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Some of the best writers making games today decided to form a publisher "an hour" after a call: Slay the Princess and 1000xResist devs team up for new sci-fi adventure

Black Tabby Publishing exists because Slay the Princess "made a lot of money"

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"It’s one of the most satisfying stacking combinations I’ve encountered in a dual-channel pedal for a very long time": Wampler Golden Jubilee review

Wampler is going for gold with a versatile, fun and pretty great-sounding dual drive pedal

Guitar World

Nine servings of ultra-processed food each day massively increases risk of dying from heart attack or stroke

It only takes about a decade to raise adults’ risk this much, a new analysis of federal data shows

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“It offers the holy grail amp sounds beloved by John Mayer, SRV, and more for just $150. A must-try for Dumble fans”: All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the angriest fuzz pedal you will ever come across

Plenty of new pedals, amps and more from the likes of Epiphone, IK Multimedia, Fender, Laney, Mesa/Boogie and beyond...

Guitar World

Maine university pulls support from conference on Palestine, citing Trump sanctions

Organizers scramble for new venue after University of Southern Maine cites sanctions over Francesca Albanese’s virtual talk

The Guardian - US

“Brian Wampler’s take on those fire-breathing amps that defined the sound of the 1980s”: Love hotrodded Plexi crunch and Mesa high-gain drive? Wampler’s Golden Jubilee serves up both in one sparkly green stompbox

Wampler is calling it a “complete gain solution” and who can argue with that…

MusicRadar

“You can have a great amp but if the speaker sucks it won’t sound good”: Sylosis' Josh Middleton on the most important link in your signal chain – and how a remarkable find from Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood helped him nail Andy Sneap’s tone

The secret to great tone? Don't forget the speaker cabinet matters, too

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Catatumbo’s ‘Care-Land’: how local initiatives sustain humanitarian relief amid escalating violence in Colombia’s borderland with Venezuela

Drones hover low over coca fields in Catatumbo, a remote region in northeastern Colombia along the border with Venezuela, tracing invisible lines of control across the land. They are joined by rumours circulating on social media, naming alleged collaborators, announcing new allegiances, warning of imminent violence. Together, drones and rumours…

The Conversation

“You always get some guitar player stealing everyone’s thunder. Bass is mega-important – anyone who’s got an ounce of groove in them realises that”: How a hypnotic ‘Mani’ bassline propelled one of the Stone Roses’ finest moments

Mani famously played a paint-splattered Rickenbacker El Dorado bass through a Mesa/Boogie rig on this 1989 indie-pop classic

Guitar World

“Its aggressiveness earned it a revered place in heavy rock and metal”: The Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ HRG was championed by John Petrucci and beyond – now it’s been brought back

The 100-watt amp, which heralds from Mesa/Boogie’s Lagunitas Shop days, has been revived alongside a Vintage Thiele cab

Guitar World

“It possesses the horsepower to remain clean, even at the loudest volumes, and handles – and delivers – the highest dynamic content from your picking hand”: Mesa/Boogie reissues a cult classic that takes the amp brand back to the beginning

Loved by the likes of John Petrucci, the Mark IIC+ HRG presents super-clean tone at super-high volume and a super-tight crunch voicing for rock and metal rhythms

MusicRadar

“Theory C: it’s a scoop knob... they built James’ parametric EQ into the amp”: Metallica spark a Mesa/Boogie mystery as unidentified amp spotted in 50th Anniversary message to ESP Guitars. Could this be a James Hetfield signature?

Speculation surrounding this unidentified chugging object has been ongoing since 2017 when it was spotted in Metallica's studio

Guitar World

“Mesa/Boogies have what they call ‘suggested settings.’ I have it set for death metal”: Why Walter Trout uses a metal setting to dial in his blues guitar tones

The American-made amps are sometimes associated with far heavier genres, but Trout insists they are perfect for the blues

Guitar World

How to offer The Kiln a worthy sacrifice in PEAK – 24 Karat Badge

A heavy price for a priceless cosmetic.

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All new badges added in PEAK Mesa update

Your scout's sash just grew a little extra room.

Dot Esports

How to survive an Antlion attack in PEAK – Megaentomology Badge

Scary but not unstoppable.

Player One

'Peak' Update Adds New Blistering Hot, Sandy Biome Called Mesa

Peak players have something new to look forward to as a new biome called Mesa has officially been added to the game.

Guitar World

“One of metal’s most coveted and exclusive amps was finally brought to the masses… for a few hours, at least”: This is all the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and how about that dreamy Stratocaster/Jazzmaster hybrid?

An Ariel Posen signature Strat, Jimmy Page’s latest Sundragon amp and a reissue of Metallica's hallowed IIC++ all dropped during a busy week for guitar gear

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“One of the rarest and most coveted vintage amplifiers ever”: Mesa/Boogie’s hallowed Mark IIC++ was used by Metallica to shape the sound of 1980s metal – and now it’s been given a production release for the first time ever

Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield's Crunch Berries amp, which was only ever made as an unofficial mod exclusive only to artists, gets its first-ever wide release

Guitar World

“Even after four decades of high-gain amp design evolution, the Mark IIC+’s distortion tonesstill remain the gold standard”: Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ review

Beloved by James Hetfield, Prince and John Petrucci, the most revered amp in metal guitar tone makes a long-awaited return

Guitar World

“Greg had this ‘60s P-Bass with a nut that had been cut so many times that the strings were rattling around, and a pickup that couldn't really handle how hard I played”: Alex ‘V-Man’ Venturella on tone, technique – and how he nailed his Slipknot audition

Slipknot's low-end specialist discusses his epic amp collection, the brilliance of Eloy Casagrande and how James Hetfield shaped his technique

Tom’s Hardware

Arc B770 spotted? Four new Intel Battlemage GPU IDs appear in Linux Mesa graphics driver

Intel has added four new PCI IDs to the Linux Mesa graphics library, potentially signaling the upcoming release of a B770 graphics card.

MusicRadar

“I was watching an episode of Friends and someone was wearing a Motörhead T-shirt. Literally an hour later, I got a call to work on their record!”: Romesh Dodangoda on how he became one of modern rock's most in-demand producers

Grammy-nominated Romesh Dodangoda has worked with Bring Me The Horizon, Funeral For a Friend, Nova Twins and Motörhead. We talk gear, recording techniques and career highlights, and hear his advice for aspiring producers

MusicRadar

“All the albums I did with Metallica were recorded on 24-track analogue tape. There’s not a computer in sight”: How Flemming Rasmussen produced Metallica’s classic Master Of Puppets

“I rate James as the best rhythm guitar player on the planet," the producer said

Reason

Deportation for "Pro-Palestine or Anti-Israel Political Speech" May Violate the First Amendment, Court Holds

[1.] From today's decision by Judge William Young (D. Mass.) in American Ass'n of Univ. Profs. v. Rubio: This case… The post Deportation for "Pro-Palestine or Anti-Israel Political Speech" May Violate the First Amendment, Court Holds appeared first on Reason.com.

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