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We Asked A.I. to Build Us a Video Game. The Result Was Strange.
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. If you have a tech-inclined person in your life, the odds are good that they have tried “vibe coding.” It's…
How Easter Eggs in Video Games Came to Be
Easter eggs have become a huge part of gaming history, with what started as a fun novelty joke snowballing into a long-running tradition that a lot of gamers expect from developers now. The best video game Easter eggs over the years have been…
Horror Video-Game Adaptation Sequel Becomes Streaming Success In America After Divisive Reviews
You'd better stay awake to watch the sequel, Five Nights at Freddy's 2, as it arrives on Peacock. Five Nights at Freddy's began in 2014 as a tremendously successful indie video game franchise. Due to millions of content creators playing the game…
Esoteric Ebb is the closest you'll get to playing a real D&D campaign in a video game
Since 1975, video games have been trying to replicate the experience of playing the world's most famous tabletop role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons. The actual pen-and-paper game hadn't been out for more than one year when a student at the…
Epic New Video Game Movie Is Already Beating the Competition at the Box Office
After a rather disappointing start to 2026 with the sci-fi mystery film Mercy, Chris Pratt made a resounding return to form this weekend with The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. The animated video game adaptation is a sequel to the 2023 blockbuster The…
5 Best Video Game Movies Ever, Ranked by IMDb: 'Super Marios Bros.' and More
That film's predecessor, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, went a long way towards changing the reputation of films inspired by video games. There were plenty of bad video game movies before that, as well as a handful of films that actually do right by…
Detroit PAL and Accelerate 4 Kids teach local youth how to design video games in a new Roblox program
DETROIT (WXYZ) — A new program in Detroit is taking something kids already love—video games—and turning it into a foundation they can build a future on. Watch Faraz's video report below Detroit PAL and Accelerate 4 Kids teach…
How Modern Easter Eggs in Video Games Have Changed From the Late 90s, Early 2000s
Easter Eggs in video games have shaped the way players interact with the medium. Long before live-service roadmaps and datamined updates, players were digging beneath the surface of their favorite games with purpose. They sought secrets that…
Marvel's Maximum Collection Is Another Great Example Of Video Game Preservation Done Right
Remastered collections of older video games have become more prevalent in recent years as greater importance is placed on the need to preserve the medium's history. As someone who has been gaming for more than 30 years with a soft spot for where my…
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is an anonymous comment offering an additional resource on our post about the White House's new app: The analysis by “thereallo” covers the Android version; there's a dissection…
Analyst Predicts Super-Expensive PS6 and Next-Gen Xbox Will Be the End of Console Gaming
A wave of concern regarding the future of console gaming could be hitting consumers, as rising PlayStation console prices, component supply issues, and the push for AI continues to reshape the market. Some analysts now believe that the next…
Memes, AI slop and financial advice: Iran is beating Trump at his own propaganda game
More than 92 million people in Iran have been cut off from the internet for over 30 days under a severe nationwide blackout, but one man with access is using a dizzying combination of memes, trading tips and sarcasm to play Donald Trump at his own…
Super Mario Galaxy Movie' - All The Box Office Records Broken
Illumination and Universal's Super Mario Galaxy Movie at $372.5M worldwide is the second highest grossing movie in the Nintendo videogame plumbers big screen franchise behind 2023's Super Mario Bros ‘ $387.8M, but, damn, did this sequel make…
It's-a-hit: 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally
Mixed reviews didn't dissuade mass audiences from buying tickets to the “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” which scored the biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood movie. The Illumination and Nintendo co-production earned $130.9…
The Weird Appeal Of The 1993 Mario Movie Forever Endures
My personal stake in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and its predecessor The Super Mario Bros. Movie, are low. They are for children and I am an adult. If I have any devoted stance, it is this. I believe the 1993 film adaptation of Super Mario, a box…
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