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Set atop a colossal beast called an Onbu, The Wandering Village takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where poisonous spores have wiped out the world as we know it. Originally released on Steam in 2022, the popular city building simulation has now released on PS5. The Onbu itself is made up of different terrain where inhabitants can find resources; wood, …

Microsoft to stop using engineers in China for tech support of US military, Hegseth orders review  Reuters Microsoft stops relying on Chinese engineers for Pentagon cloud support  CNBC US senator seeks details from Defense Department on Microsoft’s Chinese engineers  Reuters A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers  ProPublica GOP senator asks Pentagon for information on Microsoft’s Chinese engineers  The Hill …

Pac-Man has always been at home within mazes full of enemies trying to kill you, so the move to a Metroidvania doesn’t feel like that big of a leap. Having said that, Shadow Labyrinth takes Bandai Namco’s 45-year-old mascot in a wild new direction, placing him in a dark, sci-fi world that the casual onlooker may not realise is related …

That modest drop in CPU performance benchmarks does not equate to a poor user experience. The Nothing Phone 3 is very snappy, opening apps quickly and handling rapid multitasking without hesitation. The animations also have a Google level of polish. Nothing managed to fit a 5,150 mAh battery in this phone, which is a bit larger than even the Galaxy …

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‘Eddington’ Review: Once Upon a Time in the Pandemic  The New York Times Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ takes the tension of the pandemic to a violent end  NPR Review: Doomscrolling is a disease in ‘Eddington,’ a fever dream about COVID conspiracies  Los Angeles Times Ari Aster, Hollywood’s Master of Dread, Is Afraid of Everything  The New York Times ‘Eddington’: The early days of covid seen …

It didn’t take long for No Sleep For Kaname Date, the third installment of Spike Chunsoft’s AI: The Somnium Files series, to get an audible groan out of me. That was thanks to two words I’ve grown sick of over the last six years: porno mag. Those words will either mean nothing to you or activate some kind of Pavlovian …

Ari Aster’s “Eddington” is such a superb social satire about contemporary America that I want to bury it in the desert for 20 years. More distance will make it easier to laugh. It’s a modern western set in New Mexico — Aster’s home state — where trash blows like tumbleweeds as Sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) stalks across the street …

Time is a flat circle in the legacy sequel I Know What You Did Last Summer. Nearly three decades after an ill-fated accident led to tragedy, then murder, a new group of friends unwittingly stumble down the same path, awakening the Fisherman’s wrath once more. Director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge), who co-wrote with Sam Lansky, uses Southport’s latest slasher …

Shadow Labyrinth didn’t make the best first impression, though I’m not talking about the game itself. The concept of a gritty reboot of Pac-Man first reared its strange head in Secret Level, an anthology that turned notable video games into animated shorts that mostly felt like extended commercials. And that’s exactly what the episode “Circle,” which reimagined Pac-Man as a …