How to Check Disk Space on Linux from the Command Line
Quick question: How much space do you have left on your drives? A little or a lot? Follow up question: Do you know how to find out? If you happen to use a GUI desktop (e.g., GNOME, KDE, Mate, Pantheon, etc.), the task is probably pretty simple. But what if you’re looking at a headless server, with no GUI? Do you need to install tools for the task? The answer is a resounding no. All the necessary bits are already in place to help you find out exactly how much space remains on your drives. In fact, you have two very easy-to-use options at the ready.
In this article, I’ll demonstrate these tools. I’ll be using Elementary OS, which also includes a GUI option, but we’re going to limit ourselves to the command line. The good news is these command-line tools are readily available for every Linux distribution. On my testing system, there are a number of attached drives (both internal and external). The commands used are agnostic to where a drive is plugged in; they only care that the drive is mounted and visible to the operating system.
With that said, let’s take a look at the tools.
df
The dfcommand is the tool I first used to discover drive space on Linux, way back in the 1990s. It’s very simple in both usage and reporting. To this day, df is my go-to command for this task. This command has a few switches but, for basic reporting, you really only need one. That command is df -H. The -H switch is for human-readable format. The output of df -Hwill report how much space is used, available, percentage used, and the mount point of every disk attached to your system (Figure 1).
What if your list of drives is exceedingly long and you just want to view the space used on a single drive? Withdf, that is possible. Let’s take a look at how much space has been used up on our primary drive, located at /dev/sda1. To do that, issue the command:
df -H /dev/sda1
The output will be limited to that one drive (Figure 2).
You can also limit the reported fields shown in the df output. Available fields are:
source — the file system source
size — total number of blocks
used — spaced used on a drive
avail — space available on a drive
pcent — percent of used space, divided by total size
target — mount point of a drive
Let’s display the output of all our drives, showing only the size, used, and avail (or availability) fields. The command for this would be:
df -H --output=size,used,avail
The output of this command is quite easy to read (Figure 3).
The only caveat here is that we don’t know the source of the output, so we’d want to include source like so:
df -H --output=source,size,used,avail
Now the output makes more sense (Figure 4).
du
Our next command is du. As you might expect, that stands for disk usage. The ducommand is quite different to the df command, in that it reports on directories and not drives. Because of this, you’ll want to know the names of directories to be checked. Let’s say I have a directory containing virtual machine files on my machine. That directory is /media/jack/HALEY/VIRTUALBOX. If I want to find out how much space is used by that particular directory, I’d issue the command:
du -h /media/jack/HALEY/VIRTUALBOX
The output of the above command will display the size of every file in the directory (Figure 5).
So far, this command isn’t all that helpful. What if we want to know the total usage of a particular directory? Fortunately, du can handle that task. On the same directory, the command would be:
du -sh /media/jack/HALEY/VIRTUALBOX/
Now we know how much total space the files are using up in that directory (Figure 6).
You can also use this command to see how much space is being used on all child directories of a parent, like so:
du -h /media/jack/HALEY
The output of this command (Figure 7) is a good way to find out what subdirectories are hogging up space on a drive.
The du command is also a great tool to use in order to see a list of directories that are using the most disk space on your system. The way to do this is by piping the output of du to two other commands: sort and head. The command to find out the top 10 directories eating space on a drive would look something like this:
du -a /media/jack | sort -n -r | head -n 10
The output would list out those directories, from largest to least offender (Figure 8).
Not as hard as you thought
Finding out how much space is being used on your Linux-attached drives is quite simple. As long as your drives are mounted to the Linux system, both df and du will do an outstanding job of reporting the necessary information. With df you can quickly see an overview of how much space is used on a disk and with du you can discover how much space is being used by specific directories. These two tools in combination should be considered must-know for every Linux administrator.
And, in case you missed it, I recently showed how to determine your memory usage on Linux. Together, these tips will go a long way toward helping you successfully manage your Linux servers.
