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Requiem for a film-maker: Darren Aronofsky’s AI revolutionary war series is a horror

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The once-lauded director of Black Swan and The Wrestler has drowned himself in AI slop with an embarrassing new online seriesIf you happen to find yourself stumbling through Time magazine’s YouTube account, perhaps because you are a time traveller from the 1970s who doesn’t fully understand how the present works yet – then you will […]

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Six great reads: ‘Fafo’ parenting, what tech does to us, and Patrick Bateman’s legacy

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Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days Continue reading…

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There’s a reason that Wii Bowling remains my mum’s favourite game | Dominik Diamond

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At a family gathering over Christmas, I took on my 76-year-old mother once again at virtual bowling. Could I finally best her?My mother bore me. My mother nurtured me. My mother educated me. She has a resilience unmatched, a love all-forgiving. She is the glue that holds our family together. But right now, I am

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Cairn review – obsession, suffering and awe in a climbing game that hits exhausting new heights

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PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox; The Game BakersA punishing, beautiful survival game that turns mountaineering into an intimate test of endurance, fixation and emotional resolve – you’ll be in tears by the endMountaineers and climbers, especially the free-solo kind, are humanity’s most fascinating maniacs: single-minded, daring souls who throw themselves into profoundly optional life-endangering feats. It

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A poor surprise reveal for Highguard leaves it fighting an uphill battle for good reviews

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​In the fiercely competitive market ​of the online multiplayer game, Highguard​’s rocky start means it now has a lot to prove• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIn the fast-paced, almost psychotically unforgiving video game business, you really do have to stick the landing. Launching a new game is an artform

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‘This train isn’t going to stop’: shocking Sundance film shows promises and perils of AI

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The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, co-directed by Daniel Roher, delves into the world of AI through the lens of personal anxietyAre we barreling toward AI catastrophe? Is AI an existential threat, or an epochal opportunity? Those are the questions top of mind for a new documentary at Sundance, which features leading

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Pikachu and pals go wild: Pokémon theme park opens in Tokyo

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From rhino-sized Rhyhorns to worm-like Diglett, visitors to PokéPark Kanto will roam a forest populated by lifelike Pokémon statues when the attraction opens next weekIn Japan, February is normally a period of quiet reflection, a month defined by winter festivals in Sapporo’s snowy mountains and staving off the cold in steaming hot springs. Traditionally, international

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‘I didn’t have anything to prove’: what Traitors finalist Jade Scott learned about survival from video games

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Accused, isolated and constantly under scrutiny, The Traitors contestant drew on years of social deduction gaming to stay calm under pressureThe latest series of The Traitors, which ended last week on a nail-biting finale, featured some of the usual characters – from guileless extroverts to wannabe Columbos endlessly observing fellow contestants for the slightest flicker

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