Having played a demo of Tales of the Shire in September last year, I knew what I was getting into. I’ve already shared my take on how I thought it was a great example of wasting a perfect opportunity, but even then I still remained hopeful that something would change before launch. Especially since the…
Tales of the Shire‘s Bywater is absolutely brimming with things for you to collect while you wander around. But, when you’re finally ready to turn your harvest into delicious meals for your fellow hobbits, you may realise you’re a bit short on a few things. So, knowing where to find raspberries and all the other…
As someone whose special interest is not going to prison, I’d be pretty keen on my lawyer not using AI to advise them in the courtroom. So I suppose I can be glad that I was not the debtor who enlisted the Semrad Law Firm in a bankruptcy case last year (via Damien Charlotin). The…
Agent casually clicking the “I am not a robot” button from r/OpenAI Sometimes, stories about AI write themselves. I don’t mean the AI writes them, I mean they’re so on the nose that even putting them in Black Mirror might feel a bit gauche. Well, an agentic AI has reportedly passed a Cloudflare human verification…
Battle macabre puppets in a twisted soulslike take on well-known children’s tale, use your wits to survive sprawling maps filled with threats and relive an iconic anime first-hand with the PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup for August. Lies of P, Day Z and My Hero One’s Justice 2 will be available to PlayStation Plus members…
Developers Landfall and Aggro Crab are still shipping out minor and major fixes for the much-loved co-op climbing game Peak. Usually, an update will introduce new features alongside all the fixes, but not this time. There’s only one line underneath the header for new features, and it reads “Nope. Let us cook.” A very valid…
Microsoft’s tireless push to insert its Copilot AI functionality into almost everything continues this week with Copilot Mode for its Edge browser. For now, it’s an “experimental” feature that’s free to use or disable. By default it seems the feature won’t be turned on. “If you choose not to turn on Copilot Mode, you can…
With the release of Total War: Warhammer 3’s new ‘Siege Proving Grounds’ beta, running from July 24th to August 7th, everyone is talking about the miraculous and long-requested removal of ass ladders. For those unfamiliar with the term, this refers to when you run a unit up to a wall in a siege and they…
Over the decades, astronomers have faced the increasingly tough problem of satellites appearing in their view of the universe. The rapid growth of Starlink, SpaceX’s web-from-space system, isn’t just impacting countless pictures using visible light but also those in other parts of the spectrum. A recent study of 76 million images shows that the satellites…
I feel a little bad for Monster Hunter Wilds, a game I spent a very enjoyable 60-odd hours in, which is nonetheless currently tanking a severe “Overwhelmingly Negative” recent review rating on Steam. The problems are twofold: Firstly, the game hasn’t quite hit the same gameplay loop as past games, trading out (from what I’ve…