I've been obsessed with World of Warcraft for years now - playing it on and off for over 10 years or so. The game is a monument to multiplayer madness, be it the ferocious PvP community, the most absurd dedication to personal performance found in mythic raiding and dungeons, and down-bad hoarders flexing obscure cosmetics to other likeminded freakazoids. It's probably one of the best games of all time - certainly one of the most important. But almost 20 years since it first hit computers, does...
China's NetEase and games publisher Activision Blizzard end their feud which had angered fans.
Monday's "Elope at the Eclipse" drew 120 couples from around the world and the country from California to New York, and many NE Ohio couples who all got married during totality of the eclipse darkness.
One interesting feature coming to World of Warcraft's next expansion - The War Within - is an arachnophobia filter. Whereas other games have taken on this problem and swapped out models for vague geometric shapes or other less creepy alternatives, the World of Warcraft team have gone through and swapped out all the game's spider models with crabs. Which makes sense! This upcoming expansion focused heavily on Nerubians, a race of spider-like creatures which tick all the boxes when it comes to...
Reka Core is a new LLM that is competitive with OpenAI GPT4 and Anthropic Claude 3. Reka Core can identify an African Elephant from a picture by looking at its ears. It was a model created by a team of twenty people. Reka, a California-based AI startup, appears to be ready to go head-to-head with
Is Sunil Narine being coaxed into coming out of international retirement for the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and USA that follows IPL 2024?Three nights ago, Narine, who had announced his international retirement in November 2023, was certain he'd be watching the tournament from home. But on Tuesday night, after hitting a magnificent century to power Kolkata Knight Riders to 223 for 6, Narine gave an inkling of that stance changing."It is what it is, but let's see what the future holds,"...
More than 500 residents of Agohorkpo, a rural community nestled in the Agotime-Ziope District of the Volta region, have finally gained access to clean water after years of relying on a nearby stream for their water needs.
The cast of A Different World has reunited for a national tour of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). During a stop in Washington, D.C., hosted by Howard College, they appeared at the White House to meet Vice President Kamala Harris and Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. The Grio’s April Ryan shared a portion of the […]
World of Warcraft is in the midst of a renaissance, and The War Within looks to keep that momentum going.
In recent years, super-hunk Henry Cavill has revealed more of his hidden nerdier side, such as when he built a computer from scratch during lockdown. But it's also fun to be reminded that he missed Zack Snyder's call offering him the role of Superman because he was playing World of Warcraft. Continue reading Henry Cavill nearly missed Man of Steel call because he was playing World of Warcraft MORE FROM THE DIGITAL FIX: DC...
A team-based 3rd person mech PvP game sounds like the exact kind of high-octane action the people want. Who doesn't like big robots, armed with a variety of distinct and powerful weapons, duking it out? Point me to someone who detests the idea and you'd be pointing at a rube and a coward. Yet, even so, the multiplayer mech game has historically struggled to find much of a footing in Western markets. Enter Mechabreak, the latest game hoping to break this precident.Mechabreak - created by Chinese...
Donald Trump on Saturday claimed at a rally that he is "the most honest guy, almost, in the world." The internet responded by ridiculing him and pointing out the former president's prior lies.Trump delivered his remarks at a rally in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, where he suggested that he was put to the test more than anyone else when he was still in office as president of the U.S. The former president noted that he was accused of wrongdoing in connection with Russia, Ukraine, and more."Millions...