I completely understand where you’re coming from, but for a lot of gamers physical discs are the only way they could afford to play games because they could get them secondhand. You can also give games to your younger siblings Which is a great way to introduce them to the games you were playing.
Most importantly though, as we saw from PlayStation this past week, if the media we buy is only digital, it can be taken away from us at a moment’s notice with no recourse. Imagine that, one day your entire library of games could be deleted overnight because technically you don’t own it.
PlayStation is ending production of physical game discs for all new games, starting January 2028.
From that date, new games will be available in digital formats only.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional definition of birthright citizenship — meaning all children born in the United States are U.S. citizens.
The cameras have stopped rolling, but the journey is far from over.
ONE PIECE Season 3 has officially wrapped production. 🏴☠️
No further questions about the wall behind us.
MAJOR BREAKING: In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court held that states may count mail-in ballots that are postmarked on or before Election Day, even if they arrive afterward.
Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh dissented.
Hi @NYTimesPR, thanks for responding. Appreciate it. I'm a subscriber and I think some of your reporters do some great reporting.
Just to respond to your response to my post:
1) There were no facts "misstated" by me. You cited three examples in response. Only one of them was about specific *named* GOP House members (and it wasn't from "yesterday", it was from a year ago.) So I stand by my post.
2) As others have pointed out already, none of the 3 articles you cited have the names of any GOP individuals in the titles ("Right-Wing Republicans" "a Kansas Republican" "G.O.P. Fingerprints"), in comparison to your original "Who is Darializa" takedown piece. Where is your "Who is Brandon Gill" or "Who is Keith Self" or "Who Is Randy Fine" or "Who Is Mary Miller" critical profile pieces? How about "Who is Tom Emmer," given the GOP House Majority Whip just a few days ago spewed racist crap about Somalis? And where are the Peter Baker tweets summarizing *their* most controversial claims?
3) This isn't a new criticism. Many have made it against your paper for many years; that you go harder on the left than the right, that you even occasionally whitewash the far right. Remember when you had to do a public response in 2017 to a NYT profile that went super soft on a... Nazi? https://t.co/IF6DhTwcrp. Remember when you guys did a softball piece about a far-right, Islamophobic Trump aide's love for cooking? https://t.co/dp0Sf9PQg9.
Oh, and dare I ask: where are the fawning 'Trump voters' in diners' equivalent pieces for DSA members in NYC bodegas? Isn't it time?
4) Finally, that your response to my post was to proudly say you guys at the Times have "been documenting the increasingly extreme viewpoints on both sides of the political spectrum" kinda makes my point for me. One side's extreme wants universal healthcare and an end to genocide. The other side's extreme says Somalis are "garbage" and wants "remigration", mass deportations and white supremacy.
But, hey, "Both sides!"
Adult Swim has announced a five-part documentary series about Cartoon Network and its legacy.
The series will explore the network’s eras and its legendary artists throughout its 34 year history.
The docuseries will premiere in 2027.
Tenants in about 1M rent-stabilized apartments will not see their rents increase for the next two years after a NYC panel approved a first-of-its-kind freeze, fulfilling a key campaign pledge from Mayor Zohran Mamdani
https://t.co/IGa4rgxpkD
“I don’t care if she was high or not.”
Rickey Smiley says Oprah and Gayle King are out of touch with the Black community as he addresses Oprah’s claim that Whitney Houston relapsed on drugs and fell off the stage during an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and calls Whitney Houston Black America’s auntie.
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The full Terrion Arnold story, according to Tampa Police, is stunning:
Police say this all started after Terrion Arnold and several others had property stolen from an Airbnb Arnold rented in Largo in early February. Investigators say Arnold believed some of the eventual victims were responsible, even though police later determined they were not involved in that theft.
On February 3, police say Arnold and Boakai Hilton �� who investigators say helped coordinate the alleged setup — directed Arianna Del Valle and Jasmine Randazzo to contact one of the victims and lure him to an apartment in Tampa.
Around midnight on February 4, investigators say the victims arrived at the apartment. Once they entered a bedroom, police say Christion Williams and Lyndell Hudson — who had been hiding in a closet — jumped out, grabbed the victims, held them at gunpoint, and attacked them.
Investigators say the incident was streamed to Arnold, Hilton, and Freddie Hughes while they were traveling to the apartment. Police also say there was a group chat involving the defendants, and that Arnold and Hilton gave directions through that chat while the attack was happening.
About an hour later, police say Arnold arrived at the apartment with Hilton, Hughes, and another person, and that he directed them to go inside while the robbery was still going on. Investigators say property was stolen from the victims during the attack.
At around 1:40 a.m., police say the victims were escorted out of the apartment by armed suspects and forced into their vehicle before leaving the scene. Police say Del Valle, Williams, and another individual then got into a vehicle driven by Arnold and left the area.
The victims later reported the incident to Tampa Police and identified the suspects. After search warrants were executed and the investigation continued, detectives arrested multiple people in the case over the following weeks.
Police say Arnold was the primary conspirator in the alleged robbery/kidnapping plot. He turned himself in Wednesday night and is now facing 4 counts of kidnapping and 4 counts of armed robbery.
Jackson's framing in the dissent is the one worth holding. Green card holders are, by law, "as close to citizenship as one can get absent naturalization." They have gone through the process, paid the fees, established the ties, built the lives. The Immigration and Nationality Act was written with specific narrow exceptions for when that status could be revoked at the border.
The 6-3 majority has now expanded those exceptions to include unproven allegations. You do not need a conviction. You need an indictment and a return flight. DHS can reclassify your status at the border, move you into removal proceedings, and let the conviction come later. Jackson called it a "massive blank check." The sequencing she describes - reclassify first, convict second - is not a procedural technicality. It is the architecture of a system in which legal status is only as secure as the government's current political interest in honoring it.
Four powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, Japan, and California within hours of each other. Venezuela was hit hardest, struck by two major quakes measuring 7.5 and 7.2 in magnitude, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan, and a 5.6 magnitude earthquake in California.
📸: GETTY
The first time I hiked to the top of Yosemite Falls, I damn near died.
After I made it down I read about all the deaths and injuries in Yosemite and learned a lot.
The public needs to know about these incidents for many reasons. https://t.co/Eu38FMzbKM
BREAKING: Donald Trump is now saying he won’t sign the bill to limit private equity and corporate home ownership, lower housing costs, and build more housing until Congress passes the SAVE America Act.
Just minutes ago he was planning to sign the housing bill today.
The “Is One Piece Political” conversation happening on TikTok right now is hilarious because duh, it’s political as hell
Chopper represents universal healthcare
Sanji believes all people should have food
Robin survived a genocide because her people knew too much
Etc etc etc
What really cracks me up is when extremely high earners break down their spending and they’ll start by saying something that we all agree is an unavoidable burden like “ya know, taxes take almost 50% of that 10 million right off the top” and you think for a second you’re going to be able to empathize in some capacity then they start giving examples of the most absurd, unrelatable, borderline hedonistic ways they spend money. “After that I’m left with just 6 million and my dog’s masseuse runs 12k a month and the guy who cleans my shark tank is another 15 and then of course the live-in sommelier isn’t cheap as you can imagine, not the good ones anyways. People don’t realize that 10 million just doesn’t get you what it used to”