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Former Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser claims the success of GTA "brought the US government down on us" because it needed "a media bogeyman" and couldn't blame Hollywood or rap music.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gtas-su...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gtas-su...
GTA’s success ‘brought the US government down on us’, ex-Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser says | VGC
“They wanted a media bogeyman” and “couldn’t go after Hollywood or rap music”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Former Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser claims the success of GTA "brought the US government down on us" because it needed "a media bogeyman" and couldn't blame Hollywood or rap music.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gtas-su...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gtas-su...
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1/ Losing Republicans' support, Israel signed contracts to target millions of U.S. churchgoers, deploy bots, hire influencers and try to make ChatGPT more pro-Israel
Omer Benjakob dug in FARA docs and here's what he found
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Omer Benjakob dug in FARA docs and here's what he found
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
AI hasbara: Israel pours millions into influencing U.S. evangelicals in churches, ChatGPT
Contracts Between Israel and Trump-linked Firms Reveal Campaigns and Plans to Target Millions of U.S. Churchgoers, Deploy Bots, Hire Influencers and Try to Make ChatGPT More pro-Israel
www.haaretz.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
1/ Losing Republicans' support, Israel signed contracts to target millions of U.S. churchgoers, deploy bots, hire influencers and try to make ChatGPT more pro-Israel
Omer Benjakob dug in FARA docs and here's what he found
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Omer Benjakob dug in FARA docs and here's what he found
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Dedicated Nintendo Switch 2 software sales reached 20.62m units (Doesn't account for upgrades, Switch 1 games).
First party titles, Mario Kart World (9.57m) and Donkey Kong Bananza (3.49m), accounted for 63% of that total.
Shows the power of Nintendo IP when it comes to driving Switch 2 sales.
First party titles, Mario Kart World (9.57m) and Donkey Kong Bananza (3.49m), accounted for 63% of that total.
Shows the power of Nintendo IP when it comes to driving Switch 2 sales.
November 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Dedicated Nintendo Switch 2 software sales reached 20.62m units (Doesn't account for upgrades, Switch 1 games).
First party titles, Mario Kart World (9.57m) and Donkey Kong Bananza (3.49m), accounted for 63% of that total.
Shows the power of Nintendo IP when it comes to driving Switch 2 sales.
First party titles, Mario Kart World (9.57m) and Donkey Kong Bananza (3.49m), accounted for 63% of that total.
Shows the power of Nintendo IP when it comes to driving Switch 2 sales.
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Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
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Kerala is set to become the first Indian state to eradicate extreme poverty.
It used a targeted poverty alleviation program, similar to China.
However, no extreme poverty doesn't mean elimination of all poverty and both internal and central govt challenges remain.
www.theweek.in/news/india/2...
It used a targeted poverty alleviation program, similar to China.
However, no extreme poverty doesn't mean elimination of all poverty and both internal and central govt challenges remain.
www.theweek.in/news/india/2...
October 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Kerala is set to become the first Indian state to eradicate extreme poverty.
It used a targeted poverty alleviation program, similar to China.
However, no extreme poverty doesn't mean elimination of all poverty and both internal and central govt challenges remain.
www.theweek.in/news/india/2...
It used a targeted poverty alleviation program, similar to China.
However, no extreme poverty doesn't mean elimination of all poverty and both internal and central govt challenges remain.
www.theweek.in/news/india/2...
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So Venezuela doesn’t produce fentanyl and the boats being blown up aren’t even capable of reaching the US.
Sounds like “drugs” is the new “WMD” lie to justify further US aggression.
Sounds like “drugs” is the new “WMD” lie to justify further US aggression.
October 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
So Venezuela doesn’t produce fentanyl and the boats being blown up aren’t even capable of reaching the US.
Sounds like “drugs” is the new “WMD” lie to justify further US aggression.
Sounds like “drugs” is the new “WMD” lie to justify further US aggression.
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“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians,” says Israeli American human rights lawyer Sari Bashi. “Only about a thousand of them have actually been convicted of any crime."
The Forgotten Captives: Israel Still Imprisoning 9,000 Palestinians Even After Hostage Deal
“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians, in what it calls security prisoners or detainees,” says Sari Bashi, an Israel...
www.democracynow.org
October 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians,” says Israeli American human rights lawyer Sari Bashi. “Only about a thousand of them have actually been convicted of any crime."
