Punch-Out’s Mike Tyson has been defeated in under two minutes for the first time
After 75K attempts over 5 years, Summoning Salt is hanging up the virtual gloves.
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Kyle Orland
Senior Gaming Editor
kyle.orland@arstechnica.com
Kyle Orland has been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012, covering topics ranging from retro games to new gaming hardware, business and legal developments in the industry, fan communities, gaming mods and hacks, virtual reality, and much more. More recently, he has also been helping to cover the rise of generative AI and other artificial intelligence topics for Ars.
Based in the Washington DC area, Kyle got his start writing about games back in 1997 when he set up fan site Super Mario Bros. HQ on his parents’ America Online subscription. Since then, Kyle has gone on to obtain journalism and computer science degrees from the University of Maryland and write for dozens of outlets ranging from NPR and MSNBC to Electronic Gaming Monthly and Paste Magazine.
Kyle is the author of Minesweeper from Boss Fight Books as well as two collections of contemporary journalism—The Game Beat and Save Point. You can find his irregular musings on BlueSky: @kyleor.land.
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Donkey Kong’s famed kill screen has been cleared for the first time
New method exploits a ladder-climbing glitch, emulator tools, and a bit of luck.
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Nintendo patent explains Switch 2 Joy-Cons’ “mouse operation” mode
Users can access thumbsticks, shoulder buttons while sliding Joy-Cons on a flat surface.
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Not Gouda-nough: Google removes AI-generated cheese error from Super Bowl ad
Unlike Google search, AI writing assistant doesn't even cite its sources.
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What the weak yen might mean for Switch 2 pricing
Amid rising exchange rates, Nintendo prez looks to "affordable price that customers expect."
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Irony alert: Anthropic says applicants shouldn’t use LLMs
We agree with Anthropic: People shouldn't use its AI to hide bad communication skills.
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Anthropic dares you to jailbreak its new AI model
Weeklong public test follows 3,000+ hours of unsuccessful bug bounty claim attempts.
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OpenAI says its models are more persuasive than 82 percent of Reddit users
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OpenAI hits back at DeepSeek with o3-mini reasoning model
OpenAI says faster, more accurate STEM-focused model will be free to all users.
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“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews
The latest trick to stop those annoying AI answers is also the most cathartic.
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How one YouTuber is trying to poison the AI bots stealing her content
Specialized garbage-filled captions are invisible to humans, confounding to AI.
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VGHF opens free online access to 1,500 classic game mags, 30K historic files
Come for the classic GamePro, stay for the raw Myst film footage.
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The questions the Chinese government doesn’t want DeepSeek AI to answer
Study of over 1,000 "sensitive prompts" finds "brittle" protection that's easy to jailbreak
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How does DeepSeek R1 really fare against OpenAI’s best reasoning models?
We run the LLMs through a gauntlet of tests, from creative writing to complex instruction.
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Way more game makers are working on PC titles than ever, survey says
80 percent of game devs are working on a PC project, up from 66 percent last year.
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Doom: The Dark Ages wants to be more like the original Doom
Preview: A more grounded game than Doom Eternal in more ways than one.
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All the things Nintendo didn’t tell us about the Switch 2
Some informed speculation on everything from price to battery life.
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Switch 2 sports ~7.9-inch screen, 33% bigger tablet surface—Ars video analysis
Joy-Cons are about 18% wider, with bigger buttons and joysticks too.
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It’s official: Take a first look at the Switch 2
Bigger screen and Joy-Cons, new Mario Kart, and a mouse mode?
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This PDF contains a playable copy of Doom
Adobe Acrobat's little-used JavaScript support gets exploited in Chromium browsers.
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Viral ChatGPT-powered sentry gun gets shut down by OpenAI
But actual autonomous AI weapons systems are much more terrifying.
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Of course Atari’s new handheld includes a trackball, spinner, and numpad
My Arcade's "GameStation" partnership means authentic portable Tempest, Missile Command, etc.
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New videos show off larger Nintendo Switch 2, snap-on Joy-Cons
Accessory maker says 3D mock-up at CES is sourced from an actual console.
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Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past the Steam Deck
Legion Go S is cheaper without Windows; upcoming OS beta will allow for personal installs.
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Switch 2 leaks point to controllers that work like computer mice
Circumstantial rumors suggest a new hybrid hardware gimmick might be in the works.
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Ars readers gave over $39,000 in our 2024 Charity Drive
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Instagram users discover old AI-powered “characters,” instantly revile them
But the social networking giant still has big plans for AI content across its services.
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Why Half-Life 3 speculation is reaching a fever pitch again
New leaks and cryptic clues point to active development on the long-awaited sequel.
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Final reminder: Donate today to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes
You have until the end of the day Thursday to enter and add to our charity haul.
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Reminder: Donate to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes
Help increases our charity haul before the sweepstakes ends.
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The quest to save the world’s largest CRT TV from destruction
440-pound 1980s behemoth rescued from an Osaka restaurant days before demolition.
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Ars Technica’s top 20 video games of 2024
A relatively light year still had its fair share of interactive standouts.
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The $700 price tag isn’t hurting PS5 Pro’s early sales
A sizable early adopter niche will still pay for the most powerful console possible.
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Help push our charity haul past $16,000 in just over a week.
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Nvidia’s new app is causing large frame rate dips in many games
Fully disabling optional, AI-powered filters seems to fix the problem.
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OpenAI’s API users get full access to the new o1 model
Newest API upgrade also includes fine-tuning and real-time interaction improvements.
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