Thick as Thieves feels like it has a story to tell. And not just the one about talking effigies and mysterious diamonds that plays out across its relatively brisk campaign. Rather, the story of its seemingly sudden lurch away from PvP, its truncated launch state, and its somewhat awkwardly papered cracks. But whatever that story may be, and whatever its resulting flaws, this odd little nubbin of a co-operative first-person stealth adventure is still a surprisingly fun time – and not just because of its killer eight-minute countdown. Read more
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The Sunday Papers
Sundays are for stumbling upon a ruined church, squirrelled away among the hawthorns behind a currently active church in the neighbourhood. I was flabbergasted – I've walked past that churchyard a thousand times without noticing. In this case, I just happened to take a different route around the cemetery. The old church is roofless and barred, but I managed to thrust my phone through a grill and take pictures of a peaked mausoleum, squat in the middle of the transept crossing, together with the coruscating beehive thumbed into the arch of one window. Magic. Anyway, here are some articles about mostly videogames. Read more
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User-replaceable batteries are coming back in a big way
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about gadgets and smartphones, follow Dominic Preston. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started In 2023, the European Union agreed on two landmark pieces […]
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I went looking for the AI weed vape that gives you Bitcoin for smoking
The crypto weed vape found me on 4/20, the high holiday of cannabis enthusiasts everywhere. It arrived over Slack with the thumbnail of a man exhaling a plume of vapor, the words "every hit delivers Bitcoin" emblazoned across it. It claimed to be advertising a device called Gudtrip, and I thought everything about it sounded […]
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Drug gang smashed in Phitsanulok moving 1.7 tonnes of meth pills and 50 kg of ketamine in an oil tanker
Drug gang smashed in Phitsanulok moving 1.7 tonnes of meth pills and 50 kg of ketamine in an oil tanker
Police smashed a major drug pipeline after intercepting a fuel tanker carrying 1.737 tonnes of crystal meth and 50kg of ketamine worth more than 200… Read More ›
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Young woman decapitated in latest horror motorbike crash this time in Pathum Thani on Sunday morning
Young woman decapitated in latest horror motorbike crash this time in Pathum Thani on Sunday morning
A high-speed Honda Forza 350 crashed into a median barrier in Pathum Thani after a failed overtaking manoeuvre, killing both riders. A 26-year-old woman was… Read More ›
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