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Dishonored, Deus Ex Designer Stars New Studio to Continue Focusing on Immersive Sims
Decorated veteran game developer Harvey Smith (Dishonored series, original Deus Ex series), most recently of Arkane Austin – which Xbox shut down in 2024 following the failure of Redfall – has opened a new game development studio. Dubbed Black Pony Immersive, it will indeed focus on the “immersive sim” genre that Smith helped pioneer evolve…
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Before We Started Better Than Ezra, We Gave Rush a Ride in a ’78 Honda
In this personal essay for Rolling Stone, Better Than Ezra frontman Kevin Griffin recounts how a chance teenage encounter with Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson in 1982 helped shape his life in music. As a 15-year-old Rush fan in Monroe, Louisiana, he and his best friend Joel Rundell staked out the band’s hotel, met…
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Post your questions for kd lang
The Guardian is inviting readers to submit questions for kd lang, the Grammy-winning Canadian singer, ahead of a rare interview marking the 10th anniversary of Case/Lang/Veirs, her acclaimed supergroup album with Neko Case and Laura Veirs. The collaboration, released a decade ago, remains the trio’s only record together, though a new anniversary edition features a…
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Sheffield Wednesday quartet train ahead of Bradford City clash – team news – thestar.co.uk
Sheffield Wednesday quartet train ahead of Bradford City clash – team news thestar.co.uk
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Harvard settling body part theft lawsuits for $53M
Harvard University on Monday announced it will pay $53 million to settle several lawsuits filed by relatives of people whose body parts were stolen from the medical school’s morgue and sold by its former manager. Former Harvard Medical School morgue manager Cedric Lodge, along with his wife and several others, was indicted in June 2023…
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Geologist Reveals New Album The Sirens
Animal Collective’s Geologist (Brian Weitz) has announced a new album, The Sirens, due out on 16 October via Outside Time. The record was created using an unusual method: light from the moon and stars, captured through a telescope at Kyle Simon’s Farrington Observatory in Joshua Tree, was converted into control voltage to drive a modular…
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Nobody can stop you from stealing The Great Gatsby
A Polygon video explores what happened when F. Scott Fitzgerald’s *The Great Gatsby* entered the public domain in January 2021, freeing anyone to adapt, remix or “steal” the novel without permission. Two developers marked the moment by launching Gatsby Jam, a game jam hosted on itch.io inviting creators to build games based on the newly…
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I love note-taking games and I DON’T CARE if that sounds boring
Video games like Her Story, Fez, and Tunic beg the player to take detailed notes to keep track of the story. But journaling or note-taking games are part of a long tradition that goes back to the game manuals of the 80s and 90s. Back in the day, games like The Legend of Zelda had…
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Steven Soderbergh Teams With British Arthouse Chain Everyman, Singani 63 on ‘A Man Under the Influence’ London Screening Series (EXCLUSIVE)
Steven Soderbergh is partnering with British arthouse cinema chain Everyman and his own Bolivian brandy brand Singani 63 to launch “A Man Under the Influence: 63 Days of Steven Soderbergh’s Selects,” a weekly film and cocktail series at The Whiteley in London. Running from 3 September to 30 October, the programme sees the filmmaker curate…
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Political turmoil, Trump’s tariff pause and Wyoming’s Senate race lead
US political developments on 19 August included the aftermath of primary elections in Wyoming, Florida and Alaska, alongside a late intervention in the US-Canada trade dispute. In Wyoming, Republican Representative Harriet Hageman won her party’s nomination for the US Senate seat being vacated by Senator Cynthia Lummis. Her victory positioned her as the strong favourite…