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Picture this. You're me, and you boot up the demo for Rain98, an incredibly blue-looking, rainy visual novel set in Tokyo, 1998, about a woman who refers to herself as the Angolmois, a world-ending reference to the predictions of good ole Nostradamus. At one point you have to light this woman's cigarette in a lightly stylish sequence. You get to a bit where you're asked to put your name in, and you put it in because like its predecessors, this is surely a self-insert kind of situation. Only you get a Steam achievement for getting a game over for putting your name in. Rude! But curious, so you, and of course I mean I, pressed on. In Rain98, you play as a nameless Generic Man who is deeply troubled, if not outright suicidal (of which this game has strong themes of) by the state of the world as it is in our present day. It's a fair stance to take! I would not exactly say things are good right now. But they weren't great in 1998 Japan, the year that Generic Man is somehow transported back to, finding this young woman, Reina Amehara, the Angolmois, in what he thinks is his apartment.

Wildfires strip American forests bare every year, and the real question is always whether the trees grow back. Mount St. Helens is the clearest case anyone has studied. Its blast scorched square miles of Washington forest down to bare rock and ash. Decades later the trees are back, and much of that happened with no planting at all. A few firs buried under snow and a single caged gopher helped drive the comeback. This is the best look we have at how trees grow back after a forest is wiped out. Snow still covered the slopes of Mount St. Helens during a 1982 eruption.

Skip to mainSat, October 17, 2026 at 9:28 p.m. UTCInternational Video Store Day was celebrated in Toronto on Saturday. Daniel Hanna started the tradition after realizing no such celebration existed. 16 years later, his idea has spread to shops across Canada and beyond. CBC's Naama Weingarten spoke with movie lovers who rediscovered DVDs and VHS, and with those who celebrated the day at Eyesore Cinema.

Updated: Oct 17, 2026 9:28pm UTCThe Battlefield 6 team has responded after players took aim at a few controversial cosmetics added in Season 5. Battlefield Studios took to its official Discord server to offer background information on two skins that caused a stir with the launch of Battlefield 6 Season 5 this past week (via MP1st). The full text confirmed at least one of the issues has a fix in the works, while the other will seemingly remain the same. The cosmetics – one with what appeared to be a typo in the word "security" and another featuring infantry sporting a whopping five pistol holsters – were officially added October 13 and almost immediately drew ire from fans. It's that pesky misspelling, which took the shape of the non-existent word "security" on the armband of a McNeil skin, that the developers say will be fixed when Battlefield 6 Season 5 launches in November. Secuty 😭 It's AI #Battlefield6 https://t.co/8DVphghCSU— Battlefield Intel (@BattlefieldInte) October 13, 2026 "You called it out clearly, and we hear your concerns," the message, acknowledging the memes and conversations surrounding the new skins, said.

MMA Fighting has Dubois vs. Wardley 2 results for the Daniel Dubois vs. Fabio Wardley fight card and more for one of the most highly anticipated events of the year from the O2 Arena in London, England, on Saturday afternoon. When the main event begins around 5:30 p.m. ET, check out our Dubois vs. Wardley 2 live round-by-round updates for our live blog of the main event. Daniel Dubois puts his WBO heavyweight championship on the line against Fabio Wardley. Check out Dubious vs. Wardley 2 results below. Dubios vs. Wardley 2 Main Card (DAZN PPV LIVE now)Daniel Dubios def. Fabio Wardley via second-round TKO (corner retirement) (2:21)Louie O’Doherty vs. Michael Gomez Jr. ends in a majority draw (115-114 Gomez, 114-114)Adam Olaniyan def. Dan Garber via second-round TKO (1:15)Bakhodir Jalolov def. Soloman Dacres via unanimous decision (99-91, 99-90 x2)Nelson Birchall def. Levi Giles via seventh-round TKO (0:51)Dubois vs. Wardley 2 PrelimsTony Curtis def. Kerim Agius via fourth-round TKO (2:57)Zayn Ahmed def. Kasey Bradnum via first-round TKO (2:49)Leighton Birchall def. Luis Vara Carrillo via unanimous decision (60-54)Manny Safari def.

Underground horror director Jeremiah Kipp has passed away, according to his partner Lindsay Katt. Confirmed through The Long Island International Film Expo, Kipp released his largest movie just earlier in the year, an adaptation of the hit indie horror game The Mortuary Assistant. “Jeremiah was a gentle soul who was always generous with advice and sharing his knowledge of cinema,” writes the Film Expo, “he leaves behind many friends and an important legacy.” Based on the 2022 video game, The Mortuary Assistant follows Rebecca (Kingdom Heart’s Willa Holland), a down on her luck woman hoping her new job will pave the road to recovery. Working grim but seemingly benign shifts at the morgue, she suddenly finds herself subject to strange visions. That’s when her employer, Raymond (Boardwalk Empire’s Paul Sparks), delivers the bad news. It seems a demonic spirit hitched a ride on one of the cadavers, and Rebecca will need to follow specific rituals to rid herself of the entity. 15 years ago Jeremiah Kipp made my dreams come true. I had a very dark and personal story about Suicide and he believed it needed to to be told. I got to write and produce "Crestfallen" as a film along side him.