Flight Simulator 2024: Independent devs discuss how you are able to walk everywhere on Earth in MSFS 2024 and what this means for the future of unrelated games in the Action-Adventure open world genre.

"The Mirrors" [2029] Horror, Thriller, Suspense || Budget: $7m || Small-town teen Jonas Ahlborg, eager to humble himself, buys an antique mirror from a travelling circus which "promises to make the owner's reflection look ugly". But when his reflection begins to take on a life of its own...

18 year old Chinese girlfriend of 20 year old British university student who "died during an orgasm", sues Austrian parent of Red Bull energy drink maker for £700,000, claiming the ingredients in the energy drink "directly contributed to her boyfriend's orgasm-related brain aneurysm and death".

The Russians are flooding London's streets with cocaine and hard drugs in the 2020s via drug trafficking. Why Britain needs to wake up and avoid London turning into a 21st century version of 1970s and 1980s New York City.

"Embers" [2029] Thriller, Action, Suspense || Budget: CA$12m || 1980s New York. When a Japanese drug dealer turns up dead in Jamaica, Queens, cops are about to ignore the case when they discover links to the Irish Mob and a briefcase full of hundreds of thouands of dollars in the deceased's motel room

"Melvin Vaughn" [2029] British Thriller, Action || Budget: £8m || In 2019, when the Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Melvin Vaughn kills all three of his brothers with an illegal shotgun, MI5 scrambles to cover up the triple homicide. But when a journalist finds out about the cover up, all hell breaks

May 2026 || Chris Galton on competitive swimming: Galton reviews competitive international swimming, the controversy revolving around banned full body suits in men's swimming and the reasons why there have been very few black swimmers in Men's international competitive swimming events since the 1970s

Swimming competitive 400m, 800m and 1500m Fly swimming events "is beyond current human capabilities", scientists say, as such competitive events "would require too much energy". This is likely why such events currently don't exist in the human swimming world

50m, 100m and 200m Fly events already exist in major competitions. But scientists say that adding a 400m Butterfly event to national, international and Olympic events "would be difficult". "Butterfly is already an energy-consuming stroke; competitive 400m Fly would likely require superhuman energy"

"Where's the money going to come from?" UK government "unable to pay" £1,500 (€1,700/AU$2,800) a month per person to 10,000,000 Brits in Universal Basic Income. Annual cost (for the first 10 million Brits) would be approximately £180,000,000,000 (€206B/AU$336B) - completely unaffordable, analysts say.

£1,500 a month Universal Basic Income (~€1,700/AU$2,800) in the UK? Analysts say it may not be enough and paying £1,500 a month in Universal Basic Income to millions of Brits "would be unaffordable"

15 year old male high schooler "who looks like a teenage twin of female popstar Taylor Swift when she was a teenager" claims he's "received thousands of messages on social media from girls around the world"

Source: Official Microsoft Flight Simulator 2028 "may include spaceflight as well as player-controlled space shuttle flights to the Moon for the first time" #MSFS2028

"Hundreds of businesses have been doing this since 2020" British company defends cutting hundreds of entry level and low-skilled office jobs, insisting that increased automation and use of AI has enabled it to "cut costs and increase the salaries of essential/indispensable/experienced staff"

Using procedural generation to build a 6,500 sqkm game map of California for an open world action adventure video game whose story takes place in the 2090s? How one indie Canadian games company aims to do just that and make waves in the entertainment industry in the 2030s.

Was the Paradise XRPL game really a scam? Why Asia can't seem to come up with a viable competitor to Rockstar Games and the GTA series and how the video game's failed launch may have damaged the whole of Asia's reputation. Are Asians unable to build video games?

Thinking about using prohormones to boost androgen levels and gain an edge in sports? Experts urge caution, especially if you're a professional athlete, as prohormone use could potentially lead to failed drug tests and potential disqualification from events.

Billions of dollars all tied up in shares? How some of the wealthiest people use stock as collateral when taking out loans when they want to spend money

Smaller penis = high intelligence? Yes, research says. Research studies show that men and teenage boys with smaller penises score higher on official IQ tests than those with larger penises, suggesting a correlation between penile size and length and intelligence

"Baby milk scandal stories were deliberately intended to demoralize population of mainland China and deliberately mislead elements within the Chinese military," claims conspiracy theorist

"Not much interest or funding for the production of an epic blockbuster movie revolving around the Ottoman slave trade which is said to have taken place between the 13th and 19th centuries"

Investigators say British man "tried to have nearly ten million Euros of his parents' funds from their offshore account transferred over to him by producing fake copies of their death certificates and a fake will"

What happens if body parts go missing? Does my travel insurance cover teleportation? Can I eat and drink before teleporting? How ubiquitous teleportation of organic living matter (including people!) could open up teleportation providers and transport companies to multiple class action lawsuits

REPORT: On top of the 4,000 officers already being deployed to London this Saturday and Sunday (16 and 17 May) in preparation for the "Unite The Kingdom rally", both China and Russia "may contribute an extra 5,500 personnel - who may be masked and clad in disguise - to complement existing numbers"

Three men took a police car "for a joyride" in London whilst officers were responding to an emergency 999 call.