The Crafter's Defense

The Devil’s Rain review: The shape of evil materializes in Severin Films’ 4K release of this cult classic horror romp.

For years, the Steam Deck was essentially a budget all-star among handheld gaming PCs, even when more powerful handhelds like the Xbox Ally X started coming out. But, in the months following Valve's price increase for its handheld, it seems like demand for the Steam Deck has absolutely cratered. Right now, it looks like the Steam Deck is selling up to 82% fewer units than it did last year, according to some napkin math done by Boiling Steam (via Gizmodo). The blog is based on the Steam Deck slipping from a near-constant 5th-place on the Steam top sellers chart down to around #14, which is

Why are there so many dimensions in DC comics universe? How did they all get started? And how are they connected? Susana Polo, Polygon's Entertainment Editor and resident comic book expert, breaks in down for you in the premiere episode of her new show, Issue At Hand. Stay tuned for new episodes every other Thursday!

Sega's newly announced Crazy Taxi: World Tour game is among those made in part with generative AI, and now the franchise's original creator, Kenji Kanno, has defended his studio's use of the controversial technology. He told Kotaku, via a translator, that the game's artists would use generative AI to generate ideas, and then they would "draw the actual thing." "So actual creators, everything from programming to assets, everything is made by an actual human. It’s only used as a reference for them to look at and then they would actually create the actual thing that would go into the game," he sa

Gaming hardware is more expensive than ever. There’s a few different reasons things are as bad as they are, but regardless of how we got here, there’s no denying it’s an absolutely terrible time to be in the market for a new gaming console or PC. Even worse is the realization that there’s no going back.