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The 1981 song Phil Collins said “will be on my gravestone”

• Phil Collins considers "In the Air Tonight" (1981) his defining musical legacy, specifically its iconic drum fill
• The song's sparse production builds to an unexpected powerful drum break that became one of rock's most recognizable moments

PSVR2 Fans Are Having a Good Day as New Game Announced for the Headset

• New PSVR2 destruction game "I'm Having a Bad Day" announced via trailer
• Players smash cartoon environments like offices, supermarkets and gyms
• No release date yet; game described only as "coming soon"

PlayStation has promoted a new PSVR2 title, "I'm Having a Bad Day", via its official YouTube channel, offering a rare bit of good news for owners of the headset amid a fairly quiet release schedule. The game centres entirely on physics-based destruction, letting players smash up cartoonish environments…

Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5 fans might dread the return of Creation Engine, but New Vegas lead Josh Sawyer once called it “incredibly easy” to work with, even if it is “buggy and unstable”

• Bethesda announced Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5 will use Creation Engine 3, sparking fan concerns about bugs and development priorities
• New Vegas lead developer Josh Sawyer previously praised the engine as 'incredibly easy' to develop for, despite its known technical issues
• Sawyer credited the engine's pipeline with enabling his team to complete New Vegas in 18 months

"Without the pipeline of this engine, we never would have finished this game in 18 months"

‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Marshals’ Top Final 2025-2026 TV Season Multiplatform Ratings (EXCLUSIVE)

• Netflix's 'Stranger Things' led the 2025-26 TV season with 32.9 million viewers in multiplatform 35-day ratings; three Netflix shows occupied the top five positions
• CBS emerged as the strongest traditional broadcaster with four shows in the top five broadcast-only rankings, while Paramount+ and cable services demonstrated competitive strength
• Creator Taylor Sheridan's multiple series collectively ranked in the top ten, reflecting concentration of viewer attention among prestige content creators

The final 35-day multi-platform ratings for the 2025-2026 TV season are finally in, now that we’re more than a month beyond the official end of the TV season. According to Nielsen’s multiplatform 35-day linear and streaming ratings, Netflix’s “Stranger Things” was still the TV season’s most-watched non-sports series,…

MELISSA AUF DER MAUR Announces ‘Bass Womb Room’ Exhibition Soundtrack Featuring Previously Unreleased Music

• Melissa Auf Der Maur announces first new music in 15+ years
• "Bass Womb Room" features unreleased '90s four-track demos, out 4 September
• Ties into AGO photography exhibition and photobook launching in September

Melissa Auf Der Maur, best known as bassist for Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins in the 1990s, has announced "Bass Womb Room: My '90s 4-Track Demos X Field Recordings", her first new music release in over 15 years. The record combines seven previously unheard four-track demos she wrote…

Judge halts Paramount-Warner Bros merger over antitrust concerns

• Judge grants 14-day pause on Paramount-Warner Bros merger
• States, led by California, argue deal breaches antitrust law
• Preliminary injunction hearing set for 3 August

A US federal judge has temporarily halted the Paramount-Warner Bros merger, granting a 12-state coalition's request for a restraining order amid claims the deal would breach federal antitrust law. Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin ruled that "serious questions going to the merits remain," keeping the two companies operating as separate,…

Lizzy McAlpine Announces New Album Angel

• Lizzy McAlpine announces fourth album Angel, releasing September 18 via RCA Records with pre-orders available
• Lead single 'The light in the painting' was the first song written and introduces the album's theme of new romance
• McAlpine describes the track as perfectly capturing the euphoric feeling of a romantic connection's beginning

Available September 18th via RCA Records. Lizzy McAlpine Announces New Album Angel Wren Graves

If you’re looking for ideas on how to mod your RTX 4060, maybe remove its fans and slap a ridiculously big heatsink on it like this person did

• A hobbyist replaced the fans on an RTX 4060 graphics card with a large custom passive heatsink weighing 2.56 kg.
• The modification is technically viable because the RTX 4060's low 115W power consumption generates minimal heat compared to higher-end GPUs.
• The DIY heatsink features widely-spaced riveted fins and was shared online with a schematic available upon request.

Or don't, I can't tell you want to do.

Xbox Game Pass loses Celeste and more games at the end of July

• Eight games including critically-acclaimed Celeste and Crusader Kings 3 depart Game Pass on July 31, part of an eighteen-game exodus this month.
• Removals follow Xbox's recent layoffs and subscriber losses from 2025 price increases; the company appears to be phasing out day-one first-party releases.

Crusader Kings 3, Rain World, and more leave Xbox Game Pass on July 31