Learn more about Linux through the free “Introduction to Linux” course from The Linux Foundation and edX.
Steam Has PUBG On Sale For The First Time After Hitting New Milestone
Good news, PC gamers: for the first time ever, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has gone on sale on Steam. Between now and July 5, you can buy it for $20 / £18, which is 33% off the regular price of $30 / £27. The reason for the sale, PUBG Corp. says, is to celebrate the game hitting a new sales milestone. [Update: It's arguably a great time to pick up PUBG, as its new map, Sanhok, and first-ever Event Pass are now available.]
All told, PUBG has sold 50 million copies worldwide on PC and Xbox One. If you include the free mobile version in the number count, there are now 400 million registered PUBG players around the globe, with an average of over 87 million people playing the game every day across all platforms.
In a press release, the publisher said, "We're going to keep working on new content and improvements for all versions of the game. We know there's still so much we can do to make PUBG a better game for our players."
So far, two maps are available in both the PC and Xbox One versions of PUBG. The PC version will get a third map, called Sanhok, on June 22. Microsoft announced at E3 2018 that a fourth map that features a snowy environment will be coming to the Xbox One version of the game sometime this winter; it will come to PC as well.
How to pick which wireless speaker is best for you
As with any other gadget, the term “wireless speaker” is loaded with sometimes confusing categories. AppleInsider breaks them down and talks about how to pick what features you need, and which speaker you may want.
There are many different genres of wireless speakers, each with their own abilities. Speakers can also easily fall into multiple genres at the same time, complicating matters further. Hopefully, after reading through this guide, you will have a better idea about which type of speaker, or which features, would fit you best.
We will cover everything from AirPlay 2, Wi-Fi vs Bluetooth, multi-room solutions, smart speakers, and more. So, let’s get going.
Bluetooth
When it comes to speakers, Bluetooth ones are generally the least exciting. Bluetooth simply limits you in what you can do compared to the Wi-Fi-equipped brethren.
They are good for one thing though, and that is their portability. Bluetooth speakers are going to predominantly make up the battery-powered market share, making them great options to take on the go.
Bluetooth also tend to have a significantly lower cost associated with them —an important factor for many. A lower price point also brings a more saturated market. A search on Amazon for “Bluetooth speaker” yields well over 20,000 results. This isolates design and sound quality as the two most important aspects of a Bluetooth speaker. Most others will share the same other features often including a microphone for taking speakerphone calls, button controls to manipulate playback, and often a way to trigger Siri.
One feature we see a bit less frequently, but that is exceptionally handy, is a built in USB port. Since these speakers are often used out and about, it is exceptionally useful to have a USB charging port to power up your phone at the same time.
Seeing as Bluetooth speakers frequently rely on batteries, this can have an impact on two things – the battery life duration and volume. With a weaker battery, lower volumes can be expected. Conversely, louder volume can yield shorter battery life. A wired speaker doesn’t necessarily have these limitations.
When playing back audio, a Bluetooth is usually the source. They don’t have the means to stream anything without a host device, be it a phone, tablet, computer, etc. It will also be reliant on another device, so the user will always have to be in closer proximity.
Pros
Often portable
Frequently have built-in batteries
Most have integrated hardware buttons to control playback
Usually work with speakerphone
By-and-large more affordable
Cons
Tendency to be weaker sounding speakers
Will always be reliant on another device to stream music
Can only stream to one Bluetooth speaker at a time – no multi-room support
Pairing process can be annoying each time or for new users
Who is a Bluetooth speaker best for?
Bluetooth speakers are best for those looking for a lower cost option, or those need portability and don’t want to be tied down.
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi speakers are a much more capable option to a Bluetooth speaker, connectivity-wise. But, Wi-Fi speakers can be all kids of complicated when it comes to their unique features. They can support different streaming platforms such as AirPlay or Chromecast, they can support multi-room streaming, and possibly may have smart assistants baked in.
