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Magic items sit at the heart of the Dungeons & Dragons experience. Gathering and wielding wondrous artifacts is simply expected in a heroic fantasy role-playing game, so every character class can get its hands on enchanted gear from level one. Yet one of these items is potent enough to tip the whole game out of...
Hacker ARTIFACT has announced a crack for Final Fantasy Resonance. The game appears to use an older version of the Denuvo DRM for now. Final Fantasy Resonance recently launched on consoles and PC. Square Enix protected the game with the notorious Denuvo, as it usually does. Hackers have learned to crack and bypass Denuvo in...
A hooded figure rises slowly from the floor of a cavernous art-deco space. It’s supposedly the hallway of his house, though it looks like a theater stage. He plays an organ mounted on a hydraulic platform, flanked by a sinister clockwork jazz band with papier-mâché heads. He sets the band in motion, and a beautiful...
Most sci-fi books take their time. They ease you into unfamiliar worlds with original characters and rules, and it can take several pages before you’re hooked. Others grab you on the first page with sharp dialogue, intense action, or a jolt you can’t ignore. Their mysteries press hard, whether they stretch across the far reaches...
Opponents of AI are using the disclosures on Steam store pages to target and harass developers. Some developers use artificial intelligence when making games, and many players dislike it. Some players automatically label a project “AI slop” if AI was used in its development in any way. Valve requires Steam developers to post a notice...
Doctor Who has drawn audiences since it debuted on the BBC in 1963. The family-friendly sci-fi series follows a time-traveling alien known as the Doctor, the human companions they cherish, and their mind-bending adventures. It is the longest-running sci-fi series in history, and even its 2025 cancellation can’t take that away. Now it is 2026,...
Psychological thrillers set off a fight-or-flight response in a controlled setting, and they entertain us while doing it. Relationships become the source of anxiety. More is at stake than someone’s physical safety, because their sanity is on the line. Classics like Rear Window (1954), Memento (2000) and Mulholland Drive (2001) hold up after a first...
Todd Haynes (May December) is set to direct a film based on Jean Genet’s play The Maids. The director revealed the project in an interview with Le Point, saying he has an unconventional take on the material, though he isn’t ready to share the details yet. Haynes also hopes to bring back Cate Blanchett, his...
Superhero TV used to be much stranger. Before Marvel and DC streamlined the cape-and-cowl blueprint in their cinematic universes, television was a Wild West for superpower stories built on human drama instead of comic book canon. The 4400 treated sudden gifts as a sprawling sci-fi mystery. Syfy’s Alphas recast abilities as complex neurological conditions with...
Sylvester Stallone has finished a script for a possible follow-up to “Rocky,” though he hasn’t confirmed that the film will go into production. In an interview with TV Insider, the actor admitted he wrote the story for himself and isn’t sure it will appeal to audiences. In Stallone’s vision, an older Rocky Balboa leaves boxing...
