Beth Elderkin News Today

On the latest episode of the Game Developer Podcast, experts discuss the findings of the 2024 State of the Game Industry report.

Explore the latest news and expert commentary by Beth Elderkin, brought to you by the Contributor of Game Developer

From classics like White Christmas to animated gems like Klaus to modern favorites like Todd Haynes' Carol, Netflix has plenty of treats to stream this season

We've argued for a long, long time that these automated copyright takedown bots that far too many media companies utilize are both...

Filed to:alioth A whole lotta Lokis. (Photo: Disney) At Gizmodo, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think youll like too. We have affiliate and advertising partnerships, which means we may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page. BTW - prices are accurate and items in stock at the time of posting. The first season of Disney’s latest Marvel series, Loki, has ended with a bang. Not only did we learn that the Time Variance Authority (or ...

Loki is just like Zoolander’s Hansel: “So hot right now.” (Fitting, since Owen Wilson is in both of them.) It feels like a perfect time to dive into Marvel’s multiverse with a new board game expansion, and Marvel Villainous is ready to deliver. Loki himself is a solid addition, but the others are less than marvellous. Ravensburger has unveiled its first standalone expansion for Marvel Villainous, and Gizmodo got a chance to try out the game’s new characters: Loki (as seen on Disney...

The 12 Best (And 6 Worst) Genre Movies of 2020 Share Photo: DC/WB To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. Here’s how weird 2020 was for movies: Unless you saw something in January or February (like The Invisible Man, Birds of Prey, or Bloodshot), there’s a good chance you didn’t ...

The Invisible Man, Birds of Prey, or Bloodshot), there’s a good chance you didn’t see a movie in a movie theater for the entire year. A whole year without going to the movies. Frankly, it’s hard to even fathom, even though we lived it. Advertisement And yet the movies remained, thanks in large part to streaming services. No, they weren’t as hyped up. Sure, you talked about them over Zoom instead of over coffee, but 2020 had a good amount of good movies, unconventional as they may be. ...

A child of the early ‘90s, I am That Final Fantasy Fan you always hear about: the one whose mind and heart was shattered by the death of Aerith (née Aeris, as she was in the original translation) at the villainous Sephiroth’s hands in Final Fantasy VII. Her shocking exit imprinted on me in ways that are—bizarrely, for a video game about spiky haired weirdoes casting magic and swinging swords the size of small nations to save the planet—profound and fundamental. So revisiting her in t...

The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance. Photo: Beth Elderkin/io9 Way up in the stars, there’s a secret moon base called the Bureau of Balance. It’s a place where anything can happen—including a visit to a Fantasy Costco. It’s here that we set the stage for The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance, a card and board game that might be one of the most accessible entryways into RPGs I’ve ever experienced. Advertisement : Bureau of Balance from Twogether Studios is a collaborative game where...