Wi-Fi speakers tend to require power being connected to the wall at all times, but many speakers can also get quite loud. They also tend to have more premium-sounding audio. For audiophiles who want to go wireless, Wi-Fi is pretty much a necessity.
Alongside all that new-found functionality generally comes frequently higher prices, though not always. Speakers like the HomePod, Sonos, and the Echo will fall into this category of Wi-Fi speakers.
Smart speakers
One of the first differentiators is smart speakers vs non-smart speakers. Some people heavily rely on these digital assistants, while others don’t. This can be a good starting point when looking at which Wi-Fi speaker to adopt. The two biggest assistants are Siri and Alexa, with Microsoft’s Cortana found in one speaker —the Harmon|Kardon Invoke.
Siri can obviously be found solely in the HomePod, while Alexa can be a frequently seen feature in a bevy of others.
Both Siri and Alexa are useful to get answers to questions, create lists, control music playback, or manage your smart home. Alexa has the advantage early on with support for third-party skills that expand he functionality, though Siri is gaining her own new features with Siri Shortcuts coming fall of 2018.
Who are Wi-Fi speakers best for?
Smart speakers are best for anyone who wants the latest features in their speakers and love to use Google Assistant, Microsoft Cortana, Siri, or Alexa. They have to be ok with the built-in microphones always listening for the key phrase such as “Hey, Siri!” or “Ok Google”. They are also perfect for smarthome owners who want to control their devices.
AirPlay speakers
For Apple users, AirPlay can be a must-have feature. AirPlay makes it extremely easy for any iOS, macOS, or tvOS device to connect and play music back. It even works for guests. There is no convoluted pairing process seen with Bluetooth.
Apple recently upgraded AirPlay to AirPlay 2. This second generation update brings many changes, but most predominantly, multi-room support. An iPhone can stream any audio to all AirPlay 2 speakers in the same home simultaneously. But here comes the rub.
Some speakers currently support the original AirPlay and of those, some will be upgraded in the future to support AirPlay 2. New speakers introduced will also support it out of the box. The issue lies in the fact there is not much transparency on which speakers will be getting upgraded, and which won’t. Many manufacturers have pledged support, but remained mum on when it will turn up. Libratone has said their excellent Zipp and Zipp Mini speakers will be upgraded to support it in September, and Sonos said some of theirs will support it in July. We’ve put together a bit of a list so far of AirPlay 2 compatible-speakers, but it is undoubtedly murky for consumers.
There is simply no comparison where a Bluetooth speaker comes out on top of an AirPlay 2 set. But, that comes at a price.
Why AirPlay?
Obviously AirPlay and AirPlay 2 are particularly beneficial for Apple users, especially when everyone in the house uses Apple products. Since they can be streamed to effortlessly from any Apple device, it opens a lot more possibilities than some others. Those who want multi-room and AirPay should wait for more AirPlay 2 speakers to be released or updated.
Other considerations
Beyond just how the speakers connect, and what smart assistant technology they rely on, there are other factors to consider when looking at speakers.
Multi-room support
AirPlay 2 includes multi-room support, but it isn’t the only option. Many others provide their own multi-room streaming solutions such as Sonos or Marshall. Where AirPlay 2 requires an Apple device, the other vendors are more cross-platform.
Streaming services
One of the biggest benefits to a speaker connected to the Wi-Fi, is its ability to stream audio indecently of any other device. HomePod can stream Apple Music by itself without needing a connected device. Many Alexa-equipped speakers can stream Amazon Music and Spotify. Sonos also has a whole host of sources as well that it can connect to without a device streaming to it.
Since these can play by themselves, there is no issue of proximity in keeping the music playing. If you are hosting a party playing music on your speakers and have to run outside or to pick up more ice, the party can continue in your absence without “dead air” dulling the party.
They don’t all stream every service though. So, if there is a particular service you subscribe to, it is important to see if it is able to stream it by itself, or if it will need your phone, your tablet, or computer to “push” the content to it, instead of the speaker “pulling” to it from the service directly.
