Russian disinfo is trying to spark a boycott of Stalker 2 by claiming it’s going to draft you into the war in Ukraine somehow

Not for the first time, Stalker has found itself at the centre of a Russian propaganda campaign against Ukraine. As reported by 404 Media, journalists have recently been opening their inboxes to find a curious anomaly: a video purportedly from Wired that claims Stalker 2 is helping the Ukrainian government “locate citizens suitable for mobilization”…

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Infinity Nikki review

What happens when you take a long-running mobile game series all about dress-up, wrangle it away from its cellular origins, shove the concept into a Genshin Impact mold and unleash it onto PC and console? You get Infinity Nikki, Infold Games’ fifth entry in the series, but the first one many will have likely ever…

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Blizzard is delisting the OG Warcrafts from GOG, but GOG says it’s gonna preserve them forever anyway, hands out a discount, and announces new policy for its preservation program to boot

Thank god for corporations, eh? Blizzard has acted swiftly to put an end to the scourge of people not spending $40 (£35) on its recent remasters of Warcraft 1 and 2. The studio is delisting the original versions of those games from GOG, ensuring no innocent consumer will accidentally pick up DRM-free, classic editions of…

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Grab 29 books from perhaps the best TTRPG publisher in the business, including a fantastic alternative to D&D, for just $18 in this limited time bundle

Even if you’ve never heard of TTRPG publisher Free League, you’ve probably at some point seen the cover of one of its games and gone “Wow, what’s that?”. With books like the Alien RPG, The One Ring, and Vaesen, the Swedish company has shown off incredible art direction, refined production values, and damn clever game…

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Arcane co-creator reminds fans ‘there are always constraints’, dispels theories the show was rushed or restrained by Riot’s higher-ups

Arcane’s second season has hit some fans all weird—while I’m of the opinion that animation studio Fortiche did a pretty dang good job all things considered, cramming as much story as it possibly could into every frame, it’s also an imperfect show in the sense that all shows are imperfect. Coulda, woulda, and even some…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Monday, December 2

We’ve got a clue for today’s Wordle on hand if you need a little help, the answer to the December 2 (1262) puzzle if you need a lot of help, and a great selection of tips if you’re actually completely fine and would just like a few fresh ideas. Whatever level you’re at—today any every…

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To stop its ‘strip-mining of journalism,’ some of the biggest Canadian news companies are suing OpenAI to the tune of $20,000 for every article fed to ChatGPT

First reported by The Guardian, a number of major Canadian news and media companies have banded together to sue OpenAI over its use of their articles to train large language models. In a statement about the lawsuit, News Media Canada president Paul Deegan argued that “these artificial intelligence companies cannibalize proprietary content and are free-riding…

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