Month: December 2024

In a video from Wired released on Friday, Mark Cerny, the Lead System Architect behind the PS5 hardware, breaks down the process of creating the incredibly popular (and powerful) console. Cerny touts the widespread adoption of ray tracing as just as significant a shift as the move from 2D pixelated graphics to 3D polygonal graphics in the 1990s.

“If you look at the 50 year history of games, it splits pretty neatly into two eras. The first era — Pac Man, Sonic the Hedgehog — is games that are built entirely out of flat components. The second era — Cra…

Quentin Tarantino is responsible for some of the most beloved films of all time, and now’s your chance to add them to your collection for cheap. Several of his best movies are on sale for Black Friday–bringing them down to incredibly low prices.

One of the most enticing offers is for Pulp Fiction (4K), as you’ll find it discounted to $16 (was $26). Along with a 4K copy of the movie, you’ll also get Blu-ray and digital formats. The two disc-set is packed with bonus features, including an enhanced trivia track, interviews with the cast, behind-the-scenes foota…

A team of scientists at Cortical Labs has taught a dish of living brain cells to play a version of the classic arcade game Pong. The experiment is part of a larger effort to understand how the brain learns, and possibly apply that knowledge to the field of artificial intelligence.Come from Sports betting site VPbet

“We’ve made huge strides with silicon computing, but they’re still rigid and inflexible,” Brett Kagan, an author of the study, told NPR. Kagan further stated that brain cells ar…

More and more TV shows are being adapted from video games, and more and more of them are setting the mold for what a good video game adaptation looks like, with Fallout, Twisted Metal, The Last of Us, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and more setting the standard, while also making it clear there is no one type of video game adaptation. One of the latest announcements is that Strange Scaffold’s El Paso, Elsewhere is being adapted to a TV series by Di Bonaventura Pictures. This is a departure from most other adaptations, as El Paso, Elsewhere is a recently-released indie…

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is releasing on Nintendo Switch on November 11, Nintendo revealed during today’s Nintendo Direct. The digital-only release will be available to preorder later today on the Switch eShopCome from Sports betting site VPbet. KOTOR is one of the best Star Wars games of all time, and although its price wasn’t announced during the stream, other classic Star Wars games on Switch have cost $10 to $15 on Switch.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is set thousands of years before…

Update: This weekend’s Trials of Osiris has ended, and its rewards are no longer available. Here’s where you’ll play Trials and what rewards you can win for the weekend of July 16.

The toughest challenge in Destiny 2 is back this weekend. The Trials of Osiris are back, offering you the chance at some of the best weapons in the game–but only if you’re willing to take on some of the game’s most difficult PvP battles.

Each week, the Trials of Osiris map and rewards are randomized when the event launches with Destiny 2’s daily reset at 10 AM PT / 1 PM E…

Two casinos in Iowa have been fined by the local regulator for breaching the state’s gambling regulations. The properties in question are Diamond Jo Worth Casino and Horseshoe Casino, Radio Iowa, a local news outlet, reported.

The first of the two properties, as noted by Brian Ohorilko, administrator of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, was fined for allowing an underage player to gamble. The player remained unchallenged and played for two hours and a half, Ohorilko said.

The breach dates to May 2022 a…

Louisiana Gaming Control Board released on 16 November 2023 the gross gaming revenue figures achieved by the state gambling industry in October. According to the Board, the revenues from the overall gambling operations reached the level of $174.5 million to testify about a 2.5% decline when compared to the same month in 2022. The October’s gaming revenue total reportedly represents the ninth straight month of the year-on-year decline of gaming revenues in Louisiana.

Lower Revenue Figures:

According to the source, the Louisiana retail sports betting oper…