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It’s no secret that handheld gaming is in a bit of a renaissance right now. Ushered in by the Nintendo Switch and carried forward by the Steam Deck and more powerful handheld PCs like the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+, there’s never been more options for playing games on the small screen, whether that’s away…

Hasbro has responded to the Department of Homeland Security’s recent AI-generated social media posts that used the likeness of the Hasbro-owned character, Transformers’ Optimus Prime, to promote its deportation program, stating that DHS’ posts were created without their consent. One DHS ad is an AI-generated fake movie poster for “Transformers: Age of Deportation” featuring Optimus…

Brandon Sanderson, author of the beloved Cosmere series, has long been a fan of Star Trek and Magic the Gathering. These are topics he has talked about frequently over the years, but thanks to the upcoming MTG Star Trek crossover, he got to talk about both things at the same time. Sanderson and his co-host,…

GameStop is planning to re-open stores that it previously shut down, with one opening its doors this week. The company announced these plans via its social media and revealed that this rollout would begin on September 11. IGN reached out to GameStop to see how many stores are re-opening, and was given the following statement…

This article contains spoilers for Red Dead Redemption 2. Red Dead Redemption 2 actor Roger Clark has revealed that Arthur Morgan’s gnarly coughing fits were actually recorded when he was sick in real life. I recently interviewed Roger Clark for a YouTube video about how Arthur Morgan from Red Dead Redemption was crafted. During our…

Acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro spoke out about his thoughts on artificial intelligence and what he feels gets lost in the creative process when AI is used in art. Del Toro popped into the r/movies subreddit for an AMA session with fans on September 9. One of these fans, going by the username ihs25ysf, asked…

Cheating in video games has turned into a multi-billon dollar industry, one that has forced franchises like Call of Duty to build entire teams to combat this epidemic. One of the people leading the charge is a man named David Andrews, a former Department of Defense contractor and member of the Air Force who made…

Vin Diesel has long stated his hope to somehow bring back the character of Brian O’Conner in Fast Forever, but if it does happen it will be without the assistance of late actor Paul Walker’s brothers this time around. After Paul Walker died in a car accident in 2013 while Furious 7 was in production,…