Why Creating 'Gaussian Splats' Will Become Your Favorite Way to Preserve Family Memories

Stop settling for flat photos. Learn how to make Gaussian Splats using just your smartphone, and turn everyday moments into ...
Polygon

The RAM crisis could completely change the way your games are made

There were a lot of reasons for developers to be stressed out at this year's Game Developers Conference. Layoffs at EA the day the event started put job insecurity in the air, generative AI's presence ...
Wired

Your Espresso Machine Doesn’t Have to Be Fancy to Make Good Coffee

My post-college barista gig was the first job that gave me purpose. I’ve pulled my own shots of espresso ever since, on a basic machine like the Casabrews 5700. There’s a slogan in the guitar world: ...
The Verge

AI can’t make good video game worlds yet, and it might never be able to

Project Genie is an underwhelming glimpse into what may come. Project Genie is an underwhelming glimpse into what may come. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The ...
The Washington Post

The video game that started it all

Playing "Pong" during the Midwest Gaming Classic trade show at the Baird Center in Milwaukee in 2024. (Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images) The ceiling of the lobby in One Liberty Plaza in New York’s ...
IGN

How to Get Good at Fighting Games (The 2D Ones Anyway)

Fighting games are hard, there's no way around it. But the edge of that difficulty can be smoothed a bit with a proper mindset, some universal tips that apply to almost every 2D fighting game, along ...
Pocket Gamer.Biz

YouTube's AI-powered Playables Builder will let creators make games

Playables Builder uses Gemini 3 to turn short text, image, or video prompts into bite-sized games. Creators can generate playable experiences in minutes by simply describing their game idea. The tool ...
Wired

The Avatar Game Is So Good, They Don’t Need to Make the Movies Anymore

The Avatar video game is better than the movies. I say this as someone who has dumbly adored James Cameron’s Avatar movies for a long time. The original 2009 film was my first ever midnight premiere, ...
gematsu

2D platforming boss-rush action game Onikura to be published by Astrolabe Games

Onikura is a 2D platforming boss-rush action game built around lightning-fast slashes and surgically precise parry actions. Every clash is a battle for survival—attack, parry, heal, and consume souls ...
PC Gamer

Microsoft wants to make Windows 'the best place to game—no matter where you play' but Linux and Valve's SteamOS have other ideas

Hardware I found out the hard way that Linux is not a dad-friendly gaming OS, and maybe neither is the PC Gaming PCs This AMD-powered, Linux-running mini PC looks like a Steam Machine disguised as a ...
Kotaku

How to create a witch

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from How to create a witch Claudia, a young girl who once saved the Demon Continent as a powerful mage, now sets out on a new journey. She infiltrates a ...