NVIDIA just revealed DLSS 5, pushing AI-driven visuals further than ever… but gamers aren’t impressed. The community is divided, with many worried this is the start of AI slop taking over gaming. Is this innovation or the beginning of the end? Sources: - https://x.com/NVIDIAGeForce/status/2033617732147810782 - https://x.com/SmashJT/status/2033640348367696026 - https://x.com/Grummz/status/2033641075806769382 - https://x.com/NVIDIAGeForce/status/2033634414270587143 - https://x.com/digitalfoundry/status/2033614329547776339 - https://x.com/MischiefsYT/status/2033633306034544954 - https://x.com/LegacyKillaHD/status/2033638883015999946 - https://x.com/Grummz/status/2033631739944566818

Amelia looks at the growing debate w/speech laws in UK, claims that criticism of Islam is being treated differently under enforcement. Sources: - https://x.com/makeukgood/status/2032212785627595080 - https://x.com/TheAtlasSociety/status/2031867765913493855 - https://x.com/TheBritLad/status/2032122765302476909 - https://x.com/BasilTheGreat/status/2032051267413905520 - https://x.com/BasilTheGreat/status/2032089220940959833 - https://x.com/BasilTheGreat/status/2032028445639671933 - https://x.com/visegrad24/status/2032219430944382985 - https://x.com/BROKENBRITAIN0/status/2032066264009474445 - https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2032079160630264173 - https://x.com/BROKENBRITAIN0/status/2032024181454307440 - https://x.com/BasilTheGreat/status/2032153943342542962 - https://x.com/BasilTheGreat/status/2032153000001548404 - https://x.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/2032112752559284499 - https://x.com/BasilTheGreat/status/2032069415089353205 - https://x.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/2032154661478977815

Someone sent me an email about a site called flopathon.cc that tracks game flops using live Steam data. It pulls player counts, trends, and Metacritic scores from Steam’s public API, then lets users vote Hot or Flop. The solo developer says the site runs on public data only but has already been hit by attacks after gaining attention. Sources: - https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2032216936990343290 - https://flopathon.cc/

Kotaku just published a hit piece attacking people exposing the funding behind 1348 Ex Voto. In this video I react to their article targeting Pirat Nation and the investigation into the game’s taxpayer funding. Instead of addressing the receipts, Kotaku resorts to insults and deflection. Let’s break down what they wrote. Sources: - https://x.com/SmashJT/status/2032924577886777748 - https://x.com/SmashJT/status/2032621885469634789

Some people are claiming Marathon sold nearly 2 million copies in its first week based on community estimates and Steam data. The problem? The math is basically napkin math. Even if the estimate is correct, the numbers still look TERRIBLE. Sources: - https://x.com/MarathonMedia01/status/2032566716820070770 - https://x.com/EndymionYT/status/2032597677381464314 - https://x.com/TheTopGEight/status/2032577639194751466 - https://x.com/SrcasticGamer/status/2032607187596394805 - https://x.com/LUCKYY10P/status/2032416123824590955 - https://x.com/LUCKYY10P/status/2032457123368468858 - https://x.com/LUCKYY10P/status/2032481292126703928 - https://x.com/MinEffortLive/status/2032584964135596131 - https://x.com/SrcasticGamer/status/2032609908323934653 - https://x.com/nyc_prophet/status/2032553155775377411 - https://www.metacritic.com/game/marathon/ - https://x.com/SmashJT/status/2032560844983423458 - https://steamdb.info/app/3065800/charts/ - https://x.com/SmashJT/status/2032598168278544778

Spellcasters Chronicles is the latest 3v3 live-service action strategy game promising massive battles, spells, and summoned armies. But after Concord collapsing, Marathon stumbling, and Highguard shutting down, the market is already saturated. The industry keeps throwing money at these projects. Meanwhile a new survival game called The Legend of California from former Blizzard director Jeff Kaplan might be the only one worth watching. Sources: - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2458470/Spellcasters_Chronicles/ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97krdzxVoeM - https://www.spellcasterschronicles.com/en-US - https://www.quanticdream.com/en - https://steamdb.info/app/2458470/charts/#max - https://x.com/geoffkeighley/status/2031883183839723530 - https://x.com/SrcasticGamer/status/2031891479073796481 - https://x.com/nichegamer/status/2031919600774865081 - https://nichegamer.com/the-legend-of-california-announced/

A massive investigation claims Meta and Zuckerberg were the real force behind age verification laws all along, while shifting the burden onto operating systems instead of social media platforms. If true, this was never about child safety. It was about surveillance, control, and making everyone else pay the price. Sources: - https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2031158845016519121 - https://x.com/zkurishi/status/2032255190267806103 - https://x.com/ChibiReviews/status/2021308341222330848 - https://x.com/discord/status/2021295316469940606 - https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2032579629618172036 - https://x.com/bee_fumo/status/2032460631622721916 - https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/

I investigated the funding behind 1348 Ex Voto and discovered the developer received over €650,000 in government support from the Italian Ministry of Culture after the game was labeled a “work of cultural value.” The receipts exist in Italy’s state aid registry. Let’s follow the money trail and discuss why taxpayer funding for games is becoming a serious problem. Sources: - https://x.com/SmashJT/status/2032625795303440449 - https://steamdb.info/app/1895900/charts/ - https://x.com/LostLoreScholar/status/2032231679377498566 - https://x.com/1348ExVoto/status/2032050041787990126 - https://x.com/SeverusChud/status/2032608430301532669 - https://www.metacritic.com/game/1348-ex-voto/ - https://www.incentivi.gov.it/it/catalogo/tax-credit-videogiochi-anno-2024-ministero-della-cultura - https://www.rna.gov.it/ - https://x.com/Cyael/status/2032474802577961339