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Best games with low graphics

Triple-A games would have you think only games with hyper-realistic graphics matter, but the following titles prove that to ...

The 10 Greatest Disney "I Want" Songs, Ranked

The "I Want" song is vital to Disney's movie formula, with the studio producing many all-time greats, like The Little Mermaid ...

‘Demon Slayer’: Haruo Sotozaki on the Challenges of Directing ‘Infinity Castle’

“Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle” follows Tanjiro Kamado and the Demon Slayer Corps in a battle against Muzan Kibutsuji and the ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Global Styles Shake Up Oscar Animation Race

From studio CGI contenders to Netflix breakout 'KPop Demon Hunters,' adult anime and a wave of European hand-drawn films, a surge of global styles is reshaping the race for best animated feature. By ...
CNET

Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake: A 'Miniature Garden' Style for a Classic RPG

How do you make old games attractive to modern players? Masaaki Hayasaka, the producer of the remake, explains the magic behind the HD-2D style. David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and ...
Los Angeles Times

In the lovely ‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain,’ a child awakens to worldly connection

It’s the one-two punch of an earthquake and a piece of scrumptious white chocolate from Belgium, a country famous for its sweet confections, that awakens 2½-year-old Amélie (voiced by Loïse ...
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'A Goofy Movie' and 'Tarzan' Director Explains What Makes 2D Animation So Special [Exclusive]

The world of feature-length animation continues to thrive, with films like Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Predator: Killer of Killers, and the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse movies pushing the ...
Polygon

The Chainsaw Man movie mixes hand-drawn animation with CGI — just like Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle

Mappa’s upcoming Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc masterfully blends 2D and 3D art, echoing Ufotable’s Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle by pairing 3D environments with 2D character models. At New York ...
PC Gamer

Nvidia's gen-AI facial animation tech is going open source, potentially making it much easier for game devs to turn real-time speech into convincing characters

Nvidia has announced that its Audio2Face animation technology is going open source. On paper, that should make it much easier for a wide range of game developers to create AI characters with ...
Game Rant

Silksong, Cuphead, And Other Great Hand-Drawn 2D Games

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...