Taiwan launches annual war games as tensions simmer with China
Taiwan has launched its annual Han Kuang military exercises aimed at simulating real-life combat. China has been conducting regular military drills around Taiwan for four years in an attempt to force Taipei to accept its territorial claims over the island. The five-day military drills will run alongside the Wan’an civil defence exercise, which simulates a […]
Glasgow’s independent game festival: an anarchic showcase of Scotland’s thriving virtual world | Games
circleWhen you walk through the doors of this boutique video game festival, you’ll be immediately greeted by bullet hell shooters with a painterly twist. ZOE Go away!you dodge and fire attacks at breakneck speed, and the game plunges into an intoxicating shower of pointillist color, dazzling the eyes and punishing the thumbs. Leave after readingAt […]
‘It’s a very strange feeling’: can the man who won Olympic gold bring glory to the Paris Games? | Paris Olympic Games 2024
IIt must be a pretty strange feeling. You’re in charge of the biggest event your country has ever hosted. You’ve been working on this event for almost 10 years, basically sacrificing everything else in your life, and now it’s just one week away. “It’s a very strange feeling,” said Tony Estanguet, president of the 2024 […]
EA Sports ‘College Football 25’ fans rejoice in game’s return
For too long we have remained on the sidelines. EA Sports’ “College Football 25,” which is released on Friday, is the most The highly anticipated sports video game The best ever. In the 2000s Ranked as one of the most popular games It’s the best-selling model of all time, but fans were in for a […]
‘College Football 25’ delivers on all its promises to become one of the best football games of all-time
Few video games are as highly anticipated. College Football 25More than a decade of yearning came to a cathartic end with the game’s release this week. The only question that remains is, was it worth it? Is EA Sports’ return to college football something gamers want, or do they fear a cheap, reskinned version? Madden […]
‘I just love proving people wrong’: Georgie Brayshaw, the rower who came out of a coma | Paris Olympic Games 2024
“G“Georgina? Hello? Georgina?” George Brayshaw parks his car on the side of a road somewhere in Switzerland, I think in Bern, and presses it against the back window to get better reception. “How’s Switzerland…” the phone hangs up. “…What? It’s hung up…” And then it hangs up again. “How’s Switzerland…” a truck passes by. “…it’s […]
Paris mayor swims in Seine River to prove it’s clean ahead of Olympic Games
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the long-polluted Seine on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river is clean enough to host Olympic swimming events. Since 2015, $1.5 billion has been spent to clean up the Seine, building a huge underground reservoir in central Paris, upgrading sewer infrastructure, and upgrading wastewater treatment plants. The […]
Lionel Messi missing next two Inter Miami games with ankle injury
Inter Miami will be without soccer superstar Lionel Messi for at least the next two games after suffering an ankle injury while playing for Argentina in Sunday’s Copa America final. The MLS club announced on Tuesday that Messi injured ligaments in his right ankle and that his “availability will depend on regular evaluations and the […]
Craig Carton will make WFAN return to call three Yankees games
Craig Carton will get his chance to try his hand at baseball broadcasting next month when he joins WFAN’s broadcast crew with Suzyn Waldman for the Yankees-Rangers series. Carton announced he will be working with the veteran baseball announcer on the series, which runs from Aug. 9-11. Appearing on WFAN’s “The Evan & Tiki Show” […]
Eight ideas to restore MLB All-Star Game’s slipping luster
ARLINGTON, Texas — The MLB All-Star Game is still a treasure, and arguably much better than the dismal failure of most other All-Star Games. But it still needs help. Lots of help. (More on that later, but first a few words about the other All-Star Games.) There’s very little defense in the NBA All-Star Game, […]