Author: James
Whether you enjoy Stellar Cafe or not depends on two things: how you feel about video game AI and how good a conversationalist you are. I have previous experience with AI-driven NPCs in games, particularly Skyrim (with mods) and Riff XR, a former social VR turned MMORPG. The difference between these two examples is that these games offer much more than the aforementioned AI NPCs, whereas Stellar Cafe lives and dies on the characters and their interactions with them. A very simple premise creates a unique experience that lets the credits roll before they fade.factWhat is it?: The story of…
Tell Me Rise You did it, friend / We can’t help it if there’s a problem / Repent Season 3 Episodes 1-3 Editor’s rating 4 stars **** Stephen blackmails Lucy and remains the undisputed villain of the series, but why does he get to give the toast at the rehearsal dinner? Photo: Ian Watson/Disney This recap covers episodes 1-3: “You F*cked It, Friend,” “We Can’t Help It If We Are a Problem,” and “Repentance.” hello everyone! Welcome to a new weekly recap of Tell Me Rise. This is a show about horrible people doing horrible things to each other and…
Flatline is a Decepticon and medic responsible for replacing and constructing new bodies for patients. This figure is guaranteed by his comical appearance and is a redecoration and modification of Red Alert, given a new head and new hands that were not included in Red Alert’s final design. He transforms into an emergency SUV with a Decepticon logo on the hood. Thank you to Entertainment Earth for sending me the Hasbro Transformers: Age of the Prime Voyager Flatline figure for review. Entertainment Earth offers free shipping on orders over $79 including the one-time coupon code EARTH10. 10% of in-stock items…
CharacterBank set out to develop Knights of Fiona with the goal of incorporating what they learned from Ruinsmagus into a more expansive and ambitious role-playing game. Part of that journey includes multiplayer.“When Ruinsmagus first launched, it was a completely single-player experience, but we heard a lot from our players that they wanted to keep playing and exploring the world, so our biggest goal with this experience was to create this big world that players could keep coming back to,” CharacterBank CEO Hideto Mikami explains about the genesis of this new title. “Additionally, in the previous game, the actual gameplay was…
Meta and Ray-Ban owner Essilor Luxottica are in talks to double or even triple their smart glasses production capacity, Bloomberg reports.Less than a year ago, when EssilorLuxottica revealed that it had sold 2 million Ray-Ban meta glasses to date, it told investors it planned to increase its annual production capacity to 10 million by the end of 2026, citing the product’s “tremendous success.”Then, during its third-quarter investor conference call in October, EssilorLuxottica told investors that its smart glasses business was “extremely strong” and now accounts for more than a third of its revenue growth, and that it was accelerating its…
fall out wrangler season 2 episode 5 Editor’s rating 4 stars **** The true great evil of the wasteland is finally emerging from the shadows. Photo: Lorenzo Sisti/Prime Not only was this a very funny episode with a lot of terrible things happening, but it’s hard to think of a more momentous episode for the series as a whole, with the possible exception of the season 1 finale. I say this mainly because it seems to be fueling the reintroduction of Fallout’s long-time big bad, the Enclave, as the show’s most important behind-the-scenes villain. Previously all signs were pointing to…
Meta states that Supernatural will no longer receive “new content or feature updates.”We reported that Armature, Twisted Pixel, and Sanzaru Games joined the list of studios shut down by Meta, but another Mark Zuckerberg acquisition will “no longer receive new content or feature updates,” according to a note posted to the official Supernatural Facebook group.Subscribers to the $10-a-month VR fitness app will still be able to log in and interact with the ghosts of their coaches like the laugh track on an old TV show, but the trainers who defined the fitness service — humans like Leanne Pedante, who some…
Jason has a penis pump and Angelica can’t stop talking about it. Photo: Bravo Remember when the cast of Vanderpump Rules had undiagnosed drug problems and would rather do nothing? Remember how fun that was? Remember when they stripped off their thick knits in a Las Vegas parking lot and got into an argument over “pasta” and Jax Taylor was clearly sweating from cocaine? Ah, those were the days. Now we’re talking about Shane being sober from fentanyl and meth for over a decade, and we can’t even make fun of him. he wants help. He wants to stay sober.…
Meredith and Lisa are stuck together, but Angie K. shows up with a scroll and a phone number. Photo: Clifton Prescod/Bravo What a bewildering start to the reunion! No, I don’t mean Bronwyn has long hair. After Andy does his usual greetings and introductions to the women sitting on the couch, he asks Meredith, who is of course in the spotlight this season, what her goals are for the reunion. But before answering, she told Whitney she had a question of her own that would set the tone for the day, asking about an interaction at BravoCon where Whitney said…
Smash Drums’ new campaign mode, “God of Drums,” is now available on PlayStation VR2 after being released on Quest in Early Access. First released in early access for Meta Quest last November, the new Smash Drum campaign mode has arrived on PlayStation VR2 today. Dubbed “God of Drums,” the free campaign update adds over 100 missions, along with new legendary skins for the drummer’s head and drumsticks. Unlike the vast stadiums that feature in the base mode, gameplay takes place in new areas. I said in my review that the career mode was welcome, but this update is a nice…