Sundays are for looking back at the week and honestly just thinking, yeesh, what are you doing, working in an industry that’s succumbed so deeply and so wilfully to moral decay. The publishers sold to executioners. The naked attempts at thought manipulation. The constant, miserable hum of distrust and paranoia produced by a technology that even bedroom modders, once the poster children of earnest DIY enthusiasm, are now using to cut corners and mislead players. God, it's awful.
Thus, in honour of my dire need to spend this weekend thinking about something else – hopefully that being enough time to reset and rediscover some of the medium’s lingering pleasures – here are some quality reads from the past week, absolutely none of which concern games.
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Category: News
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The Sunday Papers
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Xbox UK and Europe console price hikes revealed – and it's even worse than we expected
Xbox has finally revealed the price hikes recently rolled out across its hardware, and Xbox consoles in the UK are now between 34 and 49 percent more expensive than they were last month. Read more
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Still no clearance to bring dead Thai vlogger home from Georgia
Still no clearance to bring dead Thai vlogger home from Georgia
The Foreign Affairs Ministry is still awaiting clearance from police investigators in Georgia, in eastern Europe, to return the body of Thai Youtuber Hlun Solo to Thailand for funeral rites.
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Gang’s reign of terror and murder in Pattaya leads to debate in Thailand on the country’s death penalty
Gang’s reign of terror and murder in Pattaya leads to debate in Thailand on the country’s death penalty
Thailand’s grisly discovery of two mass murder scenes in Pattaya has reignited demands for executions to resume. PM Anutin says convicted killers will receive no… Read More ›
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Freed 28-year-old Thai woman returns to Bangkok and meets Narcotics Suppression Bureau officers
Freed 28-year-old Thai woman returns to Bangkok and meets Narcotics Suppression Bureau officers
From Japanese prison to key witness. Thai woman Ms. Jutathip returned home after prosecutors cleared her over meth hidden in coffee sachets. Police are now… Read More ›
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Sweeping overhaul of the deportation process places immense new power in the hands of the government
Sweeping overhaul of the deportation process places immense new power in the hands of the government
Thailand’s new deportation regime gives authorities broader powers to expel foreigners considered contrary to the public good or Thai moral values as ministers streamline removals,… Read More ›
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