Wall St set for lower open as Middle East tensions drive risk-off mood
By Ankika Biswas and Shashwat Chauhan Wall Street's main indexes were set to open lower on Wednesday as
2023-10-18 21:16
China activates $6.5 billion swap line with Argentina
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina's central bank said on Wednesday that China has cleared a currency swap line totaling a freely
2023-10-18 20:54
Aston Villa vs. West Ham live stream, schedule, preview: Watch Premier League online
Two of the Premier League's up and coming teams face off this weekend as Aston Villa take on West Ham United.
2023-10-18 20:53
This 1980s Domino's delivery car looks like a spaceship, and you can buy it
The 1985 Domino's Pizza delivery car looks more like it was designed to shoot down invading alien spacecraft than to bring you a hot delicious pepperoni pie. But back in the '80s, Domino's founder Tom Monaghan ordered 10 Tritan A2 cars and customized them with warming ovens in the back to deliver pizzas around Ann Arbor, Michigan, where Domino's is headquartered.
2023-10-18 20:49
P&G tops profit estimates on pricing boost, resilient demand
By Deborah Mary Sophia (Reuters) -Procter & Gamble topped market expectations for quarterly sales and profit on Wednesday, benefiting from
2023-10-18 20:49
Fagioli apologizes for 'naïve error' after seven-month soccer ban for betting violations
Juventus midfielder Nicolò Fagioli has apologized for a “naïve error” but also hit out at newspapers for writing what he called was “rubbish” over his part in a betting scandal
2023-10-18 20:46
13 Old and Obscure Terms for the Butt
When talking about the fundament, some terms have slipped through the crack of lexical history—so please enjoy these old and enjoyable terms for the hindquarters.
2023-10-18 20:26
Serena Williams has a 2-book deal, starting with an 'intimate' and 'open-hearted' memoir
Now that she’s stepped back from the sport she dominated like few others, Serena Williams is ready to reflect
2023-10-18 20:21
News outlets in fog of war amid dueling claims on Gaza hospital bombing
In the aftermath of the deadly hospital explosion in Gaza on Tuesday, some of the world's biggest and most reputable news organizations uncritically echoed claims from the Hamas-run Palestinian government, which assigned fault for the carnage on Israel.
2023-10-18 20:19
US issues Hamas-related sanctions -US Treasury website
WASHINGTON The United States on Wednesday issued terrorism-related sanctions, targeting nine individuals and one entity linked to Hamas,
2023-10-18 20:17
Europe antisemitism: Berlin synagogue hit as attacks rise
Berlin's Jewish community is shaken after two petrol bombs are thrown at a synagogue.
2023-10-18 20:16
New King Kong game is being torn apart by the internet
The new King Kong video game, Skull Island: Rise of Kong, has released to an awful reception, with some naming it as the 'worst game of the year'. A new beat-em-up starring colossal kaiju favorite King Kong, flying in under-the-radar? You might be thinking 'sign me up' for a bit of that. If you're thinking that, you might want to hold back. Skull Island: Rise of Kong was only announced in July, and is available on PlayStation 5, Playstation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC, and come to think of it, there wasn't a great deal of promo heralding its release at all. That all makes sense now. The game is flat-out terrible, and the only noise being made about it is being generated by gamers who are ripping the new release apart with footage of the game and its cutscenes being shared far and wide. A quick snapshot of user reviews shows Skull Island: Rise of Kong being named as janky, terrible, static, awful, buggy and a 'complete scam' - the professional reviews (and we'll get to those) aren't much better at all. And users really think it could beat Lord of The Rings: Gollum to the title of 'worst of the year.' In particular, one cutscene involving a JPEG flashback/jumpscare is generating a lot of attention. All of it mocking the presentation of the game: It's not just gamers who are taking shots either, the gaming press is savaging the new release. Kotaku said the 'New King Kong Game Is Very, Very Bad' and called it a 'bland beat-’em-up with bad cutscenes, nasty visuals, and not much else' while Eurogamer called it a 'swing and a miss.' Fans of the great ape had been waiting a long, long time for a video game featuring Kong. The official video game of Peter Jackson's King Kong film titled - wait for it - Peter Jackson’s King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie came out in 2005 over a mix of consoles. You could've played it on Playstation 2, it has been that long. It's sad to say, but you'd be better off finding a way to play the older game. It's far, far better - and we can vouch for that. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
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