Gamers Join Aust-made Cult Of The Lamb

So it is with Rollerdrome, the name of a new video game but also of the violent future-sport it proposes.
You, as the rookie Kara Hassan, have to roller-skate around a series of undulating arenas, all while dispensing bullets into various hired goons and dodging any rockets that come your way.

Runaway inflation and the reopening of offices and schools have led people to spend less on PCs than they did during lockdowns when many bought computers for work and school as they stayed home during the pandemic.

There are about three dozen to collect in total, and all of them are actually playable. We have riffs on old classics like Pac-Man and Mr Driller and Missile Command. Just walk up to them, as the launderette-arcade's proprietor-turned-patron, and start gaming.

On PC gaming platform Steam, Cult of the Lamb has seen hundreds of thousands of downloads, and while Wilton can't reveal the exact figures due to Massive Monster's backing by UK-listed Devolver Digital, pre-sales numbers show the game has already recouped its investment costs.

Sony, whose studios are known for single player console games such as "Spider-Man" and "God of War", has outlined ambitious plans to release titles on PC and mobile and offer live service games, which provide continuous updated play.

PETER HOSKIN: With Rollerdrome...You, as the rookie Kara Hassan, have to roller-skate around a series of undulating arenas, all while dispensing bullets into various hired goons and dodging any rockets that come your way.
There's always another wash to put on. It creates an undeniably weird loop — between arcade sessions and launderette maintenance — but isn't that what life is like, anyway? Sometimes neon. Sometimes full of dirty socks.

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Oct 6 (Reuters) - Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc on Thursday provided third-quarter revenue estimates that were about a billion dollars less than previously forecast, signaling the chip slump could be much worse than expected.

Back in 2017, he was kicked off Twitter when, criticizing the #MeToo movement, he said that rape victims "bear some responsibility" for putting themselves in a position to be assaulted, a false claim that seeks to exonerate the perpetrators of violence against women. Speaking about married women who make money via OnlyFans, a subscription service known for sexually explicit content, Tate said they owe their partners money since they're a man's property. Explaining why he'd never let a woman drive his car, he claimed that women "have no innate responsibility or honor."

Last week memory chip maker Micron Technology warned of tougher times and said it was cutting its capex investments in fiscal 2023 by over 30% to a total of $8 billion. Nvidia Corp and Intel Corp both delivered much worse than expected earnings in their latest reports.

"I think AMD is showing that nobody is safe from the post-pandemic PC downturn, and those inventory corrections are also impacting the company," said Anshel Sag, chip analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy.

Tate was banned from Twitter for evading a previous ban, a Twitter spokesperson told CNET. Meta booted him from its platforms for violating community guidelines under the "dangerous individuals and organizations" clause. A YouTube spokesperson said Tate was barred from the platform after "multiple violations" of community guidelines.

Tate has more recently become famous as an online personality promising to show boys and men how to "escape the matrix" -- shorthand Poker Pkv for becoming more wealthy and successful with women. Before being booted from social media platforms, he had over 4.5 million Instagram followers, as well as 600,000 subscribers on his "Tate Speech" YouTube account. Videos carrying his hashtag on TikTok have been viewed over 14 billion times.

Andrew Tate was relatively unknown until 2022 but in the past few months his profile has exploded. However greater attention has led to greater scrutiny. In late August Tate was banned from the full gamut of social networks -- Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Twiter and Twitter -- dealing a painful blow to his Hustler's University online business. 

After social media platforms blocked him, a spokesperson for Tate told Bloomberg: "Banning Andrew Tate from these platforms might seem the answer, but it isn't that simple. Removing Tate's voice doesn't allow for a kinder hate-free society."  

Where did Andrew Tate come from? Starting out as a kickboxer, Tate had his first dalliance with a public spotlight through the 2016 season of the UK's Big Brother reality show. It lasted six days. Tate was kicked off the show after a video appearing to show Tate beating a woman with a belt, threatening her with violence if she "texts him again." Tate told The Sun that the video was the couple "acting out role-play." He posted a smiling selfie alongside the woman in the video, and said they were still friends.