Nintendo is making a live-action Zelda movie

Well excuuuuuse me Princess… but Nintendo is apparently making a live-action Zelda movie.

Not exactly super confident based on the producer and director (only on their recent films) that were announced. I also find it interesting that they’ve decided to make it a movie and not TV, is that a sign it’s going to be big and expensive? Seems like live-action is riskier or at least makes it more likely this is a complete disaster? Will they be able to keep this PG with the darkness and violence inherent in the story.

Interestingly, Avi Arad is also credited as the creator of the Netflix’s kid show Super Monsters which my kids at least sometimes watched and I found it actually pretty solid.

NNG and AI articles

Pretty much half of the recent NNG articles recently have been about generative AI/chatbots: nngroup.com/articles/ Some of them are interesting, some of them are pretty empty. Guessing in general putting out five truly riveting articles per week on usability is tough.

Interesting to see them so heavy into AI including most of the recent articles from Jakob Nielsen himself.

Loki Season 1 rewatch

Gosh season 1 of Loki is just so fantastic. Rewatch done, now finally can start the new season with the kiddo.

I watched it through twice when it first came but glad I did it again because there was a surprising amount of spoilerly world building details I completely forgot about.

Epic Games cuts around 830 jobs, selling Bandcamp

Epic is laying off over 800 people and selling Bandcamp.

This is direct and predictable result of all the consolidation in games industry and in general. It’s not like Epic isn’t colossally profitable.

Why on earth does Epic needs over 8,000 employees and why do they own Bandcamp in the first place?

This is why the Microsoft/Activision merger deserved all the antitrust attention it got from regulators, if not more.

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Is it weird that Star Trek: Lower Decks is pretty much the only Star Trek tv series I’ve ever watched? (Not counting the TNG I passively consumed growing up with nerdy brother.)

It’s just a great, consistently funny show. And it’s 22 minutes long.