It's eligible for the top prize this year, but its December release date is a huge disadvantage.

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Political fixer Bradley Tusk's nonprofit releases VoteSecure, an open-source cryptographic protocol for mobile voting, amid skepticism from cryptographers  —  Political consultant Bradley Tusk has spent a fortune on mobile voting efforts.  Now, he's launching a protocol to try to mainstream the technology.

I remember being blown away by the 2024 reveal trailer for Possessor(s), the new game from Hyper Light Drifter developer Heart Machine. The trailer features a striking art design, where an animated 2D character explores and fights in side-scrolling environments with gorgeous 3D backgrounds, and it's all set to moody, powerful music. The final game, […]

The team added Dispatch's ending fight scenes later in development and needed an incentive for players to hate the villain

While there is plenty of criticism to be hurled at what music the algorithm serves to us, and how, the real problem with music discovery in the age of algorithmic recommendations is that listening has become a passive activity. It's too easy to press play and let a pile of code take the wheel. Whether […]