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This past week, games industry royalty Brenda and John Romero spoke to GIbiz in an interview that honestly set my heart pounding – and not in a good way. “I feel like the industry’s in a really horrible place,” Brenda Romero said as the duo spoke about the industry’s total lack of funding, the dismal state of AI nonsense, and studios being closed even when games are wildly successful. “I mean, we were there in the ’80s for the crash, and this is definitely crashier.” If the Romeros are worried, I’m worried. Well, I was already worried. But now I’m extra nervous that even they don’t see a clear path through it. How much of the current industry is just ending up in the digital equivalent of a landfill in Alamogordo? So let’s talk about it for this week’s Massively Overthinking. How panicked ...

We live in times that, frankly, could stand to be a little more precedented. Nary a week passes without some ridiculous new thing happening, and it’s hard not to be numb to it all. “Yep, seems about right” has become my default response to each and every barrage of horrors that regularly screams from my screen. But occasionally, a sequence of events will pierce my solid-steel Koopa shell of disaffection and make me go “Huh.” This is one of those moments.During an appearance on the Tintoria podcast as part of the press tour for the newly released, notably kid-friendly Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Charlie Day was asked his “favorite Luigi in recent American history.”“Well, me, first of all,” Day replied. And then, without missing a beat: “Luigi Mangione, number two.” His costars, Anya Taylor-Jo...

Hawkinsville has long been known for its roots in harness racing — a sport where drivers ride in a race bike pulled by a Standardbred horse wearing a harness. HAWKINSVILLE, Ga. — The Hawkinsville Harness Festival returns this weekend, bringing horse racing, live music and family entertainment to Central Georgia. The festival kicks off Friday with a full lineup of events, including harness racing, concerts, food and craft vendors, and a Wild West show. Festival organizer Aaron Colley says Hawkinsville has long been known for its roots in harness racing — a sport where drivers ride in a race bike pulled by a Standardbred horse wearing a harness. Those horses can reach speeds of up to 35 mil...

Escape the April showers and play, the Luna April content update is here! With Spring beginning to bloom, Luna has a fresh crop and updated lineup of games to carry you through the month. Play Luna with your Prime membership: an all-in-one perk offering savings, convenience, and entertainment. With Luna, Prime members can enjoy an evolving library of more than 50 games wherever Luna cloud delivery is available, and a monthly, rotating collection of downloadable PC games.EA SPORTS FC™ 26 Available Now to Prime MembersSoccer season is heating up, and Prime members can now join the action with EA SPORTS FC™ 26—included at no additional cost. One of the world's most popular sports games is now part of your Prime membership, featuring 20,000+ authentic players from top leagues worldwide. Jump i...

War, sadly, has always been an integral part of human history. Needless to say, the 20th century was no exception—in fact, it was the century with the most war-related deaths in recorded history. As a result, the war movie genre was one of the most popular and prolific over the course of those 100 years. Sometimes used for propaganda, sometimes just for entertainment, and often as a healthy way to process the grief and trauma caused by the actual conflicts that plagued this chapter of human history, several war movies are among the very best films of all time. But for every Casablanca and every Schindler's List, there's a dozen other war masterpieces that end up slipping under most people's radars, or see success at first but eventually fade slowly into oblivion. Of course,...

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Before a career second act at Nightdive Studios, the recently-retired Larry Kuperman's big project was Impulse. It was to be GameStop's answer to Steam, but it went the way of the dodo in 2014. Kuperman went into his personal history building up Impulse's catalogue when we spoke at this year's Game Developers Conference.Kuperman came to the games industry about halfway through his professional career, with both his story and that of Impulse beginning at Stardock, a software company that was branching out into games. Stardock's management was thinking in terms of digital distribution early⁠—Kuperman started in 2001⁠—and the company was laying the groundwork for its own service."We reserved the rights to electronically sell the game," Kuperman recalled of his first game with Stardock, econom...

Your guide to fun family outings for movies themed to rabbits, Jesus and big bonnets Every day is a good day for seeing a movie in Los Angeles. We have an abundance of riches in exhibition experiences, formats, extras and events. Venues from Santa Monica to Santa Ana often bring in speakers and performers to help us appreciate the movie better. Ninety-one music legend Pat Boone is going to be talking about his 1963 noir thriller The Yellow Canary at the Egyptian this weekend and we just go about our business like that’s completely normal. Spoiled is what we are. Usher at the Old Town Music Hall in El SegundoCredit: Photo by Chris Nichols Receiving Karie Bible’s Film Radar (get on her list) in my inbox is like a little gift every weekend, with its guide to revival cinemas around Sout...

Inside the old Engine 40 firehouse in East Boston, kids run a radio station, practice instruments, and learn songwriting and technical skills.The historic building houses ZUMIX. A nonprofit that empowers youth through music and the creative arts.The organization was built with huge ambitions that had modest beginnings. Co-founder Madeleine Steczynski explained."The beginnings … really were in response to the epidemic of gang violence in the late '80s and the very early '90s," she said.During the summer of 1991, the program was taught out of her East Boston apartment. Eighteen kids learned about songwriting.Nearly 35 years later, program director Corey Depina said their offerings are vast and varied."Magic happens here at ZUMIX," Depina said. "We make dreams come true. We offer programs tha...

This is April 2, which means April Fool's is over and we can put the whole thing behind us until 2027. Except, well, this was just now brought to my attention, and I must insist you bear witness to it. Because this is The Emperor Protects: A Warhammer 40,000 Musical."Experience Warhammer like you've never heard it before," the YouTube page states, and boy, it is not kidding. Seeing fully decked-out space marines and battle sisters belt out timeless hits like Suffer Not the Alien To Live, My Collection, and There Is Only the Emperor—"the ballad of the Dark Millennium"—is a stirring sight by any measure. The Emperor Protects: A Warhammer 40,000 Musical - YouTube Watch On "Witness the spectacle of galactic cataclysm as it's never been seen before!" the announcer exclaims, and yeah, I t...