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Sea of Thieves is a game about horizons. The driving force in the open-world online piracy adventure is the question of what is waiting for you and crewmates just over the edge of the world. The problem is that after a few sessions, you generally know the answers to that question: skeletons, a treasure chest, […]
Funcom’s open-world survival game Conan Exiles will leave Early Access with an improved combat system, new biomes and dungeons, and a new system called The Purge that will keep players on their toes. It’s slated for a full release on May 8 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. At launch, each server can support […]
Pool/Getty Images • The GOP has reached an agreement on their enormous tax overhaul. • Career site Zippia broke down how the final tax bill could affect take-home pay in 2018 for people in various occupations. • Business Insider looked into how the bill would affect blue collar workers’ wallets. US President Donald Trump has marketed himself as […]
Video shot and edited by Condé Nast Entertainment. Click here for transcript. (video link) If you’re a frequent Ars reader, you’ve likely heard of Kerbal Space Program, the space flight/space crashing/space explosion simulator that lets you create your own vehicles, then fly them into orbit and perhaps even to other planets. Though silly and fun, […]
Photographer Freddy Fabris pays homage to some Renaissance Masters in his series of portraits. Let’s block ads! (Why?) Autoblog
It didn’t take The New York Times to tell us there’s a shortage of automotive technicians. Ringing your car dealer to get an appointment – and being told openings are two weeks out – illustrates the problem. But reporting by the Times’ Norman Mayersohn makes it official. In the Times’ article – Short on Mechanics, […]
Nationwide analysis showed huge diversity in costs across the country. An independent workshop in Manchester was found to have the lowest charges at £36 an hour while a sportscar manufacturer’s dealership in Reading billed customers an eye-watering £234 an hour. The UK average hourly rate was £67, with Surrey the most expensive place, averaging £81 […]
ALBUM OF THE WEEK FATHER JOHN MISTY Pure Comedy (Bella Union) Enigmatic, elegiac and peppered with Biblical imagery, the former Fleet Foxes drummer’s follow-up to the more optimistic I Love You Honeybear album, tackles the biggest themes of all: life, death, political and cultural shallowness and, on the brilliant Things It Would Have Been Helpful […]
A lot of people regard Cubans—who have mechanical ingenuity bred from decades in a closed economic system—as the best wrenchers on earth. I think that title belongs to the mechanics of Hong Kong, because they do their wrenching on the streets. The rent in Hong Kong is too damn high; so high, in fact, that […]
