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Valve’s magical play-Windows-games-on-Linux tech is rebased, updated, and ready to play Resident Evil
Valve has updated Proton, its compatibility layer that allows Windows games to run on Linux, by rebasing it onto a newer codebase and adding fresh fixes. The update matters because Proton underpins Linux gaming and the Steam Deck, so improvements widen the range of Windows titles that Linux users can play smoothly. Among the notable…
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Workers at MindsEye studio protesting controversial fan event this weekend after multiple rounds of layoffs
Staff at Build a Rocket Boy (BARB), the Edinburgh studio behind the poorly received game MindsEye, are due to picket outside the studio’s offices on Saturday 11th July. They are protesting against an “all-expenses-paid” fan event the developer is hosting the same weekend, at which community members will be flown in to play an updated…
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Academy Museum Unveils The Horror Show Exhibition Featuring ‘Carrie’ 50th Anniversary Screening, John Carpenter Retrospective
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles has announced a major new exhibition, The Horror Show, devoted to the art and craft of horror cinema. Running for 10 months from 26 September 2026 to 25 July 2027 in the museum’s Katzenberg Gallery, it will be accompanied by film retrospectives, including a 50th anniversary…
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Gaming laptops are too expensive right now, but this one’s a good value
The Verge’s latest deals roundup argues that current gaming laptop prices are poor value, largely because of an unprecedented surge in the cost of RAM and, to a lesser degree, storage, which has pushed up prices for low-to-midrange machines. Against this backdrop, the article highlights MSI’s Katana 15 HX (2025) as a rare worthwhile buy,…
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Spinoff ‘Soulm8te’ Headed Straight to Home Video After ‘M3GAN 2.0’ Bombed
Universal has removed the M3GAN spinoff Soulm8te from its theatrical release schedule, and Blumhouse Atomic Monster will instead send the AI sci-fi thriller straight to home video. Directed and co-written by Kate Dolan (You Are Not My Mother), the film will launch exclusively on digital platforms from 1 August through a deal with Universal Pictures…
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Subnautica 2 studio isn’t backing down on fish murder, but you can at least stun them now thanks to game’s first major update
Unknown Worlds has released the first major update for its early access underwater survival sequel Subnautica 2, dubbed 1.1 or “Adaptive Measures”. The headline change is the ability to stun certain creatures using the game’s Sonic Resonator, offering players a new defensive option; however, the studio is holding firm on its controversial decision that, unlike…
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Fucked Up Side Project Crazy Clue Announce Debut Album Where The Dregs Dwell: Hear “Social Pressure”
Two members of the Canadian hardcore band Fucked Up have launched a new side project called Crazy Clue, which has announced its debut album, Where The Dregs Dwell. The project marks a return to the harder, faster punk sound of the band’s early days, and it arrives amid a busy period of output for Fucked…
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5 Video Games That Need an Anime Adaptation
In the wake of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and Devil May Cry’s success, here are five different video games that deserve an anime adaptation.
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China’s National Vulnerability Database warns that recent Claude Code models have a security backdoor
An update seems in order.
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Wyoming tightens wastewater rules after Meta datacenter contractor flushed contaminated water
A contractor building Meta’s new AI datacentre in Cheyenne, Wyoming, flushed water contaminated with Cupriavidus gilardii bacteria into the city’s public sewers during construction, prompting local water authorities to tighten wastewater rules. The matter matters because it feeds a growing national backlash against resource-hungry datacentres, and because Cheyenne recycles treated wastewater to irrigate parks, raising…