Category: Gaming

Introduction On March 24th, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg published a damning story about being added to the ‘Houthi PC Small Group’ on Signal by Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz. In it, he described inadvertently becoming privy to high-level military operation planning that should never have taken place on Signal by people who really […]

Introduction Video game menus tend to fade into the background — but that’s not the case with Metaphor: ReFantazio. Like the Persona games before it, the fantasy RPG has an interface that’s slick, aggressive, and certainly not the kind of thing you’ll forget. And according to lead interface designer Koji Ise, the intent was to […]

Introduction The new Leaf is an SUV. | Image: Nissan The Nissan Leaf is back, and it’s not a frumpy looking hatchback anymore.  The Japanese automaker is dusting off its pioneering EV and giving it new technology and a new form factor. The Leaf will return as a crossover SUV with a Tesla plug (!!), […]

Introduction The iPad in its natural habitat: my coffee table. I can tell you the entire story of the 11th-generation iPad by explaining the results of one benchmarking test. It’s called Geekbench, and it’s a cross-platform tool that simulates a bunch of real-world activities to give each device a score that roughly approximates how powerful […]

Introduction Jennifer Pattison Tuohy describes her home office as comfortable and cluttered. Jennifer Pattison Tuohy is The Verge’s smart home reviewer, and she’s mind-bogglingly impressive in the number of devices she covers. As she says, “On any given day, I can be evaluating anything from robot vacuums, smart locks, and lights, to smart chicken coops, […]

Introduction When Princess Mononoke first debuted back in 1997, it marked a major turning point for Studio Ghibli. The studio had already dabbled in computer-generated imagery and digital compositing with films like Isao Takahata’s Pom Poko and Yoshifumi Kondō’s Whisper of the Heart. But Mononoke was the first instance of Ghibli really embracing CGI as […]

Introduction The US has added 80 organizations and companies to a trading export blacklist in an effort to prevent China from acquiring computing technology for military purposes. The new restrictions announced by the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) are the latest attempt to block foreign access to cutting-edge American chips, […]

Introduction All full-size electric bikes are now banned on most of London’s public transport. | Image: Mike Kemp / In Pictures via Getty Images Transport for London (TfL) has announced that all non-folding e-bikes will be banned from the majority of London’s public transport network. The ban has been driven by the fire risk from […]

Introduction If you’re looking for some solid evidence that Microsoft’s strategy to bring Xbox games to PS5 is seeing some early success, look no further than Sony’s own PlayStation Store today. The top preordered games in the US PlayStation Store are Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Forza Horizon 5, with the $99.99 premium […]