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Go to https://www.squarespace.com/nerdwriter for 10% off your first purchase. SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/nerdwriter MY BOOK: https://amzn.to/3ymfQPV SOURCES Vila, Xavier, and Alice Kuzniar. “Witnessing Narration in ‘Wings of Desire.’” Film Criticism, vol. 16, no. 3, 1992, pp. 53–65. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44075970 Fusco, Coco, and WIM WENDERS. “Angels, History and Poetic Fantasy: AN INTERVIEW WITH WIM WENDERS.” Cinéaste, vol. 16, no. 4, 1988, pp. 14–17. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41687585 Ehrlich, Linda C. “Meditations on Wim Wenders’s ‘Wings of Desire.’” Literature/Film Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 4, 1991, pp. 242–46. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/43796511 Casarino, Cesare. “Fragments on ‘Wings of Desire’ (Or, Fragmentary Representation as Historical Necessity).” Social Text, no. 24, 1990, pp. 167–81. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/827833 Casarino, Cesare. “Fragments on ‘Wings of Desire’ (Or, Fragmentary Representation as Historical Necessity).” Social Text, no. 24, 1990, pp. 167–81. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/827833 Caldwell, David, and Paul W. Rea. “Handke’s and Wenders’s Wings of Desire: Transcending Postmodernism.” The German Quarterly, vol. 64, no. 1, 1991, pp. 46–54. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/407304 Michael Sexson, "The Storyteller and Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire" http://thecresset.org/FilmArchive/1993/Sexson_March%201993.html "Theatres of Architectural Imagination" Edited by Lisa Landrum, Sam Ridgway" https://www.routledge.com/Theatres-of-Architectural-Imagination/Landrum-Ridgway/p/book/9781032286112?srsltid=AfmBOooNCrFDrz6dqj5sSzna1XXR_o1R3dUjmwZzD4A1-MsDR5SFdDsN Stuart Jeffries, "The Storm Blowing from Paradise: Walter Benjamin and Klee's Angelus Novus" https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/2791-the-storm-blowing-from-paradise-walter-benjamin-and-klee-s-angelus-novus?srsltid=AfmBOoo5IVZ1LfsKgADCYTH8uRXimc_sok-lavdWH4fF7mG6fytCmVrX Walter Benjamin's Nine Theses On The Philosophy Of History https://www.sfu.ca/~andrewf/CONCEPT2.html Ebert's review of City Of Angels https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/city-of-angels-1998 MUSIC (via Epidemic Sound) The Road Less Travelled - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen The Seeds We Sow - David Celeste

Go to https://www.squarespace.com/nerdwriter for 10% off your first purchase. Produced in collaboration with the National Gallery of Art Production Studio. For more National Gallery of Art videos: https://www.youtube.com/@UC416BswuE2ItX23GySxZcRQ SOURCES Brian W. Ogilvie, “Natural History in the European Renaissance” Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, And The Natural World Stacey Sell, “‘Through Such Variety, Nature Is Beautiful’: Joris Hoefnagel, The Four Elements, and Natural History” Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, And The Natural World Brooks Rich, “Survival of the Finest: Animals in Early Modern Intaglio Print Series” Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, And The Natural World Janice L. Neri, “From insect to icon: Joris Hoefnagel and the 'screened Objects' of the natural world” Ways of Knowing: Ten Interdisciplinary Essays NGA.gov, “The Marvelous Details of Joris Hoefnagel’s Animal and Insect Studies” Karel Van Mander, “Joris Hoefnagel” Het Schilder-Boeck Thea Vignau-Wilberg, “Joris Hoefnagel, The Illuminator” Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta Thea Vignau-Wilberg. “Flowers for His Mother: An Unknown Cabinet Miniature by Joris Hoefnagel.” Master Drawings, vol. 45 Marissa Bass, “Patience Grows: The First Roots of Joris Hoefnagel’s Emblematic Art” The Anthropomorphic Lens: Anthropomorphism, Microcosmism and Analogy in Early Modern Thought and Visual Arts Michèle Seehafer, “Shimmering Virtue: Joris Hoefnagel and the Uses of Shell Gold in the Early Modern Period” Materialized Identities in Early Modern Culture, 1450-1750 MUSIC (via Epidemic Sound) David Celeste, “Coco Begins His Journey” David Celeste, "Shrines”

