What's on your bookshelf?: Dragon Age veteran Mark Darrah

read-only Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome back to Booked For The Week - our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books! Most of us know about the novel, the novella, and the rare novito, but did you know that Penguin briefly tried to market the ‘big nov’ - single sentences of much larger works, bizarrely serialised into hardbacks weighty enough to club the equally rare giga-seal?...

October 27, 2024 · 3 min · 446 words · Lacey Fox

Wordle hints and answer (#1226): How to solve the Sunday October 27 Wordle

Stuck on the Wordle word for October 27? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Buckle up for a selection of clues to help you keep your streak intact. Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

October 27, 2024 · 6 min · 1228 words · Mary Johnson

Cities: Skylines latest DLC came out this week, 18 months after its "final" DLC came out last year

It’s about building mountain villages Cities: Skylinesreceived its final piece of DLClast May, as developers Colossal Order shifted their focus to its sequel,Cities: Skylines 2. Eighteen months and the release of Cities: Skylines 2 later… Cities: Skylines 1 is getting new DLC again. The “Mountain Village” creator pack add 45 new buildings designed to help you construct quaint and picturesque destinations. Many of Cities: Skylines DLCs were created by community members and that’s the case here, but developers Colossal Order have also been hands-off when it comes to implementing the work in-game....

October 26, 2024 · 2 min · 312 words · Sara Blake

NYT Connections hints and answers for Sat, October 26th

This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 12th December! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 26th October?Read on, for we’ve got the hints you need to forge the links between all of the Connections words on display. Connectionsis a word puzzle game published every day by the New York Times (NYT), the hosts of the endlessly popularWordlepuzzle....

October 26, 2024 · 4 min · 662 words · Shaun Stewart

Straftat recreates the experience of joining a random Half-Life or Quake deathmatch server in the year 2000

It’s out now and it’s free Edwin wrote aboutStraftat’s demoduring Steam Next Fest earlier this month, but I can’t resist the opportunity to write about the full release. I spent much of my time in the late ’90s and early ’00s downloading user-made levels for first-person shooters likeHalf-Lifeand the Quakes. Sometimes from Fileplanet, sometimes directly from whatever random dedicated server I’d just selected from the browser. These levels almost always had an incomplete grasp of the affordances of the game - or even more charitably, were more interested in gimmicks than in balance....

October 26, 2024 · 3 min · 542 words · Sara Peterson

Wordle hints and answer (#1225): How to solve the Saturday October 26 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for October 26? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?We have you covered with a list of hints to help you maintain that precious streak. Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

October 26, 2024 · 6 min · 1209 words · Malik Morales

Ys X: Nordics has set sail on PC, and this time it's got local co-op from day one

Never Adol moment Ys X: Nordicslaunched in Japan last year to some critical acclaim, and it has now made its way both west and onto PC. The PC version has abunch of graphical upgradesand keyboard support, but also - unlike predecessor Ys IX:MonstrumNox which got co-op asa cheeky post-launch bonus on PC- Ys X: Nordics has local co-op from day one. Ys X again stars pretty boy protagonist Adol, but this time is teamed-up with pirate Karja....

October 26, 2024 · 2 min · 215 words · Brian Pena

Best Assault Rifles in Call Of Duty Black Ops 6

Here are our favourite Assault Rifles in Black Ops 6 What are the best Assault Rifles in Black Ops 6?Assault Rifles are the mainstays of Call of Duty and the tried and true way to rip apart opponents in multiplayer. Not sure which gun you want to start with? Searching for a weapon that’s relatively easy to wrap your head around? Pick an AR. Black Ops 6 is no exception to this tradition, and there’s a fine array of Assault Rifles available for you to experiment with as you get ready to engage in Cold War firefights....

October 25, 2024 · 4 min · 831 words · Joseph Smith

Best Call of Duty Black Ops 6 AK-74 loadout and class setup

Here’s how to put together a stellar AK-74 loadout in Black Ops 6 Looking to build the best AK-74 loadout in Black Ops 6?The AK-74, previously a weapon mostly delegated to Call of Duty’s mobile and handheld entries, makes a mighty entrance inCall of Duty: Black Ops6. Featuring a good amount of power that can shine with the right equipment, the AK-74’s a very decent contender in the Assault Rifle space....

October 25, 2024 · 4 min · 786 words · Carla Cervantes

Best Call of Duty Black Ops 6 C9 loadout and class setup

Here’s how to spray a wide array of bullets with the C9 in Black Ops 6 Looking to build the best C9 loadout in Black Ops 6?The C9 is an effective Submachine Gun that was one of the first acquired during theCall of Duty: Black Ops6 beta. While there are stronger guns to collect as you level up, the C9 is bound to be a starting weapon in many a player’s arsenal, and its high firerate is nothing to underestimate....

October 25, 2024 · 4 min · 830 words · Wayne Nichols

Best Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Jackal PDW loadout and class setup

Here’s how to make the most of the Jackal PDW’s impressive power in Black Ops 6 Looking to build the best Jackal PDW loadout in Black Ops 6?The Jackal PDW dominated the meta inCall of Duty: Black Ops6’s beta, plowing through matches with explosive full-auto Submachine Gun bullet spray. Despite not being quite as top-tier in the main game, the Jackal PDW is still a mighty effective weapon for putting your finger to the trigger and getting headshot multipliers....

October 25, 2024 · 5 min · 959 words · Michaela Lang

Best Call of Duty Black Ops 6 XM4 loadout and class setup

Here’s the best loadout for this jack-of-all-trades Assault Rifle in Black Ops 6 Looking to build the best XM4 loadout in Black Ops 6?The XM4 returns from previousCall Of Dutygames to deliver some tried and true goodness into the hands of Assault Rifle fans in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6. This gun is one of the first you can turn to if you’re just getting your feet wet with ARs, and it’s an excellent jack-of-all-trades option....

October 25, 2024 · 4 min · 811 words · Kevin Powell

Best SMG in Call Of Duty Black Ops 6

Here are our favourite SMG in Black Ops 6 What are the best SMGs in Black Ops 6?Submachine Guns, better known as SMGs, are popular mainstays in the Call Of Duty series for close-range engagements. Anyone who loves a good balance between a blazing fire rate and solid mobility will find much to offer with a SMG, and Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 provides a nice selection of Submachine Guns for you to mow down the opposition with....

October 25, 2024 · 5 min · 950 words · Joshua Porter