Why Persona’s longtime director made an epic fantasy RPG

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A screenshot from the video game Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Metaphor: ReFantazio. | Image: Atlus

Persona 5 helped the roleplaying franchise break out with mainstream audiences, and it’s also a game that was in the works for a long time. Early work began in 2008, just after Persona 4 came out, with full development kicking off three years later. So, just ahead of the game’s launch in 2016, director Katsura Hashino — steward of the

A professional’s guide to the iPhone 16 Pro camera

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The iPhone 16 Pro’s camera upgrades may be the true highlights of this year’s phone. So, for the past three weeks, The Verge supervising producer Vjeran Pavic has been testing out everything the camera has to offer.

Apple’s new Camera Control button may be the headline feature, but the iPhone 16 is also equipped with a suite of new photo

'Metaphor: ReFantazio' review in progress: The 'Final Fantasy XV' I've always wanted

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Cursed prince in Metaphor: ReFantazio

Disclaimer: This is a review-in-progress, as I haven't finished this game yet. As such, the score is subject to change.

I’ve spent nearly a decade aggressively trying to like Persona 5 as much as everyone else I know, but it turns out the trick was just to wait until the chief creatives behind it made a different game instead.

Metaphor: ReFantazio is, in its own way, the game of my dreams. That’s

Prime Day starts tomorrow and the Ring Pan-Tilt indoor Cam is already on sale for a record-low of $50

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Ring devices are on sale for October Prime Day already, joining a bevy of other Amazon devices that have discounts you can snag right now. Take, for instance, the Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam, which was unveiled back in May. The device is on sale for $50. That's a discount of $30 and its lowest price to date.

There's no prizes for guessing what this camera can do — it has a motorized base that can

Amazon’s Kindle (2022) is a great addition to your library

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I’ve been a lover of books for as long as I can remember. Junie B. Jones was my icon in kindergarten, helping me develop both my vocabulary and my backsass. Even still, my book collection is expansive and my greatest ambition is to one day have an entire library with one of those sliding ladders (assuming I eventually have the funds to buy my own house). Regardless, I buy books almost as often as

My dentist told me they couldn't remove a tooth because of my weight. It was the wake-up call I needed to lose 100 pounds.

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A before and after photograph of a woman who lost 84 pounds in weight.
Carol Evans before and after her 100-pound weight loss.

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  • Carol Evans' oral surgeon told her she was too heavy to have her tooth removed under anesthetic.
  • It was the wake-up call she needed to lose 100 pounds through diet and exercise.
  • The 56-year-old got "complacent" and regained 20 pounds this year. Now she's back to a healthy weight.

This as-told-to essay is based on a