Spider-Verse aside, it feels like Sony is just throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks.
First announced in 2012 and with no release date so far, Star Citizen has now collected over $1 billion in crowdfunding. That’s the kind of growth model we can build an economy around.
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The year is 2050. The game Star Citizen has expanded uncontrollably to engulf 2/3 of the world economy, with no ship date in sight
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Variety reports on why early uploads of Stephen Colbert’s post-The Late Show endeavor were pulled, citing copyright complaints from Paramount/CBS. A statement from the company says it was because it financed and produced the episode with Colbert, which was eventually published on his YouTube channel, but it has now “decided to waive further enforcement of this standard industry practice until additional review.”
Blockbuster games getting leaked early is becoming the norm, and the upcoming Bond prequel 007: First Light is no exception. But the developers at IO Interactive have decided to roll with it by releasing footage of the first 13 minutes of the game ahead of launch on May 27th.
The agency is looking to partner with filmmakers, musicians, writers, poets, and artists to help tell the story behind programs such as the Artemis Moon missions and the Space Reactor-1 Freedom mission to Mars. But get your proposals in ASAP, the window closes on Tuesday, June 30th.
The Future of Truth has at least six quotes that appear to be fabricated by AI. After initially taking “full responsibility,” he’s now pointing a finger at the chatbots, telling The Atlantic that they “fucked up the book.” In a separate interview with Ars Technica, he said he still plans to use AI in his writing, adding:
“AI is often a delightful writing companion… It’s strangely creative and crafty and unusual in all these ways… and then it betrays you in ways that are just really quite horrible.”
24 hours after the Late Show’s finale and 11 years after his first guest-hosting appearance on Monroe, Michigan’s public access television station, Colbert took over the show for a second time. He brought along Jack White as his musical director and conducted a delightful interview with the show’s regular hosts, Michelle Baumann and Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Wilson.
His advice: Deep breaths, keep it simple, and maybe play a little VR mini golf.
