Sources: Polygon, Kotaku
U.S. Senators Josh Hawley and Dick Durbin are opening a congressional investigation into Roblox over allegations of sexual abuse on the platform. The inquiry is a bipartisan effort led by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism. The senators sent a letter…
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Disney gives with one hand and takes with the other
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Patch notes are one of the most prevalent and boring aspects of video games. Whenever a developer needs to fix a bug, tweak combat balance, or add new content updates, they release a long list of the complete changes for fans to peruse. A new Wordle-like browser game asks…
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I love a time loop game. Give me an Outer Wilds, let me do a 16th replay of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. That sense of being able to freely explore repercussions (and then getting a clean slate), of building stacked, fugue-like strategies through days lived over and over…
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After Ally Pankiw shared her response to the inquiry, fellow director Kate Herron also revealed she'd turned down the gig based on J.K. Rowling's books
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The shut down of Pokémon Bank is affecting a lot of little things across the old games
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For the legendary Swiss folk hero William Tell, shooting an apple off his son’s head was the punishment for an act of rebellion. So when John Stewart’s father places an apple on his young son’s head in the opening scene of HBO’s Lanterns, it feels like that tall tale has been…
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'Roblox appears to prioritize revenue and engagement metrics over the safety and well-being of our children'
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The only thing that can save Nintendo is leaving childish things behind
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The creator has issued an apology, and is looking for methods to address the issue
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Geoff Grotz and Brandon Jones wanted to replicate the ritual they had with Apple's movie trailer portal, plundering TV commercials and demo discs until they caught the attention of MTV
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‘All right, all right, all right, Ellie. There was no cure’
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Just a liiiiiittle too faithful to the game
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Sony doesn't want you to see it, however
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Adam Wingard got his start in low-budget horror, but the American filmmaker is best known for helming the MonsterVerse franchise for the last few years. In 2021, he gave audiences the showdown they wanted with Godzilla vs. Kong, and he followed that up a few years later with…
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Fans still have to wait another year until Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, the third entry in the series, hits theaters. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ended on a cliffhanger that left fans on the edge of their seats. But it appears not everyone is willing to wait…
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Pokémon Pokopia's success shouldn't come as much of a surprise, given how well it was received by both critics and players alike at launch. On Metacritic, it has an average critic score of 89 and a user score of 8.7. Meanwhile, OpenCritic says 97% of critics recommend it, and it…
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