Warhammer co-creator Bryan Ansell has died-
The Instagram account shared by miniatures game designer Bryan Ansell and his wife Diane has announced that he died at home with his family on December 30, 2023. He was 68 years old.
Ansell is known as the founder of Citadel, the miniatures arm of Games Workshop, which he created in 1978. At the time Games Workshop distributed and supported roleplaying games in Europe, as well as documenting them in its magazine White Dwarf. The creation of Citadel was followed by the wargame Warhammer Fantasy Battle, designed to make use of its line of miniatures. Warhammer’s success led to Ansell becoming managing director of Games Workshop and eventually shifting its focus entirely onto the tabletop wargaming hobby, which it still dominates today.
As a designer, Ansell was responsible for…
This ridiculous shoe PC went from a 10-week mod project to a $6,000 custom Cooler Master gaming PC you can actually buy-
A couple of years back I had the pleasure of being part of the judging panel for Cooler Master’s Case Mod World Series (CMWS), a PC building contest that, frankly, blew my humble PC building sensibilities out of the water. Since then, the company has been working on bringing a couple of gaming PC designs to market based on design entries from the contest.
The results are the Cooling X and Sneaker X systems, both of which really seem to capture the wild and wonderful essence of the CMWS.
Both coming in as compact designs, the Sneaker X is a literal shoe design with high-end components packed into a Mini-ITX case that’s just 650 x 306 x 651mm / 25.6 x 12.0 x 25.6 inches in size.
The Cooling X is a little larger at 266 x 149.4 x 371.6 mm / 10.5 x 5.9 x 14.6 inches, …
While you wait for Skywind and Skyblivion, you could be playing Skygerfall right now-
We recently got to see a full 20-minute quest walkthrough from Skywind, the mod recreating Morrowind in Skyrim. Earlier in the year, we saw four hours of Skyblivion, the mod recreating Oblivion in Skyrim, which is due out in 2025. But did you know about Skygerfall?
As the name suggests, Skygerfall is a recreation of Daggerfall, the second mainline Elder Scrolls RPG, which was originally released in 1996. Unlike the mods bringing back more recent games it’s been finalized, with a small patch earlier this year to fix some meshes bringing it up to version 1.10.
Skygerfall is a more modest mod than either Skywind or Skyblivion. It’s not aiming to bring the entirety of Daggerfall into Skyrim’s engine, just the main questline. Which is still significant—a 20-hour romp across…
Wordle hint and answer #609- Saturday, February 18-
Keep your Wordle win streak going in the right direction with our wide range of hints, guides, and tips. Take a look at today’s clue if you’d like a little help with the February 18 (609) puzzle, or skip straight to the answer if you just need to read today’s winning word.
I could feel today’s answer tickling the back of my mind, something I knew I almost had but couldn’t quite put my finger on. I’m still not entirely sure how I wrestled it into focus, but I’m glad I did.
Wordle hint
A Wordle hint for Saturday, February 18
Today’s answer means to be of some sort of use, to gain something, or to work towards something. This word’s usually used in the negative, ex: “We tried to open the locked door without a key, to no _____”.
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Wordle hint and answer #661- Tuesday, April 11-
You’ll find all the help you need to make your daily Wordle a breeze just below. Check out our tips and guides if you’d like a little general advice, take a peek at a helpful clue for the April 11 (661) game if you need some direction, or salvage what was almost a miss with today’s Wordle answer, further down the page.
Today’s puzzle was a close call. My opening guess gave me a green and a yellow, and my follow-up did little more than put that same yellow in a different spot. Once I’d got it locked in as a green, my troubles then continued for another couple of guesses until I hit the Wordle answer through a slightly panicked process of elimination. Phew.
Wordle hint
A Wordle hint for Tuesday, April 11
The answer today describes th…
Amended insider trading rules for MFs to be effective from November 1
The Sebi has notified that amended insider trading rules for mutual funds will come into effect from November 1.
“The board hereby appoints November 1, 2024, as the date on which the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 shall come into force,” the gazette notification said.
The amended rules will require mutual funds to maintain a list of employees and individuals, known as “designated persons”, who can have access to unpublished price sensitive information. Designated persons are required to disclose the details of their holdings in the units of mutual fund schemes.
“Lists of all employees and other persons with whom unpublished price sensitive information is shared shall be main…
Rupee falls 1 paisa to close at 83.04 against dollar
The rupee settled on a flat note with a loss of just 1 paisa at 83.04 (provisional) against the dollar on Thursday on the back of strengthening American currency and sharp rise in crude oil prices.The domestic currency broke its six-day gaining streak despite positive equity market sentiment, as foreign funds outflow dented sentiments.
At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 83.05 and traded between the peak of 82.93 and the lowest level of 83.08 against the greenback during the intra-day deals.It finally settled at 83.04 (provisional) against the dollar, down by just 1 paisa over its previous closing level.”The Indian rupee is trading flat. It opened on a positive note on weak Dollar and positive domestic markets. However, it lost its initia…