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Image: Altitude Distribution The perfect storm of insanity is gracing horror fans soon, with more stills coming out from Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey. Thanks to the magic of the public domain, the world is about to experience an ultimate genre mash-up as Winnie the Pooh becomes a slasher in the upcoming indie flick Blood and Honey. Iconic children’s characters becoming horrific monsters could be a new way forward, with more sneak peeks coming out from the production. Shared with IGN, Blood and Honey has…

From someone who made most of the mistakes on the listMost of my data projects usually start the same way: a bunch of SQL queries. And after a few years of experience now, I learned — sometimes the hard way — that it is essential not to mess up this step as even a small mistake can quickly invalidate the results you get down the line.Photo by Varvara Grabova on UnsplashAnd there are a lot of ways to make those small mistakes. I am not talking about forgetting a “group by” or dividing something by zero — those ones are…

Bank robbers no longer need to wear masks and carry guns, to steal money from a bank. Today we have digital bank robbers who rather use software to remotely breach your financial apps.   Financial service providers also find themselves in a dilemma, because their mobile apps need to be user friendly and simple to use, but this also means hackers will find it easier to breach them. They have to choose between form and function. Hackers use information from your social media pages such as photos, location shared, dates,…

How macroeconomics can help data leaders set a robust and visionary data strategyHave you ever been in a meeting room with senior leaders discussing inflation or recession? And how you must set up a task force to address the issue? I have. And it made me uncomfortable. Everybody seemed to have an opinion, while I did not understand what they were talking about. I wondered how they got to learn about economics. It’s not something you learn at school, right? At least not in a way that is applicable to your job. It’s not…

My subconscious must have known that last month was the 25th anniversary of the release of Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee because I suddenly and inexplicably became obsessed. I watched Let’s Plays and speedruns of the game. When I finished, I went immediately to the game’s sequel, Abe’s Exoddus, watching even more longplays and speedruns and scouring the Playstation and Xbox game stores for a port. I couldn’t find one. (Lorne Lanning, if you’re reading this, can we please get Exoddus back out here?) So I settled for the next…

Amazon Echo Dot (third-gen) AmazonI'm a product guy. Way back in the day I was actually a product marketing executive for a big tech company. I've shipped hundreds of products over the years. You always try to marry a need with a solution. Meet enough folks' needs, and they'll buy your product.Generally, though, people have to think they have a need. Oh, sure, that's what marketing's about. Its job is to create demand where there might not have been any. Sometimes, it generates awareness. Sometimes, it generates leads…

The world of creative technology was rocked last week by news that industry giant Adobe had acquired Figma, makers of a hugely popular suite of UI and UX design tools, for a whopping $20 billion. The response from designers was immediate — and for the most part, extremely negative.Figma has been hailed as an underdog success story, having been designed from the bottom up with approachability and teamwork in mind. It offers premium features such as real-time collaboration on a free-to-use basis and browser-based…

The Secret Garden This week’s Arcade Archives entry from Hamster is in keeping with the week’s ongoing theme of farming/gardening titles, though this one provides a little added spookiness — Namco’s maze chaser Rompers is now available to download on PS4 and Nintendo Switch. Released to arcades in 1989 and designed by Splatterhouse creator Akira Usukura, Rompers is a maze-chasing title that sees a young farmer on a quest to rescue his girlfriend from the clutches of an army of monsters and ghoulies. Our hero,…

WRATH: Aeon of Ruin, the retro-inspired FPS from KillPixel and publishers 3D Realms and Fulqrum Publishing finally has a release date, and is set to leave Early Access in Spring 2023. READ MORE: Three years on from its Early Access debut, ‘Wrath: Aeon of Ruin’ may be in trouble Currently in Early Access, and set to release on PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, WRATH is a dark fantasy horror FPS, powered by the original Quake engine. The brand new reveal trailer below, which…

Apple sent out a note this week to app developers confirming that more advertising could be coming to the iPhone App Store in time for the holiday season. With the amount of advertising that already permeates the modern internet, the news has raised concerns that iPhone owners may soon find themselves wading through a sea of ads before they can find the app they’re looking for. Anything can happen, so I can’t rule out the possibility that Apple could go too far on this one. However, I remain cautiously optimistic…