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Being an avid fan of 2.5D ray casting engines, I have a strong fascination with Ken Silverman’s Build Engine, which was the foundation upon which Duke Nukem 3D was built. That somehow led me to William Shatner’s TekWar. Despite Duke Nukem 3D being what made the Build Engine famous, it wasn’t the first game released on it. There were a few that came before it, and Capstone was responsible for more than one of them. Capstone Software is a kusoge topic in itself, as much of their catalog is either crap or sub-crap. While…

Details about SpaceX’s proposed land swap deal with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission (TPWC) keep getting uglier. After an overwhelming majority voted against the land exchange, the decision was delayed to March. Recent reports, however, suggest that the acres in question were already set aside for preservation and that an oil billionaire in Texas is helping Elon Musk seal the deal.Tesla Investors Not Happy With Mr. Tweet's TweetsTPWC is considering a land swap deal with SpaceX, acquiring around 477 acres near the…

Image: UniversalWe’ve known for a while that Green Knight star Dev Patel was making a switch for his next movie, taking on the dual role of star and director for Monkey Man, a John Wick-esque mythological action thriller set in Mumbai. But now, thanks to a little help from Jordan Peele, we’ve just got our first look, and wow.Alex Winter on the Most Important Modern Horror Movie Monkey Man follows Patel as Kid, a young man making a meager living by day doing small jobs in Mumbai, and taking part in underground fighting…

The aluminum canister containing bits of an ancient space rock has finally been opened, revealing the bulk of the asteroid Bennu sample in all its glory. Alex Winter on His Character in Destroy All Neighbors Earlier this month, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx team managed to crack open the TAGSAM (Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism) head after developing new tools to deal with two stuck fasteners that stood in the way of the asteroid sample. With the sampler head finally open, NASA revealed the remainder of the unseen…

The Famicom can be perceived as the birthplace of kusoge. While bad games have existed since the creation of the medium, the origin of the term itself is murky but generally is believed to have been coined in reference to a Famicom game. Hoshi wo Miru Hito, translating roughly as Stargazer, was one such game that rose to the rank of kusoge no densetsu (crap game of legend). It’s easy to see why. RPGs blew up in Japan following the release of Dragon Quest in 1986, and here is a game that was quick to capitalize on that…

Meta, the owner of Facebook, has revealed its new app, Threads, a rival to Twitter, will go live on July 6 after weeks of back and forths between Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s owner Elon Musk.The Threads app looks very similar to Twitter, and Meta describes the new social media platform as a “text-based conversation app”. Users will be able to follow their Instagram followers from the start, use their same username, and reply in threads similar to a Tweet. Apps like Mastodon and Blue Sky have tried to gain…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freePhoebe Waller-Bridge has claimed that a prank she played on Harrison Ford “scared the crap” out of the octogenarian.The British actor and writer, 37, stars alongside Ford in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – the franchise’s forthcoming fifth instalment.Waller-Bridge’s casting was announced in April 2021 following a wave of critical success stemming from her BBC Three comedy…

Test your Bible skills I may be one of the few people in the world who can be upsold on Kusoge (crap game). I was minding my own business, spending all my money at the local game store. The clerk there, perfectly aware of my infamous lack of taste, pulled out a boxed copy of King of Kings: The Early Years. Usually, I don’t collect boxed NES titles, but the price was right, and he made a convincing argument. I did need another subject for my column. I also could probably use more Jesus in my life. Perhaps this was God…

via Paramount As the overwhelming commercial success and critical acclaim to have greeted the John Wick franchise has shown four times over, star-studded assassination adventures have the potential to win big with both critics and at the box office, but Assassin Club has taken refuge at the complete opposite end of the spectrum. Despite boasting a decent concept and a stacked cast that features Henry Golding, The Suicide Squad and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3‘s Daniela Melchior, reliable veteran Sam Neill,…

Mick Mars on Motley Crue lawsuits: ‘Can’t believe they’re pulling this crap’ ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Guitarist Mick Mars thinks his 41-year history with his band Motley Crue should not end with him facing off with the other three members in the halls of justice. The veteran band, now down by one original member, has sued to force Mars into arbitration, looking to get a ruling that he is officially a member or shareholder, with any of the rights that confer. They contend that when he announced he was quitting…