That New Toys ‘R’ Us Advert Is Horrible And Extra Takes For The Week

Toys ‘R’ Us—or, extra precisely, the model’s reanimated corpse—made waves this week with the discharge of an AI-generated advert that inadvertently reveals a lot about this period of widespread “enshittification.” Our piece on that, in addition to a lament for the way in which expiring licenses are killing Forza Horizon 4, a celebration of the yr’s finest gaming bop, and extra, all await within the pages forward.