Random: “This Isn’t Real, Is It?” – These Annoying Gen AI Adverts For Retro Consoles Are Fooling A Lot Of People

Another “benefit” of Generative AI. If you’ve been anywhere near retro gaming social media circles over the past weekend, you’ll almost certainly have seen some Japanese adverts for various vintage consoles featuring scantily-clad ladies. As you can imagine, these “lost” promotional images have triggered a pretty big online response, with many people assuming they are…

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Interview: “Personally, I Think It’s The Coolest Game” – Night Striker Director Kenji Kaido On His 1989 Arcade Masterpiece

“I still have fans who love the old games”. Kenji Kaido is a video game industry veteran whose career dates back to the late 1980s. His lengthy list of game development credits includes arcade games like Bonze Adventure and Sonic Blast Man (designer/director) for Taito, as well as Ape Escape (designer) and Tomba (producer) for…

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Resident Evil Requiem’s director admits they needed to raise the bar for their zombies to ‘keep having that thrilling experience’

The biggest draw in Resident Evil 9 was undoubtedly Leon Kennedy, but if I’m honest the zombies came in a close second. With yet another mutated strain of the T-virus, these infected are freaky in a whole new way, with many retaining their original memories and habits. “It’s creepier to see that they’re slightly more…

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What colour car would James Bond never drive? IO had to have multiple meetings just to figure it out for 007 First Light while huge plot decisions went down easy

I’m a little nervous about 007 First Light, which—from what I’ve seen—seems to play everything a bit too safe and linear to really leverage IO’s strengths as a studio. When I played First Light, I found myself asking if, perhaps, the Bond license-holders at Amazon were a bit precious about their character. Maybe IO simply…

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