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f stress has you anxious, tense Types of meditation and worried, consider trying Meditation is an umbrella term meditation. Spending even for the many ways to a relaxed a few minutes in meditation state of being. There are many can restore your calm and types of meditation and relaxation Iinner peace. techniques that have meditation Anyone can practice meditation. components. All share the same It’s simple and inexpensive, and goal of achieving inner peace. it doesn’t require any special equipment. Ways to meditate can And you can practice meditation include: wherever you are — whether Guided meditation: you’re out for a walk, riding the Sometimes called guided imagery bus, waiting at the doctor’s office or visualisation, with this method or even in the middle of a difficult of meditation you form mental business meeting. images of places or situations you find relaxing. You try to use Understanding meditation as many senses as possible, such Meditation has been practiced as smells, sights, sounds and for thousands of years. Meditation textures. You may be led through originally was meant to help deepen this process by a guide or teacher. understanding of the sacred and Mantra meditation: In this mystical forces of life. These days, type of meditation, you silently meditation is commonly used for repeat a calming word, thought relaxation and stress reduction. or phrase to prevent distracting Meditation is considered a type thoughts. of mind-body complementary Mindfulness meditation: medicine. Meditation can produce This type of meditation is based a deep state of relaxation and a on being mindful, or having tranquil mind. an increased awareness and During meditation, you focus acceptance of living in the your attention and eliminate the MANAGING CONDITIONS: Research suggests that meditation may help people manage symptoms of conditions, present moment. In mindfulness stream of jumbled thoughts that including anxiety, asthma, cancer, chronic pain, depression, heart disease, high blood pressure, irritable bowel meditation, you broaden your may be crowding your mind and syndrome, sleep problems, and tension headaches. conscious awareness. You focus causing stress. This process may on what you experience during result in enhanced physical and by stress. While a growing body of conditions, including anxiety, of these conditions or other health meditation, such as the flow of emotional well-being. of scientific research supports asthma, cancer, chronic pain, problems. In some cases, meditation your breath. You can observe your the health benefits of meditation, depression, heart disease, high blood can worsen symptoms associated thoughts and emotions, but let Benefits of meditation some researchers believe it’s not yet pressure, irritable bowel syndrome, with certain mental and physical them pass without judgment. Meditation can give you a sense possible to draw conclusions about sleep problems, and tension health conditions. Qi gong: This practice generally of calm, peace and balance that can the possible benefits of meditation. headaches. Meditation isn’t a replacement for combines meditation, relaxation, benefit both your emotional well- With that in mind, some research Be sure to talk to your health care traditional medical treatment. But physical movement and breathing being and your overall health. suggests that meditation may provider about the pros and cons it may be a useful addition to your exercises to restore and maintain And these benefits don’t end help people manage symptoms of using meditation if you have any other treatment. balance. Qi gong (CHEE-gung) when your meditation session ends. is part of traditional Chinese Meditation can help carry you more medicine. calmly through your day and may Tai chi: This is a form of gentle help you manage symptoms of Chinese martial arts. In tai chi certain medical conditions. (TIE-CHEE), you perform a self-paced series of postures or Meditation and emotional movements in a slow, graceful well-being manner while practicing deep When you meditate, you may breathing. clear away the information overload Transcendental Meditation: that builds up every day and Transcendental Meditation is contributes to your stress. a simple, natural technique. In Transcendental Meditation, you The emotional benefits of silently repeat a personally assigned meditation can include: mantra, such as a word, sound 1. Gaining a new perspective on or phrase, in a specific way. This stressful situations. form of meditation may allow 2. Building skills to manage your your body to settle into a state of stress. profound rest and relaxation and 3. Increasing self-awareness. your mind to achieve a state of 4. Focusing on the present. inner peace, without needing to use 5. Reducing negative emotions. concentration or effort. 6. Increasing imagination and Yoga: You perform a series of creativity. postures and controlled breathing 7. Increasing patience and exercises to promote a more flexible tolerance. body and a calm mind. As you move through poses that require Meditation and illness balance and concentration, you’re Meditation might also be useful encouraged to focus less on your if you have a medical condition, WELL-BEING: Meditation can give you a sense of calm, peace and balance that can benefit both your emotional well- busy day and more on the moment. especially one that may be worsened being and your overall health. – Mayo Clinic News Network/TNS 4 GULF TIMES Wednesday, June 17, 2020 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Dramatic shift What’s ahead in the short term of the fall season, and longer term given the revolutionary change throughout media? And, most of all, how will any changes that might occur affect us as viewers and the culture at large?

By David Zurawik

he phone on the nightstand woke me at 9am Easter Sunday. “Hi David,” the producer from CNN’s ReliableT Sources said. “I hope you are well. I know this is short notice, but would you be available to do the show today?” “Today? I am available, but the show starts in two hours. Is that even possible?” I asked. “Sure. Someone will call you shortly and help you download what you need … Bye.” At 10:50am, the hookup on my laptop was still not working. But at 11am, there I was, live on CNN from the living room of my bungalow in Baltimore — all systems go. This is television in the age of Covid-19. I have been appearing on Reliable Sources as a guest since 2005, and during that time the basic process has changed very little. It starts with a phone call Wednesday or Thursday asking if I am available on Sunday. After several e-mail exchanges and sometimes a phone call discussing possible topics, it concludes on Sunday morning with a trip to CNN’s Washington studio to do the show. But that was before the pandemic. Anyone who saw a feverish- looking Chris Cuomo doing his nightly CNN show live from the basement of his home while he was quarantined with Covid-19 doesn’t need me to tell them how drastically the pandemic has affected the look and content of a medium that had changed very little structurally since it first started broadcasting into American homes in the late 1940s. Studio audiences missing in action. Late night and comedy There are two major show hosts livestreaming from their homes doing webcam interviews ways that TV is going with guests, while the theatres that housed their shows are shuttered. to change: the way Stephen Colbert in a bathtub at they make it and home doing his monologue. Jimmy Kimmel’s 5-year-old daughter the way we watch it doing her dad’s makeup. Bill Maher standing in his backyard trashing President Donald Trump with every bit as much vitriol as he does — David Bianculli, onstage. TV historian NFL coaches sitting in their teched-up home offices announcing their selections in the draft. Contestants on musical competition shows performing in ‘ ’ their living rooms instead of on the Wednesday, June 17, 2020 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

