Month: May 2024

You may recall that, last summer, Limited Run Games officially announced that an enhanced version of Tomba!, a platform-adventure game that originally released on the PlayStation 1 more than 25 years ago, is coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam. Since then, further details about the game has been few
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by Howard Bloom Hamas’ strategy of using civilians as human shields is working.   The biggest stories in Gaza War news in the last few days have centered on two purported Israeli strikes in Rafah killing civilians.  On Sunday May 26th Israel dropped two small 37-pound bombs to kill two Hamas leaders.  These pinpoint bombs killed precisely the
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Filled with fun tropes, disability representation modeled after the author’s own experience and beautiful writing, Out on a Limb is a love story so sweet you want to squeal with glee. Originally self-published, Hannah Bonam-Young’s lovable rom-com is a must-read gift to the genre.  Winnifred “Win” McNulty is used to forging her own path. Not
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Xbox and Toys for Bob are teaming up after the former split from Activision. Toys for Bob is working with Xbox to release the developer’s next game, the studio and its new but familiar partner announced this week. Posts on socials from Toys for Bob confirmed that Xbox will be publishing the game, but the
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Acting and directing are two very different skills, and for someone to be able to do both is a mark of a hard-working and talented person. It doesn’t always work out for actors, but it’s remarkable how often it does. Here are 32 such examples of great actors who became great directors as well.  (Image
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Vodafone Idea (Vi) introduced new prepaid plans that offer a free Netflix subscription on Wednesday. The telecom service provider is bundling a free Netflix Basic plan with specific prepaid recharges for the entire duration of the plan’s validity. The plans will also offer the usual telecom benefits including daily internet data balance, free unlimited calling,
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HELSINKI — China has carried out a pair of solid rocket launches and sent a communications satellite towards geostationary orbit for Pakistan. A Long March 3B lifted off at 8:12 a.m. Eastern (1212 UTC) May 30 from Xichang, southwest China, carrying Paksat MM1 for Pakistan. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) confirmed launch
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Max series “Welcome to Derry” will be bringing a familiar face back to terrorize the children: Bill Skarsgård is set to reprise his role as Pennywise in the prequel series, Deadline reports tonight. The upcoming series will premiere sometime in 2025. The series will be a prequel to the two Stephen King-based IT movies from Andy Muschietti. Skarsgård is set
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ATEEZ have released a brand-new mini-album ‘Golden Hour: Part 1’ and a music video for its lead single ‘Work’. ‘Golden Hour: Part 1’ marks the boyband’s first music of 2024, since they released their second studio album, ‘The World EP.Fin: Will’, in December 2023. The latter was led by the single ‘Crazy Form’. The new
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The future of artificial intelligence in cinema is something that has been a hot topic within the industry, especially recently. Hollywood just endured the 2023 WGA writers strike and SAG-AFTRA actors strike, where a big part of both fights involved calls for protection in the age of AI. Despite writers and actors claiming their victory
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It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these rapid-fire film review deals, hasn’t it? Unfortunately, given the volume of indie horror flicks, they’re pretty much a necessity, or else I wouldn’t get to nearly as many films as I do now. Granted, that number has been on the lower end as of late,
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Vince Staples’ Netflix series, The Vince Staples Show, is coming back for a second season. “The Vince Staples Show is back!” Staples exclaimed in a statement to Tudum.com. “The people have spoken and the most riveting, captivating, and polarizing show on Netflix is returning for Season 2. Get ready for hijinks that only a mother
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Human visitors to Mars need somewhere to shelter from the radiation, temperature swings, and dust storms that plague the planet. If the planet is anything like Earth or the Moon, it may have large underground lava tubes that could house shelters. Collapsed sections of lava tubes, called skylights, could provide access to these subterranean refuges.
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Plenty of research has examined the social costs of carbon-emitting energy sources, which have downstream effects on human health, ecological health, and communities vulnerable to natural disasters. But what about “clean” energy sources such as wind and solar? In a new study, researchers in California investigated the financial setbacks or savings produced by switching to
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TikTok Turns Self-Published Journal Into Million-Copy Hit Here is the TikTok feedback loop in action. (If you haven’t already read Kyle Chayka’s Filterworld, you’re gonna want to after this story.) In 2021, after coming across Carl Jung’s theories about the shadow self and finding them helpful for managing her anxiety, Keila Shaheen self-published The Shadow
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