‘Spec Ops: The Line’ Disappeared. It Won’t Be the Last Beloved Game to Vanish

On January 30, X gaming account Wario64 spotted something strange: Yager’s seminal cult classic Spec Ops: The Line had been unceremoniously removed from online storefronts without warning. Developers who made the game were just as baffled as fans. “Makes no sense,” tweeted the game’s director, Cory Davis. “Especially because the themes portrayed in Spec Ops: … Read more

Spec Ops: The Line permanently removed from Steam and other digital stores

On X, Cory Davis, the game’s designer and director, was also out of the loop asking the game’s publisher 2K why this happened. “Makes no sense,” Davis wrote. “Especially because the themes portrayed in [Spec Ops: The Line] are more relevant now than ever.” In an email to The Verge, 2K communications director Joe DiMiero … Read more

25-Year Lasagna, Special Ops Oatmeal, and the Survival Food Boom

Not all survival food is ready to eat. Some must be cooked in a pot over a source of heat, like offerings from My Patriot Supply, which sells a four-week kit that provides 2,000 calories per day for $237. The catch is that each recipe—including mushroom rice pilaf, chili mac, and potato soup—needs to simmer … Read more

JPMorgan Chase reduce about 500 tech and ops jobs

JPMorgan Chase & Co. headquarters in New York, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Photos JPMorgan Chase reduce about 500 positions this week, largely amongst know-how and operations teams, in line with folks with information of the transfer. The cuts have been unfold throughout the New York-based agency’s important … Read more