In context: The Elder Scrolls IV: Skyrim is a great action RPG, but it has often been justifiably criticized for its weak NPC AI. Non-player characters are often seen walking into walls, repeating dialogue, and generally having a hard time with player interactions and pathfinding.

Skyrim’s AI can be annoying while playing the game, but it is hilarious when acted out in real life. A TikTok user going by the handle JinnKid has created a series of shorts called “Skyrim IRL,” where he acts

The big picture: Developers are increasingly turning to their existing catalog of intellectual property for monetization purposes. It's cheaper than creating new characters, plus it gives fans the opportunity to dive deeper into established storylines.

Netflix’s long-rumored animated series based on the popular Diablo franchise appears to be a lock.

Nick van Dyk, president of Activision-Blizzard Studios, notes on his LinkedIn profile that he is the executive producer of Diablo, a TV adaptation of the franchise that is rendered in anime style. The

In brief: The supercomputer will be managed by the Met Office to more accurately predict storms, pinpoint suitable locations for flood defenses and predict changes to global climate. Specifically, airports will be able to use it to plan for potential disruption and power companies could rely on data to help protect against potential energy blackouts and surges.

It’s been said that being a meteorologist is one of the few gigs where you can be wrong more often than not without the risk of losing your job. That’s because forecasting the

In context: We probably do not need to explain what Rick-rolling is, but we will for those who have been living under a the proverbial rock. A Rick-roll is an internet meme and prank where you trick someone into watching the beginning of Rick Astley's 1987 song Never Gonna Give You Up, usually by linking to a video with a misleading thumbnail and title.

Fortnite developers pulled the classic Rick-roll on its nearly 10 million Twitter followers by tweeting what was supposedly a

A happy ending: In the end, the whole debacle over Sonic’s initial look and his successful makeover has no doubt contributed to the film’s strong opening. It’s rare that something that starts off on such bad footing has a happy ending but that indeed appears to be the case here.

Movies based on video games are notoriously difficult. From early efforts like Super Mario Bros. and Mortal Kombat in the 90s to more recent attempts such as Warcraft , very few have found what most would

A hot potato: Bill Gates spends a lot of his vast fortune on supporting good causes, including fighting climate change and other eco-friendly initiatives, which probably explains why he’s just bought an electric car. But while he enjoys his Porsche Taycan, Gates believes there’s still one big problem that puts a lot of people off joining the EV revolution: their range.

Speaking to YouTube tech star Marques ‘MKBHD’ Brownlee, the world’s second-richest man said (around the 5:0

Why it matters: Free offerings of this caliber aren’t all that uncommon in today’s streaming landscape and no, the individual channels aren’t anything to get super excited about. The bigger story here is in the sum of its parts – the fact that Redbox is making a move into streaming to begin with. The initiative could be an indication that Redbox is priming the pump for something much larger.

Redbox, the video and game rental kiosk company best known for serving as the stepping stone between traditional video

A hot potato: What will be the most popular game console over the next few years? The Xbox Series X? The PlayStation 5? The Switch? According to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, it’ll be none of these; he says gaming laptops featuring the company's graphics cards will become “the largest game console in the world.”

In Nvidia’s Q4 earnings call, Huang compared gaming laptops powered by Nvidia hardware to consoles. “Our notebook business as Colette [Nvidia’s Chief Financial

What just happened? After killing nearly 2,000 people, the novel coronavirus has much of the world concerned, and that's led to scammers exploiting people’s fears. The problem is especially bad in South Korea, which has seen a huge rise in scam text messages, known as smishing, that use false information about the virus.

In a joint statement (via ZDNet ) from South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT, police, and financial regulator, it’s revealed that as