After the success of Return to Castle Wolfenstein, id Software with co-dev Raven Software decided to take things in a different direction with 2009’s Wolfenstein. The result was a game that polarized reviewers and fans alike. Some viewed the game as the “same…
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Month: August 2019
Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day
(Bloomberg) — Want the lowdown on what’s moving European markets in your inbox every morning? Sign up here. Good morning. Donald Trump really, really wants the Fed to cut rates, Boris Johnson is planning a Brexit blitz and governments are testing the temper…
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The problem with autonomous cars that no one’s talking about
On a recent research trip, I found myself in the back of a taxi in New Delhi, amid a dizzying mix of car horns and exhaust. What initially seemed like complete chaos—a flurry of cars, buses, auto-rickshaws, motorbikes, and the occasional cow—turned out to be …
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Silicon Valley’s Crisis of Conscience
There are two kinds of people: those who know nothing about Esalen and those who purport to know everything about it. To find out which kind of person youre talking to, simply utter the three syllables (stress on the first, slant-rhyme with mescaline) and wai…
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I Tried to Live Like Joe Rogan
E very morning of my Joe Rogan experience began the same way Joe Rogan begins his: with the mushroom coffee. It’s a pour-and-stir powder made from lion’s mane and chaga—“two rock-star mushrooms,” according to Joe—and it’s made by a company called Four Sigmati…
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