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Archives for August 2026

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Return to Night City.

CD Projekt Red revealed a new trailer for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, which will feature a new story and cast of characters set in the same futuristic metropolis of Night City. The 10-episode anime will premiere on Netflix on October 20th.

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Apple Music is getting AI labels ‘later this year.’

That’s according to an email seen by The Hollywood Reporter. They’re seemingly visible versions of the voluntary “Transparency Tags” that Apple Music introduced in March. Apple doesn’t say how it will enforce the labels, but it did clarify what they’ll apply to:

“Content providers will be required to include AI Transparency Tags in any instance where AI was used to create a material portion of the content, including tracks that are AI platform generated.

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Spider-Man: Brand New Disappointment.

There seems to be some egregious (but unconfirmed) AI slop in art book Spider-Man: Brand New Day - The Art of the Movie, judging by images shared by The Artbook Collector. That any editor allowed this to be included is embarrassing enough, but why even use AI concept art on a project that was rolling in money?

<em>Sure, there’s seemingly no AI disclosure on the image, but I also have eyeballs and this gets worse the longer you look at it.</em>
<em>I’m not sure even Spider-Man can help if you’re trapped in a taxi that’s melting into the road.</em>
<em>These fire escapes are a death trap.</em>
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Sure, there’s seemingly no AI disclosure on the image, but I also have eyeballs and this gets worse the longer you look at it.
Image: Spider-Man: Brand New Day - The Art of the Movie / The Artbook Collector
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Dave Bautista is now Kratos.

After Ryan Hurst was forced to step away from the leading role in Amazon’s God of War TV series due to an injury, Bautista will be taking over, Variety reports. Bautista was recently rumored to be in talks for the role.

This tiny guitar amp is the most unhinged distortion pedal I’ve ever used

Amp Crash is the latest from the proud lunatics at Death By Audio and Rainger FX.

Terrence O'Brien
We played The Duskbloods, the Switch 2’s wildest new exclusive

Hands-on with the upcoming multiplayer vampire game from Elden Ring studio FromSoftware.

Andrew Webster
FromSoftware can do anything

The Elden Ring studio continues to chart new paths through games like The Duskbloods.

Andrew Webster
Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
NPR gives Weird Al the respect he deserves.

Plenty of incredible artists have stepped behind the Tiny Desk at NPR’s DC headquarters, from Juvenile and T-Pain to Soul Glo, Tyer the Creator, and even the cast of Sesame Street. But Weird Al Yankovic has now joined the illustrious list of performers invited back for multiple sets.

TC Sottek
TC Sottek
The Guild gets major loot.

Felicia Day and company just cleared the $5.7m Kickstarter record for film set by the Veronica Mars movie project. The Guild: Ren Faire’d continues the adventure for the Knights of Good who concluded their original web series in 2013.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
YouTube is reportedly offering channels “millions of dollars” not to cross-post videos on Netflix.

YouTube is “close an agreement with several partners” though hasn’t signed any deals yet, according to Bloomberg.

Netflix has been paying YouTube creators, including Alan Chikin Chow, Nick DiGiovanni, and Mythical Entertainment, to post their videos on Netflix the same time they hit YouTube, Bloomberg recently reported.

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster
A sale you won’t want to miss.

Following his breakout success in theaters, director Kane Parsons has returned to YouTube with a new Backrooms short called Everything Must Go. It’s basically like a visit to the surreal set from the film, and the short is also included in both the theatrical re-release and the impending Blu-ray version.