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As seen in the video below, The Last of Us: Part 2 director poses several compelling questions to Guerrilla Games’ managing director, and it’s well worth watching its whole run time of almost a half-hour. For instance, Druckmann asks Hulst about the difficulties his studio had transitioning from a dark, linear first-person shooter like Killzone into a vast, lushly designed open world such as Horizon: Zero Dawn, how the latter title changed throughout the course of its development, and how the creation of the protagonist Aloy came to be....

The video starts off incredibly sweet. A father is teaching his child how to play fetch with their very energetic and playful dog. The dad encourages the son to throw a stick toward the dog, so the dog can, sometimes, bring it back. The child follows suit and appears to like the idea. He looks for something else to throw to the dog, and chooses a large, black snake....

Microsoft has publicly identified the perpetrator as Nobelium, the hacking group behind the SolarWinds cyberattack, because “the latest activity shares the hallmarks of the actor’s compromise-one-to-compromise-many approach.” The blog post states: “The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has detected nation-state activity associated with the threat actor tracked as Nobelium, attempting to gain access to downstream customers of multiple cloud service providers (CSP), managed service providers (MSP), and other IT services organizations … that have been granted administrative or privileged access by other organizations....

The U.S. Tennis Association made sure he has a spot this year. Wawrinka and former women’s No. 1 Victoria Azarenka received wild cards Tuesday for the year’s final Grand Slam tournament. So did Svetlana Kuznetsova, another U.S. Open champion. Wawrinka’s ranking has fallen from No. 3 to No. 151 after he needed two left knee surgeries that have limited him to just 21 matches on tour this season. The three-time Grand Slam champion reached the round of 16 last week at the Rogers Cup in Toronto before falling to top-ranked Rafael Nadal, and beat 12th-seeded Diego Schwartzman in the first round of the Western & Southern Open on Monday....

After joining the team its vice chairman in 2016, Gretzky released a statement on Tuesday saying that he intends to “step away” from his post. Here’s a look at his comments via Twitter. Gretzky’s departure comes less than 24 hours after the Oilers were swept out of the first round of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs. Edmonton was favored to win the series over Winnipeg, but the Jets managed to win the series 4-0 after a triple-overtime victory over their North Division rival....

On Sunday, Rooney scored late in the first half to give United a 3-0 lead over Tottenham, and the controversial striker poked fun at himself with a world class celebration. Rooney is nothing if not entertaining.

The 31-year-old striker opened the scoring in the 35th minute of Everton’s 1-1 draw against Manchester City at Etihad Stadium, side-footing into the net from close range for his 200th Premier League goal after Dominic Calvert-Lewin crossed from the right wing. England 20/1 to win World Cup Rooney was assisted by Lewin for his first league goal since rejoining Everton when he scored the winner in a 1-0 victory over Stoke City at Goodison Park, and he acknowledged that his good form has put him in contention for England’s forthcoming World Cup qualifying matches against Malta and Slovakia....

Powered by the dynamism of Kylian Mbappe, France has youthful exuberance in a side packed with some of soccer’s highest-value talent. It also has pedigree — winners in 1998 and finalists in 2006. Croatia has a veteran roster that has been stretched to the limit but continues to win in Russia. The Croats never give in, prevailing in a shootout against Denmark, again on penalties against Russia — after being stung by a late equalizer — and then recovering from conceding early against England....

While the series contains no shortage of downright horrifying enemies, sometimes a player’s biggest enemy is simply other humans. One nefarious player decided he was going to invade another player’s world, but what he didn’t count on was that this player was named InfernoPlus. InfernoPlus wasn’t just ready: he had a whole squad of friends ready to dispatch this invader. What followed next was probably the greatest takedown we’ve seen yet in Dark Souls 3....

