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The Embark Studios extraction shooter Arc Raiders has exceeded expectations for player counts. Media opinions are also positive, with an 84 Metacritic rating. However, one score sticks out like a sore thumb, as the only negative Arc Raiders review on the aggregator. Eurogamer awarded the game a 2/5 rating, primarily due to its use of generative AI. Eurogamer’s article focuses on how the ping system and call-outs employ TTS to replace voice recordings. Embark claims it has limited resources to hire a large number of human voice actors. Its CCO, Stefan Strandberg, has explained in interviews that AI voice generators only supplement recorded dialogue. Still, while he argues that this process doesn’t qualify as generative AI, some critics disagree. The speech in question sounds unnatural...

After weeks at the top of Prime Video’s movie charts, Shane Black’s Play Dirty has finally been dethroned by a new contender: the latest Tyler Perry movie, Finding Joy. Starring Shannon Thornton, the film follows a New York City fashion designer who finds unexpected love while stranded in Colorado after a holiday getaway gone wrong. It’s an exciting new release for Perry’s fans, but if you’re in the mood for something else, there are still a lot of other great films you could watch on the service. So, without further ado, here’s a look at three great movies we think you should watch this week on Prime Video. For more recommendations, check out our list of the best shows and movies on Prime Video. 3 ‘Till’ (2022) ...

Kamehameha Schools Maui Hawaiian Ensemble The Lahaina Restoration Foundation announced the November edition of the Hawaiian Music Series, featuring a special performance by the talented Kamehameha Schools Maui Hawaiian Ensemble. The free concert will take place on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, at 6 p.m. on the Ocean Lawn of the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa in Kāʻanapali, with free validated self-parking available. The Kamehameha Schools Maui Hawaiian Ensemble is comprised of select haumāna (students) from grades 9 through 12 who are dedicated to perpetuating Hawaiian culture through the traditions of Hawaiian choral music and hula. Kamehameha Schools Maui Hawaiian Ensemble Through their participation, students gain experience in performance, self-efficacy, collaboration, global c...

StarCraft has spent decades as one of the foundational games of the competitive scene, with countless matches played casually and on the professional level. It can be easy to forget, then, that the games are also some of the best sci-fi stories to ever hit gaming. Starting out with a compelling and morally complex riff on the kind of sci-fi tropes audiences had come to expect from big space opera stories, the surprisingly grim Brood War expansion pack took the already fairly dark story in a harsher direction that subverted expectations in the best of ways. StarCraft II was a long-awaited follow-up to the lingering threads of that game, with story beats that expanded not just on the legacy of the originals but with new moral shades and compelling complications. Ten years ago today, it...

Comic book movies, from the MCU, DCU, and beyond, are traditionally packed with spectacle and outlandish scenes, but some moments can bleed into outright ridiculousness. For the most part, the most unbelievable scenes in comic book movies are perfectly permissible given the wider context. Sometimes, they can be so bad that they're good. On the other hand, some scenes are far too unrealistic despite the setting. Even some of the best superhero movies aren't immune to ridiculous scenes. For the most part, the absurdity of certain moments still doesn't harm the overall quality and can even make them more lovable for their silliness. Then there are the more maligned comic book movies where ridiculous scenes feel particularly apt for all the wrong reasons. Superma...

originally published: 11/10/2025 (TUCKERTON, NJ) -- Steve Forbert is touring in support of his wonderful album, Daylight Savings Time, and has a pair of shows coming up at the Lizzie Rose Music Room on December 19-20, 2025.  The first night is sold out, but a limited number of tickets are available for the second night.Forbert is a true American musical treasure, a fact underscored by his latest album, Daylight Savings Time, on Blue Rose Music. Like all his albums of original songs, it’s suffused with what venerated rock journalist Robert Christgau discerned as his “omniverously observant” songwriting, marked by Steve’s gift for finding the deeper meaning and magic within the spectrum of everyday moments, as well as his abundant melodic and poetic enchantment."Like Warren Zevon, Gram Parso...

“Hard to hate Macau’s momentum,” was a headline in a November 9 investor note from Jefferies Equity Research analyst David Katz. He liked both the Chinese market and Macanese participant Wynn Resorts. Katz acknowledged “mixed results” from the gaming group’s third-quarter earnings. However, he favored “those [companies] exposed to Asia’s markets or those with opportunistic capital projects in the pipeline.” Wynn qualified on both counts. Cash flow at Wynn Macau grew 7.4 percent in the third quarter, despite poor hold at VIP tables. Similarly, Wynn Palace cash flow leapt 23.4 percent, with VIP play escalating 56.7 percent and a 15.2 percent acceleration in mass-market action. “We remain optimistic,” Katz wrote, projecting growth of as much as nine percent during the fourth quarter. He was a...

The next few months will be busy for moviegoers. With so many streaming options available, it seems more challenging to lure people away from the comfort of their homes. However, the future lineup of movies should be strong enough to make even the most agoraphobic inclined to put on pants and leave the house. Indeed, the recently released Predator: Badlands crushed expectations and overperformed at the box office, proving that audiences will leave their homes for the right movie. The pictures on this list have all the makings of great box office successes. From the newest chapters in blockbuster franchises to beloved characters leaping into new adventures, there’s something for everyone at the theaters. No matter what the taste, everyone is 100% likely to see the following movies at the...

“I don’t want to hit people over the head and make them sorry they came to the concert,” Renee Fleming said with a smile, “But I do want a sort of collective ‘We love the planet.’”The American soprano was talking about Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene, the title of her 2021 album and “Renee Fleming: Voice of Nature”, the concert she was performing in Hong Kong.At 66, Fleming has lost none of the beauty and glamour which, combined with her exquisite voice and dramatic ability, has made her one of the world’s greatest opera stars. She seems indefatigable – the city was the second stop in Asia following Shanghai – and she gave three lectures in Hong Kong in addition to her two concerts.What drives her is her desire to bring home the message about sustainability and biodiversity, she said.The...

By this stage, Steam's supposed "monopoly" is a rather familiar debate. There's a range of people who engage in these conversations: those who outright deny the existence of Valve's monopoly, those who accept it, and those who accept it but are happy with the status quo. All of these viewpoints are valid, because the definition of "monopoly" actually differs depending on who you ask and where you look. And I don't just mean based on the interpretations of a layperson. First, let's go over the conventional understanding of a monopoly, compare it to an oligopoly, and then compare that to a cartel, so that we're all on the same page. A monopoly, conventionally and from an economics theory perspective, is a single seller that has complete market dominance. This means it's the only seller, a...