“Survival of the Richest: Hollywood’s Broken Talent Pipeline,” my exhaustively researched deep dive on Chloe Zhao, one of the industry’s most lauded filmmakers, who successfully hid her family wealth for decades, is live!
https://t.co/J9a1T4idhy
Xi Jinping’s running of China as a government-subsidized, export-driven manufacturing juggernaut “is not just bad for whole industries around the world; it’s also distorting China’s economy and alienating trading partners,” @MichaelSchuman argues: https://t.co/gE804ddxmu
Bleacher Report believes LeBron James will sign a 2yr / $30m offer with the Golden State Warriors to compete for a title at the end of his career with Steph Curry, Draymond Green, Jimmy Butler, and Kristaps Porzingis.
the final Ouroboros of the Bay Area ABG Economy is creating subtle ads for quasi-fraudulent pay-for-play "professional social networking" websites so other less clued-in ABGs can chase the dream of finding their own fake email jobs
New VIRTUA FIGHTER
· Full-scale series revival by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio (SEGA), built on Unreal Engine 5
· Two rule sets: Standard (classic health/ring out) and Uprising (momentum-shifting mechanics)
· Break & Rush: target specific body regions, repeated strikes inflict permanent round-to-round debuffs
· Stunner & Stun Combo: trigger an ember effect on vulnerable areas for heavy stuns and free combos
· Flow Guard: new dynamic defensive tool for seamless offense-defense transitions
· First dedicated single-player story mode in series history
· Confirmed characters: Akira Yuki, Wolf Hawkfield, newcomer Stella; new protagonist teased
· Leaked pre-alpha footage shows Unreal Engine 5 lighting and a crossroad battle mode
· Platforms and release date TBA