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Fez 2 was never meant to be, but we didn't need it anyway
Indie sensation Fez was supposed to get a sequel, but it was abruptly canned. Other developers have since stepped in to carry on its legacy.
D&D challenge ratings don’t make sense in 5e, and this brutal adventure proved it
After running Faster, Purple Worm! Everybody Dies, one DM learned D&D 5e’s challenge ratings fall apart — even against a Duke of Hell.
AI was everywhere at gaming’s big developer conference — except the games
AI was everywhere at the GDC Festival of Gaming this year. Vendors at the event pitched generative AI tools for things like making AI-driven NPCs and even entire games from a chat box. On the show floor, I spent 10 minutes playing a demo of a pixel-art fantasy world generated by Tencent's AI tools. In […]
Online age checks came first — a VPN crackdown could be next
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about online age verification and your privacy, follow Emma Roth. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Virtual private networks, or VPNs, weren't always […]
Recap: Europe’s top funding rounds this week (16 -22 March)
A quieter week by headline standards, but one that reveals a great deal about where European venture capital is quietly concentrating: AI agents for physical industries, agritech automation, and the growing operator-to-VC pipeline. What the week of 16-22 March delivered was something different in texture rather than volume: smaller rounds, more specific theses, and a […]
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