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Go to https://www.squarespace.com/nerdwriter for 10% off your first purchase. Produced in collaboration with the National Gallery of Art Production Studio. For more National Gallery of Art videos: https://www.youtube.com/@NationalGalleryofArtUS Thanks Chris Gray Andrea Nelson Muna Tseng Archival footage courtesy of © Cine Light / Lombardmc. SOURCES A lot of what I learned for this video came from a conversation I had with Kwong Chi's sister, Muna Tseng, who is a brilliant artist in her own right. Check out her work here: https://www.munatseng.org/ The audio of Kwong Chi's voice at the end is from an interview with Roland Hagenberg, from 1987, which was provided by Muna Tseng. Bacalzo, Dan. “Portraits of Self and Other: ‘SlutForArt’ and the Photographs of Tseng Kwong Chi.” Theatre Journal, vol. 53, no. 1, 2001, pp. 73–94. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25068884 Day, Iyko. “Tseng Kwong Chi and the Eugenic Landscape.” American Quarterly, vol. 65, no. 1, 2013, pp. 91–118. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41809549 “Tseng Kwong Chi: Monuments and Natural Wonders.” Aperture, no. 110, 1988, pp. 16–16. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/24472107 https://www.nga.gov/stories/visionary-photographer-tseng-kwong-chi-vintage-selfies.html https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/tseng-kwong-chi-an-ambiguous-ambassador-to-life-in-america MUSIC (via Epidemic Sound) Steall Waters - Luba Hilman Lost Empire - David Celeste Entanglement - Luba Hilman Silent Reverie - Tellsonic

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Ukraine claims attacks on Russian drone storage airbase and military plant In a social media post, Governor of the Samara Oblast region, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, confirmed the drone strike on Novokuibyshevsk, writing "Enemy UAVs attacked one of the industrial facilities in Novokuibyshevsk this morning. Emergency services are working at the scene". READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/08/02/ukraine-claims-attacks-on-russian-drone-storage-airbase-and-military-plant Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/euronews?sub_confirmation=1 Watch our LIVE here: https://www.youtube.com/c/euronews/live Subscribe to our thematic channels: NoComment: https://www.youtube.com/c/nocommenttv?sub_confirmation=1 Euronews Green: http://bit.ly/2sMsaDB Euronews Next: https://www.youtube.com/c/EuronewsNext?sub_confirmation=1 Euronews Travel: https://www.youtube.com/c/EuronewsTravel?sub_confirmation=1 Euronews is available on YouTube in 12 languages: https://www.youtube.com/user/euronewsnetwork/channels

Australia denied Andy Farrell's injury-disrupted British and Irish Lions a historic series whitewash in Sydney, securing a 22-12 victory after play was suspended for 37 minutes due to lightning strikes.

<p><strong>Australia 22-12 British & Irish Lions: </strong>The Wallabies prevailed in a third Test disrupted by lightning and a series of head injuries</p>

Things kicks-off between the Wallabies and the British and Irish Lions in their final Test in Sydney.

<p>In the third and final Test of the British and Irish Lions’ successful tour of Australia, Andy Farrell’s men will be seeking to make history with another victory against Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies.</p>

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David Warner says Joe Root will need to "take the surfboard off his front leg" if he and England are to succeed in Australia this winter.

