Macklemore Dares Others to Stand Up for Palestine ( www.thenation.com )
Trans "Dead By Daylight" star Zoey Alexandria dies aged 29 ( www.thepinknews.com )
Microsoft says it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush the day after killing its studio ( www.theverge.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15189440...
Hi-Fi Rush Was The Hit Xbox Needed, And It Still Wasn't Enough For Them ( kotaku.com )
Microsoft closes Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin and others ( www.gamingonlinux.com )
Fake Beaches Are Popping Up Online And You Can Blame Pokémon Go Players ( kotaku.com )
Dave & Buster’s is adding real money betting options to arcade staples ( arstechnica.com )
The Wandering Village is proof of TikTok’s impact on games ( www.polygon.com )
An Open Database Leaked Submissions to Utah’s Transphobic ‘Bathroom Bill’ Snitch Form ( www.404media.co )
Archived version: https://archive.ph/xwq93
RIP Roll7, You Deserved Better Than This - Aftermath ( aftermath.site )
Workers seek to alter the balance of power in Canadian video game industry ( www.polygon.com )
Men Use Fake Livestream Apps With AI Audiences to Hit on Women ( www.404media.co )
"Tales of Kenzera: ZAU" Understands the Complexity of Grief ( www.pastemagazine.com )
Columbia University has a doxxing problem ( www.theverge.com )
The Person Saving The Media You Love Is You ( aftermath.site )
A Statistical Analysis of the "Name 100 Women" Challenge [Video analysis by Xenoxygene] ( www.youtube.com )
NYU Game Center Faculty Write Letter Of Support For Gaza Protestors ( aftermath.site )
AI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO' ( www.404media.co )
ESA says members won’t support any plan for libraries to preserve games online ( www.gamedeveloper.com )
North Korea is evading sanctions by animating Max and Amazon shows ( arstechnica.com )
‘The Blair Witch Project’ Cast Ask Lionsgate For Retroactive Residuals and ‘Meaningful Consultation’ on Future Projects ( variety.com )
Why Big Publications Like The New York Times Are Making Games (But Barely Covering Them) ( aftermath.site )
Amazon is filled with garbage ebooks. Here’s how they get made. ( www.vox.com )
I also highly recommend Dan Olson's documentary that gets a shout-out in the article, although - at the time the documentary was made - AI had not been a big factor in the grift yet.
Gamers Are Renting Their Idle GPUs to Generate AI Porn ( www.404media.co )
Archived version if anyone hits a paywall