With gamers immersing themselves in long-form narratives and engaging with their preferred mediums more intensely, streaming platforms are making moves to win their attention. From film versions of favorite games to player-centric spin-offs, what entertainment strategies will have the most appeal?

Food artists are creating new styles of cakes that are chaotic and borderline grotesque. Battling a culture of perfectionism, people are rejecting dominant forms of beauty and rewriting aesthetic standards. It’s why food is also becoming an outlet for more candid expressions of identity.

Disrupting a stale hardware category by tapping into the next evolution of casual gamers, Playdate is innovating in the world of gaming by putting participatory creativity at the heart of its media experience. Can collaborative, interactive, and nostalgic tech level up modern gaming culture?

With gamers looking for more realistic and personalised forms of play, AI has great potential to transform the gaming landscape. Could the level of realism that the industry and players anticipate from AI disrupt motivations for engaging with games?