Ted Turner, the media mogul who cut a brash and vivid figure on the American scene of the late 20th century by dominating the cable television industry, creating the 24-hour news cycle with CNN, and extending his restless reach into professional sports, environmentalism and philanthropy, died on Wednesday at his home near Tallahassee, Fla. He…
You’ve likely seen some teasers for Pluribus doing the rounds, many of which are mysterious, like the eerie phone number you can call. The new Apple TV show has many people speculating what to expect, so if you’re one of those people then you’ll want to hear what series creator Vince Gilligan has teased about…
Did you know that “talking postcards” were once a thing? Back in the 1940s and 50s, tourists in the U.S. might pop into a coin-operated Voice-O-Graph booth to record themselves speaking about their trip, with their tales ending up on a lacquer-coated record that they could then mail to friends or relatives. A BBC report…
Mewgenics, the cat-breeding RPG that was originally announced as a follow-up to Super Meat Boy, is coming out in 2025, based on a new trailer shared by IGN and the game’s updated Steam page. A blend of a turned-based RPG and twisted cat simulator, Mewgenics started as the next project from Team Meat, the development…
Facepalm: Even the best of us can fall for scams. Just look at Troy Hunt, the security expert and creator of the HaveIBeenPwned.com website, who was tricked by a phishing email. The attackers managed to steal his mailing list for his personal blog, compromising roughly 16,000 emails, around half of which belong to people who…
Editor’s take: Action RPGs are a staple in my game collection. Surprisingly, I didn’t become a fan of the genre until I played The Revenant, a 1999 ARPG released two years after Diablo. Since then, I’ve played every ARPG I could get my hands on, including the entire Diablo series. One of the best Diablo…
