: A generic NPC in a computer game inspired by “Grand Theft Auto Online” realizes that his entire world is a simulation after he meets the only player capable of saving its servers from being shut down. Of course, the project’s relative originality belies the fact that it was actually […]
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Barnstormers Theatre opens doors with modern-day version of the 1930s classic ‘Our Town” | A&E
F rom its start 90 years ago as a traveling troupe of entertainers, The Barnstormers Theatre has been making memories on and off stage in the center of Tamworth. “The experience isn’t just going there to a show. It’s the farmer’s market’s crumb bun, the distillery or Rosie’s (Restaurant). It’s […]
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Palia is a High Fantasy Version Spin on Animal Crossing
Considering that Animal Crossing became a mainstream sensation last year, it was only a matter of time until we saw a wave of cozy life simulators. While we likely won’t see big companies like Ubisoft launching their own spin on the genre for a few years, a new online game […]
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China Teaches Kids Its Own Version of the Climate Change Story
For most of her young life, nine-year-old Gao Ximan dreamed of becoming a policewoman. But after attending an eight-week online workshop about climate change this summer, she decided being a conservationist was a more important ambition. “Siberian tigers and snow leopards are so cute, but they are dying out,” said […]
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Microsoft Embraces Series X Fridge Meme And Makes A Life-Sized Version For The Internet
Whenever a new gadget or console is announced, the internet is quick to make memes out of them, relating them with real-life objects. The case remained the same after Microsoft unveiled the design of the ‘Series X’ when people started comparing it with a refrigerator online. Well, that did not […]
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Society Notebook: Telling Room embraces virtual version of variety show
It’s been a year of “the best we can do.” Concerts on laptops. Auctions on phones. Awards presented over Zoom. But as The Telling Room tried to reimagine its popular Show & Tell literary variety show, originally scheduled for April at the State Theatre, as something that wouldn’t be less-than, […]
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ByteDance’s Chinese version of TikTok hits 600 million daily users
By Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) – Douyin, the Chinese version of short video app TikTok, hit 600 million daily active users in August, an executive with parent company ByteDance said on Tuesday, a 50% jump since the start of the year. Users in China are not able […]