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Animoca Brands has raised a new round of funding — the third time since May — and this time the company has scooped up $65 million at a $2.2 billion valuation. It’s another endorsement for blockhain gaming.
Just this week, similar blockchain gaming opportunities enabled…
Square Enix to launch a new, mobile-focused London studio
October 20, 2021
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Square Enix announced today that it’s opening a new mobile-focused studio called Square Enix London Mobile. The new studio will focus on two upcoming…
Roblox unveils electronic music festival in the metaverse
October 20, 2021
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Roblox has partneed with music event promoter Insomniac to create electronic music festivals for its platform.
The companies plan to create the “world’s…
Epic Games partners with indie studios Eyes Out and Spry Fox
October 20, 2021
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Epic Games today announced it’ll be partnering with two indie studios and will publish their upcoming games. These two are Spry Fox and the new studio Eyes Out.
Cory Davis and Nine Inch Nails guitarist Robin Finck co-founded Eyes Out this year. The studio is reportedly working…
Paying Nintendo $50 a year because we’re basic for Mario | Last of the Nintendogs 016
October 20, 2021
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The premiere Nintendo podcast featuring the last two living Nintendogs is here to grumble mildly about the cost of Nintendo Switch Online’s new pricing…
The Day I Ditched Pro-Grade Lenses as a Photographer
October 20, 2021
It was a scary choice, but I did it, and it ended up being a good choice.
I have shot photography since the early ’90s, starting with a vintage film camera. I jumped into digital photography the day Canon 10D came out, and that same day I also bought my first lens for it…
Sony has been fined 1 million yuan by the Chinese government for “damaging the dignity of the Chinese state” for advertising an announcement for a new product last July, on the day historically associated with the start of the Sino-Japanese War.
Back in July, Sony postponed the launch of what would eventually be revealed as the ZV-E10 when it faced backlash from China over the chosen launch…
Nikon has published a third teaser for its upcoming flagship mirrorless Z9 camera with the focus this time on the camera’s ability to track moving subjects in a way that at the very least matches the industry’s best.
Nikon’s first teaser that it released in early…
The Epson International Pano Awards is the largest competition for panoramic photography and has announced its 2021 winners, with a misty cypress tree panorama awarded the top prize.
Founded in 2009 by Australian landscape photographer David Evans, the awards are run with…
I Made a Mistake and Gave My Photos Away for Free on Unsplash
October 20, 2021
I’m sure most photographers have heard of Unsplash, the free-to-use stock image website. You upload any of your photographs, then after a short moderation process, they become available in the Unsplash library for anyone to download and use in any way they like.
The Unsplash license agreement overview
During the UK Covid-19 lockdown period, I uploaded some of my favorite shots to Unsplash.
