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  Culture

  Book Database Shutters AI Service Following Outrage Over Destroyed Rare Texts

  ISBNdb says their controversial books-to-AI pipeline landing page was ‘a test of market interest’ after disgust of a program straight out of Fahrenheit 451

  By Zack Kotzer Published August 1, 2026
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  Culture

  Pragmata Devs Almost Gave The Kid A Bob To Save On Hair Rendering, But Decided To Splurge

  While Diana’s Newt-like mess won in the end, Capcom considered cost cutting with more traditional scissors

  By Zack Kotzer Published August 1, 2026
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  Culture

  Zelda: Ocarina Of Time’s Top Metacritic Spot Is Facing Fresh Scrutiny

  While researching for a retrospective, the historical YouTuber account came across inconsistencies with the record-breaking Zelda tally

  By Zack Kotzer Published August 1, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Game Freak’s Beast Of Reincarnation Reportedly Leaked By Pirates Three Days Before Official Release

  Beast Of Reincarnation is one of many AAA titles that have reportedly made their way into pirates' hands before their official release dates in 2026

  By Lewis Parker Published August 1, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Netflix Hit With $105 Million Lawsuit After Losing Master Copy Of Unreleased Nicolas Cage Movie: ‘Someone Stole A Good Amount Of Drives’

  Netflix's Head of Film Acquisitions confirmed in an email that the film went missing when stuff was taken from the LA office

  By Lewis Parker Published August 1, 2026
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  Games

  The Internet Is Clowning The Hell Outta Ludwig For His Hilarious Appearance In A Chinese FMV Game

  I'd be playing the shit outta Road To Empress II if it wasn't stuffed with AI slop

  By Ash Parrish Published July 31, 2026
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  Entertainment

  Famous Science YouTuber Admits He Has Unhealthy Relationship With AI After Facing Backlash Over Recent Video

  'The level of dopamine I've been getting from interacting with LLMs is not healthy for me,' said Hank Green

  By Zack Zwiezen Published July 31, 2026
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  CultureTechHardware

  Can’t Decide Between Nvidia And AMD Graphics Cards? Don’t Worry, They’re Both Rumored To Be Raising Prices

  Even budget cards are getting ridiculously expensive

  By Ethan Gach Published July 31, 2026
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  Games

  A Comedic Driving Game That Encourages Vehicular Manslaughter Is The First Isekai I Don’t Hate

  Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! papers over a tired storytelling trope with a hilarious driving game

  By Ash Parrish Published July 31, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Slay The Spire 2′s New Update Fixes A Big Exploit And Tries To Make The Silent Less OP

  Unfortunately for Mega Crit, I think they've just ended up making Silent even more busted

  By Lewis Parker Published July 31, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Tencent Reportedly Spent Six Years And Hundreds Of Millions Trying To Turn Last Sentinel Into A Grand Theft Auto Competitor And Failed

  Lightspeed LA layoffs were a result of Tencent abandoning the project

  By Ethan Gach Published July 31, 2026
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  Entertainment

  Spider-Man: Brand New Day Is The Platonic Ideal Of An MCU Movie

  Tom Holland’s Spider-Man has friends in high places, but Brand New Day isn't constantly building to something

  By Kenneth Shepard Published July 31, 2026
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  Entertainment

  Mahershala Ali Says That If There Is A Blade Movie He Won’t Be In It Which Means There’s No Reason To See It Anymore

  Marvel, my dude, my guy, my absolute dog, how could you fumble this so badly?

  By Ash Parrish Published July 31, 2026
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  Games

  9 Games To Play After 007 First Light

  So you want to punch, shoot, use gadgets, and sneak some more? Well, we can help with that

  By Zack Zwiezen Published July 31, 2026
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  CultureNews

  [UPDATE] Game Devs Put Together An Itch.io Bundle Of Over 100 Games With Proceeds Going To Help Laid-Off Colleagues

  The Game Industry Hardship Fund bundle contains over 100 games and will be on sale for the next two weeks

  By Ash Parrish Published July 31, 2026
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  Games

  In A ‘Who Could Have Possibly Seen This Coming’ Event, Ubisoft Will Shut Down Its NFT Game

  Champions Tactics had previously removed its Web3 functionality and will be sunset in October

  By Ash Parrish Published July 31, 2026
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  Entertainment

  Spider-Man: Brand New Day Pokes Fun At An Infamous Debate About The Avengers Movies

  On top of Thanos’ plan being abhorrent, it was also extremely dumb

  By Kenneth Shepard Published July 31, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Here’s Why Fans Think The Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake Is Going Head-To-Head With GTA 6 In November

  A pattern of new amiibo releases offers a compelling theory

  By Ethan Gach Published July 31, 2026
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  Entertainment

  Everything You Need To Know About Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s Post-Credits Scene

  Peter might not be announced for Avengers: Doomsday, but we have an idea what’s coming next for him

  By Kenneth Shepard Published July 31, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Guillermo Del Toro Wants Extra Checkpoints In Games For ‘Elderly Players’ After Getting His Ass Kicked By Dead Cells

  The legendary Pan's Labyrinth director very politely asked that Motion Twin 'please do a version without respawning for the older' generations

  By Lewis Parker Published July 31, 2026