Blaseball, a text-only fantasy baseball simulator, was developed during Covid and imagined baseball as played in a world of otherworldly horrors. Blaseball was a remarkable example of procedural storytelling in which players could bet on the games to win points throughout a given week. The community could spend their points to vote on new rules
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MSI’s Prestige 16 Studio Evo is a game-changer for content creators who need a lightweight device with excellent performance and battery life. This device has received Intel’s coveted “Evo” certification, which is exciting because, to the author’s knowledge, no device with a GeForce RTX GPU has received the Evo certification since the program’s inception in
Level has recently announced the release of a doorbell camera for multiunit buildings, which will be available exclusively as part of the company’s smart home platform for multifamily buildings. The Level app will allow residents to use the camera to communicate with visitors and also notify them when deliveries arrive. The doorbell camera has been
Nintendo and Valve have worked together to remove Dolphin Emulator from Steam. The Dolphin Emulator is an emulator that is used to play Wii and GameCube games on personal computers. Nintendo had made it clear that it did not authorize the use of this emulator and therefore did not want it available on Steam. Valve,
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe has given fans a teaser of the company’s upcoming R2 compact SUV, which is expected to be much more affordable than the R1S, currently priced at $78,000. During an Instagram Q&A session over Memorial Day weekend, Scaringe and Rivian lead designer Jeff Hammoud showed a glimpse of the R2’s shape, which
Nvidia’s valuation has temporarily exceeded $1 trillion, thanks to the high demand for generative artificial intelligence tools. The rising valuation is attributed to the recent presentations by Google and Microsoft at their respective events where AI tools constituted the vast bulk of their discussions. Nvidia’s chips have made it a key supplier for companies trying
Riot Games, the developer of League of Legends, announced on Tuesday that it would be delaying the start of the summer season for competitive North American League of Legends. The decision comes after players voted “overwhelmingly” to walk out in response to Riot Games’ announcement that LCS teams would not have to field an amateur
WhatsApp is reportedly developing a number of new features, including usernames and screen sharing. According to WABetaInfo, the username feature was spotted in the beta version 2.23.11.15 for Android, allowing users to select a unique username attached to their account. This feature could potentially enable users to search for each other by their username instead
According to new data from CD Projekt Red (CDPR), The Witcher franchise has sold over 75 million copies, with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt accounting for over 50 million of those sales. This makes it one of the most successful video game franchises of all time, putting it in the same league as games like
The North American League of Legends esports players have voted to go on a walkout in protest of Riot Games’ recent decision to no longer require franchises to field an amateur team. Riot’s announcement has already led many franchises to drop their amateur teams for the summer season, which has cut off an essential development