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Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is a tremendous revival of the franchise, with weighty, tactical ninja combat and a gorgeous visual overhaul from developer Lizardcube. However, the game also launched with some bugs, and one in particular is hard-locking players who felt the need to explore. Within the first few hours of Art of Vengeance, you’ll have the opportunity to go …

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) Regarding modern augmentations, SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance and Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound — released not even a month apart — have a lot of overlap. Yet, after 45 minutes of play, I was convinced that Art of Vengeance is one of the finest 2D Ninja action games ever made. Perhaps the finest; and such praise doesn’t …

Part of the magic of portraiture is how it renders so much of the human experience accessible to us, things we might never see otherwise. This has been very much on Black artist Amy Sherald’s mind. When I spoke to her in advance of the debut of her exhibition American Sublime, she told me that Black representation was foundational to …

Sabrina Carpenter is steadily unpacking the nuance behind her latest studio effort, “Man’s Best Friend.” In conversation with Mel Ottenberg for Interview, Carpenter addressed the backlash she received when she first shared the official cover art for the record. “You can be sure that anything I do and say has a little bit of a wink to it,” Carpenter said of …

Column | His art is inspired by Rubens and Valazquez. Trump says it’s woke.  The Washington Post The Artist Whose Fauci Portraits Enraged the White House  Hyperallergic Rio Grande Valley Artist Responds to White House Denunciation  Glasstire Trump targets art again—this time, a Texas painter’s take on immigration  Chron Local artist Crosthwaite on White House list of objectionable art  KPBS Source link

A judge tossed a case, finding no probable cause on Saturday after Florida police arrested a man as part of an ongoing standoff over art at a crosswalk memorializing the 2016 mass shooting at the LGBTQ Pulse nightclub in Orlando, WESH reported. The man has been released from jail.  Florida Highway Patrol arrested Sebastian Suarez during a protest Friday night …

Remember Judas? No, not the biblical figure and not the Lady Gaga bop, this Judas is a project from Ghost Story Games. If you don’t remember, it’s the game that was reportedly in “” before it was even . The team, led by BioShock creator Ken Levine, had gone pretty quiet for a few years after releasing the debut trailer, …

Alamy 5. Ceremony Lawrence Alma Tadema, A Foregone Conclusion, 1885 The sense of suspenseful ceremony is skilfully acknowledged and manipulated in London-based Dutch artist Lawrence Alma Tadema’s charming enactment of the moments immediately preceding a proposal. Though the outcome of the ensuing encounter may be “a foregone conclusion”, as the painting’s title assures, the work cleverly captures both the anxious …

Trump targets art again—this time, a Texas painter’s take on immigration  Chron President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian  The White House (.gov) Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art  NPR Trump escalates attacks against Smithsonian museums, says there’s too much focus on ‘how bad slavery was’  CNN Trump is targeting several Smithsonian artworks. Here they are.  The Washington Post …

A long-dormant franchise often faces the challenge of either appealing to existing fans or trying to capture a new audience. Shinobi: Art of Vengeance masterfully walks the revival tightrope of creating an experience that appeals to fans old and new, delivering a precision-driven action/platformer that deserves to be mentioned among the best of the last several years. Lord Ruse, a …