Game
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Books
Welcome, Vault Dwellers: A Guide to the Fallout Universe
The war-scarred ghouls and bulky power armor seen in three decades of video games arrive in the new TV show “Fallout.”
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World
The Bizarre Chinese Murder Plot Behind Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’
Lin Qi, a billionaire who helped produce the science-fiction hit, was poisoned to death by a disgruntled executive. His attacker now faces the death penalty.
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Books
Flau’Jae Johnson Won a Basketball Title, Then Teamed Up With Lil Wayne
The sophomore guard is prepping collaborations with hip-hop heavyweights like Lil Wayne and NLE Choppa as she helps L.S.U. defend its basketball title in the N.C.A.A. tournament.
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Books
A Game Designer’s Lifelong Pursuit of Action Nirvana
Hideaki Itsuno helped shape the fighting genre in the 1990s with Street Fighter. Now he’s applying similar ideas to the open-world adventure Dragon’s Dogma 2.
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Books
Hollywood Actors Are Leaping Into Video Games
Onscreen stars have increasingly been going virtual. Jodie Comer and David Harbour are making their video game debuts in a remake of the 1992 horror game Alone in the Dark.
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Sports
Baseball Video Game Will Include Women for the First Time
MLB The Show 24 will feature a career mode that allows gamers to create a female player and steer her journey to the big leagues. The game draws on the experiences of female baseball players.
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US
Apple Blocks Epic Games From Using iPhone Tools in Escalation of Feud
The move tests the European Union’s new tech competition law, which was designed to allow competing app stores.
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News
Off the Board Game, Onto the Digital Canvas
Are role-playing games enriching culture, or destroying it? In two shows, the artist Simon Denny spoofs the grandiose fantasy worlds of tech entrepreneurs designing virtual reality.
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US
When Caitlin Clark Comes to Town
Measures of her star power include huge jumps in attendance at road games, and the logistical planning required.
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Books
Playing Infinite Craft Is Like Peering Into an A.I.’s Brain
A large language model generates answers as gamers combine blocks of text. It can get as weird as “Farming Simulator 2013: Furry Shades of Grey” and “Osama Bin Donuts.”