Month: November 2025

Years later, Arkane’s Dishonored is still a modern stealth classic

Steam punk magical-realist world-building at its finest.

Back in 2012, Dishonored earned the first Game of the Year honor of my tenure at Ars Technica. Looking back on the game some 13 years later, Arkane’s well-constructed world of steam punk magical realism earns its place as a modern classic.

The game does a great job of drawing you into that world immediately, with a memorable opening sequence that sees you framed for the on-screen murder of the empress you’ve been sworn to protect. The scene does a great job establishing the emotional stakes of the coming missions while also throwing you into the deep end of the political infighting that has consumed a besieged, plague-beset kingdom.

A Victorian steam punk world you can lose yourself in. Credit: Arkane Studios

Those stakes, and a battle against a real feeling of injustice, drive the plot through some admittedly predictable beats as Dishonored continues through a set of sneak-and-assassinate missions. But it’s hard to care about that predictability when even minor side characters on both sides of the conflict quickly develop from stereotypes to engaging, fleshed-out characters.

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Samsung launches Galaxy Book5 Edge 5G Windows laptop with Snapdragon X and 5G wireless

The Samsung Galaxy Book5 Edge 5G is a laptop with a 15.6 inch FHD display, but a relatively compact design: it weighs just 1.66kg (3.66 pounds) and measures 15.5mm (0.61 inches) thick. With an entry-level Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) processor and…

The Samsung Galaxy Book5 Edge 5G is a laptop with a 15.6 inch FHD display, but a relatively compact design: it weighs just 1.66kg (3.66 pounds) and measures 15.5mm (0.61 inches) thick. With an entry-level Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) processor and a 61.2 Wh battery, it should get long battery life. That chip isn’t exactly a speed […]

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Netstalking: Lost Places im Netz aufspüren

Lost Places üben einen besonderen Reiz aus – auch im Internet: Netstalker suchen nach vergessenen oder obskuren Netzinhalten. Und wie? Ein Bericht von Christian Rentrop (Unterhaltung & Hobby, Deep Web)

Lost Places üben einen besonderen Reiz aus - auch im Internet: Netstalker suchen nach vergessenen oder obskuren Netzinhalten. Und wie? Ein Bericht von Christian Rentrop (Unterhaltung & Hobby, Deep Web)

Blue Origin caps second heavy-lift launch with first offshore landing

“Never before in history has a booster this large nailed the landing on the second try.”

The rocket company founded a quarter-century ago by billionaire Jeff Bezos made history Thursday with the pinpoint landing of an 18-story-tall rocket on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean.

The on-target touchdown came nine minutes after the New Glenn rocket, built and operated by Bezos’ company Blue Origin, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, at 3:55 pm EST (20:55 UTC). The launch was delayed from Sunday, first due to poor weather at the launch site in Florida, then by a solar storm that sent hazardous radiation toward Earth earlier this week.

“We achieved full mission success today, and I am so proud of the team,” said Dave Limp, CEO of Blue Origin. “It turns out Never Tell Me The Odds (Blue Origin’s nickname for the first stage) had perfect odds—never before in history has a booster this large nailed the landing on the second try. This is just the beginning as we rapidly scale our flight cadence and continue delivering for our customers.”

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