The Vikings have had one of their most transformative offseason seasons this year, eliminating major players in almost every way possible (trade, unrestricted free agency, etc.) outside of acquiring and wearing an infinity gauntlet to get them out of the existence. However, despite that, the team extended its quarterback Kirk …
Read More »Gamer Girl, the first improvised FMV game, provokes a backlash
[[[[To update: The Gamer Girl trailer has apparently been removed from YouTube, as the embedded video below will no longer play. It attracted great controversy when it was initially available.] Publisher Wales Interactive said in a series of tweets that the game seeks to raise awareness of online abuse. Gamer …
Read More »China dismantles the empire of a missing magnate
HONG KONG – Xiao Jianhua was once a trusted financier for China’s ruling elite who came to represent an era of rampant capitalism. But three years ago, he was kidnapped from a Hong Kong luxury hotel and disappeared in Chinese custody. Now, the empire he built is being dismantled by …
Read More »Riley Keough breaks the silence on Brother Benjamin’s suicide
Actress Riley Keough mourns the loss of her brother Benjamin Keough, who died last Sunday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Riley, as well as her mother Lisa Marie Presley, are shocked by the devastating loss. “Mornings are the most difficult. I forgot you were gone, ”she began the long dedication. …
Read More »Coronavirus cases in India cross the million threshold
NEW DELHI – India crossed 1 million cases of coronavirus on Friday, third only to the United States and Brazil, raising concerns about its readiness to face an inevitable surge that could overwhelm hospitals and test the country’s weak health system. An increase of 34,956 new cases in the last …
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