Prince of Arabia

Saudi Arabia's PIF, Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, and Silver Lake have officially acquired EA in a $55 billion deal to go private.

Robert Caskin 'Bobby' Prince III, the composer behind classic '90s games like Doom and Duke Nukem 3D, has died at 81.

Games Done Quick is best known for its feel-good moments like a dog hitting a walk-off home run in a baseball video game while raising money for charity. However, this year's Summer Games Done Quick charity stream ran into controversy after GDQ announced a sponsored stream with SNK only to cancel it shortly thereafter due to players angered over the latter's ties to Saudi Arabia. On Sunday, July 12, SGDQ announced it was partnering with SNK to stream a sponsored speedrun of Metal Slug in support of the franchise's 30th anniversary. https://twitter.com/GamesDoneQuick/status/2076394968633975242

Liberty is a new graphic novel from Jordan Mechner that might be a history buff dad's American Revolution dream gift.