Meta was hot during its early glory days, but it's starting to look as though it's entered a long, inexorable death spiral.
20 years ago, Dead Rising showed a different path for open worlds, and more games should pinch its ideas
Dead Rising showed developers there were different ways of doing open worlds. 20 years since its release, we go back and explore what we could of had.
Dead Forest Theory
Internet darkness is turning into deadness and time is running out
Grave Seasons is my most anticipated murder mystery-farming sim of the summer | RPG Site
A cozy horror farming-dating sim…What could go wrong?
The Once and Future Metaverse: Part Two
This is part two of a two-part article. Read part one here.
EXCLUSIVE---DOOM: The Dark Ages Revelations Faced ‘Worst Crunch’ in Franchise History
DOOM: The Dark Ages Revelations faced brutal crunch, with developers working up to 80-hour weeks to finish the expansion before release.
GameDate - Revive Dead Games
Schedule sessions for dead games, niche mods, and retro netplay. No account needed.
Anime’s growing commoditization could lead to a future where the medium itself no longer matters, Japanese critic warns - AUTOMATON WEST
A famous Japanese critic discusses whether the evolutionary path of anime ends with its full transformation into a commodity.
The Death of DeviantArt and the art-site shaped hole haunting the Internet - Multi-hyphenate
Why every new "Art Community" fails. Equal parts eulogy, condemnation, and mourning.
I Don't Really Care If Bluesky Dies (As Long As AT Protocol Survives) — Ewan's Corner
Read I Don't Really Care If Bluesky Dies (As Long As AT Protocol Survives) on the blog.
Jury in Los Angeles finds Meta, YouTube negligent in social media addiction trial
A jury reached a verdict in the LA trial focused on Meta and YouTube, a case that experts have characterized as social media's "Big Tobacco" moment.
Turn-based RPG Entropy offers up a world abandoned by the gods that looks like a PS1 game fished from a toilet
Come wallow in the demo for Entropy, an absorbingly ugly take on the Final Fantasy RPG format from the creators of Dread Delusion.
Atproto Is the Context Window You Own - The Tropopause
I don't think it's a coincidence that atproto is taking off at the same time AI is. Well, okay, it kind of is a coincidence. I don't think anybody planned these...
Vibe Graveyard
Real tech failures and postmortems from the world of rushed shipping and bad decisions.
Bungie confirms it’s ending Destiny 2 updates to focus on new games | VGC
The end of Destiny updates follows declining player numbers…
