Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed franchise has covered a lot of ground in its 18 years. The Assassin-Templar conflict has taken players across five continents, from Ancient Greece to Victorian London, spann...
It’s been 35 years since Intelligent Systems debuted its Fire Emblem series on Nintendo's Famicom. Through its ever-evolving combat and the introduction of beloved character bonding mechanics, the ser...
When you have a series that's consistently gotten new games for almost 40 years, you have to think about how younger generations will be able to play them. That, and, of course, thinking about your bo...
Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220816-00/?p=106994 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403291 Points: 6 # Comments: 0...
Resident movie expert Chris Connelly has your go-to watch list this holiday season, from "Avatar: Fire and Ash" to "Stranger Things."...
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📋 Key Facts ✓ Oona Chaplin portrays the villain Varang in 'Avatar: Fire and Ash.' ✓ She is the granddaughter of film icon Charl...
Marty Reisman in 2007. Neville Elder/Corbis/Getty Images Timothée Chalamet's character in "Marty Supreme" is based on champion ping-pong player Marty Reisman. Reisman had a flamboyant style an...
Netshort's micro dramas revolve around soapy themes. NetShort TikTok is jumping into buzzy micro dramas and has introduced a section featuring them in its app. Short-drama apps typically use a freemiu...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Anna's Archive scraped metadata for 256 million tracks and 86 million songs from Spotify, totaling under 300TB. ✓ The...
Article URL: https://mijofr.github.io/st-panorama/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46417752 Points: 15 # Comments: 1...
2025 was a big year for gaming, and that includes gaming hardware. Nintendo launched its Switch 2 console in June, and since then, numerous Switch 2 titles and noteworthy updates for original Switch g...
In a country without film archives, one man is preserving Lebanon's film industry history. With thousands of movie posters, Abboudi Bou Jaoude is saving cinematic heritage in an archive that's emotion...
Marty Reisman was nicknamed "The Needle" for his slender physique. He dressed well and put on a show. (Image credit: Ed Ford)...
Netflix has had an interesting year. Its ad tier, introduced last year, has grown significantly, and its live TV initiative has expanded to include not only weird one-offs like hot-dog-eating grudge m...
2026 is here, and comic book fans have a whole year’s worth of exciting new stories to look forward to. Marvel will be ushering in a new era for the X-Men line and building to what looks to be one of ...
China’s biggest tech groups and a clutch of fast-rising consumer electronics brands are battling for coveted sponsorship slots at the Spring Festival Gala, as intensifying competition in artificial in...
The non-fungible token project owned by Luca Netz appeared on the Sphere’s exterior screens, with the animated display going live on Christmas Eve....
AI isn't new to Hollywood - but this was the year when it really made its presence felt. For years now, the entertainment industry has used different kinds of generative AI products for a variety of p...
Kaley Cuoco. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Kaley Cuoco says turning 40 has made her more empathetic and less judgmental. "I feel like my heart got 10 times bigger the older I got," the "B...