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Black Flag Resynced is missing iconic combat mechanics simply because they were ‘lower priority’
PC Gamer reports that *Black Flag Resynced*, a fan-made remake or recreation project tied to *Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag*, does not include some of the original game’s well-known combat mechanics. According to the article, the reason was not a technical impossibility or design rejection, but that those features were treated as a lower development…
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Porcelain Announce New Album Today’s Minor Victories: Hear “Apocalypse”
Austin post-hardcore band Porcelain have announced their second album, Today’s Minor Victories, and released its lead single, “Apocalypse”. The announcement matters because it marks the follow-up to the band’s 2024 self-titled debut and comes with details of a new record, a video and a run of tour dates, including their first West Coast shows. The…
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System of a Down Lead Stadium in “Pull Oasis Out Your Ass” Chant: Watch
System of a Down led a crowd chant against Oasis during a concert at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on 13 July, reviving a long-running feud between the two bands. During a performance of “Needles”, guitarist and singer Daron Malakian told the audience he was naming the song’s “tapeworm” after Oasis and encouraged them to…
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The “sex-crazed” 1994 movie so bad Roger Ebert couldn’t believe his eyes: “I was stupefied”
The article revisits *Color of Night*, a 1994 erotic thriller that Roger Ebert famously condemned after its release, saying he was “stupefied” by how implausible and melodramatic it was. It argues that the film became a notable example of the era’s overheated, sexually charged Hollywood thrillers, and that Ebert’s response helped cement its reputation as…
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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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Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey’s ‘Sunday in the Park With George’ Revival Delays Ticket Sales Until Fall
Ticket sales for the London revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park With George”, starring Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey, have been pushed back until the autumn. The delay does not affect the production itself, which is still scheduled to open next summer, but it matters because the show is expected to attract heavy…
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RPG players are conditioned to think they’re ‘built different’, says Josh Sawyer, so some of them hate it when games like Pillars of Eternity tell them they can’t do something
PC Gamer reports that RPG designer Josh Sawyer believes some role-playing game players react badly when a game tells them they cannot do something, because the genre has trained them to see their characters as unusually capable or exceptional. The point matters because it speaks to a wider design tension in RPGs: whether games should…
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GTA 6’s Lack of a PC Port Isn’t Out of Greed, According to a Former Rockstar Producer
A former Rockstar Games producer has explained why the developer’s PC versions usually come long after the console version.