Master Chief Collection is good and all, but have y’all played Hocus Doom yet? pic.twitter.com/LK6dttVF1uDecember 8, 2019 Hocus Pocus was a 1994 side-scrolling platformer published by 3D Realms in glorious 256-color VGA. You played a wizard’s apprentice with some magic spells and a steady supply of rapid-fire potions. For the […]
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong protesters set fire outside court buildings, threw petrol bombs and spray-painted graffiti on government buildings, marring what was otherwise a “generally peaceful” march over the weekend, police said on Monday. Protesters attend a Human Rights Day march in the district of Causeway Bay in […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Volunteers in the New Zealand city of Rotorua are preparing two dozen white-lined coffins to be transported to Samoa at the end of the week as the measles-ravaged Pacific island nation languishes under a growing death toll that has now hit 70. FILE PHOTO: A view of […]
A volcano has erupted in New Zealand with 100 people in the vicinity – leaving some unaccounted for, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said. Tourists were seen walking inside the rim of the White Island crater just moments before the eruption. The local mayor told New Zealand media she feared […]
Jobs was not a prolific autograph signer. RR Auctions How much is Steve Jobs’ signature worth? Tens of thousands of dollars, at least. Auction house RR Auction has sold a floppy disk signed by the late Apple co-founder for a whopping $84,115. You could buy 84 iPhone 11 units for […]
You DON’T have a right to change your mind – so don’t assume you can take it back Whenever I say this, jaws drop and people look at me askance. Yet it’s important to know conventional wisdom is wrong here. Buy goods in-store and you have no legal right to return […]
A number of “extraordinary items” were discovered during the nine-year-long excavation on the Barryfield housing estate near Aylesbury, located next to the ancient Roman settlement. The most notable find was a set of four perfectly preserved and extremely fragile bird eggs. Some of them are the oldest in existence, dating […]
Google has gone all out with new upgrades for its connected home series in recent weeks. Most recently the firm added Assistant support for a number of nifty smart devices ranging from wardrobes to lawnmowers. And now the Mountain View firm has announced it’s adding the ability to create and […]