<p>Can the Lions complete a 3-0 clean sweep of the Wallabies?</p>

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<ul><li><p>Cameron McEvoy also storms to 50m freestyle title</p></li><li><p>Australia’s McKeown reels in US rival Regan Smith</p></li></ul><p>World record holder Kaylee McKeown underlined her status as the undisputed queen of backstroke swimming as she added the 200 metres gold to her triumph in the 100m at the world championships in Singapore on Saturday.</p><p>Once again it was American Regan Smith looking to take down McKeown, only to be reeled in on the last lap as the Australian dominator clocked 2:03.33, the third fastest swim of all time. It was nearly a second better than Smith (2:04.29), who had taken silver behind McKeown in the 100m and 200m at the Paris Olympics, and was runner-up to her again in the 100 in Singapore.</p><p><em>This story will update</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/02/backstroke-queen-kaylee-mckeown-pulls-off-another-golden-double-swimming">Continue reading...</a>

The third rugby test between Australia and the British and Irish Lions has been delayed by a severe lightning storm over Sydney on Saturday. Shortly after halftime with the Wallabies leading 8-0, and while play had been stopped for a serious head injury to Lions lock James Ryan, a match official entered the field and advised referee Nika Amashukeli to escort the players from the field.

Lightning strikes forced a pause in Sydney in a chaotic encounter at Accor Stadium

