Exclusive: Behind the Making of India’s New Rhythm Action Game ‘Suri: The Seventh Note’

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The rhythm action platformer is developed by Tathvamasi Studios in Bengaluru, with Jitin David from post-rock band Mushroom Lake helming music alongside composer Finny Kurian Key artwork for ‘Suri: The Seventh Note.’ Photo: Tathvamasi Studios Among India’s latest rhythm-driven action games, Suri: The Seventh Note uses haptics to allow players to hear, see and feel…

Should Teenagers Take Psychedelics for Mental Health?

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Plenty of teens have tripped on psychedelics. At a party, a friend may slip them a pill or a tab and suddenly they tumble into the bizarro world of mind-altering drugs, the boundaries of the self dissolving into ecstatic visions. These trips do not always end well. Some teens end up in the emergency room…

Court documents reveal details of mushroom cook Erin Patterson’s appeal against murder conviction

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Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson is challenging her conviction on seven grounds, taking issue with jury management during deliberations and “oppressive” prosecution questioning while she gave evidence at her trial.The 51-year-old was convicted and jailed for life in September with a non-parole period of 33 years after being found guilty of murdering her former in-laws, Don…

Ride’s Steve Queralt On His New Solo Album, ‘Swallow’

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Ride bass player Steve Queralt is a formative figure in the genesis and evolution of shoegaze. A key aspect of the band’s creative approach, his bass lines move from psychedelic melody to all-out noise attack, helping to blend together the Oxford group’s multi-faceted ideas. Part of the band’s ongoing second chapter, Steve Queralt was never…

Convicted mushroom killer Erin Patterson files appeal in Australian court

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Convicted murderer Erin Patterson pictured in April in Melbourne, Australia. Patterson was accused of hosting a July 2023 lunch laced with poisonous mushrooms. Her estranged parents-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, and a local pastor’s wife, Heather Wilkinson, died in the days after the meal. On Monday, she filed an appeal over her conviction. File Photo…

10 Wildly Different Movie Takes on Nuclear War

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The Cold War spawned more than fallout shelters and duck-and-cover drills. During that era when geopolitical tension hung over audiences like a mushroom cloud, filmmakers channeled the nuclear threat into art, satire, and spectacle. Some explored human frailty, others turned to monsters or absurdity, but all reflected the fears—and sometimes the dark humor—of the atomic…