Creators

The composer of the iconic Mario theme tune has revealed that Paul McCartney once bought him backstage to sing it for him. In an article for the Washington Post, composer Koji Kondo said he and Super Mario Bros. creator Shigeru Miyamoto went to see The Beatles in 1986 while they were touring Japan. After learning they were in the audience, Paul McCartney and his wife Linda invited them backstage. Upon meeting Kondo and Miyamoto, the first thing the McCartneys did was sing the first six notes of the Super Mario Bros.…

Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against the creators of a popular Switch emulator called Yuzu, which gives users a way to play games developed for the platform on their PCs and Android devices. In the lawsuit shared by Game File's Stephen Totilo, the company argued that Yuzu violates the anti-circumvention and anti-trafficking provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).Nintendo explained that it protects its games with encryption and other security features meant to prevent people from playing pirated copies.…

The creator of popular Switch emulator Yuzu is the target of Nintendo's latest anti-piracy lawsuit, with the gaming giant claiming in its suit that "there is no lawful way to use Yuzu to play Nintendo Switch games." The lawsuit, picked up by Game File's Stephen Totilo, is seeking "equitable relief and damages" from Yuzu creator Tropic Haze, alleging that the emulator unlawfully circumvents its copyright protections, knowingly "facilitating piracy at a colossal scale."As part of the suit, Nintendo points…

Hotel Bel-Air was bustling with some of the internet’s favorite content creators at the second annual TikTok Visionary Voices Black Hollywood Brunch in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon. The event marked the celebration of the social media platform’s 2024 Visionary Voices List, honoring 15 Black creators, small business owners and disruptors across industries.  “I’m used to being one of one when I walk in the room, unfortunately, but in a room like today, I feel so much love because there’s so many of…

Following the box office bomb of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi left Square, as did a few folks who worked with him. In an interview on Episode 60 of My Perfect Console, host Simon Parkin asked Final Fantasy VII Rebirth producer Yoshinori Kitase if he ever considered leaving with his mentor and friend Sakaguchi-san, as well as what convinced him to stay."So I think there were two main reasons for me in deciding to stay at the time," Kitase-san replied via a…

Fans will never stop discussing, or maybe lamenting, the ending of Game of Thrones. Whether you loved it, hated it, or were somewhere in between, the choices made by showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss to bring their epic series to a close were famously divisive. However, it seems there was even more uncertainty surrounding the conclusion and much of it happened off-screen.Spoilers of the Week | June 17thIn a new interview with the Wall Street Journal, Benioff and Weiss confirm a rumor Thrones creator George R.R.…

Meta is rolling out its Instagram Creator Marketplace to eight new regions including India, the firm announced earlier this week. The platform was first introduced two years ago in the US by Facebook's parent company as a portal for brands to discover and get in touch with creator's accounts for branded content or partnership ads. Instagram users who generate content will also be able create a portfolio for their posts and indicate brands or interests that they are interested in.In a blog post on…

Instagram is expanding its Creator Marketplace, aiming to make it simpler for brands to discover creators for partnership ads. The platform will start inviting creators and brands based in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Japan, India and Brazil to join Creator Marketplace in the coming weeks. Chinese export brands will also be invited to connect with onboarded creators in countries outside of China.Why we care. Instagram’s Creator Marketplace can help brands find the creators best suited for…

Meanwhile, Meta has said that it will not proactively suggest political content to users by default on Instagram and Threads. Instagram creators in India can now earn better as Meta is now expanding the Instagram’s creator marketplace to eight new markets, including India. The new tool will help more brands and creators work together on partnerships. For those who are unaware, Instagram’s creator marketplace is a tool for brands and creators to connect and collaborate around partnership opportunities. The…

W HEN KEVIN HART tells you to “stop being a bitch,” you listen. “He was like, ‘Put the grind in. Put the hustle in,’” says Druski, a viral comedian known for racking up millions of views on his made-for-social sketches. “‘Do the hard work, do the stand-up.’” But even though this legend of the craft was telling him how to advance his career, it wasn’t for him. “I didn’t have a love for it,” the comedian, 29, says from the Los Angeles rental where he’d spent the past six months, as he packs up to head home…