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Although I live in the US, I’m a born traveler at heart. I’ve been to over 90 countries and have no plans to stop exploring. However, my approach to travel is usually one-and-done. Why see the Colosseum again when I haven’t seen the Great Pyramids or Antarctica? Yet, there’s one country that keeps pulling me back: Iceland. I’ve already visited …

Cases of chikungunya virus continue to rise in China, as the country battles its largest-ever outbreak of the illness. Another 1,387 cases of Chikungunya virus were confirmed last week, Chinese authorities said, with almost all in the southern manufacturing city of Foshan. It takes the tally to more than 10,000 cases overall, with infections also reported in Taiwan and Hong Kong, …

Even when your dreams are coming true as fast as you can dream them, sometimes you’ve just got to pump the brakes. For Ella Langley, the Hope Hull native who has enjoyed a rocket ride to country music stardom over the last year, this appears to be one of those times. She posted a message Monday morning on Instagram saying …

Last week, 2K Games released Mafia: The Old Country. Powered by Unreal Engine 5, it’s time now to benchmark it and examine its performance on PC. For our benchmarks, I used an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, 32GB of DDR5 at 6000Mhz, AMD’s Radeon RX 6900XT, RX 7900XTX, RX 9070XT, as well as NVIDIA’s RTX 2080Ti, RTX 3080, RTX 4090, and …

Country star Zach Bryan vowed over the weekend he’ll fly like an Eagle over Kansas City and never play that town again. The Grammy winner and devoted Philadelphia football fan has been sniping with K.C. Chiefs fans for months and that beef reached a new ball-spiking level after one fan asked why he’s “singled out one fanbase” which “sells out …

Mafia: The Old Country review Mafia: The Old Country’s predictable story and dated elements bring down a game that nicely replicates the atmosphere of 1900s Sicily. Developer: Hangar 13 Publisher: 2K Games Release: August 8th 2025 On: Windows From: Steam Price: $49.99/£44.99/€49.99 Reviewed on: Intel Core i7-12700F, 16GB RAM, NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti, Windows 11 The motor carriage noisily trundles …

At a time when games take the best part of a decade to make, Mafia: The Old Country presents an antidote with a more streamlined, story-focused single player campaign. Unfortunately, it also demonstrates the potential pitfalls of a project like this, with a largely repetitive romp that somehow manages to outstay its welcome despite its 12 or so hour running …

Country Icon Vows Never to Return to Major City After Fan Confrontation originally appeared on Parade. Country superstar Zach Bryan has clashed with fans over the years, but his latest feud has resulted in an entire city being banned from his tour stops. The “Pink Skies” singer may be a massive country star, but his second passion in life lies …

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2K Games has released the next game in the Mafia series, called Mafia: The Old Country. This new game uses Unreal Engine 5. It also supports DLSS 4 with Multi-Frame Generation. Thus, I decided to try it out on our main gaming PC to see how well it runs and to share my first thoughts on its performance. For these …