Amid the cascade of revelations from Michael Wolff’s incendiary book about the Trump administration, one Twitter user posted a screenshot Thursday night of what looked like an especially stunning excerpt. It described how the president, on his first night in office, had complained that White House televisions did not carry “the gorilla channel” and that Trump spent hours a day watching gorilla programming his staff subsequently produced to satisfy his simian appetite. The excerpt, of course, was satire. But that was not clear to the countless people who spread it like wildfire across the internet, where the gag commingled with actual…
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The island is blackened; a red ribbon tangled among a single tree’s branches. A blocky person stands on a rock contemplating death; the red ribbon draped around its neck. Candles line the perimeter of the rotating platform, though none are lit. After a bit of time, a terrifying dark settles in. It’s a polygonal vignette that seeps of disturbing imagery, though it’s not without reason. Kurt Young and Nikola Kostic, of Mokuni Games and KBros Games, respectively, created Jukai: Ocean of Trees in 2016. You can see the game in action above and download it here. (Chih-Tang Chang, also of Mokuni Games, did…
Government has appointed Arif Ahmed Khan as secretary of Ministry of Finance, Geo News reported Saturday. Khan was presently serving as secretary of Economic Affairs Division and has also served as secretary interior. The post had fallen vacant after the previous secretary, Shahid Mehmood, retired. However, reports emerged that Mehmood will be appointed as an adviser to the finance minister. This is not the only change the ministry has undergone in the last three months or so. On December 26, last year, Member National Assembly Rana Muhammad Afzal took oath as Minister of State of Finance, in a ceremony held…
SACP General Secretary Blade Nzimande has slammed President Jacob Zuma’s announcement of free tertiary education during his address at the Joe Slovo commemoration held at the Avalon Cemetery in Soweto on Saturday morning. Nzimande, the former Minister of higher education who was in the spotlight during #FeesMustFall protests, said while the move was welcomed, there was no indication where the money would be coming from. “It is very important the announcement made by Zuma must be clarified as a matter of urgency. If we don’t handle this correctly, a train is coming,” he said. “Can we afford free Higher Education,…
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) is popular the world over and India is no exception. So much so that barely 10 months after hitting Steam, India’s first official PUBG tournament is here and it’s called the PUBG India Open. The PUBG India Open is being run by GamingMonk — a Delhi-based e-sports company. It claims that there’s an active userbase of around 1,00,000 to 2,00,000 PUBG players in India on Steam and is running the PUBG India Open with PUBG Corp’s blessing. Up to 400 players will compete in the PUBG India Open which takes place on January 7 from 3pm IST.…
Microsoft India has revealed the Xbox One X price and release date for India. The Xbox One X is the company’s answer to Sony’s PS4 Pro, it’s a souped up, more powerful version of the Xbox One and Xbox One S. The Xbox India website lists the Xbox One X India price as Rs. 44,990 (approximately $710) with a release date of January 15, 2018. Internationally the console costs $499 (around Rs. 32,000). At the moment, the console is available in the grey market for around Rs. 38,000 to Rs. 42,000. The Xbox One X can be pre-ordered from Flipkart and Amazon although links…
Apart from successfully managing high school and intermediate examinations involving over 67 lakh students this year, the UP Board now has an additional responsibility. The board has been approached by the government of Nepal for “support and guidance” to its newly established National Examination Board of Nepal after it was impressed with its expertise in accommodating lakhs of students. The Nepal board, formed last year through an amendment to country’s Education Act, 1971, will now be conducting the high school and Intermediate examinations in the country instead of Nepal’s Higher Education Examination Board. UP Board officials have shared various details…
Monster Hunter World tops January’s list of video game releases. The first month of 2018 is actually a really great time to catch up on games you missed or haven’t finished from 2017 (or 2016!) There just isn’t all that much coming out in January, at least not until the end of the month. In fact, only two games are releasing for the Xbox One the entire month. That’s fewer than the Nintendo Switch (4) and just one more than the 3DS. PS4 will see 9 new releases including a VR game and a Vita cross-play game. PC gamers will…
Dec 29, 2017; Denver, CO, USA; Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon (29) and Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Connor Brown (28) battle for the puck in overtime at the Pepsi Center. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports More (The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of National Hockey League games on Friday: Blackhawks 4, Oilers 3 (OT) It was 2 a.m. on Friday when Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville informed 32-year-old goaltender Jeff Glass that his NHL dream would finally be coming true. After the Blackhawks lost in Vancouver on Thursday, Quenneville decided that Glass would be getting his first NHL…
Hello! Welcome back to the final instalment of our top 50 games of 2017, as picked by the Eurogamer editorial team. Looking back, it’s clear that 2017 in gaming was truly something very special – which is nice, frankly, because elsewhere the year had some serious problems. Anyway, here are our top ten games of the year! 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10. Total War: Warhammer 2 Creative Assembly Chris Bratt: At launch I was impressed by a new style of campaign that has players pushing forwards with some urgency, taking more risks, lest they lose the race for the Great Vortex…