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Ancient Miyamoto Interview Talks Music, Weird Donkey Kong Games

Ancient Miyamoto Interview Talks Music, Weird Donkey Kong Games

photo: Rodin Eckerroth (Getty Images) A retranslated 1986 interview between Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto and Namco’s Masanobu Endo reveals some neat details about the games the two designers were playing at the time, what music Miyamoto liked, and his hopes for Mario’s future. A little background on these two before we get into the fun stuff. ...

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Blizzard’s Diablo walked the runway at Milan Fashion Week

Blizzard’s Diablo walked the runway at Milan Fashion Week

photo: Activision Blizzard Milan Fashion Week has just wrapped up, and while that’s not typically the sort of thing we’d cover on this site about anime, reality TV, and comics, there was a surprise inclusion on the 2023 show: Blizzards Diablo Series. (I usually say because I have previously wrote about Milan Fashion Week back ...

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AI chatbot fakes are now playing a role in the sci-fi world

AI chatbot fakes are now playing a role in the sci-fi world

Picture: Yuichiro Chino (Getty Images) The award-winning Clarkesworld Magazine has supported the careers of science fiction writers for nearly 20 years and regularly features works by Hugo Award nominees and winners such as Elizabeth Bear, Peter Watts and Catherynne M. Valente. But right now, in a rather ironic situation, it’s struggling with the sci-fi among ...

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Survivor has better lightsabers than the first game

Survivor has better lightsabers than the first game

screenshot: Lucasfilm/EA New gameplay from the upcoming Star Wars Jedi: Survivor seems to reveal that unlike the first game, the sequel will finally have Jedi Cal Kestis slicing up on stormtroopers and other human enemies. And that’s a good thing, because this long-awaited change makes lightsabers feel powerful and deadly again. The lightsaber is one ...