Gaming

Your Pokémon Go Scans May Have Helped Build Military Navigation for War Zones

Breana Ceballos — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:04:21 +0000

New reports have revealed that location scans collected through Pokémon Go helped train artificial intelligence models capable of understanding and interpreting real-world environments. Those same AI capabilities are now connected to technology being developed. What’s unnerving for users whose data was collected is that they are using that data for drone navigation in military settings. [...]

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How Hero Rankings Shape Competitive Mobile Gaming

Waseem Khan — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:16:53 +0000

Open any Mobile Legends or Wild Rift Discord server during patch week and you’ll see the same chaos. Someone posts a tier list screenshot, three people argue about whether a support hero got nerfed too hard, and somewhere in the thread a pro player’s clip gets dropped as “proof” that the meta has shifted. This [...]

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Backyard Baseball is Back! Playground Productions Drops New Trailer and Release Date

Breana Ceballos — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:21:17 +0000

One of my favorite games growing up was Humongous Entertainment’s Backyard Baseball. I would play that game for hours. It was basically the indoor kids version of going outside. That was me, hogging the computer much to my brother’s dismay. The fun thing about it though was that he could put in his bid for [...]

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Video Games Are Now a Weekly Habit for Most Americans

Alizee Ali Khan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:54:54 +0000

Nearly 70% of Americans play video games for at least one hour each week. That’s the headline number from the Entertainment Software Association’s 2026 Essential Facts About the U.S. Video Game Industry report, published Wednesday. The Essential Facts report estimates the overall number of U.S. players at 212.3 million between the ages of 5 and [...]

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A Quick Recap of Sony’s June 2nd, State of Play

Heath Andrews — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:28:41 +0000

Sony’s State of Play ran for about an hour and fifteen minutes on June 2nd, 2026. We’re going to condense all that into a rundown that tells you everything that was presented and our brief thoughts on the featured games. No more introduction needed, let’s get to it. Wolverine There was quite a bit of [...]

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Video games, comic books, and online casinos: an increasingly strong connection

Nerd Voices — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:50:36 +0000

Over the past years, geek culture has evolved from a niche passion of a select few to a widespread phenomenon that influences the worlds of entertainment, technology, and online gambling. Video games, comic books, fantasy worlds, and sci-fi franchises are now integral to wider culture, shaping the lives and leisure activities of millions around the [...]

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Life Is Strange TV Series Adds Four New Cast Members for Prime Video

Alizee Ali Khan — Sat, 23 May 2026 16:41:01 +0000

Life Is Strange adaptation from Prime Video is expanding. The exciting update follows the announcement of four new actors who are joining the already-established cast. Tom Cullen, Leisha Hailey, Raúl Castillo, and Owen Teague have all been added to the cast of the adaptation. They join the previously known lineup of Maisy Stella and Tatum [...]

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Patricio Valladares is Working on an Interactive Horror Game

Ada Blood — Tue, 19 May 2026 14:30:12 +0000

Chilean filmmaker Patricio Valladares (Invoking Scream) is breaking into the world of video games. He is working on a currently untitled game that is said to blend interactive gaming with analog filmmaking. “In terms of format, the project is being designed as a microdrama-style FMV experience: a shorter interactive horror title, approximately two to three [...]

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Cody Rhodes Was Once Sent a Cease & Desist by Nintendo

Ada Blood — Tue, 12 May 2026 20:17:28 +0000

WWE Champion Cody Rhodes has never hidden his love of video games, but that dedication once got him in trouble with Nintendo. So much so, he was sent a cease and desist letter by the company. On a recent episode of What Do You Wanna Talk About? With Cody Rhodes, he told all to guest [...]

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Nintendo Announces Switch 2 Price Increase

Heath Andrews — Sat, 09 May 2026 04:02:44 +0000

Well, that’ll do it. The most expected piece of news in video gaming is finally official. This generation of video game consoles has been one of the more chaotic ones for consumers. The PlayStation 5 debuted to severe shortages, the Xbox Series X/S severely flopped, and the Nintendo Switch 2 arrived late to the party [...]

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