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Gen-AI controversy aside, Crazy Taxi: World Tour feels like classic arcade Sega – and it’s an absolute blast
Sega has shown a new hands-on demo of Crazy Taxi: World Tour at Gamescom, offering the clearest sign yet that the long-awaited revival can recapture the frantic arcade energy of the 1999 Dreamcast original. Despite ongoing controversy over the game’s use of generative AI, Eurogamer’s preview suggests the core driving experience remains faithful to the…
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Plea to give Thames seals space for everyone’s safety
Thames Seal Watch is urging the public to keep their distance from seals in the River Thames as sightings become increasingly common further upstream, warning that close encounters can harm both people and animals. The plea follows the death in May of “Marmalade”, a golden-coated harbour seal well known to communities in Greenwich and Rotherhithe,…
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Manx space group urges election candidates to back treaty
The Isle of Man’s chapter of the Mars Society has written to candidates in the island’s general election, urging them to support signing the Artemis Accords, an international framework for peaceful and transparent space exploration. Chapter leader Stuart Mullan described it as a “low-risk, high-visibility” step, arguing it would raise the island’s international profile and…
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The “scary” voice Brian Wilson was always challenged by: “Don’t try”
Brian Wilson, the creative force behind The Beach Boys, always chased musical originality, even as the band’s trajectory took a bittersweet turn following the release of Pet Sounds. Although Pet Sounds is now hailed as a landmark achievement, the commercial failure of the follow-up project Smile allowed The Beatles to overtake The Beach Boys as…
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How to see what’s taking up space on your Windows PC
This is a practical how-to guide explaining ways to identify and clear out what’s using storage space on a Windows PC, aimed at users running low on disk space. Rather than deleting files at random, the article recommends a methodical approach starting with Windows’ built-in Storage settings, which breaks down disk usage by category and…
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A very middle-class victory: How the wealthy residents of Sawbridgeworth saw off a bank holiday traveller ‘land-grab’- fuelled by prosecco and cake
Residents of Sawbridgeworth, a Hertfordshire market town, successfully used a High Court injunction to remove travellers who had moved onto a greenbelt site over the August bank holiday weekend. The travellers had already laid a concrete base and fencing on the land, planning to install caravans and mobile homes permanently, which locals feared would become…
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‘Practical Magic’s Alexandra Artrip Responds To “Negativity” Around Sequel Recasting: “Give It A Shot”
Former child actress Alexandra Artrip has pushed back against negative fan reaction to being recast in Practical Magic 2, urging supporters not to turn her social media into “a space for negativity” ahead of the sequel’s release. Artrip originally played Antonia Owens in the 1998 original alongside Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, and the role…
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Steam Users Can Play This Chaotic Among Us-like for Free Until Sept. 7
First Class Trouble, a social-deduction party game by Invisible Walls, is free to play on Steam for a limited window this weekend, giving fans of games like Among Us and Peak a chance to try a lesser-known title in the genre. The offer is aimed at drawing new players into a game that has stayed…
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It looks like No Man’s Sky’s next update is imminent as Sean Murray breaks out the emojis again – and fans reckon it’s a big one
Sean Murray, head of No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games, has posted a new emoji on social media, a signal fans have learned to interpret as a sign that a major update to the space exploration game is close to release. The tease points towards the imminent arrival of “Cosmos”, the update previously confirmed to…
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Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault review – a pleasant bout of number go up that’s most remarkable for how much of an improvement it is
Rock Paper Shotgun has reviewed Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault, praising it as a significant improvement over its 2018 predecessor. The sequel again casts players as Will, a dungeon-delving merchant who fights monsters by night and sells his loot by day, but refines the formula with layered systems built around multipliers in combat, inventory management…