stages of glittering theatres filled to the rafters with cheering fans and a blizzard of confetti. And almost all of it getting higher ratings than ever with a near-captive American audience that since mid-March has had few entertainment options outside the home. The changes are pretty hard to miss. But the question is: Where does TV go from here? Like most legacy media, TV has been most highly resistant to structural change. Will the medium simply go back to same old, same old if and when the pandemic is under control and normal patterns of production can resume? What’s ahead in the short term of the fall season, and longer term given the revolutionary change throughout media? And, most of all, how will any changes that might occur affect us as viewers and the culture at large? “There are two major ways that TV is going to change: the way they make it and the way we watch it,” says TV historian David Bianculli, professor of television studies at Rowan University, TV critic on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross and founder of the website BACK IN THE STUDIOS: Anchor Chris Cuomo, left, who was doing his nightly CNN show live from the basement of his home after testing positive for tvworthwatching.com. coronavirus, has since recovered to be back in the studios at CNN. The most obvious change in terms of making it is that network Perry Mason set to premiere June this fall and winter: if professional productions like Bully. Coward. American men. News viewing has television will not be able to 21. Set in 1930s Los Angeles, the sports returns with the NFL. NBC’s Victim. That’s a serious matter, a been up at the cable channels and produce anything approaching series stars Matthew Rhys, of The Sunday Night Football was still the large segment of the population in a network nightly news for months. a new fall season, the broadcast Americans, in the original story of highest rated show on TV with some democracy not being able to afford With a nation tuned in and looking industry’s traditional showcase the iconic defence attorney. 20 million viewers last year. access to the most important stories for information and answers it for its most promising prime- For documentary fans, With training camps expected to and storytellers of the culture. can trust, more prime-time news time product. The Covid-19 meanwhile, HBO this month open soon, it looks as if college and Even in the scramble to find programming makes perfect sense clamp down hit in March just as offers Bully. Coward. Victim. The professional football could be back international programming, in coming months, and could make production on pilots and episodes Story of Roy Cohn. The film looks on TV this fall. But in what form? streaming services are getting the for a more informed electorate in for entertainment shows should at the infamous attorney who Will fans be allowed in the stands? best series, like The Bureau from November. have begun. served as chief counsel to Senator And what happens if Covid-19 France and Fauda from Israel, Thompson also feels the change Los Angeles County officials and Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s spikes and some of the infections are because they have been working the from glossy, perfectly-lit, studio- Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and prosecuted Ethel and Julius traced to stadium crowds? territory for years and are not afraid made productions to the more said television and film production Rosenberg as spies during that The reality of the networks having of subtitles. Bianculli says he finds informal, Internet-like look of the could resume as of Friday, but same decade. More recently, the less to offer and the premium cable himself previewing more streamed late night, and talk shows done from the trade publication Variety ruthless Cohn, who was disbarred and streaming series offering more international programming these home might be with us to stay in reported that “major studios are in 1986, the year of his death, is what worries me most about the days at TV Worth Watching some form. still weeks — if not months — away was Donald Trump’s lawyer and effect the pandemic is having on (tvworthwatching.com). “Historically, the networks from rolling cameras.” There are Merlin-like mentor. You can’t start television. This programming gap Still, Robert J Thompson, defined themselves by high all sorts of issues that have to be to understand Trump without further divides us into haves and professor of television and popular production values — good resolved before shows that take understanding the evil that was have-nots: two Americas at a time culture at Syracuse University, sees composition, perfect lighting and so months to make can even start Cohn. The film, which is directed when we can ill afford one more potential for some positive change in forth — but since about 2005 with the process. For one thing, the by Ivy Meeropol, the Rosenbergs’ schism. Those without the means network television as a result of the YouTube, bad production values many unions involved in making granddaughter, premieres June 19. to pay high subscription fees are disruption caused by the pandemic. started to be read as authenticity by TV productions will have to sign Nothing in any of the networks’ not only denied the pleasures of the “You could see more news some viewers,” he said. off on their members going back programming arsenals except live best in entertainment programming, programmes in prime time on That’s especially true with to work even as certain metrics sports can compete with that kind of but are also locked out of the deeper network TV as the broadcasters younger viewers, many of suggest Covid-19 could be rising programming. That is the one thing conversation about American and look for programming in the fall,” whom seemed to enjoy the way again in the area. Garcetti qualified that can semi-save the networks global life offered in many of those Thompson said. “They know how digital productions sometimes his announcement of reopening by to do them. Remember the era of deconstructed the conventions saying if there is a rise in of cases prime-time newsmagazines? We of performance and presentation in two or three weeks, he will re- “The reality of the could see more from news, and that on network TV by showing the evaluate the policy, according to networks having seems like it could be a good thing.” overhead boom mic in the shot or Deadline. In the 1990s, ABC, CBS and pulling the camera back to show the As a result of the pause in less to offer and NBC all offered prime-time way the backdrop was merely an production, “inventory is going to the premium cable newsmagazines: Dateline at NBC, image projected onto a wall, curtain become more valuable,” Bianculli 60 Minutes II at CBS and Prime Time or screen. says; inventory defined as shows and streaming Live on ABC. It was more about Less focus on slick production you have on the shelf ready to go. business than journalism during an values and more attention to the Thanks to their production model, series offering era of downsizing as newsmagazines quality of what’s being produced the network cupboards are pretty more is what cost far less to produce than dramas would be a small but welcome bare, even after scouring other or sitcoms thanks to having the outcome of this disruption in TV English-speaking countries the last worries me most infrastructure of a news division as we always knew it. But I’m not three months for limited series that already in place. betting on “live from a bungalow can be shown without subtitles. about the effect Making a move to more news in Baltimore” as the future of The outlets that do have the pandemic this summer and fall makes further television news. inventory are premium cable and sense given the fact that we are I am certain, though, that post- streaming services, like HBO and is having on in a moment of great turmoil and Covid the viewing audience is going . television” social change with Covid-19, a to be even more divided than it is While the networks are offering presidential election, an economy now between those who can afford reruns of series that weren’t worth in deep trouble and the arrival at the best in programmes and those your time in first run last year, HBO, what feels like a tipping point in who can’t. In television, it is always for example, has a new version — David Zurawik, reaction to police brutality against about the money. of the 1950s courtroom drama media critic persons of colour, mainly African — The Baltimore Sun/TNS 6 GULF TIMES Wednesday, June 17, 2020 COMMUNITY