<p>Welcome to our latest recap of what's going on in the indie game space. A bunch of new games dropped this week that are more than worthy of your attention, including a modern take on an old-school Ninja Gaiden side-scroller and a joyful (perhaps even profound) puzzler about the life of a housefly.</p> <p>By far the biggest story in indie games over the last few weeks concerns payment processors pressuring the likes of <a href="https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/itchio-is-removing-nsfw-games-to-comply-with-payment-processors-rules-133045491.html">Steam</a> owner Valve and <a href="https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/itchio-is-removing-nsfw-games-to-comply-with-payment-processors-rules-133045491.html">Itch</a> to remove or de-index games that feature adult, NSFW and LGBTQIA+ themes. Under the guise of helping to protect women and children, an conservative activist group in Australia has taken credit for the delistings, as well as stricter rules regarding adult-themed games that Steam and Itch have implemented. But some affected developers <a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/game-development/visa-and-mastercard-pressuring-itch-io-and-valve-does-nothing-to-protect-women-and-shock-games-will-just-be-side-stepping-the-ban-entirely-say-affected-indie-devs/">suggest</a> this is a smokescreen to push forward an agenda of anti-LGBTQIA+ censorship.</p> <span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>This week, Engadget senior editor Jess Conditt spoke with solo developer Cara Cadaver of Final Girl Games about <a href="https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/vile-exhumed-is-an-unjust-casualty-in-steams-sweeping-censorship-campaign-170203493.html">the impact of the censorship campaign</a>. Valve permanently banned Cadaver's new game, <em>VILE: Exhumed</em>, from Steam for allegedly depicting &quot;sexual content with depictions of real people,&quot; though the developer says that assessment is inaccurate. While Cadaver and publisher DreadXP are working on alternative distribution for <em>VILE: Exhumed</em>, Steam is <em>the </em>go-to marketplace for many PC gamers and the ban cuts off what surely would have been a critical source of revenue for the game.</p> <p>For its part, Itch has <a href="https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/itchio-starts-reindexing-free-nsfw-content-152431716.html">started reindexing free adult-themed games</a> on its platform. The company has relied on Stripe and Paypal for processing payments. It has suspended payments via Stripe for 18+ content and it's talking to other potential payment partners &quot;that are more willing to work with this kind of content.&quot; In any case, payment processors should not be the arbiters of morality, and they certainly should not be helping activists restrict access to perfectly above-board works of art.</p> <p>One other piece of news that caught my eye this week is about a game jam that's taking place this month. Participants will have just over three weeks to make games based on real-life investigative reporting. According to <a href="https://globalgamejam.org/news/partner-jam-investigative-journalism-game-jam-floodlight-gaming">Global Game Jam</a>, the teams will gain access to exclusive reporting on organized crime and corruption from around the world and be able to ask journalists behind those stories questions about their work. It's a fascinating idea, and I'm really looking forward to seeing what the developers that get involved come up with.</p> <h2 id="jump-link-new-releases">New releases</h2> <div id="19171c3ca6f94314ac42a0b65b4d3039"></div> <p><a href="https://www.engadget.com/gaming/ninja-gaiden-ragebound-is-a-love-letter-to-the-series-nes-roots-150050773.html"><em>Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound</em></a> is what I like to call a “hell yeah&quot; game. There are few purer joys than getting about 15-20 minutes into a new game and thinking “hell yeah, this rules.” Even better, that feeling lasted through the other four hours or so I spent with <em>Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound</em>.</p> <p>This is a throwback 2D hack-and-slash platformer from The Game Kitchen — the studio behind the Blasphemous series — and publisher Dotemu, which is building quite the reputation for itself as a purveyor of retro-style games (<em>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge</em>, the upcoming <em>Marvel Cosmic Invasion</em>). <em>Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound </em>looks and sounds sumptuous, with gorgeous pixel art and stellar level, character and audio design. It’s got combat that's somehow both sticky and slick, and it’s challenging without being too frustrating.</p> <p>I've had a tremendous time with this one, which, if memory serves me correct, is the first Ninja Gaiden game I’ve played. I can’t really find any notable faults with <em>Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound</em>. It’s well worth checking out. It’s out now on Steam, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch.</p> <div id="185b58e8e49943a8811d342967d70e6d"></div> <p>Here’s another “hell yeah&quot; game. I’ve been looking forward to <em>Time Flies</em> ever since I clapped eyes on it during a <a href="https://www.engadget.com/time-flies-hands-on-summer-game-fest-day-devs-140056653.html">Day of the Devs showcase a couple of years ago</a>. You play as a fly and the goal is to check off a bucket list of items before the insect perishes (their lifespan equates to the average life expectancy of a country of your choosing but in seconds).