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Pro-Palestine activist set fire to BBC transmitter causing £1m damage then left posters calling broadcaster ‘cowards’ over links to Israel, court hears
A court has heard that a pro-Palestine activist allegedly set fire to a BBC transmitter, causing about £1 million in damage, and then left posters criticising the broadcaster over supposed links to Israel. The case matters because it combines a politically charged protest with a serious allegation of arson and major damage to public broadcasting…
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Another Spiderweb RPG that looks like it was made in 1993 drops on Kickstarter and immediately crushes its goal
Spiderweb Software’s latest role-playing game, Geneforge 3: Detonation, has launched on Kickstarter and passed its funding target within 24 hours. The article says this matters less as a surprise hit than as another sign of the studio’s unusually loyal niche audience and its track record of delivering old-school RPGs that look dated but are highly…
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One of Suno’s biggest investors just led a $700M round in Daniel Ek’s health startup
Lightspeed was the lead investor in AI music generator Suno’s $125 million Series B round in 2024. Source
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Premature Evaluation: Steve Lacy Oh yeah?
It’s all so fluid. The songs on Steve Lacy’s new album Oh yeah? seem to spill out of him with ease, without regard for definition or expectation. Lacy’s interviews about the new LP — his first since 2022’s Grammy-winning Gemini Rights and its chart-topping breakout hit, “Bad Habit” — suggest he worked harder than ever…
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‘Lord of the Rings’ Superfan Erika Ishii Calls Out Fantasy’s Tolkien Problem [Exclusive]
Erika Ishii says fantasy has a Tolkien problem, arguing modern creators should look beyond the tropes popularized by Middle-earth.
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Heavy Rain Dev’s PS2 Classic Indigo Prophecy Getting PS5 Re-Release
Included with PS Plus Premium this month. Heavy Rain maker Quantic Dream will re-release its wildly ambitious PS2 adventure game Indigo Prophecy – better known as Fahrenheit in Europe – on the PS5 later this month. The game, already available on the PS Store as part of Sony’s PS2-to-PS4 program, will be updated in the…
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The braille message Paul McCartney sent to “a genius” on the cover of 1973’s ‘Red Rose Speedway’
“Just because he is a genius…” The post The braille message Paul McCartney sent to “a genius” on the cover of 1973’s ‘Red Rose Speedway’ first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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EA finally admits adding autosaves to The Sims 4 is a good idea after 12 years, slapping a band-aid on over a decade of heartbreak from crashes and lost progress
Autosaves arrive July 21
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The Orchestra (For Now)’s Joseph Scarisbrick Shares Debut Big Red Single “Isn’t He Funny?”
The fresh-faced young musician Joseph Scarisbrick leads the Orchestra (For Now), the proggy and ambitious seven-piece London band who released the EP Plan 76 last year. But that’s not Scarisbrick’s only project. He’s also the leader of Big Red, a trio that started off as a solo situation and came to include two other Orchestra…