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Sequoia-backed Astrocade raises $56 million to let everyone build games
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (1080+ words) I've been playing this online dinosaur game called Apex Predator." "If you go into a classroom and ask "how many people play games?' everyone says "I play," said Ali Sadeghian, Astrocade cofounder. "If you ask "how many of you want…...
I used Claude's new Dispatch feature for a month. Here's everything I was able to do
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (618+ words) Before we dive into this, it means if you're out and about, you have to keep your desktop active to use it'let it go to sleep, and the whole remote control thing fails. Here are the coolest things Dispatch can…...
Capcom, Virgin Voyages bet on AI to reshape gaming and cruise travel
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1141+ words) On the surface, Capcom and Virgin Voyages have very little in common. The former is a 46-year-old Japanese video game company firmly centered in the virtual world with popular franchises like "Street Fighter" and "Resident Evil." The latter is a…...
'Super Mario' fans ignore weak reviews and send sequel to $372. 5 million'global box office debut, biggest opening of the year for a studio film
4+ week, 1+ day ago (594+ words) Mixed reviews didn't dissuade mass audiences from buying tickets to the'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which scored the biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood movie. The Illumination and Nintendo co-production earned $130. 9 million over the weekend and a massive…...
Sony raises Play Station price another $100, second price hike in under a year
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (418+ words) The price of a Play Station is going up by another $100, the second time in less than a year that Sony has upped the price tag on its popular gaming console. Citing "continued pressures in the global economic landscape," the…...
How'fandom'became culture's power center " and a blueprint for Gen Z's economic influence
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (270+ words) And this cultural momentum now shapes the real economy." Fandoms sit at the intersection of identity, influence, and spending. Three dynamics explain their accelerating economic power." Brands beware:"Today's fans know their value. They understand"that"their engagement " views, clicks,…...
You Tuber Logan Paul cashes in $16. 5 million for his rare Pok'mon card'more than even he expected. And it proves his point about 'armchair quarterbacks yelling from the sidelines
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (684+ words) From cryptocurrencies to Herm's Birkin bags, Gen Z investors are on the hunt for unconventional assets that double as status symbols'and sometimes even careers. For Logan Paul, one of those bets came in the form of a single Pok'mon card....
'We believe in Allah, but we can't do anything': Somali shops reel in Minneapolis because ICE is bad for business
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (582+ words) Rows of businesses stood shuttered inside a sprawling complex of Somali businesses on a recent afternoon. But many sellers sat alone in their clothing stores, waiting for the occasional customer to walk by. Everyone is afraid of'federal immigration agents, business…...
At 18, doctors gave him three hours to live. He played video games from his hospital bed'and now, he's built a $10 million-a-year video game studio
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (627+ words) As an 18-year-old, Zhenghua Yang expected his first semester at the University of Illinois to be nothing out of the ordinary: classes, late nights, and the awkwardness of freshman social life. Instead, just weeks into campus life'on Halloween'his world collapsed....
How playing chess from age 6 helped NFL star Larry Fitzgerald 'slow down' his thoughts while managing ADHD and think strategically as an investor
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (425+ words) Alexei Oreskovic is the Tech editor at Fortune. Professional athletes represent an increasingly important class of startup investors, with a variety of factors driving their decisions about which projects to back, and which to pass on. For veteran NFL wide…...