Milton Bradley shipped the Vectrex in 1982 as a complete arcade cabinet small enough for a coffee table. A screen, a speaker, a joystick, and a cartridge slot arrived in one case. Games showed up as bright strokes rather than blocks of color. Mine Storm, the pack-in, looked related to Asteroids because both were drawn […]
For a few days, France — one of Europe’s most secular countries — looked like it was in the throes of a Catholic revival. An estimated 800,000 people filled the streets for Pope Leo XIV’s outdoor Mass in Paris on Saturday, according to the Vatican. Priests there were seen hearing confessions out in the open, […]
Mark Joyce faces the world’s finest in Cheltenham (Picture: WST) Mark Joyce got a late call-up to replace Ronnie O’Sullivan at the British Open and has won his way into the last 16 where he faces world number one Zhao Xintong. The 43-year-old was only confirmed as an entrant in Cheltenham on Friday after the […]