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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Ian Dean

    Making an 11-minute animated short using AI exposed serious creative limits (opens the original)

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    Don Quixote has a long record of defeating filmmakers. Cervantes' novel has been adapted many times, but it is also known for stalled and abandoned projects, with Terry Gilliam's repeated attempts being the best-known example. Guillermo Miranda and Javier de la Chica tried anyway, with AI as the main production tool. The result, La Triste Figura (The Sorrowful Figure), is a comedy-adventure built around the windmill episode. La Triste Figura premiered in Madrid on 23 September. I was in the room

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Ian Dean

    PS5 or Xbox Series X for GTA 6? This is the one I’d buy (opens the original)

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    If you don't own a current-gen console and GTA 6 is the reason you're finally buying one, get the standard disc-drive PS5; here's why. GTA 6 launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on November 19, so nobody is stuck on the wrong side of an exclusivity deal this time around. Thank you, Rockstar. Still, Rockstar's own GTA 6 site carries the line "Plays Best On PlayStation 5", so that doesn't tell us much and kind of pushes us into a way to play. There's no confirmed frame-rate advantage and no word th

  3. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · By Ian Dean

    Marvel's Wolverine review: a visual spectacle that's frustratingly safe (opens the original)

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    Lightweight and narrow in scope, Marvel's Wolverine can feel one-note, but it has flashes of what it could have been and tells a great story that keeps you engaged. Why you can trust Creative Bloq Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about how we test. Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment I want to talk about the growling in Marvel’s Wolverine before anything else, because about three hours in, it stopp

  4. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · By Ian Dean

    I went into Ace Combat 8 sceptical – then a 'thousand' planes showed up (opens the original)

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    It's not a reinvention of the series, but when Ace Combat 8 is flying at full speed, it doesn't really need to do much more. Why you can trust Creative Bloq Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about how we test. Format PS5 (reviewed), Xbox Series X|S, PC Crisp blue skies, real-life planes modelled to every nut sitting alongside hyperactive anime heroes and sci-fi flying fortresses – oh yes, Ace Combat 8: W

  5. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Ian Dean

    The plastic crocodile in GTA 6's $400 box is more important than it looks (opens the original)

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    Rockstar has unveiled a $399.99 collector's box for GTA 6 that doesn't include GTA 6, but it does include a six-inch plastic crocodile, and that's the detail everyone's talking about. The Goodtime State – Vice City Collection, now listed on the Rockstar Games Store, centres on Macca the Gator, a mascot from a fictional in-game TV show set in Leonida, GTA 6's answer to Florida. The $400 price gets you a Macca figure, a pair of Oakley Frogskins, a New Era cap, a Leonida Keys crossbody bag, a shot

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