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RIP Tom Sizemore, Heat, Private Ryan and GTA Actor, 1961-2023

Photo: Jim Smeal (Getty Images) Veteran actor Tom Sizemore has died at the age of 61. As Rolling Stone report, Sizemore was “found unconscious after suffering a brain aneurysm from a stroke at his Los Angeles home in the early morning of Feb. 19″. Having been kept alive on a ventilator for the past two

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Town Using $20K Of COVID Relief Cash On TMNT Manhole Covers

Photo: Paul Natkin (Getty Images) Northampton, Massachusets officials have greenlit a plan to create and install four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle-themed manhole covers to celebrate the fact that the massive franchise was originally created there. And to pay for it, the town is using funds intended to help rebuild towns and businesses affected by the

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That ‘AI-Generated’ Anime Is Pissing Off Professional Animators

Screenshot: Corridor Digital / Kotaku Recently, “AI” machine-learning technologies have been creeping their way into artistic fields in both entertaining and harmful ways. While some AI content creators are just making videos for harmless fun, others, like the creators of a recent AI-generated anime short, wrongfully believe they’ve democratized the animation industry when they’ve really

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Pathfinder Developer Bans AI Art, Takes A Hard Stance

Image: Paizo Between games, art, and even journalism, a lot of industries are dealing with the rise of artificial intelligence removing the human element of creative works. As people have begun using AI and algorithms to create art rather than hiring workers to do it, companies are making hard stances about whether or not they’ll

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Detective Pikachu 2 Still Bouncing Around Hollywood

Neo-noir comedy Pokémon: Detective Pikachu came out in 2019, and it was surprisingly good. In the era of risk-averse studios rebooting and remaking everything under the sun, a sequel seemed inevitable. Sure enough, one was already in development when the first debuted. No one’s heard about it since. Until today. Deadline reports that Portlandia co-creator

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New Mod Turns Dead Space Into Creepy First-Person Horror Game

The original Dead Space may not look as fancy as that new remake released earlier this year, but thanks to a new fan-created mod, you can play the original game in first person. Not only does this seem scarier, but it actually looks really good, too. First released back in 2008, the original Dead Space

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The 9 Best Video Game Outfit Changes

Image: Nintendo “Fashion experiences itself as a right, the natural right of the present over the past,” critic Roland Barthes said in his 1967 book The Fashion System. Likewise, I’m saying that an outfit change can completely usurp a video game, pushing itself to the front of the crowd, making all previous outfits and vibes

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The Most Stunning Pokémon TCG Scarlet & Violet Cards

Image: The Pokémon Company / Kotaku The arrival of the new era of Scarlet & Violet Pokémon TCG cards is now only four weeks away. As worldwide players prepare themselves for the big shift from the V cards to the rebirth of “ex,” in Japan the base sets have already been out for over a

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Long-Hated Minecraft Steve Banned In Competitive Smash Bros.

Image: Nintendo Steve from Minecraft was added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in October of 2020. In the years since, sentiment around the character has gotten worse and worse due to accusations that the character is broken and overpowered. Now, a recent discovery around a competitively advantageous glitch has brought these conversations back into the

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Fallen Dynasty Tips For Surviving In Ancient China

Screenshot: Team Ninja Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, the latest Soulslike from action game masterminds Team Ninja, is an enrapturing amalgam of Bloodborne and Nioh 2 with some Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice sprinkled in for good measure. It’s punishing as hell, but also one of the most approachable games in a genre known for bludgeoning your

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