Just a few weeks ago, 18-year-old best friends Christopher Fitzgerald and Nicholas Van Landschoot graduated from high school. While most teens their age would be living it up […]
A Fantasy RPG That Oozes Cool
Fans of Atlus’ long-running RPG relationship sim series won’t stop asking when Persona 6 will arrive, but the truth is that Metaphor: ReFantazio seems like it covers an awful lot of the same bases, from flashy turn-based fights to friendship meters, while also evolving on the formula in some exciting ways. It’s also a…
Anthropic releases Claude 3.5 Sonnet. 3 things to know about the ChatGPT rival.
OpenAI rival Anthropic announced Claude 3.5 Sonnet, the latest version of its AI model with vision capabilities. Here’s how it compares to ChatGPT and other competitors.
Devs Behind Cute Pet Sim Game Are ‘Worried” About Being Buried
One night, as I’m playing Selaco—a fast-paced retro-inspired FPS—I round a corner and shoot three space guards with a grenade launcher and watch their body parts fly through the air. Meanwhile, watching from my desktop is Mustard, my new digital pet. He’s from a different game, Weyrdlets, and he’s hanging out with me…
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s Best Swords For Cloud
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is full of unique weapons to equip your party with, each with their own pros and cons. Cloud, the game’s main protagonist and master swordsman, has seven different blades to choose from. But which is best?
Google is working on generative AI soundtracks and dialogue for videos
Google DeepMind is working on a generative AI model that can create soundtracks, sound effects, and dialogue based on visual input. Here are the details.
Dragon Quest 3’s Remake Attempts To Enshrine A Classic
I don’t have the wealth of history with classic RPGs that many of my peers and colleagues do. Many of them came up with the franchises that we now view as seminal texts, such as Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest, but I missed out on these as a kid. Chalk it up to disinterest or relative poverty, but those games were…
Fantasian Is Coming To A Platform People Will Play It On
Did you know that the creator and composer of Final Fantasy teamed up again in 2021 to release a gorgeous retro-inspired RPG? You probably didn’t—that’s because Fantasian was released exclusively on Apple Arcade and was quickly forgotten. But now it’s coming to Nintendo Switch, as announced during the June 2024…
Decagon claims its customers service bots are smarter than average
One red-hot category in the generative AI space is customer support, which isn’t surprising, really, when you consider the tech’s potential to cut contact center costs while increasing […]
How gamification sparked the AI era in tech
A look at how the fun side of AI lit the fuse of the latest tech boom.