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Microsoft president Brad Smith claims that AI is currently less regulated than the food we eat and the utilities we rely on. “Right now, your washing machine is subject to more safety rules than AI,” Smith said, “Every carton of milk that you see in the grocery store is subject to safety rules and inspection.”…
Valve has released the CAD files for the Steam Frame, allowing modders the perfect opportunity to get to work on their own creations for the VR headset. The light blocker—the bit that sits between the bridge of your nose and the headset—is primed for user replacement, as are the head strap, battery housing, facial interface…
Star Wars: Galactic Racer is out, and it’s pretty solid, netting a firm 76 score in our Galactic Racer review. It’s also, as should always be the case with Star Wars videogames, full of funny little guys. None so funny as Biddy Blas. Why is Biddy Blas so popular? Just listen to his voice actor…
You’re looking for the “Emissive” option (Image credit: Embark Studios) Key deets 💡 Arc Raiders now has an option to turn off the light on your backpack. 💡 This is the “Emissive” toggle in each backpack’s cosmetic menu. Arc Raiders has made lots of new tweaks and additions with Frozen Trail’s 2.0 update, but one…
I blink and I’ve somehow spent another 30 hours in Shogun 2. Undoubtedly my favorite of the older Total War games—and I don’t say that lightly as someone who also has big hour counts in Rome and Medieval 2—there’s just something so straightforward about the second Shogun; an elegant simplicity complimented by a period where…
Wonder Boy in Monster Land released in Japanese arcades in 1987 and for the Sega Master System the following year. Its success led to numerous ports, including to ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Atari ST. Oddly, it never received an official PC port, though that long absence appeared to have come to an end on…
Years ago, I read that Jake Solomon prototyped the Firaxis reboot of XCOM by making a simple board game version. Something rudimentary that could be played in the office on scrap paper to get ideas across and figure out where the fun would be, without having to commit. But it’s surprising to hear the same…
There are mods for Seamless Grav Jumps and for Seamless Planet Takeoffs. But when you arrive at a planet in Starfield you still have to choose a landing spot, and then watch a loading screen and an animation. It’s another thing that contributes to the feeling your spaceship is more like a house that can…
The Golden Joystick Awards have been running for so long there was a period where they awarded separate prizes for 8-bit and 16-bit games in each category. In 1988, rail shooter Operation Wolf was the 8-bit Computer Game of the Year, while the Bitmap Brothers’ futuresport Speedball took home 16-bit Computer Game of the Year….
One of the great things about videogame conventions is there are always people up for playing a local multiplayer game, just waiting to be handed controls and thrown into a new experience. Which is how, at PAX Australia over the weekend, I found myself playing a game called Bumper Bout. It immediately impressed me with…