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Remembering the 30-year-old computer game that introduced me to Star Wars
10+ hour, 21+ min ago (908+ words) Looking back at Dash Rendar, 3DFX cards, and a pivotal moment for Star Wars. Once or twice a month, we'll publish a personal retrospective like this one, where we'll feature one of the games from the list'perhaps a retro game you've…...
Here's the fun, action-packed trailer for Mandolorian and Grogu
3+ week, 2+ day ago (173+ words) Gangsters. War criminals. We'll take out every bad guy in your deck of cards." At long last, we have the official full trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu, a feature film spinoff from Disney's megahit Star Wars series The Mandalorian....
Byte magazine artist Robert Tinney, who illustrated the birth of PCs, dies at 78
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (205+ words) He became one of the first to visualize personal computing by painting vivid cover art. As the primary cover artist for Byte from 1975 to the late 1980s, Tinney became one of the first illustrators to give the abstract world of personal…...
Wing Commander III: "Isn't that the guy from Star Wars?"
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (281+ words) C:\ArsGames looks at a vanguard of the multimedia FMV future that never quite came to pass. Once or twice a month, we'll publish a personal retrospective like this one, where we'll feature one of the games from the list'perhaps a…...
In the ’90s, Wing Commander: Privateer made me realize what kind of games I love
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (859+ words) Most things Privateer did have been done better, but it's still a classic. Twice a month, we'll publish a personal retrospective like this one, where we'll feature one of the games from the list'perhaps a retro game you've heard of,…...
Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic announced as a KOTOR spiritual successor
3+ mon, 19+ hour ago (29+ words) Original KOTOR director Casey Hudson returns to Star Wars with new studio Arcanaut. See full article... Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic announced as a KOTOR spiritual successor...
Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 puzzles for you
3+ mon, 20+ hour ago (627+ words) Preview: Order of the Sinking Star started small but became a "combinatoric explosion." Now, after nine years of development'and his fair share of outspoken, controversial statements'Blow is finally approaching the finish line on that "short game." He said Order of…...
Disney says Google AI infringes copyright “on a massive scale”
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (427+ words) Disney demands that Google immediately block its copyrighted content from appearing in AI outputs. The Wild West of copyrighted characters in AI may be coming to an end. There has been legal wrangling over the role of copyright in the…...
Dev says Switch 2’s physical Game Cards were too slow for Star Wars Outlaws port
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (54+ words) So, they just need to include the game in the cartridge and then copy it to another storage format as needed, right? Just like the aforementioned consoles do if you buy a game on disc. Of course they ... Dev says…...
Our fave Star Wars duo is back in Mandalorian and Grogu teaser
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (157+ words) There is almost no dialogue and little hint of the plot, but the visuals should delight fans. Grogu (aka Baby Yoda) won viewers' hearts from the moment he first appeared onscreen in the first season of The Mandalorian, and the…...