PC Gamer (US Edition)

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You may have heard of PICO-8, but are you familiar with TIC-80, a ‘fantasy computer’ with a similar set of harsh restrictions? These include a teeny screen resolution, severe code restrictions, and a limited color palette, and of course people have o

Chat It's Fate

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This issue we thought we'd spotlight our Daily Play Games his issue ! Well we thought , they are we a member ’d spotlight favourite our Daily . When Play you’re a member of Chat Mag Bingo, you can play you one ’ve of our made three your great first d

Literary Hub

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West Initially, there was no such thing as “the Western.” The word was just an adjective that added some local color to a variety of genres ranging from “Western comedies” to “Western melodramas,” “chase films,” “romances,” and “epics.” But the adjec

Guernica Magazine

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Reconsidering the origin stories and mythologies of Los Angeles, Texas, Arizona, the Alamo, and a family. The post New Series: Rewriting the West appeared first on Guernica.

NPR

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Maxim Loskutoff's collection of short stories picks at the tensions between city and country among everyday Westerners — who find themselves living among heavily-armed separatist militias.

Wild West

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The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City has inducted actors Kurt Russell and father Bing Russell (1926–2003) into its Hall of Great Western Performers. Bing is best known for his roles as Deputy Sheriff Clem Foster on the TV se

Retro Gamer

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No, I’m not going to say Strider, but I will recommend Fire Emblem on the GBA. It’s pricey, but has a great story, deep strategy and won’t hog the family TV. Expertise: Juggling a gorgeous wife, two beautiful girls and an award-winning magazine, all

Stuff UK

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Boggle meets Othello meets Risk as you and a chum do battle over a grid of letters. Tiles you use turn your colour; those surrounded gain a deeper hue and cannot be flipped by your opponent during their go. The winner is whoever flips the last tile —

Retro Gamer

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The Wii’s motion controls were a natural fit for a series about facing your fears with a steady hand. Mask Of The Lunar Eclipse (as its patched version is known) foregoes heavy atmosphere in favour of jump scares and one too many cutscenes, but the m

Writing Magazine

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The winner of the Gollancz and Rivers of London BAME SFF Award is The Principles of Moments, Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson (pictured left), with The Reeves’ Guild, Kyla Jardine, in second. The award was launched last year by Gollancz and Ben Aaronovitch in p

The Independent

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The western is one of the most beloved genres of all. In recent years, it seems to have been making a comeback of sorts. Just a few years back Chloé Zhao released her standout rodeo film The Rider, while in 2016, western heads had to contend with Ant

TV Guide Magazine

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Sunday, Aug. 30, 7:45am/6:45c, getTV PICK OF THE WEEK! TIM MATHESON SPORTED a toga in the iconic big-screen comedy National Lampoon’s Animal House and a slick suit in the award-winning TV drama The West Wing. Between 1969 and 1976, however, his signa

Cowboys & Indians

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DON’T HEED THE DOOM AND GLOOM OF PESSIMISTS: WESTERNS ARE alive and well and thriving on multiple platforms in the 21st century. The only catch is, many of them don’t look or sound much like the Saturday matinee horse operas of yesteryear. These days

Cowboys & Indians

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MORGAN WOODWARD was a familiar face throughout the golden age of TV westerns. The Texas-born actor guest-starred in no fewer than 19 episodes of Gunsmoke (including a 1992 TV-movie spinoff) and 12 episodes of Wagon Train, and was the title character’

Los Angeles Times

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Whether they are densely populated or deeply rural, few communities in the United States have escaped a shocking run-up in suicides over the past two decades. From 1999 to 2016, suicide claimed the lives of 453,577 adults between the ages of 25 and 6

Official PlayStation Magazine - UK Edition

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Who would have thought the biggest controversy around adding a story creator to Assassin’s Creed Odyssey would involve numbers? It’s the antithesis of story. But here we are. Any time you give players the ability to create and share their own missio

Edge

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Watch_Dogs #2: Second Chance bit.ly/watchdogscomic Watch Dogs is a weird old thing, requiring unexpectedly delicate handling. Playing into the hacker fantasy is key, in our opinion: add too much gritty realism and heartbreaking family drama, as Ubiso

KRASH

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Imagine Fortnite, but set in a fantasy world where the characters don’t have guns and explosives, but spells and potions. That’s the idea behind this exciting battle royale game, which is in early access for PC and has just been announced for PS4. Yo

PC Gamer

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Negates damage once this round. When attacking, choose your blocker. Strike twice, with the first hit happening before usual combat. Can only be blocked by other Elusive units. Is destroyed after attacking or at the end of the round. Triggers an

Chat

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The minimum age to play the National Lottery is set to be raised from 16 years old to 18 years old from October, in order to ‘protect young people from gambling- related harm’, the Government has announced. And under the plans, which were revealed as

National Park Journal

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Catch a rare glimpse into Northern Arapaho culture in Riverton, Wyo. Every Tuesday evening in the summer, travelers can watch the Northern Arapaho Experience, an hour-long performance that showcases traditional and non-traditional Native American dan

National Park Journal

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Catch a rare glimpse into Northern Arapaho culture in Riverton, Wyo. Every Tuesday evening in the summer, travelers can watch the Northern Arapaho Experience, an hour-long performance that showcases traditional and non-traditional Native American dan

PC Gamer (US Edition)

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You don’t tend to see the words ‘multimedia’ and ‘enduring’ in the same sentence often, do you? This ambitious attempt at a story told across both a TV show and an MMO didn’t defy the trend, managing only to be forgettable in two mediums simultaneous

The Knot Weddings Magazine

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WE’LL GIVE YOU ONE GUESS AS TO WHICH REGISTRY STAPLE WE’VE WRAPPED UP. HINT THE SOUTH ASKS FOR IT THE MOST. CONNECTICUT / DELAWARE / MAINE / MARYLAND / MASSACHUSETTS / NEW HAMPSHIRE / NEW JERSEY / NEW YORK / PENNSYLVANIA / RHODE ISLAND / VERMONT / VI

Retro Gamer

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When you look at the growth of gaming during the Eighties, so much of it is driven by the popular characters of the era. While abstract games were still capable of becoming huge hits – just look at Tetris – companies that found their star character c

National Park Journal

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Catch a rare glimpse into Northern Arapaho culture in Riverton, Wyo. Every Tuesday evening in the summer, travelers can watch the Northern Arapaho Experience, an hour-long performance that showcases traditional and non-traditional Native American dan

NPR

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An imaginary map line dividing East and West illustrates a climate boundary that has influenced how and where people live and work. Its eastward shift could predict changes in farming and ranching.

PC Gamer

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You may have heard of PICO-8, but are you familiar with TIC-80, a ‘fantasy computer’ with a similar set of harsh restrictions? These include a teeny screen resolution, severe code restrictions, and a limited colour palette, and of course people have

Woman's Own

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Tracey won her jackpot on Arcade Bomb, a slot game with Reel Bomb features, where different colours detonate into different patterns. Arcade Bomb is one of many Daily Double Jackpot games that have three jackpots, including Dragon’s Luck, Pirates Ple

Official PlayStation Magazine - UK Edition

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This new indie dungeon-crawler from developer Cococucumber is a snuggly celebration of all the things we love about the scene; 16-bit-era nostalgia blended with new tech. In this case, voxels are used to create Riverbond’s worlds, and power the shoot