for every game
Women's basketball tournament betting: Odds, spreads, totals for every game
ESPN

The 2026 women's tournament brackets have been revealed to the world, and game lines for the round of 64 and First Four matchups have been published as well. The defending champion UConn has opened as the odds-on favorite to win the women's…

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