Author: Zach_Wilson
Phoenix Springs review: A dazzling and disquieting sci-fi mystery
Playing Phoenix Springs feels like being trapped in a gorgeous dream that’s steadily becoming a nightmare. It’s a point-and-click mystery set in a bleak futuristic world of dramatic shadows and muted primary colors, its scenes connected by streams of anxious static. The game stars Iris Dormer, a technology reporter who’s…
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Where Have All the Chief Metaverse Officers Gone?
The captains of industry that were going to pilot us through new virtual worlds are still around. They’re just going by a new name. Source
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Phoenix Springs reimagines the point-and-click adventure as weird noir
In Phoenix Springs, it’s not so much the ravishing hand-drawn visuals that first grab the attention, but the voice of narrator and protagonist Iris. Befitting her name, she behaves like a roving eye, investigating and describing her surroundings with a clinical, almost robotic detachment. Yet Iris is no blank slate:…
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The Morning After: The first Apple Intelligence features should finally arrive on October 28
It's been a wait. Apple Intelligence will start rolling out on October 28, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Apple said last month it was targeting October for iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 — which will bring some of the first Apple Intelligence features to iPhone 16 and…
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‘Absolute peak cinema’: The Penguin fans are desperate to see what happens next after ‘incredible’ ending to The Batman spin-off’s third episode
Full spoilers for The Penguin episode 3. The Penguin episode 3 has waddled onto a streaming service near you – and fans are devastated they’ve got to wait another week to find out what happens after its “incredible” ending. Titled ‘Bliss’, the HBO show’s latest entry has viewers waxing lyrical…
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The future of Halo is being built with Unreal Engine 5
Microsoft is moving its Halo development to Unreal Engine 5, after more than a year of rumors of an engine switch following a leadership overhaul at 343 Industries, layoffs, and other changes. 343 Industries is now becoming Halo Studios as part of this engine change announcement, hoping to mark a…
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