The Pokémon Company announced a collaboration today with J League, Japan’s top professional soccer association. As part of the Pokémon 30th anniversary celebrations, each of the J League’s 60 teams is getting its own Pokémon. The featured Pokémon were picked to match each of Japan’s pro soccer teams. For example, […]
The Pokémon Company Just Matched Each of Japan’s Top Professional Soccer Teams to a Pokémon
The Pokémon Company announced a collaboration today with J League, Japan’s top professional soccer association. As part of the Pokémon 30th anniversary celebrations, each of the J League’s 60 teams is getting its own Pokémon. The featured Pokémon were picked to match each of Japan’s pro soccer teams. For example, […]
Palworld Dev Offers Approximate Release Time for 1.0 Update, Says Players Do Not Need to Wipe Their Data but They Really Should
Palworld’s hotly anticipated 1.0 update launches this week, on July 10, and now developer Pocketpair has narrowed the release timing down, while issuing existing players an official recommendation on whether they should wipe their data for it. First up, Palworld 1.0. Pocketpair said it can’t give an exact release time, […]
Palworld Dev Offers Approximate Release Time for 1.0 Update, Says Players Do Not Need to Wipe Their Data but They Really Should
Palworld’s hotly anticipated 1.0 update launches this week, on July 10, and now developer Pocketpair has narrowed the release timing down, while issuing existing players an official recommendation on whether they should wipe their data for it. First up, Palworld 1.0. Pocketpair said it can’t give an exact release time, […]
Pokémon Card Thieves Jailed for Stealing £71,000 Stock After Getaway Van Breakdown
A pair of Pokémon card thieves have been caught after their getaway van broke down and they were found holding £71,000 of stolen stock (around $95,000). The two brothers, Keith and Shane Johnson, pled guilty to burglary at a court in Birmingham, UK last week, with the former sentenced to […]
‘Don’t Kill the Disc’ — Independent Retailer Launches Petition Calling on PlayStation to Keep Physical Games, Gets Over 115,000 Signatures
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 […]
‘Don’t Kill the Disc’ — Independent Retailer Launches Petition Calling on PlayStation to Keep Physical Games, Gets Over 115,000 Signatures
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 […]
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 […]