In Starless Abyss, you play hex-based battleships with a fleet of eldritch space monsters

After a hard day’s editing articles about three Disco Elysium spiritual successors – each more politically outspoken than the last, in a kind of Sophisticated Pooh collage of escalating Marxism – I like to kick back with a nice chill game about Lovecraftian space monsters.

That game is Konafa Game’s Starless Abyss – a roguelite tactical deckbuilder published by Descenders and Yes, Your Grace outfit No More Robots. It puts you in command of a fleet of upgradeable spaceships, who must chase away invading Eldritch aliens hex by hex… and also, hex by hex. This is both hex-based and a game in which you can cast hexes, you see. Oh, don’t look at me like that. I had to distil several manifestos into an article half-an-hour ago. I need this.

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Waymo is adding the Hyundai Ioniq 5 to its robotaxi fleet

Waymo has its sights set on its next robotaxi: the Hyundai Ioniq 5. The Alphabet company announced that it is entering into a “multi-year, strategic” partnership with Hyundai Motor Group that will eventually see the Ioniq 5 join its robotaxi fleet. But first, the Ioniq 5 must undergo a road test with Waymo's self-driving technology, … Read more

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