Choices

One of the top requests from fans was “more challenging content” Right from the get-go, there was a wide variety of reactions to Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. The copious “chaos!” exclamations in the reveal were definitely a driving factor in that divide, but as I dug into the game at launch, I found a lot to like, including some of the bolder and somewhat out-there choices with the narrative. We sat down recently with director Daisuke Inoue and producer Jin Fujiwara to really take in the game’s impact thus…

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings — the new Marvel movie, now playing in cinemas — makes some very smart choices. Its villain (and beating heart) is played by Hong Kong screen legend Tony Leung, known for engrossing romantic drama In the Mood for Love and crime thriller Infernal Affairs. Leung is excellent here as a grieving widower who wants the love of his life back, with his raw charisma and menacing energy boosting every scene he is in. The Shang-Chi cast also includes the Malaysian superstar Michelle Yeoh,…

When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on 24 June, eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion and handing decisions about abortion access to state legislators, the response across the polarized country was swift, dramatic, and divided. Many scientists decried the decision as a potentially deadly violation of human rights. “Abortion bans will kill people in lots of different horrible ways,” tweeted Amanda Stevenson, a researcher who studies abortion at the University…

Make good choices at Digimon camp The long-awaited Digimon Survive got a new trailer today, highlighting both its tactics and its story ahead of its July 29 launch. There are dangers, decisions, and a whole lot of Digivolution. Digimon Survive is one-part visual novel mystery adventure, following a character lost in the world of Digimon. These sections seem to follow the cast of humans as they venture around, trying to figure out what’s happened and how to get back home. Then, once a battle breaks out, it gets tactical.…

This week, Marina Hyde on what’s next for the Tory party after Hannibal Johnson wins his confidence vote (01m14s), Hadley Freeman talks to singer Pete Doherty in Normandy (09m25s), and Joanna Moorhead advises on ways to make life’s hardest decisions (38m52s). How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new theory of economic decision-making from Mina Mahmoudi, a lecturer in the Department of Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, offers an explanation as to why humans, in general, make decisions that are simply adequate, not optimal. …

Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: Rather than expecting users to read and consent to overwhelming privacy policies, laws and tech can help give them real privacy choices — Let's abolish reading privacy policies. Here's how we can use the law and technology to give us real privacy choices. Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: Rather than expecting users to read and consent to overwhelming privacy policies, laws and tech can help give them real privacy choices — Let's…

Decisiveness is about making calls quickly and efficiently – even if those choices aren't always the correct ones. A new study looked at the relationship between confidence and decisiveness, finding that decisive people tend to be more confident about the decisions they've made.  On the other end of the spectrum is indecision, a distinct inability to work out a way forward or to commit to a particular path. In the study, even if both groups had made the right choices, those who second-guess themselves were less confident…

Image: Getty ImagesCloud applications and services provide access to business tools, information and software from anywhere, allowing employees to be productive whether they are working in the office, remotely or a combination of the two. Location doesn't matter; everything they need is just in 'the cloud'.But it isn't only employees and businesses who have benefited from the use of cloud computing and the shift towards remote working – it's proving useful for cyber criminals and malicious hackers too, giving them a…

Or just Supermassive mistakes? 2K Games has released an overview trailer giving us a look at its incoming cinematic horror title, The Quarry. The creepy-looking teen adventure is edging ever closer to its June 10 release date, when it will bring a suspiciously familiar tale of camp counselors in peril to PlayStation, PC, and Xbox platforms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGVj5yMfOgo Developed by the horror maestros at Supermassive Games, (Until Dawn, The Dark Pictures Anthology), The Quarry will once again task…