NU-Q announces student honours

Northwestern University is all set to hold its 162nd commencement on June 19 for its 12 schools, graduates, they were also named class valedictorians. Four of this year’s graduates received the including NU-Q. Alongside the commencement ceremony, NU-Q has announced this year’s magna cum laude recognition. Maha Essid, Malek al-Manaa, Sahar Ahmed ElKabash, and Sarah valedictorian and Latin Honor recipients. Shaath were recognised in a category that typically represents students in the top 10 percent of At Northwestern’s commencement NU-Q graduates will have their bachelor’s degrees from their graduating class. the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, and the School Aimen Ahmed Jan, Fareehan Salah Zaki Moustafa Elgakhlab, Muhammad Muneeb Ur Rehman, of Communication conferred at a virtual ceremony that will include Lori Lightfoot, Mayor of Noor Mazen Abdulqader Abunaba’a, Sana Zehra, and Sara Hamad KH. H. al-Thani graduated in Chicago, as the featured speaker. with the cum laude distinction, which typically represents the top 25 percent of their class. “As we prepare for Northwestern’s commencement ceremony, we highlight several students The class of 2020 will join a worldwide network of more than 200,000 Northwestern alumni. with academic achievements that deserve to be recognised. These students not only hold an Graduates of NU-Q hold positions with leading organisations in the region, including Al Jazeera enviable record of academic distinction but also demonstrate the highest level of leadership,” Media Network, Qatar’s Government Communications Office, Qatar Media Corporation, Amiri said Craig LaMay, Dean of NU-Q. Diwan, Doha Film Institute, Qatar Museums, Hamad Medical Corporation, Ministry of Foreign Latin Honors – designated at summa, magna, and cum laude – date back to the 19th century Affairs, Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (Qatar World Cup 2022), Qatar Airways, and are commonly used in American universities to recognise students of the highest academic Qatar Foundation, RasGas, and Total Energy and Petroleum. distinction. The class valedictorian is traditionally the student with the highest ranking. In addition, 25 percent of NU-Q graduates pursue graduate degrees at leading universities, This year, the highest-ranking students are also the class valedictorians. Muhammad Humam including Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, Cornell, New York University, Northwestern, and the and Ayza Sheikh were tied in the ranking, and along with being designated as summa cum laude School of Economics, among others.

SIFQ conducts workshop for teachers on ‘Activities of Annular Solar Eclipse’

Science India Forum-Qatar (SIFQ) recently held an online hands-on- astronomy workshop for teachers on ‘Activities of Annular Solar Eclipse’. This workshop was conducted with the aim to use the knowledge of astronomy to understand the upcoming solar eclipse. The residents of Qatar would be able to witness the celestial event on June 21. Dr Arvind Ranade, scientist at the Department of Science and Technology, India, explained the science behind the occurrence of a solar eclipse. He went on to elucidate the various types of solar eclipses, including total, annular, partial and hybrid. He informed the attendees that Qatar residents were to experience a partial solar eclipse on June 21 starting around 7:15am till 10am with a maximum eclipse of about 85% around 8:30am. The hands-on workshop conducted by Tushar Purohit, from IUCAA Pune India, and Mukesh Satankar, a Telescope Maker from Bhopal, covered demonstration for making of various types of pinhole cameras, magic mirror, ball mirror and explained simple calculations for distance between sun and earth, magic number, and earth revolution time. They also highlighted the adverse effects of viewing the eclipse through naked eyes and the necessity of taking adequate precautions while viewing the same. The webinar was attended by over 40 teachers. Wednesday, June 17, 2020 GULF TIMES 7 CUISINE COMMUNITY Sliced bread: the best thing since 90s The pre-sliced loaf took a little time to find widespread acceptance. This is the story of how its invention went on to change the world

an instant hit. Pre-sliced loaves went stale faster than whole loaves, and some shoppers also felt they were “sloppy looking”. Rohwedder wasn’t deterred. He produced u-shaped pins to hold loaves together, so they looked more appealing. Sliced bread soon took off. New York’s Continental Baking Company started using Rohwedder’s machines for its Wonder Bread. People loved the invention that saved them time, effort and potential injury, and the baking industry found itself benefiting too. With slices thinner and more uniform, people ate more of them and more frequently. Bread consumption went up, as did spreads to go on the slices. Even sales of pop-up toasters soared. By 1933, bread-slicing machines were found in bakeries across the US and 80% of bread produced there was sliced. Yet it still wasn’t plain sailing for the humble sliced loaf. As soon as they got used to their easier- to-use bread, Americans were robbed of it. In early 1943 the government banned it, citing the war effort, with steel for bread- slicing machines required for weaponry, and the thick wax paper also needed for more important uses. “The ready-sliced loaf must have a heavier wrapping than an NOT AN INSTANT HIT: Sliced bread wasn’t an instant hit, but by the 1930s it was a household item and sales of pop-up toasters soared. unsliced one if it is not to dry out,” US food administrator Claude R Wickard told the New York Times. The best thing since sliced “So, the order prohibiting the bread.” We’ve all heard the slicing of bread is aimed at affecting saying. It’s synonymous economies in the manufacture of with greatness, a new bread and in the use of paper.” invention, a game-changer. There was uproar among the “But the road to greatness is seldom US public; the nation pined and easy. demanded its return. One letter to Sliced bread was first sold the New York Times said: “I should in July 1928, in a bakery in like to let you see how important Chillicothe, Missouri. The bakery sliced bread is to the morale used an automatic bread-slicing and saneness of a household.” machine invented by jeweller Otto Thankfully, the ban was short- Rohwedder. It had been hard work lived at just three months. The to get to that point: Rohwedder had government said the decision was tried for some time to introduce because it hadn’t yielded as many the US to sliced bread. He’d carried savings as it’d hoped for, but many out extensive market research, attributed it to the backlash. Either surveying tens of thousands of way, the US – and the UK – got people on the perfect thickness of their sliced bread back. The UK a slice. And his prototype machine was introduced to the development and all his blueprints were lost to a when the first slicing and wrapping fire in 1917. machine was installed in the Despite grumbling from the Wonderloaf Bakery in Tottenham baking industry, which voiced in 1937. By the 1950s the sliced concerns about his new-fangled loaf accounted for 80% of the idea, the concept became a hit. The British bread market. Fast forward Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune to 2020 and sliced bread is now hailed the “thrill of pleasure” commonplace worldwide. Like any that a housewife would get at no great invention, its history is full longer having to carve up a whole HISTORY: Like any great invention, sliced bread’s history is full of highs and lows, victories and losses, innovation and of highs and lows, victories and loaf. “So neat and precise are the invention. Bread isn’t the first element in our lives to be wholly transformed by technology and it won’t be the last. losses, innovation and invention. slices, and so definitely better Bread isn’t the first element in our than anyone could possibly slice refinement that will receive a hearty describing the invention as: “The – the phrase that became today’s lives to be wholly transformed by by hand with a bread knife that and permanent welcome,” it said. greatest forward step in the baking “greatest thing since sliced bread”. technology and it won’t be the last. one realises instantly that here is a The page was topped with a slogan industry since bread was wrapped” But Rohwedder’s creation wasn’t – The Guardian 8 GULF TIMES Wednesday, June 17, 2020 COMMUNITY CULTURE 45 best pieces of art to experience whilst staying at home – II

rom Haim to Paper Mario via the return of Insecure, here’s your guide to the Fseason’s great culture TV 27. Dark The off-the-chain German sci-fi twister roars back, following a shock season two ending that added parallel worlds to Dark’s already confusing time loops. Can the forces of evil, or that big wobbly sphere thing, be defeated? It’s the final season so the story ends, or begins, or implodes into a humanity-erasing void, here. Netflix, 27 June