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This isn't technically incorrect given consoles are no longer the primary entry point for gaming.
The issue is that Xbox has de-emphasized its own console ecosystem while falling short of building a true Xbox ecosystem on mobile, PC, and cloud.
Hence Xbox games on PS5.
The issue is that Xbox has de-emphasized its own console ecosystem while falling short of building a true Xbox ecosystem on mobile, PC, and cloud.
Hence Xbox games on PS5.
"Our biggest competition isn't another console", says Xbox boss Matt Booty about Halo on PlayStation.
"We are all seeking to meet people where they are[...]We are competing more and more with everything from TikTok to movies"
➡️ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/a...
#Halo #Xbox #PS5
"We are all seeking to meet people where they are[...]We are competing more and more with everything from TikTok to movies"
➡️ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/a...
#Halo #Xbox #PS5
October 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This isn't technically incorrect given consoles are no longer the primary entry point for gaming.
The issue is that Xbox has de-emphasized its own console ecosystem while falling short of building a true Xbox ecosystem on mobile, PC, and cloud.
Hence Xbox games on PS5.
The issue is that Xbox has de-emphasized its own console ecosystem while falling short of building a true Xbox ecosystem on mobile, PC, and cloud.
Hence Xbox games on PS5.
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Xbox’s biggest competition "isn’t another console" and players no longer have a strong attachment to the devices they use, Xbox's Matt Booty has said.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xboxs-b...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xboxs-b...
Xbox’s biggest competition ‘isn’t another console’ but ‘TikTok and movies’, claims exec | VGC
Xbox’s Matt Booty explains multiplatform push…
www.videogameschronicle.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Xbox’s biggest competition "isn’t another console" and players no longer have a strong attachment to the devices they use, Xbox's Matt Booty has said.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xboxs-b...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xboxs-b...
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Draws about 97% of its electricity from offshore wind.
Cooled using ocean water.
Cuts overall power consumption by nearly 23%.
Eliminates water use entirely and reduces land requirements by over 90%.
(But it's still expensive to deploy atm. Cost should come down over time)
Cooled using ocean water.
Cuts overall power consumption by nearly 23%.
Eliminates water use entirely and reduces land requirements by over 90%.
(But it's still expensive to deploy atm. Cost should come down over time)
China has completed the construction of the world's first wind-powered underwater data center project in Shanghai on Tuesday, setting a benchmark for the green development of computing infrastructure.
October 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Draws about 97% of its electricity from offshore wind.
Cooled using ocean water.
Cuts overall power consumption by nearly 23%.
Eliminates water use entirely and reduces land requirements by over 90%.
(But it's still expensive to deploy atm. Cost should come down over time)
Cooled using ocean water.
Cuts overall power consumption by nearly 23%.
Eliminates water use entirely and reduces land requirements by over 90%.
(But it's still expensive to deploy atm. Cost should come down over time)
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From Game File:
Microsoft has long defined its gaming content/services revenue as coming from 1st/3rd-party games/DLC, subscriptions, ads, cloud and "third-party disc royalties"
They cut the bit about discs in July (I noticed it this week)
Sign of the times re: Xbox discs & game discs overall
Microsoft has long defined its gaming content/services revenue as coming from 1st/3rd-party games/DLC, subscriptions, ads, cloud and "third-party disc royalties"
They cut the bit about discs in July (I noticed it this week)
Sign of the times re: Xbox discs & game discs overall
October 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
From Game File:
Microsoft has long defined its gaming content/services revenue as coming from 1st/3rd-party games/DLC, subscriptions, ads, cloud and "third-party disc royalties"
They cut the bit about discs in July (I noticed it this week)
Sign of the times re: Xbox discs & game discs overall
Microsoft has long defined its gaming content/services revenue as coming from 1st/3rd-party games/DLC, subscriptions, ads, cloud and "third-party disc royalties"
They cut the bit about discs in July (I noticed it this week)
Sign of the times re: Xbox discs & game discs overall
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"I’ve thrown everything I have into this" - Kirby Air Riders director Masahiro Sakurai says the game won’t be getting any DLC and won’t be followed by a sequel.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ive-thr...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ive-thr...
