Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off the weekend by taking a look at the world of gaming, diving in to the ideas that underpin the hobby we love with a bit of Game Theory. We’ll sound off in the space above, and invite you to respond down in the comments, telling us what you’re playing this weekend, and what theories it’s got you kicking around. There’s a question video game fans have had to ask themselves with increasing frequency over the last decade or so of big releases, as various...
Why is everyone so interested in Manor Lords? The game, an ambitious city builder/RTS hybrid, attempts to simulate how medieval towns were constructed by embracing organic layouts and doing away with the grid systems common in the genre. And, today, it hit 3 million wishlists on Steam – that's no mean feat. It's currently above even Hades 2. That's impressive. Its trailers have been attractive, interesting, and intriguing – but there's something else to the game's rampant success. It's 2022...
Pyrite, the yellow metal known as fool’s gold, has another trick up its sleeve: it can contain lithium, a crucial element in the world’s quest for greener energy, according to a team of researchers that studied rock deposits in the eastern United States. The researchers examined 15 rock samples that formed during the middle-Devonian, about […]
Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency David Petraeus talks to CNN’s Jake Tapper on State of the Union about the significance Iran’s attack on Israel will have in the region.
Despite lay-offs and studio closures, the 20th edition of the ceremony saw Dungeons & Dragons-inspired Baldur’s Gate 3 become the runaway winner in a hotly contested fieldIn London last night, the 20th Bafta games awards celebrated a year that was stacked with critically acclaimed games. Taking place against the backdrop of an unprecedented year of layoffs and studio closures in the gaming industry, acknowledged by Bafta chair Sara Putt in her speech at the beginning of the evening, it was a...
NBCUniversal-owned streamer Peacock has ordered wildlife reality competition show The Hungry Games: Alaska’s Big Bear Challenge. Coproduced by Ample Entertainment in the US and Canada’s Blue Ant Me
Durham, Essex, Hampshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Surrey and Warwickshire have been chosen as hosts.
Former NFL star OJ Simpson has died from cancer aged 76.
Breaking down the Western Conference scenarios that will unfold on Sunday to determine the No. 1 seed in the playoffs. Where will the Oklahoma City Thunder finish?
The city of Springfield was buzzing with excitement as the highest level of international basketball 3 x 3 teams competed it out starting Monday night.
Michael Jordan was overjoyed as 23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick drove the
Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s cousin has labelled Jim Sheridan’s theory that Ian Bailey is innocent as “madness”.