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Nobody remembers the 10/10 masterpiece that put the makers of Hades on the map
To mark the 15th anniversary of Bastion, Polygon revisits Supergiant Games’ debut title, arguing that it remains overlooked despite the studio’s later fame from the Hades series. The piece frames Bastion as the origin point of Supergiant’s signature blend of art direction, sound design and satisfying gameplay, and recommends it to fans of Hades 2…
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Black Hawk helicopters are needed to urgently rescue children from catastrophic once-in-a-millennium floods as terrified parents fear a repeat of deadly Camp Mystic disaster
The article’s substantive content could not be extracted from the material supplied. What was provided consists almost entirely of the Daily Mail’s website furniture — navigation menus, weather details, and a long list of unrelated trending headlines covering football, celebrity news, politics and crime — rather than the body of the story referenced in the…
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Inexperienced new MPs given training sessions on how to avoid honeytraps and scandals – including advice such as ‘don’t get changed in front of your staff’
The Daily Mail reports that newly elected and inexperienced MPs are being given training sessions designed to help them avoid honeytraps, scandals and other compromising situations while in office. The guidance reportedly includes practical, and at times unusual, advice such as not getting changed in front of their staff, reflecting concerns about the personal and…
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Britons would face wartime-style rationing of meat, dairy, petrol and flights under new Green Party plans – and they could end up in coalition with Burnham’s Labour
The Daily Mail reports that the Green Party has unveiled proposals that, it claims, would introduce wartime-style rationing of meat, dairy, petrol and flights as part of its environmental agenda. The article frames this as a significant political development because the Greens could potentially enter into a governing coalition with a Labour Party led by…
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Barbara Ling, Oscar-winning production designer on Tarantino films, dies aged 73
Barbara Ling, the Oscar-winning production designer best known for her work on Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” has died at the age of 73. She passed away on 9 July 2026 from cancer, bringing to a close a career that spanned four decades and encompassed some of the most visually distinctive American…
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See Charli XCX Debut ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ Songs at Brooklyn Gig
Clairo, Kim Petras, and Underscores also joined singer onstage at intimate Music Hall of Williamsburg show
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Charli XCX Performs Live Debuts & Rarities, Brings Out Clairo, Underscores, & Kim Petras In Brooklyn
Charli XCX staged a surprise pop-up gig at the 650-capacity Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, previewing material from her forthcoming album Music, Fashion, Film, which is due out in under two weeks. The intimate show matters as a warm-up for the record’s release and her upcoming tour, offering fans an early live taste of…
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Ryse: Son of Rome Had Plans To Be Xbox’s Assassin’s Creed
Ryse: Son of Rome was originally planned to explore multiple eras, Assassin’s Creed style, before critical and commercial failure sank Crytek and Xbox’s ambition.
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Guide: These 13+ PS5 Games Are Coming Out Next Week (13th-19th July)
Denshattack! eBaseball! Cthulhu! More! We’re still not quite into the thick end of the release schedule just yet, but there’s a few games coming next week that are worth paying attention to. I’m particularly looking forward to the Dreamcast-style train game Denshattack and the musical management sim K-Pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut. Your mileage…