Pros
Can have premium-sounding audio
Music can be streamed independently
Comes in wide range of sizes
Multi-room support
Some have Chromecast support
AirPlay and AirPlay 2 only work with Wi-Fi speakers
Cons
Quickly get more expensive
More confusing between smart/non-smart, AirPlay/AirPlay 2, Chromecast, streaming services, and more muddying the decision making process
Requires constant power cable plugged in more often than not
Who is Wi-Fi best for?
Wi-Fi speakers as a category are best for those who generally value sound over portability. Most Wi-Fi users tend to want more out of their speakers and like the additional functionality that they present. They are also great for their independence, not needing a phone to control. Lastly, anyone who wants a smart speaker needs to look at a Wi-Fi model.
Combo Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Some devices out there split the difference, opting for both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. This offers the utmost connectivity convenience, able to work on Wi-Fi at home, but a built-in battery and Bluetooth work on the go.
Libratones Zipp and Zipp Mini are the most notable examples of this type of speaker. They support AirPlay and soon AirPlay 2 and Spotify while at home, but can easily work through Bluetooth. A built-in handle and a battery completes the experience.
Of course, any of these types of speakers can carry a significant price tag. Even the more portable Zipp Mini is more expensive than most Bluetooth speakers.
Listen up
Regardless which route you go down, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, you will never be short on options. Even with us covering generalities, there are still speakers that break the rules. The Amazon Echo Tap has Alexa built-in while being portable. The Fluance F170 is a massive wall-powered Bluetooth speaker that sounds amazing.
It would be nice to see nearly all Wi-Fi speakers support nearly the same primary features so that we can get back to focusing on the primary importance: audio quality. Until then, there is a lot of research and comparisons that can go into choosing the perfect speaker for each use case.
Where to buy
For the lowest prices on speakers, be sure to check out our Smart Speaker Price Guide. By shopping at third-party resellers, consumers can save on popular home theater audio solutions, such as Apple’s HomePod and Sonos soundbars and speakers. Adorama and B&H, for instance, both carry a variety of Bluetooth and WiFi speakers with free shipping and no tax collected in most states*.
Welcome to the Weekender, your weekly look at the best new games, sales, and updates. We’ve got just a couple new games to discuss but a whole bunch of great game sales to help kick off summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
Evoland 2 arrived on iOS back in March and has now made it to Android country as well. It’s follows in the original game’s footsteps by taking players on a journey through the history of games with constantly evolving graphics and gameplay and a slew of history-of-gaming references. Like its predecessor, it combines elements of RPGs, platformers, action, fighting, adventure, puzzlers, and a whole lot of other genres. Evoland is clever in parts but the pacing is odd and I found myself wanting to get through certain sections faster, and spend longer in others. It made me want to go and play some of the games from yesteryear but didn’t necessarily make me want to play more of Evoland 2. If you are a fan of franchise Evoland 2 has a lot you’ll like and RPG super-fans will enjoy the many references and the one more jaunt through gaming history.
If you’re looking for a new solitaire card game on iOS Startup Grave says “pick me, pick me!” You play with a deck of 48 monster cards and must be kept in check and ultimately defeated. There’s a health bar for both you and the monsters and each card has a value that increases one and decreases the other. Your goal is to play cards by double tapping, which affects both bars, without either losing all or your life or maxing out the monster’s health. You can store up to two cards at a time, to get some breathing room, and every 8 cards you can take a favorable card into battle with an unfavorable one in an attempt to clear it for free. If you get through all 48 cards you win. It’s a simple and fun setup and works well to kill a few minutes here and there.
Like racing sims? If so, and you don’t own Motorsport Manager Mobile 2, now’s the time to rectify that. The game is just a buck on either store and is among the top options of the genre – which is why it features in our list of best sports management games.
