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The designer of Diamond City, Little Lamplight, and Starfield’s Neon thinks Bethesda’s galaxy was just too big: ‘I would have done a handful of planets with bespoke layouts’
Bethesda Game Studios’ senior quest and level designer Will Shen, known for creating Diamond City and Little Lamplight in Fallout titles and Neon in Starfield, has said he believes Starfield’s vast galaxy of explorable planets was ultimately too ambitious a scope for the game. Speaking about his approach to design, he suggested that a smaller…
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McInnes left frustrated amid Rangers’ poor start to season
Rangers manager Derek McInnes is facing a difficult start to his tenure after his side went winless in their first three games, conceding five goals and falling behind in each match. Dundee United, Jagiellonia Bialystok and Hibernian have all taken first-half leads against Ibrox, with defensive lapses and inconsistent team selection compounding the club’s struggles…
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3 Country Songs From 1994 That Every 90s Kid Still Knows by Heart Today
This article highlights three country songs from 1994 that the writer argues remain widely recognised by people who were children during the 1990s. It’s a nostalgia-focused listicle celebrating a strong year for the genre, noting the tracks’ chart success and lasting popularity rather than reporting on any news event. The three songs are Tracy Lawrence’s…
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“We started something”: Did Slade influence hip-hop?
An article from Far Out Magazine explores whether Slade, the English glam rock band famed for their phonetically misspelled song titles, had an unexpected influence on hip-hop’s own tradition of slang-spelled track names. Frontman Noddy Holder revealed in a 2015 Uncut interview that the band’s habit began with their 1971 chart-topper “Coz I Love You”,…
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This 5-Part Sci-Fi Masterpiece Perfected What ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Started
This article argues that Babylon 5, the 1990s sci-fi series created by J. Michael Straczynski, delivered a more satisfying conclusion than Battlestar Galactica, whose 2009 finale “Daybreak” divided fans over its revelation that Cylons were humanity’s ancestors. Even showrunner Ronald D. Moore has voiced regret over how that ending was handled, while Babylon 5’s five-season…
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Pam Grier’s Cinematic Legacy Is Iron-Clad Thanks to These 3 Classic Movies
This article from Collider profiles actress Pam Grier, tracing her career from 1960s Hollywood arrival through her rise as a star of women-in-prison films and blaxploitation cinema, its subsequent decline, and her later cult-classic and Tarantino-era roles. It matters as a retrospective assessment of Grier’s influence, arguing that despite limited opportunities for Black actresses in…
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Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry
Situational Awareness, the AI-focused hedge fund founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, has invested $400 million in Source Foundry, a Stanford-founded startup working to make chip manufacturing faster and cheaper. The move comes despite the fund’s recent turmoil, as it was forced to sell off most of its public equity portfolio last month amid…
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Florida AG says state doing ‘everything in our power to seek truth’ amid Fauci probe
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said his office was using “everything in our power to seek truth and accountability” in an investigation into Dr Anthony Fauci’s conduct during the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking on Fox News on 9 August, Uthmeier said the review would examine possible claims under Florida law, including fraud, deceptive trade practices and…
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No Dogs in Space is a music history podcast for true obsessives
The Verge’s weekend editor Terrence O’Brien has highlighted “No Dogs in Space”, a long-running music history podcast hosted by married couple Marcus Parks (of Last Podcast on the Left) and Carolina Hidalgo, describing it as essential listening for music obsessives despite its indefinite hiatus. The show has been dormant since July 2024, when its abbreviated…
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Livingstone and Brevis power Spirit to success
London Spirit secured a seven-wicket victory over Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred, with the win driven largely by a powerful partnership between Liam Livingstone and Dewald Brevis. The match forms part of the tournament’s ongoing group-stage action as teams continue to jostle for position ahead of the knockout rounds. The pair combined for a stand…