</p> <p>It’s a clever, funny and slightly rude — in a playful, <a href="https://www.engadget.com/gaming/thank-goodness-youre-here-is-a-vibrant-funny-unashamedly-silly-game-133030648.html"><em>Thank Goodness You’re Here</em></a> sort of way — blend of exploration and puzzle game that makes a strong case as to why we should make the most of our limited time. It’s a short game, as it took me about 90 minutes to roll credits. That's pretty much the ideal length for this one.</p> <p>The controls are simple (only a D-pad, pause button and a way to call up the bucket list are required) and the aesthetic, which features hand-drawn art, is delightfully low-key too. In fact, this would be a perfect fit for the Playdate, which just happens to come from Panic, the publisher of <em>Time Flies</em>. For now, though, you can check out this lovely little game from the team at Playables on <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2000120/Time_Flies/">Steam</a>, PS5 and Nintendo Switch.</p> <div id="09685648830342cfa48b4ce6a493143d"></div> <p>Whatnot Games released the 1.0 version <em>Star Racer</em> on <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2626120/Star_Racer/">Steam</a> this week after over a year of early access. This is a retro racer very much in the vein of the F-Zero series that features local multiplayer (here's hoping for online multiplayer at some point) and music from Grant Kirkhope of <em>Banjo-Kazooie</em> and <em>GoldenEye 007</em> fame. You can also create your own tracks and share them with others online.</p> <p>I love the launch trailer for <em>Star Racer</em>, which blends gameplay with '80s-style animation. I also adore that — per <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/star-racer-a-combat-ship-speedfest-about-evading-the-fuzz-as-an-alien-mom-has-zoomed-out-of-early-access"><em>Rock Paper Shotgun</em></a><em>&nbsp;</em>— one of the characters is a &quot;detective-looking fella called Thrash Whiplash.&quot; If that's not in the running for the best video game character name of the 2020s, we're all going to need to take a long, hard look in the mirror.</p> <div id="c52be5dee7b24643b516e5b8249b85a6"></div> <p>We have yet another flavor of pretty, retro-tinged pixel art this week thanks to developers Ancient Corporation and Bitwave Games, as well as publisher Limited Run Games. Their 16 bit-style shoot-'em-up <em>Earthion </em>landed on <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3597580/Earthion/">Steam</a> this week.</p> <p>It features music from legendary composer Yuzo Koshiro (<em>Streets of Rage, ActRaiser, Shenmue</em> and many more games). That probably should not come as a huge shock given that he co-founded Ancient.&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Earthion </em>is also slated to hit consoles starting in September. Being a Limited Run title, physical editions are of course on the way for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X and Nintendo Switch. Expect those later this year. A physical version is also expected for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive in 2026.</p> <div id="4a28c6c7786d4336986dcadf2e1af76e"></div> <p>Surgent Studios went in a completely different direction for its follow-up to its well-received Metroidvania from last year, <em>Tales of Kenzera: Zau</em>. Its latest project (released with the help of the <a href="https://www.engadget.com/gaming/palworld-developer-pocketpair-has-opened-up-a-publishing-division-194713511.html">publishing arm</a> of <em>Palworld</em> creator Pocketpair), <em>Dead Take</em>, is a first-person psychological horror about an actor who is looking for a friend who has vanished after a Hollywood party.</p> <p>There's top-tier videogame acting talent here, with Neil Newbon (Astarion in <em>Baldur's Gate 3</em>) and Ben Starr (Clive Rosfield in <em>Final Fantasy XVI</em>) taking on the lead roles, and a litany of other well-known performers — from Laura Bailey to Sam Lake — also making appearances. That cast alone makes this worthy of attention. <em>Dead Take</em> is out now on <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3352690/Dead_Take/">Steam</a> and the <a href="https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/dead-take-532460">Epic Games Store</a>.</p> <div id="95ed39c2fa00445a9769a249c9861f38"></div> <p>It feels like we've been waiting forever for Hobbit life sim <a href="https://www.engadget.com/tales-of-the-shire-is-a-cozy-village-sim-where-you-cant-run-but-you-can-skip-130027018.html"><em>Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings</em></a><em> Game </em>to drop and, <a href="https://www.engadget.com/gaming/cozy-lord-of-the-rings-game-tales-of-the-shire-is-delayed-to-july-213500109.html">following some delays</a>, it's now available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2016460/Tales_of_the_Shire_A_The_Lord_of_The_Rings_Game/">Steam</a>. (This is now technically an indie game because Take-Two sold off publisher Private Division last year.)</p> <div id="ac26ecd3823145579a74771bf01c7967"></div> <p>I love games that tell you exactly what they're about in their title and <em>A Game About Digging A Hole</em> sure is one of those. You dig a hole, find buried goodies, and sell them to help you buy better gear.