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Microsoft lawyers had to consult with representatives of The Fonz to get a Weezer music video on the Windows 95 install CD

Longtime Microsoft insider Raymond Chen has returned with another cracking anecdote from the days of Windows 95. His latest blog post concerns the fun freebies packaged alongside the OS to showcase Windows 95’s multimedia capabilities—turns out, Weezer’s Buddy Holly music video presented a tricky rights situation before it was cleared for inclusion. For those not…

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‘5,000,000 Henrys’ and they’re all quite hungry: KCD2 has sold gangbusters since its launch last year

A mere week after Warhorse celebrated Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2’s first birthday with some fun statistics, it’s dropped another big one: KCD2 has sold 5 million copies since its release last year. I suspect it’s probably more chuffed with this stat than the ones about players doing several million drunken murders (though that’s worthy of…

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‘Please let us focus on making our game in peace’ developer says to whoever is behind a slew of fake positive reviews that it swears definitely isn’t them

A developer has claimed some unknown bad faith actor is flooding its new game with positive Steam reviews—and it’s definitely not the culprit, swear—after players began to notice droves of AI-generated accounts padding the numbers. Starsand Island hasn’t had the easiest week in the run up to its launch on February 11. Despite being a…

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One of my favourite TTRPGs is releasing an expansion that goes from gothic horror heists to a psychedelic 60s sci-fi dystopia inspired by Deathloop, where the dead feed an oversaturated sky

One of the most popular D&D settings is Spelljammer, a supplement that turns your sword & sorcery to space-faring swashbuckling. While it’s certainly a tone shift, it’s not an unreasonable one—fantasy adventuring and the idea of a great, unexplored frontier have a lot to do with space. Treasure Planet understood this, as does Pathfinder 2e,…

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