An independent retailer has launched a petition calling on Sony to reverse its decision to ditch discs on PlayStation consoles, garnering over 115,000 signatures so far. PNP Games, a Canadian independent video game retailer, launched the change.org petition asking fans to join it in telling Sony to keep physical PlayStation […]
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The Vampire Lestat Showrunner Explains How Lestat's Musical Journey Is 'Just as Important' as the Queen of the Damned's Awakening
Spoilers follow for The Vampire Lestat Season 3, Episode 5 – “New York,” which is available on AMC and AMC+ now. In “New York,” this week’s new episode of AMC’s series formerly known as Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire, Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid) is in auteur mode recording […]
ChatGPT Fiction Prompt Researchers Accidentally Stumble Upon a Super User Repeatedly Requesting Stories Featuring Pregnant Characters From Doki Doki Literature Club
Academic researchers investigating how people use ChatGPT to generate fiction accidentally stumbled upon a super user repeatedly requesting stories featuring pregnant characters from Doki Doki Literature Club (as spotted by Automaton and reported on by ITMedia). In Walsh et al’s “AI Fiction in the Wild” study, University of Washington and […]
ChatGPT Fiction Prompt Researchers Accidentally Stumble Upon a Super User Repeatedly Requesting Stories Featuring Pregnant Characters From Doki Doki Literature Club
Academic researchers investigating how people use ChatGPT to generate fiction accidentally stumbled upon a super user repeatedly requesting stories featuring pregnant characters from Doki Doki Literature Club (as spotted by Automaton and reported on by ITMedia). In Walsh et al’s “AI Fiction in the Wild” study, University of Washington and […]
Marvel Tokon Blocked in 132 Countries, and It Looks Like PSN Requirements Are to Blame
PlayStation and Arc System Works' Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has been blocked in 132 countries in what appears to be another example of Sony's PSN requirements barring players from access on Steam. Fans of the upcoming tag-team comic book fighting game have prepared to skip out on its August 2026 […]
House of the Dragon Season 3, Episode 3 Recap and Review
Full spoilers follow for House of the Dragon Season 3, Episode 3. They say that in the Game Of Thrones, you either win or you die. But there’s another stage: sometimes you win the throne but are then beset by a thousand petty decisions that only you can make, and […]
House of the Dragon Season 3, Episode 3 Recap and Review
Full spoilers follow for House of the Dragon Season 3, Episode 3. They say that in the Game Of Thrones, you either win or you die. But there’s another stage: sometimes you win the throne but are then beset by a thousand petty decisions that only you can make, and […]
The Vampire Lestat Showrunner Explains How Lestat’s Musical Journey Is ‘Just as Important’ as the Queen of the Damned’s Awakening
Spoilers follow for The Vampire Lestat Season 3, Episode 5 – “New York,” which is available on AMC and AMC+ now. In “New York,” this week’s new episode of AMC’s series formerly known as Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire, Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid) is in auteur mode recording […]
The Vampire Lestat Showrunner Explains How Lestat’s Musical Journey Is ‘Just as Important’ as the Queen of the Damned’s Awakening
Spoilers follow for The Vampire Lestat Season 3, Episode 5 – “New York,” which is available on AMC and AMC+ now. In “New York,” this week’s new episode of AMC’s series formerly known as Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire, Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid) is in auteur mode recording […]
Hideo Kojima Warns of 'Frightening' Digital Future After PlayStation Reveals Plan to End Physical Disc Production
Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima has warned of a "frightening" digital future just days after Sony announced it would soon end production for physical PlayStation discs. Kojima shared his feelings about the shift away from physical media during a conversation at the Il Cinema in Piazza […]