The Controversy Over Bethesda's 'Game Engine' Is Misguided

Newsletter Top Stories The Controversy Over Bethesda's 'Game Engine' Is Misguided [Kotaku]( November 14, 2018 [The Controversy Over Bethesda's 'Game Engine' Is Misguided]( [This morning, news headlines and YouTube videos across the internet declared that Bethesda will not change engines for the upcoming games Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VI, setting off a wave of outrage that’s become oh-so-common in the world of video games. This story, however, is misleading, based mostly on speculation and widespread lack understanding of what a “game engine” actually is.]( [ANIME]( [The Silly Theory About Ash's Dad In PokémonÂ]( [It’s been called Pokémon’s greatest mystery. Where is Ash’s father? There is one theory that Professor Oak is Ash’s dad. If you think that’s bonkers, then this theory is even more out there. What if Mr. Mime is really Mr. Ketchum? Silly, I know!]( [KOTAKU EAST]( [Today Was A Big Victory For Japanese Tattooing]( [Last fall, the Osaka High Court ruled that tattooer Taiki Masuda broke the law by tattooing without a medical license. Today, the court issued a ruling on his appeal.]( [INTERVIEWS]( [Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime Has Some Games He’d Like To Sell You]( [Reggie Fils-Aime is in hype mode. That is the main gear for the president of Nintendo of America the week before Black Friday as he sits in a 38th-floor Manhattan hotel suite full of Nintendo game and system boxes. “As we look forward to the next 45 days or so,”...]( [ESPORTS]( [Toronto Esports Team Pulls Out Of Overwatch Because It Couldn't Use 'Toronto' Anymore]( [There’s taking your ball and going home, and then there’s whatever Toronto Esports just did. After a few days of unusual tweets from the organization’s president and founder, including an unanswered challenge issued to Overwatch League’s new Toronto team, Toronto Esports suddenly dropped out of Overwatch’s minor league, Contenders, over...]( [SPONSORED]( [Get 20% Off Bombas: The Casual Sock Engineered For Comfort & Athletics]( [Bombas are made from breathable, fine-gauge cotton with a Y-stitch to naturally cup your heel. Their stay put grip tech doesn’t slip off and has the ideal amount of elasticity and tension, plus the contour seam eliminates the annoying bump that runs across your toes for all day comfort. Use...]( [AIs Are Getting Better At Playing Video Games...By Cheating]( [Earlier this year, researchers tried teaching an AI to play the original Sonic the Hedgehog as part of the The OpenAI Retro Contest. The AI was told to prioritize increasing its score, which in Sonic means doing stuff like defeating enemies and collecting rings while also trying to beat a...]( [FINE ART]( [The Art Of Castlevania's Netflix Series]( [With two seasons now under its belt, Castlevania’s animated series is looking cool as hell. Here’s a bit of a celebration of that, with a collection of art that went into the series’ production.]( [YOU MAY ALSO LIKE]( [SPLINTER]( [Michigan's New Dem Governor Is Already Flooding Her Administration With Corporate Interests]( [Democrat Gretchen Whitmer beat Republican Bill Schuette last week in the Michigan gubernatorial election. Whitmer won the Democratic primary in August against two major rivals: Shri Thanedar, a fake progressive grifter, and Abdul El-Sayed, who campaigned on a Bernie Sanders-style platform, backing a public option for internet access and single-payer...]( [DEADSPIN]( [Kevin Durant And Draymond Green Are Beefing Over A Lot More Than One Bad Possession]( [Quick recap: Draymond Green botched the final possession of regulation against the Clippers on Monday night, Kevin Durant yelled at him on the sideline, Green yelled back, one or both of them did some more yelling in the locker room, and Green got suspended one game for conduct detrimental to...]( [DEADSPIN]( [Fortnite Players Immediately Find Worst Possible Uses For New NFL SkinsÂ]( [In an attempt to burnish their brand in the eyes of the nation’s population of shrieking nine-year-olds who steal their mothers’ credit cards to cosplay John Wick in a bad video game, the NFL has partnered with Fortnite and released a bunch of official skins and other crap. Predictably, players...]( [GIZMODO]( [This Deep-Sea Fisherman Is Still Posting His Discoveries and OH GOD THE TEETH WHY DOES IT HAVE TEETH]( [Back in 2016, we introduced you to the photos of Roman Fedortsov, a deep-sea fisherman who posts his discoveries to Twitter and Instagram. The monsters he pulls from the deep are horrifying, to say the least. So it seems like a good time to check back in with Fedorstov’s social...]( You made it to the end. Thanks for reading our newsletter! [Visit Kotaku]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [Terms of Use]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( © 2018 Gizmodo Media 114 5th Avenue, Floor 2 New York, NY, 10011