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Radiohead’s In Rainbows, But It’s Made Entirely Out Of Super Mario 64 Sounds
Radiohead’s seminal 2007 album In Rainbows, is one of alt-rock’s all-time greatest releases. Yeah, I don’t have any qualifications to say that, but sue me, I love it. It basically set the tone of my taste in music. In that same way, Super Mario 64 was my first platformer. I was so bad at it,…
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Fortnite’s Plague Doc Skin Is Back After Three Years, Fans Blame COVID
Yesterday, after 1,410 days (or 3 years and 10 months) the Grim Medicine cosmetic set — complete with the popular Plague Doctor skin — returned to Fortnite’s in-game store, letting players buy it for the first time since the start of the covid-19 pandemic. And many believe it was the pandemic itself that kept the…
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Fortnite Fined $AU776 Million For Invading Kids’ Privacy And Tricking Players
Epic Games will pay a whopping $US520 million ($AU776 million) combined settlement after an Federal Trade Commission investigation found it invaded children’s privacy and tricked some players into buying stuff in Fortnite that they didn’t want. The FTC announced on Monday that it’s the largest penalty ever assessed in the history of the regulatory agency.…
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Artists Protest After ArtStation Features AI-Generated Images
ArtStation is probably the most important website on the whole internet for professional artists, especially those working in entertainment fields like video games (most of our Fine Art links, for example, point there). Which is why the site’s continued allowance of AI-generated imagery has become a point of contention with its users.