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Let’s look back on the best moments (read: crashes) from the World Humanoid Robot Games
The article looks back at videos from the World Humanoid Robot Games, focusing on humorous failures rather than the competition’s technological achievements. It argues that crashes and malfunctions made the event especially popular online, while also highlighting the limits of current humanoid-robot control systems. Examples include sprinting robots colliding with crash pads because they appeared…
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PEARL JAM’s JEFF AMENT To Celebrate Release Of ‘Since Forever’ With Nine Book Events Across U.S. And London
Pearl Jam bassist and founding member Jeff Ament and his brother, designer Barry Ament, will hold nine book events in the US and London to mark the release of Jeff’s visual memoir, “Since Forever”, on 25 September. The events will feature conversations, unseen images and discussion of the brothers’ long creative partnership, highlighting the book’s…
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The Duskbloods Feels Like a Nintendo Party Game in a Bloody Wrapper
IGN’s Logan Plant says The Duskbloods, despite its dark Bloodborne-like style, feels surprisingly well suited to Nintendo hardware. After roughly eight hours in a Switch 2 network test, he found its fast, unpredictable PvPvE matches resemble Nintendo party games by making comebacks, experimentation and enjoyable losses as important as outright victory. Players enter a large…
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The singer that Paul Simon fell back in love with: “I couldn’t believe how good it was”
Paul Simon reportedly reassessed his view of Frank Sinatra after seeing the singer perform live at Carnegie Hall. Although Simon had previously found Sinatra’s style uninspiring, the performance impressed him enough to recognise the power of Sinatra’s delivery and stage presence. Simon said he “couldn’t believe how good it was”, arguing that Sinatra brought conviction…
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The London stock market dodged a bullet with Shein | Nils Pratley
Shein, the Chinese-founded fast-fashion giant, is set to float on the Hong Kong stock exchange next week rather than in London, after intense but ultimately unsuccessful courting by UK politicians and financial regulators. Columnist Nils Pratley argues this is a lucky escape for the London market, given Shein’s evasive answers to MPs over its supply…
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Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Feels More Like a Tomb Raider Game
Polygon’s review finds that Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy is an enjoyable cinematic action-adventure, but an uneasy fit for the Plague Tale name. By removing the series’ defining rat swarms and stealth-led systems in favour of conventional parry-and-dodge combat, it comes to resemble Tomb Raider more than its predecessors; the reviewer considers that combat bland,…
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Sami Abu Wardeh turns to autobiographical stand-up at Edinburgh Fringe
In a review from the Edinburgh Fringe, the Guardian’s critic covers Sami Abu Wardeh’s new show, in which the comedian and clown moves away from his previous acts to try straight autobiographical standup for the first time. Known for physical clowning and, last year, for recounting the history behind the Gaza crisis, the 40-year-old Irish-Palestinian…
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‘We met Princess Margaret and she was paralytic!’ My wild life onboard the Adam and the Ants Antmania rollercoaster
Marco Pirroni, guitarist and co-songwriter of Adam and the Ants, reflects on the band’s meteoric rise in a new interview tied to his memoir, “Your Money or Your Life: From Punk to Prince Charming.” He joined Adam Ant in early 1980 after the original Ants defected to Malcolm McLaren’s new project Bow Wow Wow, and…
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Showa American Story: The First Hands-On Preview
IGN has published a hands-on preview of Showa American Story, an eccentric action-RPG set in an alternate late-1980s where Japan economically and culturally colonised the United States. First revealed in 2021 and largely quiet since, the game arrives amid a booming Chinese AAA single-player market, prompting questions about whether its offbeat tone can help it…
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Haters of fashion attack Aryna Sabalenka with ‘streetwalker’ insult simply because she wore fishnet at US Open
Tennis star Aryna Sabalenka has faced online criticism over a mesh outfit she wore while playing mixed doubles with Novak Djokovic at the US Open, with some social media users using derogatory language to describe her clothing choice. The backlash highlights the ongoing scrutiny female athletes face over their appearance and attire, even as sports…