28. Dead Still Focused on crime drama, Acorn TV is a strong new niche streaming player, rich in rights ownership (Foyle’s War, anything Agatha Christie) and original shows. This droll black comedy stars Michael Smiley as a 19th-century Irish photographer who specialises in snapping the deceased, but ends up having to investigate a serial killer. Acorn TV, 29 June

29. The Luminaries Eleanor Catton dismantles her own 2013 Booker-winning novel across six episodes, with Eve Hewson (The Knick) as the adventurous young Brit trying to make a new life in New Zealand in the 1860s. Its visual opulence, HIGHLIGHTING: Cate Blanchett’s portrays Phyllis Schlafly whose successful efforts to prevent gender-discrimination legislation defined what second-wave thwarted romance and layers of feminism was up against in Mrs. America. cliffhanging mystery should make for a sultry, escapist summer hit. BBC One, June/July TBC

30. Hanna Season two of a thriller that has successfully spun the 2011 movie – about a teen girl raised to be an elite killer spy – out into episodic format, while maintaining a sparse efficiency of storytelling as well as a careful balance of tension and action. Esme Creed-Miles is strong as the enigmatic, almost superhero-like lead character, originally played in the film by Saoirse Ronan. , 3 July 31. Little Voice Not a remake of the 1998 Jane Horrocks Britflick, although the theme of deriving hope from music is similar. Writer-director Jessie Nelson and songwriter Sara Bareilles – the team behind the stage musical Waitress – team up with JJ Abrams for this love letter to the NYC music scene, starring Brittany O’Grady as one of many young hopefuls hoping to sing their way out of obscurity – and find themselves while they’re at it. Apple TV+, 10 July

32. Muppets Now Having lived off The Mandalorian for perhaps too long, Disney+ heralds a new wave of original content by dusting down Kermit and co. As has become the norm SHOWS OVER POPCORN: Clockwise from top left, The Luminaries; Dead Still; Insecure; Celebrity Snoop Dogs; Mrs America; Muppets Now. with modern Muppets, it’s well Wednesday, June 17, 2020 GULF TIMES 9 CULTURE COMMUNITY 45 best pieces of art to experience whilst staying at home – II

Premieres include an exploration of African and Caribbean dance, an all- star Swan Lake bath ballet experience and plenty of beat-boxing, puppetry and drama for theatre fans. MG bbc.co.uk/arts, out now

40. Future Threads This programme of talks, music and multimedia projects will explore how artists across the Arab world are reacting to the crisis. Tune in via Zoom for conversation with Tehran collective New Media Society on the challenges facing Iran’s art scene, or kick back to live music from Syrian sound artist Hello Psychaleppo. SS mosaicrooms.org, June to September

41. I Should Be Doing Something Else Right Now This online programme has themed strands, such as Sleep Mode, offering respite from switched-on lives, with performance art and a riff on theGuardian’s Country Diary column. Plus, for the podcast Coping Mechanisms, artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard talk to friends including Carol Morley. SS somersethouse.org, June and July

42. Live from Covent Garden The Royal Opera House opens its doors for its first live concerts since March – but only for the socially LEISURE: Clockwise from left, The Last of Us Part II; Paper Mario: The Origami King; Ghost of Tsushima; Valorant. distanced performers; the rest of us can watch online. The first concert is free and it’s a gala of opera and dance, meta: the “unscripted” show centres including a world premiere by Wayne on Scooter’s efforts to deliver the McGregor. LW new Muppets TV show so it can be YouTube, 13 June, 7.30pm streamed. Disney+, 31 July 43. BBC Proms So far the Proms have given more 33. Mrs America of a statement of intent than a full This nuanced, resonant programme. We know they kick off biographical miniseries has a with a “new” work: Iain Farrington’s golden supporting cast – Rose Beethoven mash-up featuring all Byrne, Uzo Aduba, John Slattery, the BBC orchestras, with archive Melanie Lynskey, Sarah Paulson, concerts on subsequent evenings. For Tracey Ullman – backing Cate the final fortnight there are hopes for Blanchett’s portrayal of 1970s US live concerts, performed in an empty conservative Phyllis Schlafly, whose Albert Hall. AC successful efforts to prevent gender- Radio 3 and online, 17 July to 12 discrimination legislation defined September what second-wave feminism was up against. 44. Always Be Comedy BBC Two, July ECO-LIFESTYLE: To appease today’s eco-conscious Gen Z audience, Sims will soon be able to live zero-waste, upcycling, “The most wonderful comedy solar-powered, vegan virtual lives, transforming a grimy rundown port town into a futuristic eco-oasis. night in the world,” according to Games Katherine Ryan, ABC has been a 34. Valorant ludicrously compelling life- explores some heavy stuff about 38. Paper Mario: The Origami thriving online presence in lockdown, Looking for the next Fortnite? simulation game a green update. relationships, revenge and what King combining big names and new talent. This may well be it. Valorant is Your little computer people will humans are capable of doing If some of the other games sound Upcoming shows will include the attracting huge interest from soon be able to live zero-waste, for and to each other in extreme a bit dark, how about wholesome, likes of Mark Steel, Isy Suttie and esports and streaming stars and upcycling, solar-powered, vegan circumstances. lovely Super Mario? Here, everything Ahir Shah, as well as mystery guests. their millions of young followers. It virtual lives, transforming a grimy PS4, 19 June is made of paper, including Mario KB hinges on characters with different rundown port town into a futuristic and his various cutesy foes. Slapstick alwaysbecomedy.com, June and abilities like Overwatch and accurate eco-oasis. 37. Ghost of Tsushima humour, applause-worthy puns and a July sharpshooting like Counter-Strike PC, PS4, XBox One, out now A stunning-looking tribute to touch of endearing weirdness always but, happily, it’s still fun even if 50s and 60s samurai action movies, make these games worth playing, and 45. Up My Street: Online! you’re not the most accurate shot, 36. The Last of Us Part II this takes us to 13th-century Japan you don’t need to be overly familiar This festival embodies that especially with friends on your team. A tense, terrifying post- – to grassy fields, feudal villages with Nintendo to enjoy the jokes and community spirit we’ve all located PC, out now apocalyptic drama about a deadly and shining blades crashing under the whimsy. in lockdown, featuring dancers contagion might sound like the falling cherry blossoms. The story Nintendo Switch, 17 July from teens to pensioners, and 35. The Sims: Eco Lifestyle last thing you want to play right plays with themes of honour choreographers such as Temujin Gill. Love The Sims, but find that its now, but The Last of Us Part II is and responsibility, and is a real Arts Four episodes feature dance pieces ultra-capitalism grates on your leftie an undisputed event in the world showcase for the technical and 39. BBC Culture in Quarantine created using Zoom, WhatsApp and sensibilities? To appease today’s of gaming. A horror-tinged action artistic talents of developer Sucker The BBC is debuting 25 new gaming techniques. LW eco-conscious Gen Z audience, game about a gay 19-year-old Punch. lockdown-themed works, embracing facebook.com/greenwichdance, Maxis is giving its long-running, and the people around her, it PS4, 17 July visual, sonic and performance arts. weekly from 25 June – The Guardian 10 GULF TIMES Wednesday, June 17, 2020 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Wednesday, June 17, 2020 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Why dogs will always rescue their distressed owners