Pierce’s words were honest and accurate. Among the highlights: “Individual rivalries just aren’t there anymore . . . we were friends then, but you wouldn’t know it by the way we competed on the court." “The ’80s, ’90s and early 2000s genes of competitive fire are dead and gone . . . You have about one or two guys who I see that in: (Russell) Westbrook and maybe like a DeMarcus Cousins....

But while this activism is inspiring to witness, it’s also frustrating; the unavoidable truth is that the West just has not had this level of global engagement for equally destructive and damaging invasions by superpowers in other parts of the world. Many have tried to claim that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is somehow unique and thus deserving of a new level of urgent response. But this excuse falls apart upon examination....

Zubac and the Clippers celebrated a 128-107 victory against the lowly Knicks in NBA action on Sunday. Croatian Zubac and team-mate Michael Beasley were traded by the Lakers to the Clippers in a deal for Mike Muscala in February. And Zubac – who recorded seven points, 11 rebounds and five assists against the Knicks – appears to be enjoying life with the Clippers after he said: “That’s how we gotta be....

At the same moment, states across the country are grappling with how to allocate resources from settlements that held manufacturers financially accountable for the devastation of widespread opioid addiction. In the face of a growing crisis, policymakers can protect more Americans from the harms of opioid overdose and improve health equity by dedicating opioid settlement funds to policies that increase access to naloxone for at-risk individuals and their loved ones....

Watch Dogs: Legion will require a number of systems requirements to push its visuals to the limit on PC. Ubisoft provided the list of configurations gamers will need to have in order run the game on their computers and laptops. The latest informational post specifically focuses on the necessary graphics cards, and what those will do to allow gamers to see the neon-lit streets of Watch Dogs: Legion’s dystopian London in greater detail....

The confirmation didn’t come in the form of an announcement or reveal. Rather, it came as a response to a question on Twitter. A Watch Dogs Legion player asked the official Twitter account for the game to enable cross-gen multiplayer. The official Watch Dogs Legion account replied, saying the development team is working on adding cross-play and cross-gen at a later date. RELATED: Watch Dogs: Legion Online Mode Launching Today for Consoles...

React is a YouTube channel that attempts to capture unique moments on film. The videos are usually centered on either the elderly or the very young and range from reactions to unique foods (kids trying frog legs) to something like teens learning that Zayn is leaving One Direction. The site also has a whole section dedicated to gaming reactions and most recently featured a group of elderly people playing through the first fifteen minutes of The Last of Us (act one spoilers ahead)....

“It’s always an adrenaline rush when you come across a python, especially a very large one like this one,” Turner told Newsweek. “They are very powerful and all have their own personality and this particular one was a fighter.” Turner and his wife caught sight of the Burmese behemoth slithering around in the bushes while driving through the Big Cypress National Preserve in the South of Florida. “As I went to get closer to the Python, it started to retreat back into the woods, so I jumped on top of it before it could get further back in where it would make it a more difficult capture,” Turner said....

Researchers in Jervis Bay, Australia, used underwater cameras to monitor the behavior of the population over several days and have reported their results in a paper published by online journal PLOS One. “The throwing, propelling or projecting of objects is rare in the animal kingdom,” Peter Godfrey-Smith, a professor at the University of Sydney who led the study, told Newsweek. “To propel an object, even for a short distance, underwater is especially rare and also quite hard to do....

This week, NASA shared the first images taken with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) since it was launched in December 2021. The telescope uses infrared light technology to view space, making the captured images the deepest and sharpest ever taken of the universe. NASA released the first deep field image on Monday—a long exposure shot of a cluster of galaxies. The space organization then released images of the Carina Nebula, the Southern Ring Nebula and Stephan’s Quintet galaxy group....

MORE: Week 13 photos | Buckeyes win | Spartans roll Notre Dame needed a win to remain in the College Football Playoff discussion. The Irish fell to No. 5 last week and the loss to the Cardinal will drop them out of contention when the rankings are revealed Tuesday. Notre Dame took a 36-35 lead with 30 seconds left in the game on a 2-yard run from QB DeShone Kizer....