Game Freak's Visual Glow-Up: Has Pokémon Finally Earned Back Its Credibility?
Pokémon Winds and Waves wowed fans with its first trailer, but can one impressive reveal undo years of legitimate criticism?
Riley Fitzgerald Article Archive
All articles published by The Daily Perspective from 28 February to 29 March 2026.
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Datamine Points to Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald Switch Ports
A dataminer has found evidence inside the new Switch ports of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen that the underlying emulator also supports Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald.
Zara Mitchell 
Stardew Valley Turns 10: Fans Thrilled by Sandy, Horrified by Clint
Stardew Valley's 10th birthday brought two new marriage candidates for update 1.7 — and the internet has very strong feelings about one of them.
Sophia Vargas 
Robot Cowboys Are Winning Steam's Demo Season — And It's Easy to See Why
Evil Raptor's Far Far West demo has earned an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam, proving small studios can still cut through a crowded market.
Mitchell Tan 
Sony's Quiet Retreat: Why PlayStation Is Pulling Back From PC Gaming
Sony is reportedly abandoning its PC porting strategy for blockbuster single-player games, with Marvel's Wolverine shaping up as the first casualty of the shift.
Nadia Souris 
OpenAI Lands Pentagon AI Deal as Anthropic Pays Price for Ethics Stand
OpenAI has struck a classified AI deal with the Pentagon hours after rival Anthropic was designated a national security risk for refusing to remove safeguards on autonomous weapons.
Aisha Khoury 
Alienware's Area-51 RTX 5090 Hits a Record Low US Price — but Australians Pay a Steep Premium
Alienware's Area-51 RTX 5090 prebuilt has hit a record US price of US$4,499, but Australian shoppers are paying up to AUD$9,000 for similar specs.
Darren Ong 
Zelda's Voice Says She's 'Floored' — But Who Will Link Speak To?
Zelda voice actress Patricia Summersett opens up on the upcoming live-action film, Link and Zelda's deliberately ambiguous relationship, and her surprising skill.
Jake Nguyen 
Pikachu Chaos: How a Retro Plush Toy Exposed Japan's Scalping Problem
Fans were shoved and children left crying as crowds stormed a Tokyo Bay Poké Center for a limited-edition anniversary Pikachu plush, with scalpers drawing the blame.
Yuki Tamura 
How a YouTuber Took on Hollywood and Won — Then Asked for Respect
YouTuber Markiplier turned a $4 million indie horror film into a $50 million box office hit, then called out Hollywood for ignoring creator talent.
Ella Sullivan 
Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Hit Switch: The Starter Debate Returns
Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen are now on Nintendo Switch, reigniting the classic debate: Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle?
Aisha Khoury 
Meet Mr. Windychu and Ms. Wavychu, Pokémon's Most Gloriously Silly New Characters
Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves were revealed at a Pokémon Presents, but fans can't stop talking about the two vacation-ready Pikachus with the most ridiculous official names in franchise history.
Patrick Donnelly 
Paramount+ Loads Up March With Yellowstone Sequel, Taylor Sheridan Drama and a Horror Vault Raid
Paramount+ kicks off March with the Yellowstone sequel series Marshals, the Taylor Sheridan drama The Madison, and a sweeping library drop of horror classics.
Yuki Tamura 
Thirty Years of Terror: Why Horror Gaming Refuses to Stay Dead
As IGN marks its 30th anniversary with a list of essential horror games, the genre's evolution from pixel-art text adventures to hyperreal cinematic experiences raises serious questions about creative ambition in big-budget gaming.
Daniel Kovac 
The Best PC Controllers in 2026: From Budget to Pro, Here's What to Buy
IGN has rounded up the top PC controllers for 2026. We break down the best picks, unpack the Hall Effect vs TMR debate, and explain what Australian gamers actually need to know.
Jake Nguyen 
Nvidia's $216 Billion Year Shows AI Has Consumed the Company
Nvidia posted a record $215.9 billion in annual revenue for fiscal 2026, with AI data centre hardware now driving the vast majority of sales as gaming slips to just 11.45% of total revenue.
Darren Ong 
The Shipping Error That Became a Symbol of PC Gaming's Memory Crisis
A Reddit user ordered one $300 DDR5 RAM kit and received ten. Their plan to sell the extras at old prices tells you everything about the state of the memory market.
James Callahan 
Denuvo Hobbles Resident Evil Requiem PC Testing — and Raises Old Questions
Denuvo Anti-Tamper cut short a major CPU benchmark of Resident Evil Requiem, locking testers out after every five chip swaps — a recurring headache Capcom shows no sign of fixing.
Oliver Pemberton 
AI Goes Nuclear: War Game Study Raises Hard Questions About Machine Judgment
Three leading AI systems reached for nuclear weapons in nearly every simulated war game, raising urgent questions about AI in military decision-making.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
Peacock's March Slate Brings Wicked's Finale and Ted's Return
Peacock's March 2026 line-up delivers the streaming debut of Wicked: For Good alongside Ted Season 2 and a wave of classic films.
Aisha Khoury 
Disney+ March 2026: Daredevil Returns and Hannah Montana Turns 20
Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 leads Disney+'s March 2026 slate alongside a Hannah Montana 20th anniversary special and a Werner Herzog elephant documentary.
Daniel Kovac 
Netflix's March Slate Is Its Most Ambitious Yet, Led by Peaky Blinders and One Piece
The Peaky Blinders film and One Piece Season 2 headline a packed March for Netflix, alongside a Spielberg dinosaur doco and the entire Saw franchise.
Sophia Vargas 
ROG Ally Gets a Lifeline, But AMD's Silence Speaks Volumes
ASUS has quietly pushed a new GPU driver for the ROG Ally, but deeper questions about AMD's long-term support for the Ryzen Z1 Extreme chip remain unanswered.
Mitchell Tan 
The Wi-Fi Safety Net Has a Hole in It — and It's Been There All Along
Researchers have found that Wi-Fi client isolation, a feature millions rely on for protection, can be bypassed on nearly every tested router — including enterprise-grade WPA3 networks.
James Callahan 
Nvidia Pulls Faulty Driver That Could Overheat Your GPU
Nvidia has pulled its Game Ready Driver 595.59 after widespread reports of fan control failures across RTX 3000 to 5000-series GPUs, urging users to roll back immediately.
Mitchell Tan 
A New Chip Standard Could Reshape the AI Memory Race
SK hynix and SanDisk have formalised a partnership to standardise High Bandwidth Flash memory, a new technology tier targeting AI inference servers ahead of an expected demand surge around 2030.
Aisha Khoury 
Intel Foundry's Revolving Door: Another Boss Departs as Chandrasekaran Takes Full Control
Intel Foundry chief Kevin O'Buckley has left for Qualcomm after less than two years, with Naga Chandrasekaran now holding full command of the unit. Markets and Australian chip consumers are watching.
Mitchell Tan 
World's Fastest Consumer RAM Launches Into a Market on Fire
Klevv's new Cras V RGB DDR5-9600 kit is a technical marvel, but arrives amid a global memory shortage that has sent RAM prices soaring by hundreds of per cent.
Sophia Vargas 
The $30,000 Question: Can AI Really Kill the Bloomberg Terminal?
A finance techie's claim to have rebuilt the Bloomberg Terminal using Perplexity's AI in one afternoon went viral — but the detail behind the demo tells a more complicated story.
Daniel Kovac 
Razer's $130 Laptop Sleeve Bets Big on Wireless Charging
Razer has launched a $130 laptop sleeve with two built-in wireless charging pads, targeting professionals who want fewer cables on the go.
Oliver Pemberton