(Image credit: Moczan) I’m always looking to add a little whimsy to my day-to-day PC usage, which makes me a total sucker for a desktop pet. A lil’ dude that chills on my screen while I go about my day, minding its own business. It’s just something nice to break up the monotony of Google
(Image credit: Konami) The thing about Naked Snake is: he’s right there when you least expect it. He’s a shadow in a treeline. A rustling in a locker. A thick forearm crushing your windpipe. He’s also, apparently, an unexpected surprise on Sony’s PlayStation network—the console maker seems to have accidentally uploaded a release date trailer
Civilization 7’s full launch is still a few days away, but the strategy sequel unlocked earlier today for players who purchased its Founders edition. We’ve been especially intrigued by how this latest entry would be received by fans due to its radical shakeup of the formula. Sadly, the general response so far has been one
(Image credit: Deep Silver / Bethesda) I was approximately 3.7 seconds into my playthrough of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 before I muttered to myself ‘Huh, pretty Oblivion-y’. This is the second-highest praise I can offer a videogame, right beneath ‘Huh, pretty Morrowind-y,’ which I went onto say almost verbatim in our KCD2 review. Turns out
Politicians are clutching on to carbon capture technologies as a climate solution – just as evidence mounts of its failures, writes Kerstin Meyer. The climate crisis is intensifying by the day. Its catastrophic consequences are playing out before our eyes. Wildfires are devastating Los Angeles, and raging in forests around the world. Floods, storms and
For much of the past year, the trail of destruction and mayhem left behind by ransomware hackers was on full display. Digital extortion gangs paralyzed hundreds of US pharmacies and clinics through their attack on Change Healthcare, exploited security vulnerabilities in the customer accounts of cloud provider Snowflake to breach a string of high-profile targets
In these tense times, it is heartening to see people care enough to strongly defend the climate and environment. In mid-December 2024, more than 100,000 individuals hit the streets of Santiago de Compostela – a turn-out unheard of in the region’s history – to protest plans to build a new pulp mill in Galicia, Spain.
In December 2024, the European Commission and Latin American Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay) announced a political agreement on a renegotiated version of the 2019 EU Mercosur Association Agreement. In their communication, Mercosur countries celebrated the introduction of a new “rebalancing mechanism” that would allow them to ask for compensation, should their trade flows
Marijam Did & Robert Kurvitz | Everything to Play For – YouTube Watch On Independent publisher Verso Books recently published Marijam Did’s Everything to Play For: How Videogames are Changing the World, and to promote that work Did has been streaming with game designers. First she played Wolfenstein: Youngblood with Josh Sawyer, and now she’s
Feel free to use our clue for the February 6 (1328) puzzle to give your daily Wordle the best possible start. Just think about that supercharged opening row, and the fantastic guess you’ll make after… or how nice it is to know that no matter how many green letters show up, you can always win