our pet dog will by calling out “help,” or “help food is a pretty strong indication always come to rescue me.” Beforehand, the researchers that rescuing requires more than your from trouble coached the owners so their cries just motivation, there’s something as according to the for help sounded authentic. else involved, and that’s the ability researchers, dogs save About one-third of the dogs component,” Van Bourg said. Ydistressed human owners as long as rescued their distressed owner, In another control test, the they know how. which doesn’t sound too impressive research team looked at what For the findings, published in the on its own, but really is impressive happened when the owner sat journal PLOS ONE, the researchers when you take a closer look,” Van inside the box and calmly read wanted to know how dogs take Bourg said. aloud from a magazine. chances to rescue their owners. According to the study, that’s What they found was that four Simply observing dogs rescuing because two things are at stake fewer dogs, 16 out of 60, opened the someone doesn’t tell you much, here. One is the dogs’ desire to help box in the reading test than in the the difficult challenge is figuring their owners, and the other is how distress test. out why they do it,” said study well the dogs understood the nature The fact that dogs did open the researcher Joshua Van Bourg from of the help that was needed. box more often in the distress test Arizona State University in the US. The researchers explored this than in the reading control test For the results, the research team factor in control tests – tests that indicated that rescuing could not set up an experiment assessing were lacking in previous studies. be explained solely by the dogs 60 pet dogs’ propensity to rescue In one control test, when the dog wanting to be near their owners. their owners. None of the dogs had watched a researcher drop food What’s fascinating about this training in such an endeavour. into the box, only 19 of the 60 dogs study, is that it shows that dogs In the main test, each owner opened the box to get the food. really care about their people,” Van was confined to a large box More dogs rescued their owners Bourg said. they fail, we can still see how upset rescue their people are unable to equipped with a light-weight than retrieved food. Even without training, many they are,” Van Bourg added. understand what to do – it’s not door, which the dog could move The fact that two-thirds of the dogs will try and rescue people who The results from the control that they don’t care about their aside. The owners feigned distress dogs didn’t even open the box for appear to be in distress – and when tests indicate that dogs who fail to people. — IANS

Aries Taurus Gemini March 21 — April 19 April 20 — May 20 May 21 — June 20

Matters involving creativity and children could require considerable Matters involving the home could suddenly grow serious. This is a Today you might consider entering into a business partnership with thought today, Aries. Some exciting new options may be available positive development, Taurus, but new possibilities could be opening up a relative or neighbour. This could show promise of success, Gemini, to you and your loved ones. You might be inclined to mull over the and force you to make a decision. The value of your home could have and is definitely worth serious consideration. You’ll want to be sure it’s possibilities. You could consult others to get more opinions. For gone up and you might consider selling it and moving. Or you could right for you, so caution is recommended. You might even get around the most part, you’ll want to decide on your own. In the meantime, have the opportunity to work out of your home and save commuting to considering the nitty-gritty of a possible agreement, but for the most you could keep yourself occupied by working on ongoing projects. costs. Whatever it is, you’ve reached a milestone. part, it isn’t likely that you’ll be making any final decisions yet. Cancer Leo Virgo June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

The value of any investment you may have made in land, including A partnership of some kind, perhaps business, is likely to be on your your mind, perhaps involving plans for the future. It’s likely that you’ll your home, could come into your thoughts today. Whatever time mind today. You might want to seriously consider whether or not it has want to stay home today and do some contemplating. Various new and energy you’ve put into it is likely to pay off, Cancer, and this a future, and if it does, what to do next. You could spend time socialising, opportunities could be coming your way, Virgo, and you won’t want to might make a difference to you when formulating plans for the if possible, but you could be too preoccupied to participate much. A lot let them pass you by without serious consideration. Chores around the future. You might spend some time working outside, which should of serious decisions need to be made, Leo. The outcome is likely to be house could prove a valuable outlet for physical energy while allowing clear your head and enable you to get your thoughts together. positive. Try to relax and have some fun. A lot of serious matters are on thoughts to churn in your mind. Libra Scorpio Sagittarius September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Contemplation is the word for today. At some point, you might Today much of your mental – and possibly physical – energy could The desire for personal and career advancement could cause you to receive a call from a friend wanting advice on a serious decision. be directed at career matters. You might reevaluate goals and consider furthering your education in some way, Sagittarius. Someone Don’t be surprised if you spend more time listening than advising, ambitions, Scorpio, and consider other possibilities. The desire for close to you, probably a woman, could wake you up to the advantages Libra. Goals of your own might need some thought and possibly more income might be the catalyst, but there’s more to it than that. of returning to school and getting an advanced degree at some point reevaluation, as changes in your immediate environment could This is definitely a good day to think about a number of options. You in the future. You may want to wait a little bit before deciding, but present new and exciting possibilities to you. Think about it. might have to make a few decisions by this time next week. something has shifted within you. It’s time for some kind of change. Capricorn Aquarius Pisces December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Today you’re apt to be a bit preoccupied, Capricorn. You might find Today is likely to be a gratifying day, Aquarius, but perhaps more Career and business matters are likely to be very much on your mind yourself considering concepts that others think are strange and serious than you’d planned. A longtime friend might call and want to today, Pisces. Perhaps a new opportunity has come your way, or you’re impractical. This might involve metaphysics or the occult or unusual talk. This person or another might want to discuss a possible business thinking of becoming involved in a new enterprise on your own or with ways of making a living – or all of the above. You might want to discuss enterprise that’s apt to be worthy of consideration. Everyone around a partner. This might not be a good day to make a decision, so don’t this with others. However, you should make a decision based on your you might seem egocentric, and you could feel that your concerns are rush it. Before you make any dramatic changes, think things through preferences without influence from those who aren’t directly involved. of no interest to anyone. Don’t let that upset you. carefully. You may regret it otherwise. 12 GULF TIMES Wednesday, June 17, 2020 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

