The Great Escape

It's a great time to enjoy the stuff we already have.

It never got better than capture the flag.

In January of 2021, F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby left copyright. In response, two developers organized a game jam on itch.io to celebrate their new ability to "steal" The Great Gatsby. But how does copyright — and also patents — affect video games, and who do copyright laws protect? Simone de Rochefort looks at the games produced by Gatsby Jam and what the creators of the game jam have to say about copyright and the proliferation of ideas.#thegreatgatsby #videogames

The penultimate episode of Apple TV's Cape Fear suffers from rushed resolutions and bland storytelling. Read our full recap and review of Episode 9, "The Scar."

Add another game to the September pileup: RuneScape: Dragonwilds is due out on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S on September 15, 2026.