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When 17-year-old Ronin Segrest started working at the Ocean Oasis water park and beach club in Wildwood, New Jersey, in the summer of 2025, he had long hoped to become a lifeguard. He just didn’t anticipate how difficult it would be to put down his phone during those six- to seven-hour shifts. It was “an … Read more

We also had a quick chat with Necrons Overlord Josh before he rushed into the game to see if he had any plans to defeat the new Orks. WarCom: How much do you expect to face the new Orks? Josh: I’m looking forward to it, as you’d expect from one of your game hosts, I’m … Read more

Psychonauts, Keeper and Kiln developer Double Fine, like South Of Midnight studio Compulsion, is now officially free and clear of Microsoft. If you buy their games, you’re supporting an indie that, frankly, needs it, as opposed to a megacorporation that incites genocide. But it’s not all good news: Double Fine’s union push, which we first … Read more

GTA 6 leaks: a nightmare or a problem for the most important video game of the year? BBCTake-Two subpoenas Microsoft and Discord over GTA 6 leaks KotakuRockstar shaken as ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ leaks again Bloomberg.com More GTA 6 leaks reveal new gameplay and full map AdafruitHacker targets ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ in apparent leak … Read more

Splatoon Raiders is a lot of fun. I really enjoyed it, as I said in my review last month, although a deluge of other games I was excited about prevented me from engaging much with its post-game content. Part of that post-game is something called Bottomless Buffet, essentially an “endless” mode with increased difficulty in … Read more

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For a very limited time, the biggest, baddest gaming monitor you can get (other than a TV) has dropped to its lowest price. Samsung, through its official store, is offering the massive 57″ Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 Dual 4K UHD Gaming Monitor for $1,349.99 with free shipping. If you click the link and see $1,449.99, … Read more

OpenAI has released a plugin for the integration. OpenAI OpenAI has released a plugin for the Apple Messages app and, as Bloomberg notes, it could raise privacy and security concerns. At the moment, it’s only available to ChatGPT Work and Codex users on Mac, allowing them to search for messages and even compose and send … Read more

The gaming world has been rocked by what appears to be a major leak of the highly anticipated “Grand Theft Auto VI,” with the alleged hacker warning other publishers that “no one is safe” from similar leaks. Rockstar Games, the company behind the hit “GTA” franchise, is known for closely protecting unreleased material. But this … Read more

Google’s Pixel Watch 5 isn’t a radically new redesign, but it does bring some welcome improvements. And while I’m still struggling with mixed feelings about using generative AI today, the Pixel Watch 5’s AI watch face generator has been a surprising delight. I’m a smartwatch user for a variety of reasons, from notifications to health … Read more