Wordsearch Adam

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Codeword Every letter of the alphabet is used at least once. Squares with the same number in have the same letter in. Work out which number represents which letter.

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Bound And Gagged

Sudoku is a puzzle based on a 9x9 grid. The grid is also divided into nine (3x3) boxes. You are given a selection of values and to complete the puzzle, you must fill the grid so that every column, every anone is repeated. Wednesday, June 17, 2020 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

Across Down 1 Party clobber (4) 1 Tot swallowed by fish — it’s a 3 Unusual play with Act I nightmare (3,5) translated (8) 2 Rock star’s undercover 9 Platform that is provided with operation (5) small flowers (7) 4 Italian trade union has to read 10 Fun and games for birds (5) document (6) 11 Majestic sort of lager (5) 5 One-off programme for aviator 12 Where sacrifices may be made (5) involving one star (6) 6 Warm drink (7) 14 In Armagh a stoic is dismayed 7 A little animal is terribly lean (4) (6) 8 Fliers flapping arms (6) 16 A dog caught Stan’s partner 13 Fashion on sale as at certain (6) periods (8) 19 Animals approached outskirts 15 Avoid result of decapitation of Leeds (6) (4,3) 21 Container, as required by 17 Stupid baronet plunged in brass band members (5) river (6) 24 Going on, a part of a yard (5) 18 A biro’s deployed to make a 25 Defence in boats at sea (7) line on a weather map (6) 26 Oil installation engineers with 20 John the singer is left in best bib and tucker? (8) school (5) 27 The alcoholic’s partial cure (4) 22 Trees , we hear, that will cover billiard table (5) 23 Just blonde (4) Answers

Solution Wordsearch Codeword 14 GULF TIMES Wednesday, June 17, 2020 COMMUNITY

Dalip Tahil features in : Hope our solution. I wish he stopped to international short film industry does some think of his family, friends and serious introspection the millions of fans who are Veteran actor Dalip Tahil has feeling this tragic loss today...he featured in an international short Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi, would have realised how much film to celebrate Bloomsday, which who attended late actor Sushant people CARE!” commemorates and celebrates the Singh Rajput’s funeral on Monday, “When I saw his father today, life of Irish writer James Joyce. has expressed pain at the young having to light the fire at the Titled A New Day Will Be, the actor’s untimely demise. cremation, the pain in his eyes short film uses Joyce’s timeless In a social media post, was unbearable, when I heard his words to create a contemporary take Vivek blamed Bollywood for sister weeping, begging him to on Ulysses with performers from its “power play”, “ego trips”, come back, I can’t express how more than 40 locations. “manipulation” and lack of deeply tragic it felt.” OUTRAGED: Vivek blames “We are going through some very VETERAN: Dalip Tahil acknowledgement for deserving “I hope our Industry that Bollywood for its “power play”, testing times. The short film is a talents (mostly those hailing calls itself a family, does some “ego trips”, “manipulation”. poetic narration of all of humanity’s also include actors Olwen Fouere and from outside the industry). serious introspection, we need sentiment about this phase of our Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, former US He feels, the industry needs to to change for the better, we manipulated. This is a wake up lives,” said Dalip. Democratic Presidential candidates “change for the better”. need to b***h less and care call for all of us.” “From silence, isolation, the desire Pete Buttigieg and Beto O’Rourke, “Being at Sushant’s cremation more, less power play and more “I will miss the ever smiling for human touch and the quest for a and novelist Colum McCann. today was so heartbreaking. I grace and large heartedness, Rajput, I pray god vaccine, through remembrance and The original score is composed truly wish I could have shared less ego trips and more takes away all that pain you felt resilience, to hope, love and finally and performed by Caoimhin O my personal experience and acknowledgement for deserving my brother and gives strength affirmation, the film tries to capture Raghallaigh. Meanwhile, Dalip helped him ease his pain. I have talents, this family needs to to your family to deal with their the emotions of people across also lent his voice in an spiritual been through my own journey truly become a family...a place loss. I pray you are in a better borders. I am happy to have been album titled Guru Naam, which of pain, it can be very dark and where talent is nurtured and place now, maybe we didn’t part of this project,” he added. commemorated the 550th birth lonely. But death is never the not crushed, a place where an deserve you,” shared Vivek Apart from Dalip, the performers anniversary of Guru Nanak. – IANS answer, suicide can never be a artist feels appreciated and not Oberoi on Facebook. – IANS Dabangg director says Salman’s family sabotaged his projects

