The GameStop stapler that smashed a Switch 2 screen on launch day is being auctioned off for charity, and bidding has already broken $100,000

You will recall that there was a bit of a fuss a month or so ago when an undoubtedly-harried GameStop employee stapled some customer receipts directly to Nintendo Switch 2 boxes—and through the boxes, and into the Switch 2 units themselves. It was all quickly resolved, without lawsuits or fistfights, and with the ugliness now…

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The videogame voice actors’ strike officially ends as performers ratify agreement between SAG-AFTRA and publishers

One year after launching a strike of videogame performers and a month after suspending that strike on reaching a tentative agreement with publishers, SAG-AFTRA has announced that its members have ratified the new Interactive Media Agreement, bringing a definitive end to the strike. According to SAG-AFTRA, over 95% of voting members approved the new agreement,…

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Elon Musk claims Grok was ‘manipulated’ into praising Hitler, then makes wild claims about it discovering ‘new technologies’ and ‘new physics’ within the next year: ‘Just let that sink in’

Elon Musk has addressed the latest controversy around Grok, xAI’s public-facing chatbot, after the technology had a very normal one and started calling itself “MechaHitler” while regurgitating antisemitic tropes. “Grok was too compliant to user prompts,” said Musk during a livestream (thanks, The Verge). “Too eager to please and be manipulated, essentially. That is being…

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Mycopunk review

It was meant to be a simple mission. My line manager at the humble mega-mining corporation Saxon—the cockroach known as Roachard Cox—laid it all out: break into a compound, tear through the fungus and goop to free the core from its prison, transport it back to the drop pod, and then escape with ample time…

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The new ‘UK Video Games Council’ has announced its members—including reps from Larian Studios, Microsoft, and non-profit advocacy groups UKIE and TIGA

Despite showing signs of ill health, videogames are still an enormous slice of the worldwide entertainment industry—making more than $100 billion across the globe each year, which is more than the film and music industries combined. The UK government is finally giving us some bloomin’ recognition for this fact, announcing the formation of a UK…

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