GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now It’s no surprise to Chris Wilson that Path of Exile players flocked to the online action-RPG during the pandemic. Grinding Gear Games keeps setting records for player hours, with …
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You know that black hole of time between work and bed? There’s nowhere to go, nothing new to watch, and a bottle of wine (or bag of chips) calling your name from the other room. Call it the pandemic happy hour or straight-up boredom, but if you’re using your after …
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Entertainment venues have been pivoting quickly and furiously due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Education Minister Lawrence Wong, who co-chairs the governmental task force tackling Covid-19, recently announced that the government may be releasing plans to take Singapore through Phase 3 of reopening the economy. While cinemas will see an increase in capacity, it …
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This briefing has ended. Read live coronavirus updates here. Here’s what you need to know: Negotiations to break the stimulus stalemate end with no compromise in sight. Ohio’s governor, who offered a stark virus warning, tests positive — then negative. Nine of the U.S.’s 10 largest school districts will begin …
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PATERSON, N.J. — “Back up, sir!” shouted Kenny Kiefer, a Fire Department battalion chief, his N95 mask muffling his words. “What?” replied the frail older man leaning out the doorway of a shelter and addiction treatment center, who had called 911 because he was having trouble breathing. Smiling timidly, he …
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Almost a dozen calls with five health care providers over five hours. Two hours of hold music. Two hours in a hospital. Four days of anxiously checking an online portal for results. And lots of confusion. That’s the winding path through bureaucracy that took me from placing my first phone …
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