I am being somewhat facetious with that subheading, not to mention self-indulgent. (For the uninitiated, it’s a reference to my predecessor Tom Bramwell’s classic, stinging editorial on Microsoft’s misguided plans for how Xbox One software would work – plans that would eventually be ditched.) With yesterday’s announcement that all first-party exclusive games would be added…
Click:digital fashion design software The United Nations’ outgoing human rights chief has said Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s civilian leader, should have resigned over the military’s violent crackdown on the Muslim Rohingya minority. But in a sign of the divergent international response to the crisis, the Nobel Peace Prize authorities have said they will not withdraw…
Newly released White House papers reveal that Boris Yeltsin once proposed holding a secret meeting with Bill Clinton on a submarine. Months before his surprise resignation in 1999, the Russian president confided in Mr Clinton that Vladimir Putin would be his successor, and described the then-prime minister as "a democrat" and “a solid man who is…
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp feels determined to keep a hold of its players, with a big update due next week and another in-game event starting today. Next week’s update brings a garden patch to your campsite where you can add wild flowers. You’ll also be able to craft specific clothing – a feature currently disabled…
A close ally of President Vladimir Putin threatened Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with violence on Tuesday, challenging him to a duel for making what he described as libellous and insulting corruption accusations. Viktor Zolotov, the head of Russia’s National Guard, accused the jailed opposition leader of being a puppet of Washington and said his aim…
Whew! Thank goodness all those sales are finished with. Wasn’t it noisy? What, they aren’t? Oh no! Returning is Sony’s 12 Deals of Christmas campaign, as well as a new two-for-€30 deal where you get two PlayStation 4 games for €30, and there are some good ones too: The Last Guardian, Fallout 4, Prey, Alien:…
Security forces in Barcelona were on Monday investigating an attempted terrorist attack after shooting dead a man who entered a police station and shouted “Allahu Akbar” while charging at an officer with a knife. Police cordoned off streets surrounding the man’s home in Cornellá de Llobregat, a suburb of Barcelona, after he was shot by…
For 15 years, American Bryan Bosshardt’s 53-second speedrun of GoldeneEye’s first level, Dam, has held fast. Over the weekend, the Dam burst. Australian Karl Jobst recorded a 52-second run of GoldeneEye’s iconic opening level, and he declared it the “best run I’ve ever done in my life”. The video, below, shows the run in all…
A Thai production by director Tom Waller looks set to win the race to be the first film about the daring rescue of 12 young boys and their football coach from the flooded Tham Luang cave in July. The nerve-wracking extraction of the football team through a submerged treacherous labyrinth gripped the world for 18 days,…
How long can you survive? It’s so simple and so effective: build a base and protect it from the enemy zombie hordes. Not the ones milling about on the map, although they do trickle towards your base and sometimes with proper intent, but the actual hordes. When they approach they get a special announcement and…