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  1. Croc: Legend of the Gobbos remaster!

    It was announced last week that the former developers of Croc are working on a remaster which should be coming out this year! Admittedly a game that was a bit janky due to when it come out, I am still extremely excited by this announcement. Anyone else looking forward to this? Eurogamer article

  2. Half Life 3?

    There is a video from What Culture Gaming regarding the possible signs hinting at Half Life 3 coming out. Have we passed the era of Half Life 3 being meaningful? I loved playing them when I was younger, but it almost feels like that was a different lifetime. That being said, assuming I could run...

  3. Cenk Uygur launches Democratic primary campaign.

    In this past week Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks has declared that he is launching a campaign to challenge Biden's position as the Democratic candidate for next year's presidential race. He has been critical of the Democratic party for decades for being an ineffective and weak party that is...

  4. Playstation Plus Price Hike

    It has been announced this week that there is going to be a significant increase in the cost of annual subscriptions to all the tiers of Playstation Plus by over 30%. I was quite excited initially about what would be offered with the premium service, as I was hoping they would go a lot further...

  5. Bill to overturn racist New Zealand citizenship law drawn

    A Green Party member's bill was drawn this week which would overturn a citizenship law which was passed in 1982. So at this point it is still awaiting first reading, but it will be interesting to see how parties vote. It should be a given that the Labour party will vote in favour of it given...

  6. AI and deception on the political trail

    Interesting article on the implications and consequences that utilization of AI could have for political campaigns. Given what we have seen from the utilization of social media and how political ads have often had a questionable relationship with reality I wouldn't be surprised if it did play...

  7. Economic sanctions are a crime against humanity

    Economic sanctions are often enforced against countries under the reasoning that it is a more humane way of getting their respective government to change. This can include the government changing course or even trying to convince the populace themselves to get rid of the government. Sanctions...

  8. The Right's War on Free Speech

    From the Red Scare, though Political Correctness, and to today's Woke Politics we have continuously seen an effort by those on the right to silence and neutralize political voices from the left. The attempt by a right wing group to use the courts to silence a left wing podcast is just the latest...

  9. Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 4

    At this point it is just an announcement trailer to let us know it is in early production. I am still hopeful that even in spite of current business trends that this could be an amazing game. I am definitely going to be keeping an eye on it. Considering I am still currently rewatching DBZ I am...

  10. Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters coming to Switch and PS4?

    It was recently reported that there was an addition to the ratings for the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters which added in Switch and PS4. These have since been removed but that hasn't stopped speculation from mounting that we could finally be getting a console release. Are there any intentions of...

  11. Cuba passes sweeping reforms with new family code

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/26/cuba-overwhelmingly-approves-same-sex-marriage-in-referendum The Cuban government have recently passed legislation which introduces a sweeping new family code. Not only is this legislation promising for how progressive it is when it comes to advancing...

  12. FF VII remake treatment

    Shamelessly stealing this from a thread I saw a while ago on the Final Fantasy subreddit. But it expanding it. Are there any retro/classic games that you would like to see given the same remake treatment that has been given to Final Fantasy VII?

  13. PSVR2 not backwards compatible

    Kotaku have reported that it was revealed during an interview that the PSVR2 will be unable to play PSVR 1 games. The reason given was that the tech is forward looking and they didn't want to diminish the experience. What are your thoughts on this? Do many of you here use VR for your gaming at...

  14. Right wing Hindu nationalism, Indian cricket and hate filled tweets

    Right wing Hindu nationalism has been the dominant political force in Indian state politics for decades now and has routinely seen punitive actions being taken against members of ethnic and religious minorities. Even the sport of cricket, which is a widely followed and loved sport over in India...

  15. Craiyon

    Has anyone played around with this site? You enter keywords and it uses ai to create 9 images for you. My imagination is so limited so I am not good at coming up with keywords. But here are a few examples. Also people and animals look inspired.

  16. Lets give it to Nintendo

    The use of gaming footage within videos is quite a common occurrence. Sometimes developers are quite happy with the advertising their products are getting. At other times they are...well the opposite of happy. Nintendo, however, seems to have a more novel approach. Rich from ReviewTechUSA has a...

  17. Reading challenges

    As some of you may be aware, there are people who partake in an annual activity known as a reading challenge. In partaking in such an activity one sets themselves with a target of how many books they expect to read within a given period of time, usually a year. What are your thoughts on this...

  18. Hello

    I live Aotearoa New Zealand, which is a small country in the South Pacific. Some of you may have heard of it. Although I would not be terribly offended if you hadn't, as we are not a terribly big force in international relations. We have our little sphere of influence, but that tends to be...
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