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Thomas Bangalter, formerly one-half of electronic music duo Daft Punk, said this week that his fear of artificial intelligence was a factor in why the group split in 2021.

Over the years Mario has been the savior of the surreal Mushroom Kingdom, a kart racer, a tennis player, a golfer, a brawler and more. He's transformed into a cat and a raccoonlike critter, and can become possessed with the power to shoot fireballs, all thanks to various plants or edibles.

When Resident Evil 2 was remade in 2019, raking in several awards and excellent reception for modernizing the 1998 classic that cemented the franchise’s prominence, many fans speculated that Capcom would go on to do the same with several other entries. While a separate studio handled the third entry’s remake in 2020, RE2’s developer M-Two immediately got to work on recreating Resident Evil 4.

Daniel Radcliffe is gearing up for a new project: fatherhood. The “Harry Potter” star, 33, and longtime girlfriend Erin Darke, 38, are expecting their first child together, a representative for the actors confirmed Monday. The couple began dating in 2012 after meeting on the set of the 2013 film “Kill Your Darlings,” in which Radcliffe portrayed Beat Generation poet Allen Ginsberg and Darke ...

Premiering Friday, Season 4 of the reality show is based in Seattle, with 30 men and women who haven’t been able to find The One in the Pacific Northwest. 

I’ve written on numerous occasions about the “games as a service” model pervasive in the video gaming space in recent years. World of Warcraft largely pioneered the concept in the mid-00s, to great success – Blizzard Entertainment found they could easily hook players with the low subscription cost of $15 and keep them coming back month after month, soon netting them far more than the average $40-$60 per copy that most games were earning.

Christina Applegate, who has been vocal about living with multiple sclerosis, criticized Candace Owens this week for mocking an underwear ad featuring a model in a wheelchair.

Growing up with an Atari 2600 and Sega Genesis was a funny thing. Looking back now, it’s obvious how these machines were painfully limited by the technology of their time – but as a little kid, nothing was more wondrous to me than slaying the duck-looking, pixelated dragons in Adventure or zipping across the screen in Sonic the Hedgehog.

With all of the remakes, remasters and re-releases prominent in today’s nostalgia-focused entertainment market – video games included – it’s sometimes baffling to see which franchises get another shot at life while others are left to rot.

While we all wait for BioShock creator Ken Levine’s new game Judas to launch most likely in 2025 – seriously – or for Cloud Chamber Collective to deliver some sort of news about the fourth BioShock game beyond rumors and speculation, fans of the genre have to make due with what they can get their hands on. Atomic Heart was released on Tuesday, and players are already calling it “BioShock in the USSR.”

The doors open Saturday at 9 a.m. at 2426 N. Discovery Place. The sale will run 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Afte two lengthy delays, Hogwarts Legacy was released on Feb. 10 for Windows PC, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. Taking place in the Harry Potter universe, the player controls a character of their own creation, a fifth-year Hogwarts student in 1899 – about a century before the events of the novels and films – who ultimately finds themself facing dark wizards and quashing a goblin rebellion.

The Shadle and Gonzaga University alumnus has become a sought-after producer, with her previous project, "Archive 81," becoming Netflix's No. 1 show in January 2022. "Daisy Jones & the Six" continues her work with the Hello Sunshine production company, cofounded by actress Reese Witherspoon. Price was also a producer on the adaptation of "Little Fires Everywhere," which starred Witherspoon and Kerry Washington in a Hulu series based on Celeste Ng's novel. 

After spending well over a year in early access on Epic Games Store, on Monday Darkest Dungeon II’s release date was announced. It’ll be available in full on Windows PC and Mac on May 8 through Epic Games Store and Steam. It’s rather poetic that the game will release a day after my birthday, because the first title is easily one of my favorite video games of the 2010s.

There’s a swamp out there that no one wants to drain. Nostalgia-loving millennials are ready to dive into the beloved bog of Shrek.

With so many big-budget video games getting teasers, trailers and a string of delays before finally hitting shelves, it’s a welcome surprise when one comes out on schedule. Hi-Fi Rush shocked everyone when it was simultaneously announced and released on Jan. 25. Thankfully, the game is a pleasant surprise in more ways than one.

Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter has countersued a woman who accused the singer last year of assaulting her in 2001 and infecting her with HPV. Shannon “Shay” Ruth filed a civil sexual battery lawsuit against Carter in December. In a counterclaim filed Thursday in Clark County District Court in Nevada, the musician — real name Nickolas Carter — accused the woman of being an “opportunist” who ...