How a remote lagoon and a ‘secret weapon’ allowed the US Navy to overwhelm Japanese forces during World War II

US Navy aircraft carriers, from front to back, USS Wasp, USS Yorktown, USS Hornet, USS Hancock, and USS Ticonderoga at Ulithi Atoll in December 1944. US Navy In September 1944, the US Navy captured Ulithi Atoll and used it to support the Allied advance. The remote atoll hosted hundreds of ships for repair and rearmament […]

Overwhelm Gives The Action-Platformer A Horror Twist

Overwhelm‘s goal is right there in the title. At a glance, it has all the trappings of a pixel-art action-platformer, but playing Overwhelm is a different story. From the game design to the sound, its sole purposes is to overwhelm the player through tense gameplay, limited resources, limited lives, atmospheric audio, and aggressive foes. It’s […]

Mass evacuation ordered as lava & toxic gas threatens to overwhelm island (VIDEO)

Published time: 28 Sep, 2017 11:09 Edited time: 28 Sep, 2017 11:09 Nearly 11,000 people are being evacuated from Vanuatu’s Ambae Island, days after a volcano in the South Pacific nation began spewing rock and poisonous gas. On September 23, the threat level of the Manaro Voui volcano was raised to moderate by the Vanuatu […]