Bosses

A deserved eulogy to the members of the Cobra Unit One fair criticism we can throw at Metal Gear Solid 3 is that most of its bosses went from being characters to just obstacles, but one thing we just can’t say is that those obstacles weren’t fun to destroy. MGS3 features some of the most inventive and fun boss battles in the history of gaming, and it’s high time that we pay our respects to these deadly and dramatic foes. Screenshot by Destructoid Ocelot (before becoming The Revolver) The first boss battle is by far…

The easiest way to rekindle the first flame Even though the original Dark Souls has proved a huge hit since its 2011 release, it’s still yet to be experienced by many FromSoft fans who only entered the publisher’s dark world via last year’s Elden Ring.  So if you’re looking for a helping hand through the original Soulslike, worry not, as we’re here to help make light of this dark and heavy burden by guiding you through all of its mandatory boss encounters. Image via FromSoftware Asylum Demon Like the Vanguard Demon…

Diablo 4 fans are counting down to the big Server Slam event taking place this weekend. Billed as the final chance to play Diablo 4 ahead of launch, this weekend's Server Slam has a May 12 release date on PS5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC. Barring any last minute delays, the Server Slam will kick off at 8pm BST UK time. Essentially an open beta available with or without a pre-order, the Server Slam ends at 8pm BST on May 14.If you want to jump into the action as soon as the servers go live, then the…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeJames Gunn has opened up about being re-hired by Marvel following his sacking from the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise in 2018, with Marvel boss Kevin Feige also weighing in on the saga.In July 2018, Gunn, who had directed the first two Guardians films for Marvel, was removed from the franchise amid backlash over historical bad-taste tweets.Gunn had previously apologised for the…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeEva Green has won her High Court battle with a production company over the collapse of an abandoned sci-fi film.The Casino Royale star was due to play the lead role in dystopian thriller A Patriot, but the production collapsed in October 2019.Green sued the production company behind the project after the film was abandoned, claiming she is entitled to her $1m (£810,000) fee under the…

The Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan think tank that tracks public opinion, released a report today on how workers feel about AI. The technology has become an increasingly common workplace fixture over the past few years. And its role is likely to grow as AI becomes more capable, thanks to advances such as the large language models, like GPT-4, that gave us ChatGPT and a growing number of other tools.While there’s no shortage of reports about people’s attitudes toward AI, Pew’s data is sizable and relatively fresh,…

Companies are bringing back relocation benefits, paying for workers to move across the country and around the world again, in a sign of how much bosses really do want workers back in the office. Job postings in the U.S. that mention relocation benefits were up nearly 75% as of February, the latest month available, when compared with the prior year, according to hiring platform Indeed.com. On ZipRecruiter, job ads that tout relocation money have more recently doubled to 3.8 million, after…

Kip Conforti is hiring for a part-time position at one of two package-shipping stations that he owns in Pennsylvania. He’s filled such roles with high school and college students during two decades in business, but this time his top candidate is a man in his 70s.Mr. Conforti has grown weary of younger employees who, he says, arrive late for shifts, call out of work often and spend more time scrolling social media feeds than chatting with customers. About a year ago, he tried something different—recruiting people who are…

Companies trying to run leaner and more efficiently in a cooling economy are deploying familiar strategies from past downturns. (See ya, catered lunches.) Some are also taking new aim at their employees’ work-from-home arrangements. The latest back-to-office push reflects bosses’ renewed sense of control and their concern that employees’ at-home productivity is falling to unaffordable levels. “There’s a lightning-in-a-bottle effect that rallies people together,” says Allan Jones,…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain In recent years, teleworking—spurred by the implementation of information and communication technologies and the recent pandemic, particularly—has become a feature of many jobs. Many companies have now made this form of working available to their employees, but it is still far from common practice in today's labor market. …