Silent Hill producer believes shaking up the series was necessary to win over players because ‘at best, only about half of the original users will return with a remake’

One of the most magical parts of Silent Hill f was that never in a hundred years did I think it would be something that Konami would greenlight. Not because it’s outlandish or a poor idea, I absolutely loved it, but because I just thought Konami had kind of set aside doing anything new with…

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I am obsessed with The Weeknd’s slow descent into Persona-addled madness, including Photoshopping a tattoo of Persona 5’s biggest baddie on his arm

I know celebrities are just richer, more out-of-touch versions of us peasants, but I do admit I get a bit of a kick out of seeing them obsessing over the same videogames as me—Keke Palmer playing The Sims and Tekken, Doja Cat’s current journey through Final Fantasy 14, that one time Lady Gaga played Bayonetta….

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Google Earth let me turn my hometown into a warzone with AI prompts, and the misinformation possibilities are disturbing

Another day, another step towards an AI dystopia. Google has just added a “fun” new feature to Google Earth—Nano Banana 2, the company’s image creation tool. All you need to do is click on the “create image” button, type in a prompt, and seconds later you’ll have a phony picture masquerading as a real satellite…

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