Grok AI temporarily so sycophantic it claims Elon Musk is the best at drinking pee, and other things I’m not going to put in a headline, you can’t make me

We human beings are a miraculous accident; Forces of improbability, on an unimaginable scale, created the correct conditions for our life on planet Earth. We’ve survived ice ages, plagues, and the threat of nuclear annihilation to get here. All we’ve got is each other. I tell you this because I need you to understand: Our…

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Someone really did their homework figuring out ways to make the four kinds of bending from Avatar: The Last Airbender work in Magic: The Gathering

Avatar: The Last Airbender has a magic system they repeatedly claim isn’t magic (though it clearly is), which is themed around the four elements. You might think that maps easily onto Magic: The Gathering—red is fire, blue is water, white is air, green is earth, you’ve got black left over so throw it on any…

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Reviews be damned, The Witcher voice actor Doug Cockle thinks Liam Hemsworth ‘holds up pretty well’ as Geralt in Netflix’s television series: ‘I think he’s done a fantastic job’

Liam Hemsworth has not made much of a splash in his turn as Geralt in the fourth season of The Witcher TV series on Netflix. In the words of SEO editor Lauren Morten, “he’s basically invisible,” while weekend editor Jody Macgregor said The Witcher has “become an ensemble show where he’s basically supporting cast.” Not…

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Over 9M dungeons have been cleared in co-op RPG Fellowship’s first month of early access and now the devs are teasing big updates in the next few months

It’s hard to be surprised at how much of a slam dunk Fellowship has been for RPG players who love running dungeons in groups. World of Warcraft is in a pre-expansion lull at the moment and everyone is hungry for co-op games. Fellowship couldn’t have arrived at a better time. And developer Chief Rebel has…

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Anticipated anime action RPG halts updates just 3 months after launch because of poor sales: ‘The game wasn’t fun enough to sustain a consistent, healthy player base’

It’s a videogame story that’s all too common these days. “Despite a strong number of wishlists and a strong community of early playtesters,” the roguelite action RPG Starlight Re:Volver failed to catch fire after its release in August, and developer Pahto Labs has laid off half its team and says the game will receive no…

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