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Preview: Alien Deathstorm Is Not the Sci-Fi Horror I Expected
Rebellion’s upcoming shooter Alien Deathstorm surprised a Push Square previewer at Gamescom by offering a far more atmospheric, exploration-driven experience than the linear sci-fi shooter they expected, blending combat with genuine horror elements. During a 20-minute hands-on demo, the writer was left to navigate a storm-battered station with only a vague compass marker for guidance,…
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Police determine that a Maine Bigfoot was actually man in a ‘very convincing costume’
Police in Damariscotta, Maine, resolved a wave of Bigfoot sightings after an unusually high number of calls prompted an investigation, ultimately finding that the “creature” was a man wearing a highly realistic costume. The department confirmed via Facebook that “Bigfoot is not real” in this case, closing the case without any wildlife or safety concerns…
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Man About the House star Richard O’Sullivan dies at 82
The actor Richard O’Sullivan has died at the age of 82, prompting a look back at a career that ran from precocious child star to one of British sitcom’s most beloved leading men. He began acting almost by chance, after being sent to the Corona Theatre School to soften an Irish accent picked up on…
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Dungeon Crawler Carl meets The Finals in this wild new FPS
Korean developer NC unveiled Like or Die, a new first-person shooter, during Gamescom 2026’s Opening Night Live showcase. The game draws heavy visual and mechanical inspiration from Embark Studios’ The Finals, featuring destructible environments, traversal tools such as zip lines and jump pads, and players who explode into pixelated cubes on defeat, but reframes the…
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‘Alpha Gang’ Review: Cate Blanchett, Léa Seydoux and Dave Bautista Get Stranded in a Sci-Fi Comedy That’s All Flash and Zero Substance
The Hollywood Reporter’s review of “Alpha Gang” delivers a scathing verdict on the sci-fi comedy from David and Nathan Zellner, the filmmakers behind “Sasquatch Sunset,” arguing that its striking visual style masks a threadbare, incoherent story. The critic contends the film raises intriguing questions about its alien characters and their world but never bothers to…
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‘Lost’s Worst Episode of All Time Changed the Colossal Sci-Fi Hit Forever
Lost’s third season, which had to live up to two acclaimed prior runs, is widely seen as the point where the show’s ambition began to outpace its storytelling, and no episode symbolises this more than “Stranger in a Strange Land”. Billed as an instalment that would resolve three lingering mysteries, including the origin of Jack’s…
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Marco Rubio’s mystery wordsmith unmasked: Aide axed over Nazi symbol video now pens US foreign policy
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has appointed Nate Hochman, a former Ron DeSantis speechwriter, to a senior State Department role, despite Hochman having been sacked from the DeSantis 2024 presidential campaign in 2023 over a video controversy linked to white supremacist imagery. Hochman now serves as deputy director of the department’s policy planning office…
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Trump administration attacks UK plans to boost traditional media on social platforms
The Trump administration has publicly criticised UK government plans to require platforms such as YouTube to give greater algorithmic prominence to established broadcasters like the BBC and ITV, warning the move risks “facilitating censorship”. In a statement issued via the US embassy in London, Washington argued that boosting government-favoured outlets could set a precedent for…
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Sammi’s cruise ship romance shatters when the Sydney mum is told the shocking truth about her lovebombing ‘Mr UK’ dreamboat – by his long-term fiancée
A Sydney woman’s whirlwind holiday romance with a British man she met on a cruise from Sydney to the Whitsundays came to an abrupt end when his secret fiancée messaged her online. Sammi, 44, had put her love life on hold for 14 years while caring for her son through a battle with brain cancer,…
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Leaked TikTok messages that blew apart Demons star Kysaiah Pickett’s five-year relationship as friends reveal his scorned ex’s ‘gut feeling’ about younger model
Friends of Ardu Cubillo, partner of Melbourne Demons AFL player Kysaiah Pickett, say she had a “gut feeling” something was wrong before discovering in March that he had allegedly been seeing another woman throughout their five-year relationship. The revelation came when a younger Sydney-based model contacted Cubillo directly via TikTok, alleging she and Pickett had…