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‘Kids can’t buy them anywhere’: how Pokémon cards became a stock market for millennials

Artificial Intelligence, Children, Collecting, Culture, Games, Money, Pokémon, Shopping, Stock Market

A surprising economic bubble is making it hard for anyone to buy Pokémon cards – especially childrenPokémon has been huge since the late 90s. Millions of people have fond memories of playing the original Red and Blue games, or trading cards in the playground for that elusive shiny Charizard (if your school didn’t ban them). […]

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Horror game Horses has been banned from sale – but is it as controversial as you’d think?

Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Games, Indie games

Pulled by Steam and Epic Games Store, indie horror Horses shook up the industry before it was even released. Now it’s out, all the drama surrounding it seems superfluousOn 25 November, award-winning Italian developer Santa Ragione, responsible for acclaimed titles such as MirrorMoon EP and Saturnalia, revealed that its latest project, Horses, had been banned

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Dan Houser on Victorian novels, Red Dead Redemption and redefining open-world games

Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Dan Houser, Games, Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto 5, Red Dead Redemption

As the Grand Theft Auto co-writer launches a new project, he reflects on his hugely successful open-world adventures and where game design might go next• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt is hard to think of a more modern entertainment format than the open-world video game. These sprawling technological endeavours,

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Sleep Awake review – Gary Numan cameos in an overly straightforward sleep-deprivation horror

Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Entrepreneurship, Games, Gary Numan

PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox; Eyes Out/Blumhouse GamesPsychedelic visuals and a promising premise are let down by tired game design in this first-person horror with an appearance from the synthpop pioneerVideo games have delivered a feast of singular and wondrous sights in 2025: ecological fantasias teeming with magical beasts; stunning, historically obsessive recreations of feudal Japan.

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eSafety commissioner probed on Roblox and social media ban following Guardian investigation – video

Artificial Intelligence, Australian politics, Child labour, Child protection, Children, Games, Online multiplayer games, Roblox

Independent senator David Pocock asked the eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, in Senate estimates last night about Guardian Australia’s investigation into Roblox and what children may experience on the platform. With Roblox not subject to the under-16s social media ban, Pocock asked whether Roblox was deemed as a gaming platform or a platform that is

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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond review – Samus Aran is suited up for action again. Was it worth the 18-year wait?

Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Games, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Shooting games

Nintendo Switch/Switch 2 (version tested); Retro Studios/NintendoThe bounty hunter – Nintendo’s most badass and most neglected hero – returns in an atmospheric throwback sci-fi adventure that’s entirely untroubled by the conventions of modern game designIn a frozen laboratory full of cryogenically suspended experimental life forms, metal boots disturb the frost. A lone bounty hunter in

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Everyone can now fly their own drone.

art, Artificial Intelligence, entertainment, fun, Games, Technology

TL;DR Using Google’s new Veo 3.1 video model, we created a breathtaking 1 minute 40 second FPV drone flight through mountain valleys, and it took just 15 minutes to generate. Imagine soaring through alpine valleys, gliding between snowy peaks, and diving toward rivers that twist like silver ribbons below, all without leaving your desk. That’s

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From Gears of War to Uno: the 15 most important Xbox 360 games

Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Games, Microsoft, Retro games, Xbox

As the Xbox 360 turns 20, we celebrate its most influential and memorable games – both exclusives, and those that came to the console first Originally featured as a minigame in Project Gotham, this 80s-style twin-stick shooter was rebuilt as a standalone digital-only release, attracting a huge new fanbase. Fast, frenetic and super stylish, with

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Kirby Air Riders review – cute pink squishball challenges Mario for Nintendo racing supremacy

Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Games, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch 2, Racing games

Nintendo Switch 2; Bandai Namco/Sora/HAL Laboratory/NintendoIt takes some getting used to, but this Mario Kart challenger soon reveals a satisfyingly zen, minimalist approach to competitive racing In the world of cartoonish racing games, it’s clear who is top dog. As Nintendo’s moustachioed plumber lords it up from his gilded go-kart, everyone from Crash Bandicoot to

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