"AI is a technofascist, anti-human and anti-art project", says creator of lefty tech satire Future? No Thanks!, before explaining why he used it anyway

So long, Reality Fracture, it's been fun Being a Magic: The Gathering fan has become an intense hobby. While the beauty of Magic lies in its variety, as the game offers ample choice of formats and ways to play, the quick pace of new set releases has affected the Magic experience overall. One of the most obvious consequences is that Magic sets don't stay around as long as they used to: Marvel Super Heroes still felt new when Bilbo Baggins came strolling into the picture with The Hobbit's release just seven weeks later. Reality Fracture is by far one of the best Magic sets to come out in 2026. It brought a long-running storyline to a close (even if it wasn’t very satisfying), culminating in the death of Jace Beleren, one of the game’s most iconic characters. Moreover, in terms of the Limited format, Reality Fracture is surely the best set of the year. Limited play (Draft or Sealed) is one of the most common ways to experience a new Magic set, as you play only with cards from that set. Limited players have been singing the praises of Reality Fracture since its debut, but unfortunately that's ending soon, making way for a new Universes Beyond set: Star Trek.

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SummaryFINAL FANTASY RESONANCE is available now on XBOX Series X|S and XBOX on PC. Play it on both console and PC at no extra cost with XBOX Play Anywhere. Try it for free with a demo of the full first chapter, which carries over on purchase. Adapting the story of former mobile exclusive FINAL FANTASY BRAVE EXVIUS into a wholly reimagined and rebuilt console RPG experience, it’s a charming, nostalgic return to the series’ aesthetic, narrative, and mechanical roots, thoughtfully modernized. It’s also the first time Square Enix has applied its HD-2D hybrid visual style to the FINAL FANTASY series. It’s 1996. I’m happily traversing via chocobo and airship a magical world full of moogles, espers, crystals and magitek. I’m dazzled by the vibrant pixel art.

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Last month kicked off the big annual torrent of autumn game releases and Circana has finally shared its latest sales data and estimates for September 2026. What did we learn? Games are up. Hardware is down. Wolverine took home the gold. Xbox sales continue to decline. Circana senior director and gaming research head Mat Piscatella shared his latest monthly breakdown of U. S. sales data this morning over on Bluesky. “U. S. video game projected total spending across content, hardware and accessories fell 1 percent in September when compared to a year ago, to $4.8 billion,” he wrote. “Year-to-date spending is now 3 percent behind 2025’s pace, at $41.0 billion.” Marvel’s Wolverine was the big winner. It was the top-selling game for September 2026, even ahead of NBA 2K27 and EA Sports FC 27. It’s already 11th overall on the list of top-selling games year-to-date. Both of those data points are tracing ahead of Ghost of Yotei‘s fall launch a year ago. “Marvel’s Wolverine generated the highest launch month full game dollar sales for a Sony published title since the February 2024 debut of Helldivers II,” according to Piscatella.

As rumored , it appears that actor Jack Lowden, who played Lawrence of Arabia in EA's Battlefield 1, is a finalist to play James Bond. According to Deadline , "final auditions" for the role will take place over the next week, and the process will include screen tests. At least four actors are coming in to test, the report said, including Lowden, Callum Turner (Masters of the Air), and Josh O'Connor (Disclosure Day). The fourth remains a mystery, but The Insneider said it could be Jacob Elordi . According to The Hollywood Reporter , Elordi is not testing, and neither is Jack O'Connell from Sinners. Many expect the casting process for James Bond to do finalized relatively soon, with an official announcement coming before the end of the year. In May this year, Bond movie production company Amazon MGM Studios said the search for the next James Bond actor was underway and that the film studio would not comment on the casting process. Lowden is Scottish, and he would become just the second Scottish person to play James Bond, following Sean Connery. The character James Bond from the Ian Fleming book series is also Scottish. Fans have been waiting a long time for the next James Bond movie,