&nbsp;</p> <p>Developer DoubleBee and publishers Rokaplay and Headup brought this exploration game to <a class="rapid-with-clickid" href="https://shopping.yahoo.com/rdlw?siteId=us-engadget&amp;pageId=1p-autolink&amp;contentUuid=3fbfa9f5-23c1-4837-98a0-81bc41be3466&amp;featureId=text-link&amp;linkText=iOS&amp;custData=eyJzb3VyY2VOYW1lIjoiV2ViLURlc2t0b3AtVmVyaXpvbiIsImxhbmRpbmdVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL2FwcHMuYXBwbGUuY29tL3VzL2FwcC9hLWdhbWUtYWJvdXQtZGlnZ2luZy1hLWhvbGUvaWQ2NzQ0NjA4NjAzIiwiY29udGVudFV1aWQiOiIzZmJmYTlmNS0yM2MxLTQ4MzctOThhMC04MWJjNDFiZTM0NjYiLCJvcmlnaW5hbFVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXBwcy5hcHBsZS5jb20vdXMvYXBwL2EtZ2FtZS1hYm91dC1kaWdnaW5nLWEtaG9sZS9pZDY3NDQ2MDg2MDMifQ&amp;signature=AQAAAX0z7YHfSXbJjMBmx8YwLZPaLUj6sddq5AVGAmlPhOpW&amp;gcReferrer=https%3A%2F%2Fapps.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Fa-game-about-digging-a-hole%2Fid6744608603">iOS</a> and <a class="rapid-with-clickid" href="https://shopping.yahoo.com/rdlw?siteId=us-engadget&amp;pageId=1p-autolink&amp;contentUuid=3fbfa9f5-23c1-4837-98a0-81bc41be3466&amp;featureId=text-link&amp;linkText=Android&amp;custData=eyJzb3VyY2VOYW1lIjoiV2ViLURlc2t0b3AtVmVyaXpvbiIsImxhbmRpbmdVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3BsYXkuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS9zdG9yZS9hcHBzL2RldGFpbHM_aWQ9Y29tLmhlYWR1cGdhbWVzLmFnYWRhaCIsImNvbnRlbnRVdWlkIjoiM2ZiZmE5ZjUtMjNjMS00ODM3LTk4YTAtODFiYzQxYmUzNDY2Iiwib3JpZ2luYWxVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3BsYXkuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS9zdG9yZS9hcHBzL2RldGFpbHM_aWQ9Y29tLmhlYWR1cGdhbWVzLmFnYWRhaCJ9&amp;signature=AQAAAVFhtReh5-oUdC0ufdh4jAwcCikanxWAj1z7VIhzD2oi&amp;gcReferrer=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fstore%2Fapps%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.headupgames.agadah">Android</a> this week after a hugely successful debut on <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3244220/A_Game_About_Digging_A_Hole/">Steam</a> earlier this year. <em>A Game About Digging A Hole</em> has now sold more than 1 million copies.</p> <div id="737d0440c3ae430b83c4e61d7e51721c"></div> <p>Perhaps you're looking for a different digging game to check out this weekend. In that case, <em>Mashina </em>may be worth considering. The titular character is a robot that searches for valuable minerals to help repair and expand her community. Mashina can also use the minerals to build machines that can help with her digs, while she can use items she stumbles upon for base decoration.</p> <p>Developers Jack King-Spooner and Talha Kaya (who previously released <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1960900/Judero/"><em>Judero</em></a>) used traditional stop-motion techniques to animate <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3395930/Mashina/"><em>Mashina</em></a>. This charming-looking puzzle/exploration game is now available on <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3395930/Mashina/">Steam</a>.</p> <div id="54e1cd899ba540a7a4b6734d1cfd5bcb"></div> <p>Let's wrap up this section with a short, experimental game about anxiety. <em>A Dream About Parking Lots</em> has been out on <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3500340/A_Dream_About_Parking_Lots/">Steam</a> for a few months and the aptly named Interactive Dreams (with the help of Take It Studio!) brought it to PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch this week. It's said to be based on real dreams and will see you looking for your car among parking lots and mazes while chatting with a therapist.&nbsp;</p> <h2 id="jump-link-upcoming">Upcoming</h2> <div id="c0ec4e4e013f43a5b0a5c935e175c8ad"></div> <p><em>Wander Stars</em> — from Paper Castle Games and publisher Fellow Traveller — was supposed to be arriving this week, but the developers have pushed the release date back until September 19. The team wants to carry out some changes to improve the game following feedback from an open beta.</p> <p>I really like the look of this one, and though turn-based combat isn't usually my cup of tea, I'm very intrigued by the system that's in use here. You'll find and combine words into phrases that convert into devastating attacks. There are more than 200 words and they have cooldowns, so combining them in smart ways will be a key to success. Using words &quot;with honor&quot; can seemingly help you unlock more useful phrases too. Very curious to see how all of that works in practice. We'll get a better idea next month, when <em>Wander Stars</em> lands on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1575810/Wander_Stars/">PC</a>.</p> <div id="849f437eb92647f98d01f16f817b2a90"></div> <p>Speaking of games with a killer look, a gameplay trailer for <em>I Hate This Place</em> hooked me in this week. This is an isometric survival horror game that pulls from the visual stylings of its comic book origins. Crafting is vital here, both in terms of your arsenal and strengthening your shelter before nightfall. This stylish title from Rock Square Thunder and publisher Broken Mirror Games is bound for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch later this year.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/a-terrific-2d-ninja-gaiden-housefly-bucket-lists-and-other-new-indie-games-worth-checking-out-110005806.html?src=rss

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