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Nvidia's CEO says 'we created the modern video game industry,' but all it's push into AI upscaling has done is destroy good game optimization
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Kristi Noem, Iran war predictions, playing video games
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi had a lot to catch up on this week on Freed Up after Donald Trump fired Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, started a war with Iran, and will surely do something else unexpectedly before they…
5 Brandon Sanderson Books That'd Make The Best Video Games
At this point, Brandon Sanderson is a household name. What was once relegated to a sizable and dedicated fanbase has now ballooned into a full-on industry, complete with one of the biggest Kickstarter campaigns of all time. However, Sanderson…
Battlefield 6 takes home Game of the Year at UKIE Video Game Awards 2026
The UKIE Game Awards 2026 took place last night, with Battlefield 6 winning UK Game of the Year and best PC game. Developed by Battlefield Studios, which includes Guildford-based Criterion Games, the first-person shooter sold over seven million…
NY AG Letitia James Sues Video Game Maker Over Loot Boxes
In Valve's most popular game, the process resembles a slot machine, with an animated spinning wheel that eventually rests on a selected item. The randomly selected virtual items have no in-game functionality but can be sold online for real money…
The Goriest Video Game Movie of the 21st Century Conquers Streaming
One of the movies that broke the video game curse in recent memory for fans was 2021's Mortal Kombat. The R-rated movie directed by Simon McQuoid won hearts worldwide despite a pandemic-time hybrid release. It's counted among the video game…
Relooted: The Video Game Turning Cultural Repatriation into a High-Tech Heist
A South African video game Relooted uses high-tech heist gameplay to highlight the issue of stolen African artefacts and the global debate around cultural repatriation … Technology is usually used to recreate history but a new video game…
Video Game Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - March 6th
Turtle Beach, Motorsport Games, and Alliance Entertainment are the three Video Game stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Video game stocks are shares of publicly traded companies whose core business is creating…
It Is Once Again Time To Pour Our Hopes And Ideas Into The Vaguest Of New Video Game Console News
This afternoon noted AI weirdo and new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma took to the website formerly known as Twitter and wrote two paragraphs. Great start to the morning with Team Xbox, where we talked about our commitment to the return of Xbox including…
Kalshi Paid Gamer To Hype Prediction Market Until Lawyer Said No
Prediction markets are essentially casinos where people pay to lose money shaking virtual 8-balls. The companies who run them, like Kalshi, want you to think of them as some high-minded enterprises providing public value when they are actually just…
From byelections to regime change: how gambling on any event fuelled the rise of prediction markets
What are Polymarket and Kalshi? What are the odds on US-style exchanges taking off in the UK? Here's the lowdown As ballistic missiles and kamikaze drones rained down on the Middle East, one of the world's most talked-about businesses was inviting…
The Latest Weapon in the Iran War Is AI-Generated Misinformation
A photograph of a massive explosion at an Iraqi airport; satellite images depicting damage to a U.S. Naval base in Qatar; video of Iranian ballistic missiles striking the center ofTel Aviv. These are all images that have circulated in the past week…
The Surprising Culprit Behind the Death of Reading
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Strap in for a fascinating deep dive because Carlo Iacono wrote a piece for aeon on the design problem behind our…
Back to the Future franchise gets long-awaited expansion for 40th anniversary
Back to the Future franchise gets long-awaited expansion for 40th anniversary Last year, Back to the Future fans celebrated the 40th anniversary of the original film's 1985 release. Since then, we've had a film trilogy, animated series, theme park…
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