Minority Mindset

As a huge Battlefield fan, I’m so excited to hear that everyone – whether you’re on PC, PlayStation 5, or Xbox Series X/S – will be able to jump into the new game, *Battlefield 6*, on the very same day! No more waiting to see what other platforms get it first – it’s a level playing field for all of us!

Even though his movie *The Smashing Machine* just came out, Dwayne Johnson is already preparing for another role that will require a major transformation. Benny Safdie, the director of *The Smashing Machine*, has offered Johnson a part in his next film, *Lizard Music*. This new movie is based on a novel by Daniel Pinkwater about a man in his seventies whose best friend is a seventy-year-old chicken.

So, there was this rumor going around yesterday that Microsoft might be ditching making Xbox consoles themselves. Apparently, a journalist named Jez Corden said they were looking at having other companies, like Asus, actually *build* the next Xbox – maybe even branding it with their logo, like the Ally X. It caused a bit of a panic! But Microsoft was quick to shut it down, saying their own team is totally handling the next generation of Xbox, so we don’t need to worry about that.

Musk announced on X that his company, xAI, plans to launch a noteworthy game created using artificial intelligence before the end of next year.

The incredibly committed player known as “Chemical” Yoshino was actually a Famitsu editor from Japan. He wanted to understand the deep connection Atsu has with Ezo, now known as Hokkaido, as depicted in the game. To do this, he traveled to the mountain featured prominently in the Sucker Punch Productions game in mid-September.

The gameplay of *Megabonk* is straightforward: you move, dodge, collect items, and defeat waves of enemies—lots of them! While *Vampire Survivors* limits each level to around 300 enemies, the creator of *Megabonk*, Vedinad, decided to throw that limit out the window and include thousands.

Minecraft looks simple at first – cute creatures, building blocks, and easy-to-explore worlds. But once you start digging deeper, you’ll discover a surprisingly complex and rewarding game.