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Tabletop news portal EN World fights server slowdowns under 90,000 AI bots

September 22, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Independent tabletop news site EN World faces severe slowdowns as 90,000 automated bots scrape its archives, highlighting the hosting toll on gaming media.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, en world, google

From Null Pointers to Punchlines: Irene Woo on trading big tech for Edinburgh Fringe comedy

August 5, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ex-Google Senior Software Engineer Irene Woo talks A/B testing jokes, leaving tech stability, and bringing her debut comedy show Golden Child to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: edinburgh, google, humour

The Strong Museum partners with Google for D&D’s 50th anniversary

October 2, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The Strong National Museum of Play has partnered with Google Arts & Culture to release a free online exhibit exploring the first 50 years of Dungeons & Dragons.

Filed Under: Sites, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dave Arneson, Dungeons & Dragons, google

Mattel wins the race to sell the first board game with integrated AI

October 4, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s Google tech. Mattel’s new Pictionary uses the “Quick, Drawl!” artificial intelligence, which I’ve used loads and helped train the AI. It’s free to play.

Filed Under: Cool Tech, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: artificial intelligence, board game, google, Mattel

Try out this brilliant little Easter egg from ‘Katamari’ and Google

June 14, 2023 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

If you’re looking for new ways to procrastinate, try this genius Google search Katamari Easter Egg! All you need to do is type ‘Katamari’ into Google search, click the bouncing ball on the right of the screen, and you’re in business! (Well, more like distracting yourself from whatever business you should actually be doing – no […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: games, google

Google says comic book stores matter

August 9, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Today, the search giant has spotlighted local bookstores. As it turns out, comic book stores matter.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: google, stats

Turn your Google Mini into a Snorlax

August 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

By accident or by design, the Google Mini’s compact disc shape makes it perfect for home-modding.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: 3d printing, Etsy, google, snorlax

Google’s launched a free monster maker

November 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Using buttons to change the brush from body parts like “Upper Legs Front”, to “Head”, or “Mouth” or “Claws”, you splash down the colours and then it that transform button.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: google, monsters

Wizards of the Coast take a multi-platform approach to the world’s largest virtual tabletop game

August 25, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A quick analysis of the virtual tabletop technology Wizards of the Coast is using to host the biggest online tabletop weekend ever.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: convention, discord, Dungeons & Dragons, Fantasy Grounds, google, icewind dale, rime of the frostmaiden, roll20, tasha's cauldron of everything, virtual tabletop, wizards of the coast

Only VR can produce genuinely next-gen hardware

May 10, 2020 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

The second generation of VR headsets will be an incredible leap in capabilities from the first. This upgrade will be the real next-gen stars of the upcoming wave of hardware changes.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: facebook, google, oculus, playstation, virtual reality

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