This sci-fi horror racer is one of my favorite PC games, and it’s currently going for less than a fiver during the Steam racing fest

When Distance released in 2018 it felt like a big deal. It’s a grimy sci-fi arcade racer blending the nightmarish vibes of Thumper with the cheerful time-attack moreishness of Trackmania. It’s both zen-like and quietly disturbing. It’s blisteringly fast, but it has a strange tranquilizing effect. I adore it, and I don’t know why people…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Thursday, July 31

Refine your daily puzzling with our Wordle tips, happy to help you squeeze the most out of every single letter you’ve uncovered, no matter how your game’s going. We’ve got a great hint for today’s Wordle written up and ready to go too if you’d like a clearer idea of what to do with any…

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5 stealthy lessons the live-action Assassin’s Creed Netflix series could learn from the clumsy live-action Assassin’s Creed movie

Back in 2017 someone sat down at their computer and started working on a live-action Assassin’s Creed TV show—but apparently that computer was an Animus and they got sucked into the memories of their ancestors for about eight years. Looks like they finally came up for air: the live-action Assassin’s Creed series is officially a…

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Cat breeding roguelike Mewgenics includes human conditions like autism and dyslexia, but they aren’t just debuffs: ‘You’ve been given this hand, make it work’

It won’t surprise anyone who’s followed his career that the next game from Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Isaac creator Edmund McMillen contains some likely-to-be-controversial elements. Its title is Mewgenics, a play on “eugenics,” so there’s one right off the bat. The idea for Mewgenics, which is about breeding successive generations of cats…

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