Death Stranding 2 also features Marinelli’s wife, Alissa Jung: “I was also looking for someone to play Lucy, but in the midst of the pandemic it wasn’t easy. One day, Luca asked me if I had found his ‘counterpart.’ I told him no. He told me that his wife is …
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An Experimental New Dating Site Matches Singles Based on Their Browser Histories
Unlike most dating apps, which charge monthly or annual fees for their paid tiers, there is only a one-time payment of €9 to sign up granting users unlimited matches; a free option limits users to five matches. Depoorter says he doesn’t want to exploit users by having them pay on …
Read More »The Viral Storm Streamers Predicting Deadly Tornadoes—Sometimes Faster Than the Government
As traditional media shrinks, storm streamers are growing; Schuster recently hired his first full-time employee—Reilly Dibble, who used to work for Hall. Unlike a traditional broadcast, YouTube allows Schuster to go live before there’s a tornado warning, so he can warn viewers if a storm is likely to produce a …
Read More »He’s Blind. He Plays Video Games. Here’s How That Works
So, how do you disrupt decades of industry inertia? A lot of patience, Minor says. He observes how other disability activists have done it for generations before him: You smile a lot and explain the same thing over and over and over again. Minor’s first “job” was on Madden NFL …
Read More »Microsoft Finally Gets Into the Handheld Game With ROG Xbox Ally
Microsoft is finally taking its shot for handheld gaming. During Summer Game Fest on June 8, the company debuted the console with a flashy trailer: a floating block of ice forming into the handheld before the Xbox logo cracks through and the system comes to life. Not just one, but …
Read More »I Joined Every Class Action Lawsuit I Could Find, and So Can You
“Perhaps a large number of people have claims, but the claims are worth fairly small amounts of money. Maybe they lost $25 each? A corporation could make a lot of money by collecting lots and lots of $25,” she says. “But individually, going to court for $25? Forget it.” Thus, …
Read More »‘Ballerina’ Deserves an Oscar Nod for Stunts—But It’ll Never Get One
If anyone knows how to take a fall, it’s Cara Marie Chooljian. As a stunt performer in everything from Everything Everywhere All at Once to this Friday’s Ballerina, she’s used to taking blows and getting back up. There’s just one blow she wishes she didn’t have to take, at least …
Read More »Why More Young People Are Becoming ‘Relationship Anarchists’
For relationship anarchists, there is no pecking order among their connections—partners, friends, neighbors, colleagues—are all regarded the same. They treat all their relationships equally, be they romantic or platonic, and believe each relationship possesses “similar or identical potential for emotional, physical, or mental intimacy, love, and satisfaction,” Rare noted in …
Read More »What Really Happened in the Aftermath of the Lizard Squad Hacks
Although many security experts angrily railed against the media’s portrayal of Lizard Squad as “sophisticated,” people grudgingly came to accept that the Christmas attack did have a big impact on cybersecurity and the gaming industry. There’s little doubt that this was not the group’s motive—despite their clumsy attempts to claim …
Read More »Days-Long ‘Dark Retreats’ Are the Newest Spiritual Conquest for Tech Elites
There are around five darkness retreat centers in the US, Berman says, with approximately 100 worldwide. Sky Cave has three dark rooms; four-night retreats cost $1,770, with an extra night to settle in and another to decompress afterward. The potential effects of prolonged darkness have not been studied well, but …
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