bhinav Singh Kashyap, who had Over the next few years, “all my projects helmed the 2010 Salman Khan and creative endeavours have been sabotaged blockbuster Dabangg, says all his and I have been repeatedly threatened with projects were sabotaged by the life and rape threats given to/for the female superstar’s family. members of my family. The sustained AFollowing the recent demise of Sushant gaslighting and bullying destroyed my mental Singh Rajput, the director took to Facebook to health and that of my family and led to my post a long note appealing to the government divorce and breaking up of my family in 2017. to launch a detailed investigation into the They erred and sent some of these threats actor’s death. as texts, sent to me as SMSs from several “The suicide of numbers. Armed with evidence, I went to brings to the forefront a much bigger problem the police in 2017 to file an FIR which they of what many of us have been dealing with. refused to register but registered a non- Exactly what might compel a person to cognizable complaint. When the threats commit suicide?? I fear his death is just continued, I forced the police to trace the the tip of the iceberg just like the #metoo numbers but they couldn’t be traced back movement was for a much bigger malaise in to Sohail Khan (the suspected sender). My Bollywood,” wrote Kashyap. complaint remains open to date and I still “The death of Sushant Singh Rajput have all the evidence”. brings under scanner the role YRF talent He says his enemies “sharp, cunning and Management Agency might have played in always attack me from the back and stay pushing him towards his suicide but that Hidden. But the best part is after 10 years, I is for the authorities to investigate. These know who my enemies are. Let it be known people don’t make careers. They ruin your that they are Salim Khan, Salman Khan, career and life.” Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan. There are Having suffered personally for a decade, many other small fry’s but Salman Khan he said he can confidently say every “Talent family is the head of this venomous serpant. Manager and all Talent Management They use a clever mix of their ill-gotten Agencies of Bollywood are a potential death money, political clout and connections with Trap for Artists”. BROTHERS:Abhinav Singh Kashyap, right, and Anurag Kashyap. the underworld to intimidate anyone and Talking about his own experience, he said: everyone”. “I have experienced exploitation and bullying Khan and he intimidated the then Viacom capable and courageous enough to release the “Unfortunately truth is on my side and I first hand.” CEO Vikram Malhotra. My project was film ourselves but the battle had just begun. am not going to give up like Sushant Singh Going back to his Dabangg days, he said: sabotaged and I was made to return my My enemies, which there were many ran a Rajput. I refuse to cow down and will fight on “The reason I moved out of making Dabangg signing fee of Rupees 7 Crores plus interest of sustained negative Trolling and badmouthing till I see the end of either them or me. Enough 2 ten years ago is because Arbaaz Khan in Ninety odd lacs. It’s only then that Reliance campaign against the film till the Box Office tolerance. It’s time to fight back. collusion with Sohail Khan and family was Entertainment came to my rescue and we of my film collapsed. But to their horror, “So this is not a threat, it’s an open trying to take control of my career by bullying forged an enduring partnership for my film Besharam had still netted 58 crores before it challenge. Sushant Singh Rajput has moved me. Arbaaz Khan sabotaged my second Besharam.” went out of theaters,” he said about the film on and I hope he is happier wherever he is but project with Shree Ashtavinayak Films that Still, things didn’t go smoothly with his that had released in 2013. I will make sure that no more innocent will I was signed up with by personally calling career. “So they fought on... They sabotaged the kill himself over lack of work with dignity their head Mr. Raj Mehta and threatening him “Salman Khan and family sabotaged the Satellite release of the film that was pre-sold in Bollywood. I hope suffering actors and with dire consequences if they made a film release of the film and got their PROs to run to Mr. Jayanti Lal Gada who was the main creative artists will share my post on various with me. I had to return the signing money a sustained negative smear campaign against aggregator for Zee Telefilms those days. With social media platforms as will the media and to Shree Ashtavinayak films and moved to me and my film Besharam before release. Reliances goodwill, they were able to re- people who patronize the entertainment Viacom Pictures. They did the same thing.” This scared the distributors from buying negotiate the satellite rights sale with Gada industry,” he concluded with #metoo “Only this time the sabotager was Sohail my film. Reliance Entertainment and I were for a much lesser price,” he added. #BoycottSalmanKhan. – IANS Wednesday, June 17, 2020 GULF TIMES 15 HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY

New coming-of-age comedy drama series to focus on autism

Emmy The Oscars delayed Award-winning writer Jason Katims will be working on a new coming- until April 2021 of-age comedic drama series about living on the autism spectrum. Having a 23-year-old son on the spectrum, it is deeply personal for me to get to POPULAR: Jason Katims, best known tell this unique for his work on series Parenthood and story of what it’s Friday Night Lights. like to come of age as someone with autism,” said Katims. I’m grateful to the entire team, who share my passion for this project, and who are incredibly supportive creative partners,” he added. Katims, best known for his work on series Parenthood and Friday Night Lights, will be attached to the show as a writer and executive producer. Sosie Bacon, Chris Pang, and Joe Mantegna will play the three lead roles in the series, which was previously known as On The Spectrum after handing it a pilot order last year. The series, from Amazon Studios and Universal Television, is about three 20-something roommates on the autism spectrum, striving for the same things that ENTRY CONTEST: The eligibility period of entry for the contest has been pushed from December 2020 to the end of we all desire – to get a job, keep a job, make friends, fall in February 2021. love, and navigate a world that eludes them. This series is honest, touching and incredibly he Academy of Motion films without being penalized for the board. The need to address this entertaining, with casting that delivers a unique and Picture Arts and Sciences something beyond anyone’s control,” issue is urgent,” said Hudson. genuine perspective on universal themes,” said Jennifer has announced its decision Academy president David Rubin and Karey Burke, the president of Salke, Head of Amazon Studios. – IANS to postpone next year’s chief executive Dawn Hudson said in a ABC entertainment, the Academy’s Oscars ceremony by two statement, reports theguardian.co.uk. broadcast partner, hoped for “a safe months.T Oscars 2021 will be held on The Academy’s decision to push the and celebratory event”during this April 25, owing to the disruption in ceremony by two months comes in “uncharted territory”, according to release schedule of films all through the wake of its decision to standardise The Guardian website. 2020 caused by the Covid-19 the number of nominations in the The website adds that as far as pandemic. Best Picture category to 10 films. the Oscars 2021 go, films already The eligibility period of entry for Earlier the number of nominees garnering buzz include Steven the contest has also been pushed by in this category could vary. Also, Spielberg’s West Side Story a couple of months, from the end of the Academy recently announced interpretation, Ron Howard’s Hillbilly December 2020 to the end of February that direct-to-OTT films that Elegy, the Aretha Franklin biopic 2021. bypass theatrical release will also be Respect and David Fincher’s Mank, the For over a century, movies considered valid for nominations at biopic of Citizen Kane screenwriter have played an important role the Oscars 2021, in a first. Herman J Mankiewicz. in comforting, inspiring, and That apart, special steps are being Apart from the much-awaited PAPERWORK: Kanye has filed legal documents for entertaining us during the darkest of taken to ensure equal representation annual awards gala, the Academy has trademarks in make-up, face masks, nail polish, shaving times. They certainly have this year. and inclusion while considering Oscar also decided to postpone the opening cream, deodorant, aromatherapy pillows, amongst others. Our hope, in extending the eligibility eligibility. “While the Academy has of its museum. The Academy’s period and our awards date, is to made strides, we know there is much museum was scheduled to open in Kanye West set to enter provide the flexibility filmmakers more work to be done in order to December this year. It will now be beauty, skincare industry need to finish and release their ensure equitable opportunities across inaugurated in April next year. – IANS

