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washingtonexaminer.com - Zachary Faria - The future of video games: Pay extra and own nothing
The future of video games: Pay extra and own nothing
Washington Examiner

The video game industry hates you, which is why the near future will require you to constantly pay extra to enjoy video games that you will never be allowed to own. Sony, the maker of PlayStation, announced that it will be ceasing the production of…

bbc.co.uk - BBC Sport - World Cup 2026: Play BBC Sport's new predictor game
World Cup 2026: Play BBC Sport's new predictor game
BBC

Forty-eight teams, 104 matches - and you can predict them all across the BBC Sport website and app. A new predictor game is being introduced to cover this year's World Cup, allowing users to pick what they think will be the result from every match.

nytimes.com - Jen McCaffrey - Dramatic Red Sox turnaround continues with doubleheader sweep, 11-game winning streak
Dramatic Red Sox turnaround continues with doubleheader sweep, 11-game winning streak
The New York Times

BOSTON — Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy held a brief team meeting before the All-Star break. The message: Take the break to relax, but don't get too far away from baseball. There's more work to be done in a few days. To that end, Tracy…

standard.co.uk - Oli Gent - Man Utd beaten in first game of pre-season as Santos makes debut
Man Utd beaten in first game of pre-season as Santos makes debut
Evening Standard

Manchester United were beaten 1-0 in their opening game of pre-season by Wrexham in Helsinki, Finland. Michael Carrick was taking charge of his first game since being appointed as the club's permanent head coach this summer, after a successful…

espn.com - Keith Jenkins - MLB All-Star Game history: Winners, records and stats to know
MLB All-Star Game history: Winners, records and stats to know
ESPN

Since 1933, Major League Baseball has brought together its biggest names for a star-studded exhibition known as the MLB All-Star Game. Earning a selection to the Midsummer Classic is one of the sport's most coveted individual honors. Hall of Fame…

hackaday.com - Elliot Williams - Simple Games From A Simpler Time
Simple Games From A Simpler Time
Hackaday

Modern video games are nothing short of amazing. My son and I were playing through the one of the latest Zeldas, which involve a mix of combat and puzzle-solving that's pretty much the hallmark of the franchise. But the most recent open-world Zelda…

theguardian.com - Lauren Gould - Stuck inside? Our favorite puzzles, games and screen-free diversions keep the spirit of summer alive
Stuck inside? Our favorite puzzles, games and screen-free diversions keep the spirit of summer alive
The Guardian

Don't let wildfires and blistering temperatures ruin your fun. Our favorite screen-free activities will keep you laughing, relaxing and even working out indoors Last winter, extreme cold forced many of us indoors to huddle around our space heaters.

nytimes.com - Holly Shand - World Cup Fantasy 2026: How to tackle the final matchday and what can FPL learn from this game?
World Cup Fantasy 2026: How to tackle the final matchday and what can FPL learn from this game?
The New York Times

On Sunday, Spain or Argentina will be the toast of the footballing world — and so will one lucky World Cup Fantasy manager, along with countless others that will have beaten their friends, family and colleagues in mini-leagues across the…

polygon.com - Giovanni Colantonio - 5 puzzle games that are secretly the best co-op games
5 puzzle games that are secretly the best co-op games
Polygon.com

Despite the fact that my girlfriend and I both play video games, it's rare that we sit down to play a proper co-op game together. We just enjoy different speeds of games, so there aren't a lot of titles that cater to both of our tastes. What I have…

boston.com - Kaley Brown - Formidable Red Sox extend win streak to 11 games with doubleheader sweep of Rays
Formidable Red Sox extend win streak to 11 games with doubleheader sweep of Rays
Boston.com

The Boston Red Sox are unstoppable in every sense of the word right now. The Red Sox entered this past week's All-Star break on a nine-game winning streak, but it seems the hiatus didn't take away any of their momentum. Boston extended its win…

fansided.com - Ben Gray - France vs. England prediction and how to watch the World Cup third place game
France vs. England prediction and how to watch the World Cup third place game
FanSided

France and England face off in the World Cup third-place match after both suffered semifinal defeats this week. The Bronze Final has averaged nearly four goals per game in recent tournaments, promising an open contest. Both teams are expected to…

makeuseof.com - Oluwademilade Afolabi - Slack started as a video game that nobody wanted to play
Slack started as a video game that nobody wanted to play
MakeUseOf

Somewhere in a Vancouver office in late 2012, a company was quietly dying. Tiny Speck had spent nearly four years and roughly $17 million building an online world set inside the minds of eleven sleeping giants, and almost nobody wanted to live…

pcgamer.com - Jody Macgregor - The toughest choices in PC games
The toughest choices in PC games
PC Gamer

PC games have been foisting tricky decisions on players since back in 1985 when Ultima 4 made us navigate a moral compass with eight different spokes to prove we were Britannia's best boy. But the Big Decision Era really kicked off in 2003 when…

foxnews.com - David Troy - France takes on England in World Cup third-place game with Mbappe chasing Golden Boot
France takes on England in World Cup third-place game with Mbappe chasing Golden Boot
Fox News

For Americans, the World Cup has a lot of weird stuff. We aren't used to games ending in ties. We don't really recognize the beauty of teams passing the ball back and forth, trying to see where it makes sense to attack the defense. Most of all…

kotaku.com - Ethan Gach - Clair Obscur Actor Pulls Out Of Stunning New Fantasy Game
Clair Obscur Actor Pulls Out Of Stunning New Fantasy Game
Kotaku - Gaming Reviews, News, Tips and More

Prolific video game actor Jennifer English will no longer play the main hero in Eclipse Glow Games' upcoming hack-and-slash action-adventure Tides of Annihilation. The development team informed fans on July 17 that Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur:…

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