MrBeast scraps AI YouTube thumbnail generator days after announcing it: ‘If creators don’t want the tools, no worries’

Following a week of online criticism, world’s most popular YouTuber Mr Beast, aka Jimmy Donaldson, has removed a new generative AI tool from his Viewstats platform, a suite of tools made to “help creators grow YouTube channels.” Available as part of an $80/month package, the AI tool promised to “generate viral thumbnails” and received some…

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How to use the Sound Recorder in Phasmophobia

Phasmophobia’s Chronicle update added even more spooky sounds and voices for ghosts to make, but what good is that with no audible evidence to sell at the end of a contract? Fortunately, the patch also reworked how the Journal records and reports media, leading to the introduction of a new Phasmophobia tool, the Sound Recorder….

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New Vegas lead Josh Sawyer thinks turn-based combat fell off in the 2000s due to a lack of ‘tactical variation’: Even Fallout 1 would ‘get to the point where you’re always doing nut shots and eye shots’

Before a recent interview with Obsidian studio design director Josh Sawyer, I was tasked with a crucial mission by a different games industry Josh. PCG news writer Joshua Wolens wanted Josh the Elder’s take on the apparent final victory of turn-based combat over real time with pause, as represented by recent hits like Baldur’s Gate…

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Dave the Diver In the Jungle DLC is delayed, but the free Godzilla Content Pack is back and Ichiban Kasuga has extended his vacation until the end of 2026

In May 2024, the hit deep sea diving restaurant simulator Dave the Diver got some very big DLC in the form of the Godzilla Content Pack. It was free, with a catch: The DLC would only be available until November 23, after which it would be gone forever thanks to licensing issues, Nexon said. Apparently…

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