And that’s not even close to a full list, either. There’s also Flight Simulator, Sea of Thieves, Pentiment, and Hi-Fi Rush. Probably others I’m forgetting too.
There’s plenty to hate on MS for, and I’m not saying they haven’t squandered a lot of the talent they paid for, but to say they’ve released nothing great for over a decade is just ignorant.
I’d call it a mix of jazz and trip hop.
Their underground 80s station was a regular listen for me about 10 years ago. Glad to see they’re still going!
Epic isn’t an apples-to-apples comparison with most other studios. They don’t just make games, they develop and support Unreal Engine for both games and film production, they operate EGS, a motion capture studio, ArtStation, Sketchfab, and a dozen other subsidiaries. It’s a huge company.
Not really an answer, but the definition of a ‘regular-ass house’ is very different in the UK/EU compared to the US. American suburban homes are huge.
I don’t know about the Amazon, but he does own huge amounts of land in North Carolina which he has protected and/or donated to conservation schemes.
That’s just not true, at least in the UK. Debit cards are the standard here, not credit, and they don’t have the same age restrictions.
Do You Dream in Colour? by Bill Nelson.
Great song, to be fair. My dad always insists that Gary Numan was a Bill Nelson ripoff with less talent. Personally, I think Bill has kind of a weak voice and was never destined for big success, but I do enjoy much of his work and Bebop Deluxe are hugely underrated.
Browsing the web without an ad blocker is an act of self-harm.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine being strongly influenced by the original pitch for Babylon 5 is a pretty famous, if variously disputed, example.
there is an indigenous population that have lived on that island for thousands of years
The Celts? Anglo-Saxons? Vikings? Normans?
The line has been so distorted by historical invasions that I just assume anyone talking like this doesn’t have a clue what they’re ranting about.
Ate a bad kebab, nearly shat myself on the tube coming home from work, spent two days in bed with diarrhoea and vomiting, and I’ve had IBS ever since. Good times.
No that’s not normal. Sounds like they’re incredibly insecure and emotionally manipulative.
Check out this fun little nugget from further down in the article:
Nvidia actually used two RTX 5090s for its demos: one plays the game, the other exclusively runs the DLSS 5 technology.
An entire second GPU just to run it.
It’s all done on device and works even if you’re offline.
To use Live Translation, you need to download the language the other person is speaking and the language you’d like to translate it to. Once the language models have been downloaded, all processing takes place on your iPhone, where all of your conversation data remains private.
No you’re right - it’s 2:1, which is an unusual aspect ratio. But it looks like it’s intended to run games designed specifically for it rather than emulating other systems, so I guess it’s less a drawback and more a neat quirk.
Dancing isn’t really supposed to make sense; it’s not a logical act.
I’m also waiting for the full iFixit review, but teardowns from other channels are now being shared and so far it looks like it’s very solidly built and repair-friendly. None of the typical ‘cover everything in excessive glue and tape’ anti-repair shenanigans we’ve come to expect from Apple.
I don’t think it’s as good as Rollcage overall, but still worth playing.
Cynically? Because what they want to do rarely aligns with what people actually want. It’s far easier to just push through unpopular legislation and spin it retroactively than it is to run a full propaganda campaign ahead of a referendum and still risk losing.
Politicians only run referendums if they’re sure the outcome will be what they want, or if their hand is forced by the opposition.