‘I’ve thrown everything I have into this’: Sakurai says Kirby Air Riders won’t get DLC or a sequel | VGC
A demo Global Test Ride will take place next month…
www.videogameschronicle.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"I’ve thrown everything I have into this" - Kirby Air Riders director Masahiro Sakurai says the game won’t be getting any DLC and won’t be followed by a sequel.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ive-thr...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ive-thr...
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For the Xbox platform division, hitting 30% profit margins has required a drastic rethink. For individual games, it's not a completely unrealistic target... except they're all released day-one on Xbox Game Pass, cannibalizing sales.
Much more in the story www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Much more in the story www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
For the Xbox platform division, hitting 30% profit margins has required a drastic rethink. For individual games, it's not a completely unrealistic target... except they're all released day-one on Xbox Game Pass, cannibalizing sales.
Much more in the story www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Much more in the story www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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I'm old enough to remember when the argument was that the war would stop once the hostages were returned.
Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir:
Now that we have received the hostages, we must return to war and open the gates of hell upon Gaza.
- told y'all
Now that we have received the hostages, we must return to war and open the gates of hell upon Gaza.
- told y'all
October 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I'm old enough to remember when the argument was that the war would stop once the hostages were returned.
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EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.
Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts
Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
www.politico.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.
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A visualization of central planning in China over a 10-20 year period.
This is the Zhengzhou CBD, once reported as a ghost town in 2010 by Western media, but is now full (1.4m population).
The additional water is part of sponge city infrastructure, using green space to prevent flooding.
This is the Zhengzhou CBD, once reported as a ghost town in 2010 by Western media, but is now full (1.4m population).
The additional water is part of sponge city infrastructure, using green space to prevent flooding.
October 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A visualization of central planning in China over a 10-20 year period.
This is the Zhengzhou CBD, once reported as a ghost town in 2010 by Western media, but is now full (1.4m population).
The additional water is part of sponge city infrastructure, using green space to prevent flooding.
This is the Zhengzhou CBD, once reported as a ghost town in 2010 by Western media, but is now full (1.4m population).
The additional water is part of sponge city infrastructure, using green space to prevent flooding.
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This reminds me of that famous Trump speech where he said “no one is above the law, except for the President, Republican politicians, January 6 insurrectionists, ICE agents, Epstein clients, white supremacists, former governors convicted for corruption, reality tv stars convicted of bank fra
George Santos is a convicted liar and fraud, so Trump had to free him out of professional courtesy
October 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This reminds me of that famous Trump speech where he said “no one is above the law, except for the President, Republican politicians, January 6 insurrectionists, ICE agents, Epstein clients, white supremacists, former governors convicted for corruption, reality tv stars convicted of bank fra
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I wanted to review Silent Hill f but I didn’t want to rush it - so I didn’t. Consequently, here is my rather late verdict. It’s a masterpiece
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...
Silent Hill f review – fascinating horror game maims the monsters teenage girls face
After an apocalyptic supernatural fog descends, school girl Hinako wakes up in a town populated by psychosexual beasts and gaslighting men in masks
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I wanted to review Silent Hill f but I didn’t want to rush it - so I didn’t. Consequently, here is my rather late verdict. It’s a masterpiece
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...
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“Production will stop, shipments will be frozen, and some companies may not make it”: board game industry braces for further pain after Trump threatens 130% tariffs on China:
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
October 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“Production will stop, shipments will be frozen, and some companies may not make it”: board game industry braces for further pain after Trump threatens 130% tariffs on China:
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
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Israel has destroyed the "ceasefire" in hours.
It is murdering Palestinians, and maintaining its illegal siege.
Not a ceasefire.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-des...
It is murdering Palestinians, and maintaining its illegal siege.
Not a ceasefire.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-des...
Israel destroys ceasefire in hours
Today, Israel slaughtered Palestinians and resumed siege. Not a "ceasefire"
www.owenjones.news
October 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Israel has destroyed the "ceasefire" in hours.
It is murdering Palestinians, and maintaining its illegal siege.
Not a ceasefire.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-des...
It is murdering Palestinians, and maintaining its illegal siege.
Not a ceasefire.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-des...
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Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
October 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
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And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money
fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money
fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...
Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune
Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?
fortune.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money
fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money
fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...