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Duel to the death…sort of

Edit Taipei Times 09 Aug 2016
Use legwork to project my body weight to the tip of the sword ... “I believe anyone would be lying if they said they didn’t partly start doing HEMA to have fun with steel swords,” says club member Kevin Yang (楊凱文). Yang’s interest in swords started with Dungeons and Dragons, the role-playing board game. “I was wondering what the difference is between a long sword, a bastard sword and a short sword,” he says....

Chat with Charles - We talk the future of Broken Sword with its mastermind

Edit Pocket Gamer 09 Aug 2016
In the first two of this three-part feature series, we discussed the place of adventure as a genre in 2016 and, particularly, how it's changed thanks to developers like Telltale, Dontnod, and Quantic Dream ... The best should always be saved till last though - and that's exactly what we've done here. So read on to learn all about the future of Broken Sword as a series from the esteemed creator himself ... What's next for Broken Sword? ... ....

Australia 24-17 New Zealand:  Black Ferns blown away as Aussies claim gold

Edit The Daily Mail 09 Aug 2016
Australia have claimed the gold medal in the women's sevens with a thrilling victory against the Black Ferns in Rio thanks to an inspirational performance from Charlotte Caslick ... ....

Judge Reopens Complaint Against Argentine Ex-President in 1994 Bombing

Edit New York Times 09 Aug 2016
The former president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, had been accused of conspiring to derail an investigation into the bombing of a Jewish center ... ....

Lost, injured British man survives in remote Paparoa National Park on one apple for two days

Edit NZ Herald 09 Aug 2016
An injured Brit who spent two freezing nights under ferns in rugged West Coast bush says he survived on a carefully rationed apple. Holidaymaker Steven Bennett is today recovering in Grey Base Hospital after he was winched from... ....

New Zealand women’s rugby team performs emotional haka after losing Olympic gold

Edit Canada Dot Com 09 Aug 2016
Following their loss to Australia, the gutted Black Ferns solemnly marched in front of their fans to perform the traditional dance ... ....

Spain’s Galicia hosts festival on Viking invasion

Edit Press TV 09 Aug 2016
The Vikings' arrival by boat culminates in a mock battle, including clashes with fake swords, axes and hammers, while playing drums and blowing horns ...   ....

Music review: Mark Padmore and Kristian Bezuidenhout

Edit Scotsman 09 Aug 2016
London-born tenor Mark Padmore’s superb technical accomplishment almost goes without saying, and it was well in evidence in his characteristically intelligent Edinburgh International Festival recital, which kicked off with Beethoven establishing the song cycle as a genre in An Die Ferne Geliebte, and ended with ......

Review: Masquerade: The Faceless - First impressions

Edit Pocket Gamer 09 Aug 2016
During my first hour spent in Gamevil's Masquerade ... You can also choose to play as Lambast, a fantasy version of the Hulk, and Phaedra, a dual-sword wielding ninja ... ....

Inside the cockpit of award-winning Eurofighter Typhoon display (BAE Systems plc)

Edit Public Technologies 09 Aug 2016
(Source. BAE Systems plc) ... Nat's display, performed throughout the two air shows, won the Steedman Display Sword at the RIAT event. The sword is presented by the Royal International Air Tattoo in memory of the late Air Chief Marshal Sir Alasdair Steedman, chairman of the International Air Tattoo (1981-1988) for the best flying demonstration by a UK participant ... Flight test programmes for the P2E and P3E packages are ongoing ... (noodl....

Nerul gold heist: getaway car found near police station

Edit The Hindu 09 Aug 2016
A day after a gold finance firm in Navi Mumbai was robbed by armed robbers of gold and cash totalling over Rs ... Wielding swords and firearms, the miscreants stole gold and cash worth more than Rs. 6 crore from the locker in the office ... ....

AI chief says no to bouquets, asks staff to focus on work

Edit The Times of India 09 Aug 2016
NEW DELHI. Air India chief Ashwani Lohani's immense popularity within the organisation is proving to be a double-edged sword for the "turnaround man". Lohani recently went to a metro for meetings with travel agents and overseeing the airline's operations there ... Now, Lohani has asked AI staffers to focus on work and not receiving him at airports. He has also barred employees from coming with bouquets for him ... "This culture has to end....

9 video games that would make brilliant TV shows: LA Noire, Red Dead Redemption and more

Edit Digital Spy 09 Aug 2016
1 ... 2 ... 4 ... 5. Broken Sword If there's one thing that The Da Vinci Code taught us, it's that people love a good conspiracy, especially if it involves secret societies, religious iconography and a little bit of romance. Broken Sword has all of that in spades, as everyman insurance clerk George Stobbart uncovers a Templar conspiracy after falling foul of terrorists while enjoying a nice cup of coffee in a Paris cafe. 6 ... 7 ... ....
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