Missoulian

They relied on marijuana to get through the day. But then days felt impossible without it

As daily cannabis use rises to historic levels in the U.S., some longtime users are finding it harder to quit.

The AI slop-hose comes to Let It Die as its surprise sequel reveals 'voices, music, and graphics' shaped by the tech

That's per the game's AI-generated content disclosure that recently popped up on Steam (via Eurogamer ). The disclosure ...

'We Don’t Want To Be a Dead Game' – Destiny 2’s Directors on Reassessing the Shooter's Future

The lead developers of Destiny 2's new Renegades expansion reflect on a challenging year for Bungie's online shooter, and why ...
The Franklin News-Post

Jason Clarke digs into details to make ‘Murdaugh’ come to life

Death in the Family,” actor Jason Clarke worried that something could happen to Alex Murdaugh while they were filming.
Creative Bloq on MSN

This 90s-inspired bullet hell shooter slows down on purpose, and it’s brilliant

Modern hardware is more than capable of handling the sprites and bullets thrown on the screen these days, but it's just as much a creative choice to mimic that effect, and also design it so that you ...
PC Gamer

Former Bungie director thinks the term extraction shooter is 'so dumb' that he wanted to work with Marathon's marketing team to 'create a different genre name'

Third Person Shooter Arc Raiders designer says Marathon's reception 'was a great A/B test': 'They made decisions that we didn't, and vice versa … we could compare and contrast how some of those things ...
GamesRadar+

Former Bungie director spent their time on Marathon "dying to create a new genre name" because an extraction shooter is "the only genre where its name is a mechanic"

Third Person Shooters Arc Raiders gives Escape from Tarkov a run for its money, and the secret is making the shooter feel like an RPG that you can "almost play as a single-player game" FPS Games PUBG: ...
Game Rant

Arc Raiders Showed Me What Other Extraction Shooters are Missing

Arc Raiders has finally arrived, and with it comes a sense of refreshment I haven't felt about video games — more particularly, video games of this kind — in quite some time. I've been trying to ...
SFGate

Oakland: Police Make Arrest In Monday Night Shooting Case

Police in Oakland are investigating a shooting that took place earlier this week. On Monday just after 8 p.m., a shooting occurred in the 1400 block of 18th Avenue. When officers arrived, they located ...
GamesRadar+

Arc Raiders devs "don’t use generative AI," CCO says AI text-to-speech is used to help "make rich worlds" while keeping the studio small but "there's no end goal in replacing ...

Third Person Shooters After Arc Raiders AI voice actor controversy, owner Nexon says people should just assume "every game company is now using AI" Third Person Shooters "We would rather cut off our ...
New York Post

Judge to make ruling on alleged Charlie Kirk shooter Tyler Robinson’s civilian clothes request after tense closed-door hearing

A Utah judge will decide Monday if accused assassin Tyler Robinson can appear in civilian clothes during future court appearances after a tense legal battle ended in a closed-door hearing Friday ...
Digital Trends

Battlefield 6 just proved EA still knows how to make a hit shooter

Why this is important: This isn’t just a big win for Battlefield, but also a redemption story for Electronic Arts. After years of shaky launches and fan frustration, Battlefield 6 proves EA can still ...