Fallout 76’s great canvas bag debacle marked ‘the dumbest thing I ever did at Bethesda,’ says its ex-marketing VP Pete Hines

Remember bag-gate? That time, many moons ago, when Fallout 76’s launch sparked controversy because of the low quality of the bags included with its Power Armor Edition? Bethesda had promised swish, rugged, canvas things in the promo; when they arrived on players’ doorsteps, they were made of cheap, easily damaged nylon. This took an entire…

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Share of the Week – Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

Share of the Week – Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

This past week players snuck through Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and shared memorable moments using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: Michael_Jambor shares a detailed close-up of Snake’s face AreeLyBadPun shares a faceoff with a crocodile georgie_1986_ shares a sharp-looking scientist crisg_art shares Snake ready for the hunt mungui_zero shares tactical tree…

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‘Buzz Bumper’ Is A New Pinball-Style Platformer For Your Game Boy Color That’s The Opposite Of ‘Sonic Spinball’

“I really wanted to lean into the pinball thing”. A small group of developers are currently hard at work on a promising new pinball-inspired platformer that will “soon” be receiving a demo for your Game Boy Color. Buzz Bumper originally came to our attention over this past weekend after one of its developers, the programmer…

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OpenAI boss Sam Altman dons metaphorical hot dog suit as he realises, huh, there sure are a lot of annoying AI-powered bots online these days

For as long as I’ve been alive, there have been bots of one kind or another on the internet. Whether it’s WoW gold bots, email spammers, SmarterChild (remember SmarterChild?), or something else, this glorious world wide web has been home to rickety, virtual facsimiles of human beings trying to wheedle money out of you for…

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