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polygon.com - Elijah Gonzalez - Warhammer 40K is getting the best video game crossover
Warhammer 40K is getting the best video game crossover
Polygon.com

Helldivers 2 is stepping into the grim darkness of the far future with an appropriate collab: the Warhammer 40,000 Castellan's Creed Legendary Warbond is coming to the game on Aug. 12. “Roll the dice to break the traitorous enemies of Super…

ign.com - Virginia Glaze - I'm Blown Away' - Hideo Kojima's Backrooms Review Compares Movie to Early Video Games
I'm Blown Away' - Hideo Kojima's Backrooms Review Compares Movie to Early Video Games
IGN

Hideo Kojima had high praise for Kane Parsons' Backrooms, remarking on how the film reminded him of the maze-like maps and polygonal look of early video games. 21-year-old Kane Parsons made a strong directorial debut with Backrooms, which released…

collider.com - Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck - The 10 Best-Selling Video Games of All Time, Ranked
The 10 Best-Selling Video Games of All Time, Ranked
Collider

Video games are the most popular form of media right now, with billions of players worldwide enjoying franchises such as The Legend of Zelda or stand-alone titles like Elden Ring. As the biggest medium right now, sales are through the roof, and…

collider.com - Diego Pineda Pacheco - The 10 Most Influential Video Games of the 20th Century, Ranked
The 10 Most Influential Video Games of the 20th Century, Ranked
Collider

Video games are still a very young medium, which makes their evolution from the almost-comically primitive games of the '50s and '60s to the gargantuan AAA titles of today all the more admirable. But no matter how great or revolutionary they are…

gamesindustry.biz - Alex Forbes-Calvin - 'I learnt a tonne about enamel pin manufacturing' - Brigador developer Stellar Jockeys on the secrets of selling video game merchandise
'I learnt a tonne about enamel pin manufacturing' - Brigador developer Stellar Jockeys on the secrets of selling video game merchandise
GamesIndustry.biz

Since the indie boom of the 2010s, one piece of advice commonly given to smaller studios has been the value of merchandise. The logic broadly goes as follows: game development is a risky business, and even if your game is a success, it's not…

collider.com - Dawson Nyffenegger - The 10 Greatest World War I Video Games, Ranked
The 10 Greatest World War I Video Games, Ranked
Collider

In June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated by a lone Serbian gunman in the city of Sarajevo. Due to established alliances, escalating tensions in Europe, and the increase of nationalism, the event led to an armed…

aftermath.site - Luke Plunkett - It's Extremely Frustrating Seeing What's Become Of Video Games Journalism
It's Extremely Frustrating Seeing What's Become Of Video Games Journalism
Aftermath

I know we've covered some pretty big-picture stuff here so far on Hater Week, but for this gripe in particular I wanted to talk about something a bit more personal. Namely, how much I hate what my job–a video game journalist, critic…

aftermath.site - Luke Plunkett - I Am Quietly And Perhaps Foolishly Optimistic About The Future Of Video Games Journalism
I Am Quietly And Perhaps Foolishly Optimistic About The Future Of Video Games Journalism
Aftermath

This job isn't perfect–what job is–but everything bad I have to say about it (and that is a lot) is based mostly on me standing in 2026 and looking back at everything I've lost, at everything the field of games media has had done to…

gizmodo.com - John Loeffler - The Wizard' Made Me Long for a Wearable Future
The Wizard' Made Me Long for a Wearable Future
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

The Power Glove's one-minute-plus cameo in 1989's The Wizard wasn't the first time wearable tech made a splash in pop culture, but it's the one that got me and countless others hooked on wearables nearly two decades before we ever bought our first…

theweek.com - Theara Coleman, The Week US - The true cost of Sony's future without physical games
The true cost of Sony's future without physical games
The Week

Like all technology, video games have evolved over the years and for the most part, those advancements have been welcomed. But Sony's recent announcement that it will cease producing physical video games has rattled fans, particularly those who…

jamesgurney.substack.com - James Gurney - My Days Doing Box Art for Video Games
My Days Doing Box Art for Video Games
Paint Here

When I was starting out as a freelance illustrator, I did a few cover designs for Activision and Atari. Here's what the screen graphics looked like for a game called River Raid, where you fly a jet up a river and shoot at helicopters and ships. The…

nasa.gov - Sumer Loggins - NASA Johnson Interns Shaping the Future of Exploration
NASA Johnson Interns Shaping the Future of Exploration
NASA

NASA interns at Johnson Space Center are applying their talents to real-world projects while working alongside the engineers, scientists, communicators, and innovators advancing human spaceflight. Learn how these students are gaining hands-on…

theguardian.com - Keith Stuart - A Line Held Tight - miners, mechs and mismanagement on a distant planet
A Line Held Tight - miners, mechs and mismanagement on a distant planet
The Guardian

It is rare for video games to feature industrial action as a key theme, but it does happen. There's the shady Dockworker's Union in Disco Elysium and the Orbital Workers Union in space adventure Tacoma; then there is Lynx, the evil union-bashing…

eurogamer.net - Connor Makar - Nvidia GPUs see yet another price hike of up to 30 percent, as the generative AI hardware crisis worsens
Nvidia GPUs see yet another price hike of up to 30 percent, as the generative AI hardware crisis worsens
Eurogamer.net

The personal computing affordability crisis continues in earnest, as Nvidia has announced yet another price hike for its GPUs. According to Taiwan's Economic Daily, the company has increased the price by between 20 and 30 percent, as the…

si.com - Matt Black - Major Update on Brock Lesnar's Future in WWE
Major Update on Brock Lesnar's Future in WWE
Sports Illustrated

Brock Lesnar will compete this weekend at WWE SummerSlam inside Hell in a Cell, but will it be his final match with the company? Earlier this year at WrestleMania 42, Lesnar shocked the wrestling world when he sat down in the ring following his…

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