Your old tax disc could be worth a fortune: You could make over £500 selling them online

UK could pocket hundreds of pounds flogging their old car tax discs on eBay. The car tax disc was abolished in October 2014 to make way for the new online system. Due to the discs now disappearing from car windscreens they have become somewhat collectors items. In fact, some motorists have pocketed over £500 selling […]

Canada's Erik Guay reveals disc rupture in his back

Erik Guay says he has an annular rupture at his L4 verterbra after undergoing an MRI in Innsbruck on Sunday. Guay was competing at the alpine World Cup event in Val Gardena, Italy, but told CBC Sports after that he “should have stayed at home” to deal with ongoing back issues. Homeward bound! Had an MRI yesterday in Innsbruck. I have a rupture […]

‘Limbo’ and ‘Inside’ will make for one creepy retail disc

You’ve probably already beaten Limbo and Inside from Danish development team Playdead. But if you’ve wanted a physical version of the pair, that hasn’t been available. Well, until now. Publisher 505 Games is partnering with the studio to put its macabre sidescrollers onto store shelves in one package for $ 30. If you’re doing the […]

Forgotten audio formats: The flexi disc

Enlarge (credit: Michael Holley) The flexi disc has, for a physically flimsy format, an incredibly diverse background, and its story incorporates everyone from the Beatles, David Bowie, and ABBA, to Alice Cooper and heavy metal. In terms of retail it cropped up with National Geographic, in a million-dollar McDonalds campaign, and on the covers of […]

Stardew Valley is the latest indie hit to get a physical disc version for consoles

Another indie megahit is escaping its download-only origins to hit a retail outlet near you as a physical disc. Stardew Valley, the life-simulating farming game that debuted on PC last year, is coming out on disc as a Collector’s Edition for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on April 11. Publisher 505 Games is printing the […]