2+ hour, 56+ min ago   (325+ words) Webb had ChatGPT score the top 10 box-office films from each of the last 50 years on a five-point "jeopardy" scale, from personal embarrassment to existential catastrophe. The average climbed from 2.77 in the late 1970s to 4.08 in the 2020s. Back then, 43% of hits were…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (597+ words) For the past decade and a half, one question has been at the forefront of gamers' minds: what the absolute hell is Bethesda Game Studios up to? Although no AAA dev cycle could ever reasonably be accused of being snappy,…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (270+ words) Ten years ago, an Australian company called Geeky Sex Toys launched a line of adult toys based on Pokémon. It sold out almost instantly. Now, according to the relaunch drop, Pokemoan is back with four redesigned toys — and a disclaimer…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (323+ words) Boing Boing The 1,024,000² 2b2t World Download Project is a public archive of the Minecraft anarchy server 2b2t, preserving roughly 13.7 TiB of compressed world data covering a million-by-million-block section of the server's Overworld, plus smaller captures of its Nether and End dimensions Released…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (263+ words) Signalbox plots every train moving across Britain in real time (or close to it), each choo choo represented by a dot creeping along the lines. Click one to see its origin, destination and the stops along the way. As of…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (322+ words) In any case, there's another of these looming on the horizon that's doubtlessly going to swallow your friend group's attention for the next month. Dear Passengers takes the co-op chaos inherent in Peak and turns it to a pursuit with…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (453+ words) When the WS Game Company got hit with a seven-figure tariff bill on the board games it imports from China, CEO Jonathan Silva decided to find out whether he could make one in America instead. He picked a special 250th-birthday…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (275+ words) One reviewer wrote it is "hands down the most beautiful train sim that has been released on the market thus far. The modeling is top tier." Another wrote: "Best train simulator game so far!" It supports the Zuiki MASCON controller…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (444+ words) With a Bethesda Fallout 5 still a distant prospect, though, drastic measures are being taken. According to reputable insider Jason Schreier (no, seriously, he's the #1 scooper in the industry), a new Obsidian Fallout game has just been greenlit: As part of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (230+ words) Needless to say, it looks and runs a lot better when it's not crowbarred into a pseudo-MMO. As has been discussed to death both here and on the Internet at large, Fallout: New Vegas is one of the best RPGs…...