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Randy Pitchford has continued his social media push to address complaints about the performance of the PC version of Borderlands 4, telling some disgruntled players they can get a Steam refund if they’re unhappy with the game. Since Borderlands 4’s huge Steam launch last week, Pitchford has issued confusing comments on why the console version of Borderlands 4 lacks a …

‘That is not the law’: Bondi promised to target ‘hate speech.’ She’s facing backlash from all corners.  Politico Bondi Prompts Broad Backlash After Saying She’ll Target ‘Hate Speech’  The New York Times Sotomayor rebukes calls to ‘criminalize free speech’ in apparent swipe at Pam Bondi  Politico Attorney General Pam Bondi is wrong about ‘hate speech’ being unprotected expression  MSNBC News Swalwell hits back at …

Bethesda now faces backlash after posting a short gameplay clip on X that included a political message before quickly deleting it, which follows the assassination of Charlie Kirk last Wednesday. The Deleted Video The nine-second clip showed an in-game character petting a cat, paired with on-screen text: “You don’t care much about these Fascists, do you?” The video was posted …

There were plenty of really exciting announcements about Pokémon Legends: Z-A during last week’s Nintendo Direct, with fans especially thrilled that several Pokémon who probably should’ve gotten Mega Evolutions a decade ago would finally get them in the upcoming RPG. The Kalos starters and the big mouse himself, Raichu, are all getting these beefed-up transformations in Legends: Z-A after they …

The House Republican risking GOP backlash to save Obamacare subsidies  Politico Families on Obamacare brace for higher health care premiums next year  NBC News ACA cliff may mean ‘huge premium shock’ for 22 million people in 2026, expert says  CNBC ObamaCare fight meets shutdown politics: What to know  The Hill Federal shutdown tied to GOP extending Obamacare tax credit. 92,000 Louisianans rely on it  NOLA.com …

Destiny 2’s latest expansion, Edge of Fate, is now sitting at “Overwhelmingly Negative” recent reviews on Steam following the rocky Ash & Iron update launch and recent backlash over the Iron Banner armor situation. It’s been a rough week for Destiny 2. Two months after the launch of Edge of Fate on July 15, Bungie dropped the free Ash & …

WWE didn’t make history without ruffling some feathers. WWE officially confirmed during a livestream on Friday from Las Vegas that WrestleMania 43 will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2027. This will be part of the on-going Riyadh Season initiative. The move has already sparked significant backlash online. The announcement video posted to WWE’s official YouTube channel received over …

Ben Proud, 30, is a 50m freestyle World and European champion, and an Olympic silver medallist. He also became the first man to be crowned European and Commonwealth champion in the same year. Now, however, despite his successes, the swimmer, who first gained recognition on the international swimming stage at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, has announced he will be …

HOUSTON (AP) — A professor at Texas A&M University was fired and others were removed from their positions after a video surfaced in which a student confronted the instructor over her teaching of issues related to gender identity in a class on children’s literature. The firing of Melissa McCoul, a senior lecturer in the English department with over a decade …

Jerry Seinfeld made a controversial appearance at Duke University on Tuesday, where he compared the “Free Palestine” movement to the Ku Klux Klan. The college’s newspaper, The Chronicle, reported on Seinfeld’s comments after they were made at an event featuring Omer Shem Tov, a former Israeli hostage who was held captive by Hamas for 505 days. “Free Palestine is, to …