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This week in PC games: vert-ramping trains, a retold murder mystery, and Cthulhu’s new gig as an AI Director
Merry Monday, readers. Edwin’s been struck down by a post-TennoCon lurgy, and we were only too happy to allow him some rest, provided he file his Soulframe and Warframe: Tau stories before collapsing into a feverish heap. We even agreed to feed the Maw in his absence, albeit without reaching a similar accord on responsibility…
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Viral ‘Joker’ At Pamplona Bull Runs Identified As American Man
The mystery runner behind one of this year’s biggest San Fermín moments has been named by Spanish media.
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Alien: Isolation 2 isn’t the first follow-up to 2014’s survival horror game, and I wonder how the sequel will deal with it
Feature | A lot has happened to Amanda Ripley since the first Alien Isolation
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This free Mac app reveals the truth about your mystery USB-C cables
Nearly three years ago, I showed you an awesome $8 cable tester that quickly tells you if your USB-C cable is likely fast, slow, powerful, or weak. Sadly, that gadget got discontinued, and I’ve never found anything as intuitive or inexpensive since. But if you’ve got a Mac with Apple Silicon chips, you can simply…
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What really happened to Ann Widdecombe? A local tradesman wrongly arrested, a mystery car and conspiracy theories raging… NICK CRAVEN visits a Dartmoor village in shock and grief
Reporter Nick Craven visits a Dartmoor village left in shock and grief following the death of former MP Ann Widdecombe, who is reported to have been murdered. The piece examines the fallout in the local community, including the wrongful arrest of a local tradesman, an unexplained “mystery car” and a swirl of conspiracy theories surrounding…
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‘Lost’ Meets ‘Dark’ in MGM’s All-Time Greatest 4-Part Horror Series
Collider has published a recommendation piece urging viewers to catch up on the supernatural horror series From, which has just concluded its fourth season on MGM+. The article pitches the show as a blend of the mystery and survival elements of Lost and the eerie, puzzle-box atmosphere of Netflix’s Dark, and frames now as the…
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Pentagon releases new batch of UFO files, China’s Tianwen-2 reaches its asteroid target, and more science stories
Engadget’s weekly science round-up highlights three developments, led by the US Department of Defense’s release of a fourth batch of declassified files on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), commonly known as UFOs. The documents are being uploaded to a public database on a rolling basis as part of a stated commitment to greater transparency, while separately…
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Anime’s top creators explain why AI can’t replace the human touch
At this year’s Anime Expo in Los Angeles, Polygon found that an unexpected theme emerging from interviews with leading anime creators was a renewed appreciation for the human hand in animation, particularly amid the rise of AI-generated art. Speaking to figures including artist Yoshitaka Amano and the Science Saru team behind The Ghost in the…
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Mystery gold symbol seen popping up along the Las Vegas strip…leaving both tourists and locals scrambling to figure out what it means
This article promises to explain a mysterious gold symbol reportedly appearing on billboards along the Las Vegas Strip, which the headline says has left both tourists and locals puzzled about its meaning. However, the supplied text does not contain the actual story; the retrievable content consists almost entirely of the Daily Mail’s website furniture, navigation…
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Football Daily | Was Tuchel and Bellingham really a Keane v McCarthy moment?
This edition of the Guardian’s Football Daily newsletter reflects on England’s narrow victory over Norway in Miami at the tournament it dubs the “Geopolitics World Cup”, a win secured through a Jude Bellingham goal that arrived amid considerable controversy. The result sends England through to a quarter-final against Argentina in Atlanta, but the aftermath was…