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Leigh Bardugo says the YA market has changed so much that it’s impossible to sell Shadow and Bone now. In 2012, Leigh Bardugo released her debut novel, Shadow and Bone, and readers couldn’t get enough of it. This YA fantasy adventure novel spent weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was eventually adapted into a Netflix series. This was also the beginning of the Grishaverse, a common continuation of Bardugo’s YA novels. Bardugo is delighted to have published Shadow and Bone in 2012. Because I feel that such a book would never be supported in today’s market. “I…
When Apple ends support for older iPhones and iPads with the latest versions of iOS or iPadOS, that’s usually not the end of the world. Apple will continue to release new security-only patches for these devices over the next year or two, keeping the hardware usable while it’s still fully functional. Once these updates dry up, Apple rarely revisits older operating systems, but the company sometimes makes exceptions. That was the case yesterday, when the company released a series of updates to its long-deprecated iOS and iPadOS versions. These versions haven’t had new patches for months or years. These updates…
These 18 awards focus on Boost Phase SBI, a weapon that can destroy missiles immediately after they exit the silo. From a physics perspective, this is one of the most difficult things to ask of an interceptor. This is because in order for a weapon to reach its target, atmospheric disturbance and heating due to re-entry must be taken into account. In December, the Space Force issued a follow-up request for a prototype proposal to consider a space-based midcourse interceptor capable of destroying ballistic missiles in space. The Pentagon has not said how many SBIs will be needed at Golden…
Why bother racing? Car racing is essentially a sport. And it’s also entertainment. But it also serves as an engineering exercise, adjusting the balance of these three elements to varying degrees in each race series. Engineering is why companies like Bosch are involved. “We get technology from the Bosch side and use it in everyday vehicle engineering,” said Joe Capuano, regional president of Bosch Engineering. “We can bring these components to the race track in different ways, where obviously the requirements are different. It’s really a learning loop, where we can take the base components, apply them in different ways…
Critical Role Campaign 4 has arrived at a new table: the Seeker. Starring Matthew Mercer as Julian Davinos, Abria Iyengar as Tayshia Roy, Alexander Ward as Octis Taconis, Ashley Johnson as Varus, and Brennan Lee Mulligan as Dungeon Master, the party explores new areas of the world of Araman. Arriving in the city of Liesinggurtre with Aranessa Reuss, a Julian woman and one of the few survivors of the Reuss and Davinus massacre, it was only a matter of time before they found themselves seeking answers from the city’s lord, Otto Einfersen. But unlike the Soldier’s Table, which found solace…
In 2021, the world lost Betty White. This beloved actress passed away in her sleep at the age of 99. Shortly after White’s death, her friend and colleague Jamie Lee Curtis came up with a heartwarming way to honor the actress. During the spotlight panel at New York Comic Con 2022, Jamie Lee Curtis said, “Betty White passed away. I was making a movie with her called You Again, and it was such a lovely movie that they asked me to do it. She was an animal rights activist, so I told them, I was like, ‘Look, if I can…
VR treadmill developer Virtuix has gone public, with its Class A common stock beginning trading on Nasdaq’s Global Market Tier today. The company’s stock market debut comes amid an industry-wide slowdown in consumer VR investment and spending on first-party content. news Founded in 2013 by CEO Jan Goetgeluk, Virtuix originally launched on Kickstarter with the launch of the original Omni, raising $1.1 million from backers. Although the company initially started with clear ambitions to enter the consumer market, market realities forced the company to enter the outdoor VR attraction space, forcing a major shift in business strategy. Since then, the…
Video game development is a race against time. Studios are racing against deadlines, rushing to hit milestones and complete features in order to stay on time (and on budget) for their next game’s release date. Sometimes staff lose the fight and delays become unavoidable. It’s not necessarily a sign of defeat. For Mio: Memories in Orbit developer Douze Dixièmes, it was practically divine intervention. “To be honest, we’re a little late,” Douze Dixièmes co-founder Sarah Hourcade told Polygon in a video interview ahead of Mio’s January 20 launch. “This is the second release date we have discussed with the publisher.…
Most of us have asked our parents for advice at some point. Scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis, best known for her role as Laurie Strode in the Halloween series, is no exception. But her words of parental wisdom come from two stars, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Decades before Jamie Lee Curtis took on Michael Myers in Halloween, her mother Janet Leigh was the victim of the infamous shower in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. Tony Curtis was one of Hollywood’s first “pretty boys.” Think of it like Brad Pitt before Brad Pitt was born. Although her parents had immense star power,…
Originally released in July 2021, Death’s Door is an isometric action-adventure game that proudly wears its Legend of Zelda influences. You play as a voiceless little man, actually a crow, on an adventure wielding a sword and bow to save the land from an evil threat. But Death’s Door combines the atmosphere of Soulsborne with challenging combat, dark humor, an appealing art style and complementary music to make it a complex and engaging experience. After four full years, Xbox Game Pass will be shutting down at the end of January. That means you only have a few days to play…