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Resident Evil Village review – nerve-shredding descent into horror

PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X; CapcomThe action careers superbly through spooky gothic castles and underground complexes where monsters and a bloodsucking femme fatale lie in wait It has been four years since Resident Evil 7 rescued the series from its action-heavy nadir and returned to the roots of survival horror: …

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‘A wonderful escape’: the rise of gaming parents – and grandparents

Video game popularity soared during the pandemic, as people sought distraction and ways to connect with loved ones Helping his seven-year-old daughter Romy set up the Nintendo Switch she got for Christmas, Paul Cliff managed to get himself hooked on Animal Crossing. “I’ve somehow played over 600 hours on it since January,” says Paul, 56, …

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‘Like Uber, but for cremations’: I created a $2m funeral startup – and became a monster

The company I founded in my 20s exploited vulnerable people for profit. I was a merchant of death, and a charlatan A few years ago I sat on the phone, as a first-time CEO of a funeral start up in my 20s, trying to convince a woman to buy a $1,799 necklace filled with her …

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From Marilyn Monroe to the Manson Family, the dark side of Hollywood – podcasts of the week

Badlands considers crime, history and legends bubbling beneath the surface of Tinseltown. Plus: a look at the “unseen forces” around us, and just who is Matthew MaGill? Badlands: Hollywoodland Jake Brennan’s Disgraceland chronicled rock’n’roll’s most notorious moments, and now the master storyteller is turning his attention to movies. Hollywoodland mixes history, legends and – of …

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‘I couldn’t be with someone who liked Jack Reacher’: can our taste in books help us find love?

Readers are in demand on dating sites, with one focused entirely on bringing book-lovers together. But is our taste in literature truly a good indication of compatibility? “He mentioned in his bio that he liked Virginia Woolf and I was like, ‘Ah! The dream boy,” says Francesca, 34, who met her boyfriend Andy on Tinder. …

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The inside story of how we reached the Facebook-Trump verdict | Alan Rusbridger

I am a member of Facebook’s oversight board. Here’s why we decided to continue his suspension from Facebook As so often is the case, Donald Trump gets to the heart of the problem. On 6 January, he was the president of the United States: probably the most powerful man in the world. He should be …

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