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The purpose of a Tamagotchi is to have a tiny, portable digital pet with you at all times that you can feed and feed and feed until it grows into something slightly bigger, different, a new creature almost. It's generally a sweet, albeit potentially irritating (the beeps…) little micro-game that may cause a touch of stress, but certainly no feelings of fear. In Full Bloom, however, asks "what if your Tamagotchi was actually a blob of an organism with nothing but a mouth that you must continuously feed… or else…"

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Yesterday, Google announced Project Genie, a new generative AI tool that can apparently create entire games from just prompts. It leverages the Genie 3 and Gemini models to generate a 60-second interactive world rather than a fully playable one. Despite this, many investors were scared out of their wits, imagining this as the future of game development, resulting in a massive stock sell-off that has sent the share prices of various video game companies plummeting.

The firms affected by this include Rockstar owner Take-Two Interactive, developer/distributors like CD Projekt Red and Nintendo, along with even Roblox — that one actually makes sense. Most of the games you find on the platform, including the infamous "Steal a Brainrot," are not too far from AI slop, so it's poetic that the product of a neural network is what hurt its stock.

Unity's share price fell the most at 20%, since it's a popular game engine. Generally speaking, that's how most games operate: they use a software framework, such as Unity or Unreal Engine, which provides basic functionality like physics, rendering, input, and sound. Studios then build their vision on top of these, and some developers even have their own custom in-house solutions, such as Rockstar's RAGE or Guerrilla's Decima.

According to Statcounter, Windows 11 held a 55.18% market share in October 2025. That share dropped to 53.7% in November and dropped again in December. Now, Windows 11 holds a 50.73% market share.

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/windows/desktop/worldwide

Many are rollback to Windows 10, but Linux is increasing as well.

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide

We’ve picked out five psychedelic horror novels that will leave you feeling stunned—and possibly wanting more.

• Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram

• Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud

• The Cipher by Kathe Koja

• A Feast of Putrid Delights by Valentina Rojas

• Negative Space by B.R. Yeager

A flurry of newcomers from familiar faces (Sam Raimi and Jason Statham) and unexpected places (Melania Trump and Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach) hit the box office on Friday, but Fischbach’s indie horror “The Iron Lung” came out on top.

The popular open-source e-book management tool, Calibre, has just released version 9.0, featuring a noticeable visual refresh.

The most visible change is the new Bookshelf view, which presents libraries as shelves lined with book spines instead of a traditional list or grid. The layout can be toggled using the Layout button in the bottom-right corner of the main window, making it easy to switch between views depending on library size or personal preference.

The e-book viewer also gains tighter integration with editing tools. A new Edit book button allows users to jump directly into editing the currently open book when it is in an editable format, such as EPUB, AZW3, or KEPUB. The editor opens at roughly the same location as the view, reducing friction between reading and editing. [...]

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