Disdain

Think back, if you can, to the halcyon days of… late October. Dwayne Johnson‘s Black Adam had just released into theaters, topping the box office with ease while giving the fans exactly what they’d been demanding for years thanks to a post-credits appearance from Henry Cavill’s Superman. The leading man and producer spoke openly about spending years fighting the good fight to bring the Man of Steel back to our screens, promising that we’d witnessed what was merely the first step towards building The Rock’s corner of the…

Put off by Elon Musk's muscular management style? Move to us! That's the pitch being used by talent-starved technology firms trying to lure thousands of former Twitter Inc employees laid off by the social media company under its new owner.Twitter has fired top executives and enforced steep job cuts with a little warning following Musk's tumultuous takeover of the social media platform. About half of the workforce - around 3,700 employees - has been laid off.Hundreds more are reported to have quit as a result of his…

There’s an interview with Alan Rickman from 1991; you can find it on YouTube. At the time, he was best known for his roles as criminal mastermind Hans Gruber in Die Hard and the tyrannous Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. The journalist – American – asks him, “Do you like playing villains?” The actor’s lip begins to curl. “Sure… it was fun.” He explains, patiently, that he’s done other things. The journalist ploughs on: “You don’t intend to keep playing these hyperbolic Hollywood villains?” Rickman,…

More games and more NFTs pose questions for the gaming industry There has been stiff backlash against NFTs in video games since they first started popping up. In general, both gamers as well as industry professionals have disapproved blockchain implementations in video games, mostly over concerns over the environmental impact that the technology has. But NFTs aside, the video game industry is often left out when we talk about industries that have a major impact on the environment.…