Although the name of the game escaped them, both had a clear memory of how it looked. In the game, you played as anthropomorphised fruit, interacting with other players in a garish 2D environment. The game, they remembered, was linked… Read More ›
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Addicted to losing
Shellz, 37, a nurse from Houston, spends at least two hours a day with her husband playing a casino-style smartphone game called Jackpot Magic. The app offers a variety of typical casino games to play, including their favorite, called Reel… Read More ›
A winter of discontent
This article unfolds the likely scenario of a large resurgence of COVID-19 cases this winter after poor planning for foreseeable events. The situation is set to be exacerbated by the spike in cases we are currently witnessing in the UK,… Read More ›
Periwinkle, the Color of Poison, Modernism, and Dusk
Periwinkle goes by many names. You might know her by one of her more fabulous monikers, like sorcerer’s violet or fairy’s paintbrush. In Italy, she is called fiore di morte (flower of death), because it was common to lay wreaths… Read More ›
The New Reconstruction
Those staples of the American racial discourse became hard to sustain this year, as the country was enveloped by overlapping national crises. The pandemic exposed the president. The nation needed an experienced policy maker; instead it saw a professional hustler,… Read More ›
It just worked
My daughter’s iPhone 7 started to suffer battery problems and after a quick check in Settings (which showed that a battery service was needed) I booked an appointment through the Apple Support app. We visited the local Apple store today… Read More ›
At 31, I have just weeks to live
Five months on, I’m still here, but much has changed. Thankfully, the experience wasn’t as bleak as you might think. During the first few weeks of lockdown I found I was floating nicely through the time by staying occupied and… Read More ›
I’m not playing the silly Rolex game anymore
The watch above is the Rolex Oyster Perpetual 39mm in white. It is the most watchy watch in the world and for a long time was the model I wanted above all others. At just above £4,000 it is entry… Read More ›
The Privileged Have Entered Their Escape Pods
“Don’t tell anyone,” one of my neighbors told me when he came over to borrow some chlorine tablets, “but we’re thinking to ride this whole thing out in Zurich, where the numbers are better.” His wife still has her European… Read More ›
Inside Cameo
Which is where Cameo comes in. The site boasts more than 30,000 “celebrities” across a plethora of industries from entertainment to sports to social media to business, all available to deliver individually-tailored missives at the touch of a button. All… Read More ›
