Video Game Chronicle recently covered a new book from the Nintendo Museum celebrating Mario’s 40th anniversary. The book asks key developers like Shigeru Miyamoto and Koji Tezuka to imagine Mario still being popular in 2085. Tezuka commented that it would be amazing if Mario lasted another century, considering how difficult it is to predict what players will enjoy in the future.
The next roster update for Madden 26 is expected to be released on Thursday, October 30th, 2025. It should become available shortly before the Bengals play the Steelers on Thursday Night Football. While EA Sports usually releases updates around this time, the date could potentially change.
According to Variety, Tim Hobert, one of the showrunners for the upcoming Scrubs revival, has left the project due to creative differences. Aseem Batra will now be the sole showrunner, as they both co-wrote the pilot episode.
“Violent Ends” is a truly independent film, created outside of mainstream studio systems. Beyond its funding and production, the movie tells a captivating and original story rooted in a particular Southern setting. It prioritizes complex characters and nuanced storytelling over big action sequences, focusing on how their difficult lives are shaped by their surroundings. Director Powell also clearly enjoys the thriller genre, which adds depth and richness to this Southern Gothic tale of revenge.
As “Uptober” limps to its close, all eyes are fixed on November, the month that seems to waltz into history with its bullish confidence, cloaked in a crimson-and-green patchwork quilt-more red than Christmas, but December is a long way off, isn’t it? CryptoRank’s heatmap indicates an average gain of over 40%, making you wonder if November has some secret, golden magic up its sleeve-perhaps a little something called tradition, seasoned with a dash of statistical stubbornness.
The company is reportedly exploring advertisements tailored to individual users, using technology similar to how AI chatbots remember your preferences to give you personalized responses.
Because subnets decided to throw a pool party 🏊♂️! Bittensor’s market cap ballooned 11% in a day-like a toddler’s face after sucking on a helium balloon. Meanwhile, futures open interest spiked 19%, which is fancy talk for “gamblers are placing bets faster than a sloth on espresso.” The real kicker? TAO broke a “long-term descending trendline,” which is just a fancy way of saying a grumpy old dragon that’s been stomped on. 🐉💨
Time Extension recently published an interview with Christopher Bergstresser, a former Konami licensing VP, who shared that the creators of The Matrix, the Wachowski brothers, once contacted Hideo Kojima about the possibility of him developing a game based on their film series.
A YouTube user named Michi NekoMichi discovered a bug with the iPhone keyboard in iOS 26. The video they uploaded shows that the keyboard sometimes displays the wrong letters. For example, when the user presses ‘U’, the keyboard actually shows ‘J’, and pressing ‘M’ sometimes results in an ‘N’ appearing on the screen.
Bruce Nesmith, who worked for a long time at Bethesda Game Studios and led the design of Skyrim, recently appeared on the FRVR podcast. He revealed something surprising: the game developers never intentionally programmed NPCs to have buckets put on their heads. They also didn’t realize players could use this as a way to commit theft in the game.