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How A Bespoke Rolls-Royce Ghost Pays Homage To Video-Game Culture
Rolls-Royce celebrates classic video game culture with its latest bespoke variant, the Black Badge Ghost Gamer. The early 1980's was the golden age of video games, especially those of the arcade variety, which could suck quarters out of a player's…
Fun and (video) games with Google's Gemini 3 AI model
Business Insider's amazing Google reporter Hugh Langley has been playing (er… working) with Google's new Gemini 3 AI service this week. This is the latest big AI model release, competing with OpenAI 's GPT-5, xAI 's Grok 4, and the latest…
Twisted Metal Season 3 Update Sends A Clear Message About Video Game Adaptations
Twisted Metal has been renewed for season 3, and it's another win for video game adaptations. Peacock recently announced that its original action series, Twisted Metal, will be back for season 3 with David Reed taking over as showrunner from…
9 Greatest Video Game Trilogies You Didn't Know Existed
Over the years, many video game franchises have transcended their genres and drawn in players of all kinds, delivering unforgettable experiences over the course of more than just a single title. With that said, many series have been forgotten…
This Big-Budget Sci-Fi Adaptation of a Classic Video Game Just Hit 88.9 Million Hours in 6 Months
After years of failed attempts, it seems like Hollywood is finally starting to crack the code for adapting video games for movies and television. Not only have game adaptations like The Last of Us and Fallout debut to critical acclaim and sky-high…
A game that should carry an addiction warning - the most satisfying factory-builder on Xbox is pure video game joy
There used to be a time when fans of strategy and simulation games were stuck playing exclusively on PC, but in recent years, the genre has really started to grow with fresh support for consoles. In some instances, it has hardware support, like the…
Rolls-Royce's Latest One-Off Ghost Was Inspired by the 8-Bit Video Game Era
It's not unusual to see a bespoke Rolls-Royce with cosmetic details inspired by a bygone era, but this one is likely to surprise more than a few people out there. The luxury marque has just unveiled the Black Badge Ghost Gamer. The powerful saloon…
Video Games Just Lost One Of Its Original Queer Icons
We have reached a milestone in the maturity of video games, where many of the voices who helped make this medium what it is today are leaving us behind. Whether they have retired, moved to different industries, or passed away due to circumstances…
Ariana Grande's tragic star power saves Wicked: For Good
Play the leitmotifs again; it's back to Oz. The animals and Munchkins are in exile. We last saw Cynthia Erivo's Elphaba when she swooped off on a newly enchanted broom to the strains of Defying Gravity. Now, in Wicked: For Good, she wanders through…
Elon Musk predicts work will be 'optional' in coming decades
Billionaire Elon Musk is signaling that artificial intelligence and robotics could eliminate the need to work in the next few decades. Musk attended the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum and was asked on a panel about the long-term impacts of robotics…
Chinese tech giants from Kuaishou to Tencent reap early gains from big AI bets
Chinese technology powerhouses are beginning to reap early returns from their heavy investments in artificial intelligence, with quarterly results showing the impact across businesses from short video platforms like Kuaishou Technology to social…
Nintendo and 'Battlefield 6' Pushed US Game Sales Up in October
Electronic Arts Inc. 's Battlefield 6 needed less than a month to become this year's best-selling game in the US, according to the latest report from market research firm Circana. Alongside Nintendo Co. 's Pokémon Legends: Z-A, which is the…
First Quirino Lab Launches in Tenerife, Canary Islands
Quirino, the organizer of May's vibrant Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards, has launched an inaugural Quirino Lab, a four-day four-day training program that launched Nov. 19 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Island of Tenerife, aimed at…
Future-friendly regulation has a blind spot: the future
Sign up for Big Think on Substack The most surprising and impactful new stories delivered to your inbox every week, for free. This might surprise some in the tech community, but regulators are people, too. Regulators are accused daily of both…
Baywatch' Revival, 'Fallout' Season 3 Among Latest Shows Approved for California Tax Credit
The California Film Commission unveiled a list of 17 TV productions approved in the second round of applications for the state's expanded tax credit program on Thursday. The list includes Amazon's “Fallout” Season 3 and Fox's upcoming…
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