After music and fashion, rapper Kanye West is ready to explore the beauty and skincare industry. Keanu Reeves offers virtual date for charity According to TMZ, he has decided to expand his Yeezy clothing and sneaker line into beauty and skincare Hollywood star Keanu Reeves is auctioning a 15-minute products, reports dailymail.co.uk. virtual date to raise funds for a children’s cancer charity. The 43-year-old rapper-designer has filed legal For years, the actor has been reportedly quietly donating documents for trademarks in make-up, face masks, nail time and money to cancer charities in honour of his sister, polish, shaving cream, deodorant, aromatherapy pillows, who battled leukaemia. amongst others. Now, he is now offering a 15-minute Zoom call to His decision to get into the skincare industry puts him the highest bidder in a nearly 50-lot auction for Camp in line of competition with his wife Kim Kardashian and Rainbow Gold, reports hollywoodreporter.com. his sister-in-law Kylie Jenner — who already have widely The actor will answer questions and there is a possibility popular skincare brands. that he will share a virtual glass of wine during the call. The 21-time Grammy winner was last publicly spotted The organisation’s mission is to “provide emotionally in Chicago earlier this month. He was seen attending a empowering experiences to Idaho’s children diagnosed Black Lives Matter protest. with cancer and their families”. He has also announced that he has created a college The auction serves to boost fundraising efforts for fund for George Floyds six-year-old daughter Gianna, and the organisation following a postponed event due to the donated $2 million to different charities. Covid-19 pandemic. The rapper’s representative said that he has donated We quickly realised we wouldn’t be the only ones moving FOR A CAUSE: Keanu will be auctioning a 15-minute virtual $2 million to charities associated with Ahmaud Arbery, our fundraiser to an online auction,” said Camp Rainbow date to raise funds for a children’s cancer charity. Breonna Taylor and Floyd. In addition, he has also pledged Gold executive director Elizabeth Lizberg, adding: “We to cover legal costs for the Arbery and Taylor families. also realised after months at home, people are craving a 15-minute private Zoom concert and voice actor Rob Arbery was fatally shot while on a jog in February, and connections and experiences that are safe but fulfilling.” Paulsen who will mimic some of his memorable characters. Taylor was killed in her home by police in March. – IANS Reeves is joined by notable names including former The campaign opened on June 15 and will end on June Fifth Harmony member Ally Brooke who will perform 22. – IANS 16 GULF TIMES Wednesday, June 17, 2020 COMMUNITY PlayStation 5: video games console is not dead yet As other video games companies move towards Netflix-style streaming and subscription services, Sony has doubled down on a new console

CONSOLES: The Sony PlayStation 5 standard and digital edition consoles, DualSense controllers, media remote, Pulse 3D wireless headset, DualSense charging station and HD camera.

But Sony is doubling down not only feel different from smooth consoles, DualSense controllers, and Clank: Rift Apart looks like By Keza MacDonald on the idea of the games console, of acceleration on tarmac in a racing media remote, Pulse 3D wireless it could be from a particularly generational technology shifts that game such as Gran Turismo 7, headset, DualSense charging expensive Dreamworks movie. make new kinds of games possible, or drawing a bow feel different station and HD camera. But with Microsoft’s Project n a livestreamed broadcast, and on the idea of selling a new box to shooting a gun in a first- “Console life cycles are fairly xCloud and Google Stadia (among Sony showed its new video by funding games that can only be person shooter. Inside the box, a alone in technology terms, so others) touting streaming services game console, the PlayStation played on PlayStation 5. speedy SSD makes loading times when upgrades happen what we’re that will supposedly be able to 5, for the first time, along with “The launch of a new video exponentially faster, meaning hearing is there’s an expectation deliver games with cutting-edge 28 new games that will be out games console doesn’t just mark less time spent in elevators of a noticeable change in how graphics via the cloud, to any Ithis year or next. It is a futuristic- the passage of time, it represents a or squeezing through narrow people game,” says Rutter. “When screen, without asking you to pay looking thing, all white curves and new paradigm, the promise of a new passages in games while the we put that together with the £500 or more for a new console, the black and blue-LED accents and kind of creative expression,” said console frantically loads in the feedback that we were getting question is whether this focus on a touch of mid-00s service robot Sony Interactive Entertainment’s next area. from the developers, there was a a brand-new shiny box puts Sony about it. One version is digital- Simon Rutter last night. Video game creatives are still happy, serendipitous meeting of behind the curve. That said, the only, the other comes with a drive “A couple of years ago, people coming out with exceptional minds. The technology allows us muted reception for Google Stadia’s for people who prefer to buy games were definitely sounding the death games for the PlayStation 4 but, to implement the kind of speeds suggests that plenty of people on disc. knell, saying either that the PS4 nonetheless, there’s a feeling and data flows that developers aren’t ready to divest themselves As cloud-based and Netflix- was the last one or that the PS5 among developers and players appreciate, but at the same time from the concept of a games like subscription services have was going to the last one, but [new that it’s time for a change. It’s they realise very significant console yet — and Rutter maintains gained traction in the video game consoles are] important to the been nearly seven years since the gameplay benefits for players.” that now is not the time to move world, the “end of the console” has people who play games. In general PlayStation 4 was released, and Those gameplay benefits are away. become a popular conversation terms consumers like novelty, but modern games such as The Last impossible to discern from a video, “What we can do today on point. Two years ago at E3, the also, there’s still more to come from of Us Part II and God of War push of course, but it’s not exactly hard PlayStation 5 is unique and would yearly video games conference, the technology of a console.” it so hard that the poor thing to notice that the footage shown be would be difficult if it were just Microsoft’s Phil Spencer told The technology that Rutter is sounds as if it’s about to take off. from PlayStation 5 games last night a service or subscription option,” the Guardian that “we pivoted talking about is present in the (Incidentally, Rutter assures me looks so good it’s barely credible. he says. “While the technology about three or four years ago to PlayStation 5’s new DualSense that “a great deal of effort” has Horizon Forbidden West showed still enables us to come up with thinking about the gamer first, not controller as well as in the gone into making sure the PS5 will detailed desert vistas that extended ideas that enable new creative the device first … Our focus is on console’s innards. It has triggers be less noisy.) for miles; Gran Turismo 7’s shiny possibilities, there will always be bringing console quality games that that resist the pressure of your The Sony PlayStation 5 race cars look actually better than room for new consoles.” you see on TV or PC to any device.” fingers, letting a stiff brake standard and digital edition real life; any given still from Ratchet —The Guardian