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Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto says PCs were once “held in higher regard than consoles,” so the NES was made to bridge “the gap” – “It wasn’t just a toy”
Nintendo’s veteran designer Shigeru Miyamoto has reflected on the thinking behind the NES (Famicom), explaining that personal computers were once viewed as more serious, respectable machines than games consoles, which were widely dismissed as mere toys. According to Miyamoto, Nintendo deliberately designed the NES to close that perceived gap in status, giving it a look…
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Olivia Wilde Celebrates Audiences “Breaking Out of Their Boxes” to Accept Age Gap Romances on Film
Actress Olivia Wilde has praised film audiences for embracing on-screen romances between older women and younger men, as she promotes her new erotic comedy “I Want Your Sex” directed by Gregg Araki. Speaking at the Los Angeles premiere, Wilde said she was pleased that stories had moved beyond the traditional “older man, younger woman” narrative,…
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SILVERSTEIN And STORY OF THE YEAR Announce Second Leg Of ‘Camp Screamo’ Tour For November/December 2026
Silverstein and Story of the Year have announced a second leg of their co-headlining “Camp Screamo” tour, running through November and December 2026 with support from Stand Atlantic and Footballhead. The run follows a well-received first leg and will cover cities the bands missed previously, including Seattle, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Baltimore and New York, before…
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‘Love Island USA’ Cast Member TJ Palma Signs With CAA (Exclusive)
Reality TV star TJ Palma, best known from season 7 of “Love Island USA”, has signed with the talent agency CAA, which will seek to expand his career beyond television into lifestyle, hospitality, entrepreneurship and menswear. Palma’s signing reflects a wider trend of Hollywood agencies actively recruiting “Love Island USA” contestants soon after they build…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene is married! Ex-Trump darling elopes in Las Vegas with her new husband Brian Glenn
US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has married her partner, Real America’s Voice correspondent Brian Glenn, in a private ceremony in Las Vegas. The Georgia Republican, once a staunch Trump ally who has more recently distanced herself from the former president, kept the wedding low-key, surprising fans who had not been aware of an imminent marriage.…
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Nintendo Switch 2 Drops to Just £364 in Today’s Best UK Deals
Amazon UK has cut the price of the Nintendo Switch 2 console to £364, one of the lowest prices seen since launch, as part of a wider round of deals highlighted by IGN. The discount is notable because Nintendo has already confirmed a $50 price increase for the console in the US from September, raising…
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Final Fantasy 14 could finally introduce a controversial feature
Final Fantasy 14 producer Naoki Yoshida has revealed that Square Enix is exploring ways to let new players skip ahead in the MMORPG’s story, a significant reversal for a game that has long insisted players work through its entire narrative before accessing current content. This matters because the game now requires hundreds of hours to…
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Everything We Know About ‘Outer Banks’ Season 5 So Far
Netflix has confirmed that “Outer Banks” will end with its fifth season, arriving on 20 August 2026. The teen adventure series, which launched in 2020, will wrap up its story of the Pogues’ treasure hunts and rivalry with the wealthy Kooks after four seasons, with the finale expected to resolve the group’s search for Blackbeard’s…
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Harlan Coben on Bringing ‘Myron Bolitar’ to Netflix: “It’s Been Really Heady”
Netflix has begun production on “Myron Bolitar,” its first ongoing series adaptation of author Harlan Coben’s work, marking a departure from the limited-series format used for previous Coben projects like “Fool Me Once” and “Run Away.” Filming started this week in New York, with Coben describing the process of bringing the show to life as…
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One of Steam’s Biggest New RPGs Is Officially Getting a PS5 Version
The Korean RPG DragonSword: Awakening, which has become a surprise hit on Steam, is officially heading to PS5 according to a report from Japanese outlet GameSpark. The anime-inspired open-world title stands out for shunning the microtransactions and gacha mechanics common in similar live-service games, instead releasing as a single, full-price purchase with everything unlockable through…