One of the best games of 2016, Teeny Titans is based on the Cartoon Network’s Teen Titans GO and pokes fun at the Pokémon craze while adopting it’s most compelling features. You collect teen-sized heroes and villains and take them into 3-on-3 battles in a very meta figure-battling craze that is sweeping a city. You can explore, complete quests, buy new figures at stores throughout the city, and upgrade your figures as you go. The battles themselves are quick, real-time, and tactical and rely heavily on how well their powers work together, as well as making use of class advantages over your opponent. There’s a new game coming out soon, Teen Titans GO! Figure, in support of a movie and the original is having a rare sale. Teeny Titans is well worth it at the normal price, and definitely worth picking up on sale.
FTL is an App Store classic and on a bunch of ‘best of’ lists across the internet (including ours). It’s also just $2, down from $10, its cheapest ever price on iOS.
Speaking of best of lists, whenever the best roguelike games for mobile comes up inevitably Sproggiwood appears somewhere in the pack. In Sproggiwood you play as a simple island farmer who is lured through a magical portal by a talking sheep. Never trust talking sheep. The portal is a trap created by the Sproggi, a forest spirt who to tame the forests for him. The gameplay is pretty classic roguelike RPG with different character classes, all kinds of loot, and random dungeon delves. You can pick up Sproggiwood for $2 on either store.
Who doesn’t like popping bubbles? Nobody, that’s who. Tiny Bubbles brings this universal joy to mobile with a bunch of levels of bubble-popping puzzle games. It’s a buck off now and a good addition to any mobile puzzle gamers device.
Turn-based tactics classic Templar Battleforce is constantly updated and re-balanced and the Trese Brothers are known for supporting their games post release. The latest update improves the game’s scoring system to keep separate records for levels beaten in the various game modes and also lets you compare scores on the same level over multiple attempts. There are also a bunch of balancing changes.
The much newer Sir Questionnaire is a roguelike with a lot to do, and a lot of updates already made. The latest adds three new gate types: library room, treasure room, and knights room. There are also a bunch of other updates and improvements as well as a wiki.
Seen anything else you liked? Played any of the above? Let us know in the comments!
In open source, no matter how original your own idea seems, it is always wise to see if someone else has already executed the concept. For organizations and individuals interested in leveraging the growing power of artificial intelligence (AI), many of the best tools are not only free and open source, but, in many cases, have already been hardened and tested.
At leading companies and non-profit organizations, AI is a huge priority, and many of these companies and organizations are open sourcing valuable tools. Here is a sampling of free, open source AI tools available to anyone.
Acumos.Acumos AI is a platform and open source framework that makes it easy to build, share, and deploy AI apps. It standardizes the infrastructure stack and components required to run an out-of-the-box general AI environment. This frees data scientists and model trainers to focus on their core competencies rather than endlessly customizing, modeling, and training an AI implementation.
Acumos is part of the LF Deep Learning Foundation, an organization within The Linux Foundation that supports open source innovation in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning. The goal is to make these critical new technologies available to developers and data scientists, including those who may have limited experience with deep learning and AI. The LF Deep Learning Foundation just recently approved a project lifecycle and contribution process and is now accepting proposals for the contribution of projects.
Facebook’s Framework. Facebook has open sourced its central machine learning system designed for artificial intelligence tasks at large scale, and a series of other AI technologies. The tools are part of a proven platform in use at the company. Facebook has also open sourced a framework for deep learning and AI called Caffe2.
Speaking of Caffe. Yahoo also released its key AI software under an open source license. The CaffeOnSpark tool is based on deep learning, a branch of artificial intelligence particularly useful in helping machines recognize human speech or the contents of a photo or video. Similarly, IBM’s machine learning program known as SystemML is freely available to share and modify through the Apache Software Foundation.
Google’s Tools. Google spent years developing its TensorFlow software framework to support its AI software and other predictive and analytics programs. TensorFlow is the engine behind several Google tools you may already use, including Google Photos and the speech recognition found in the Google app.
Two AIY kits open sourced by Google let individuals easily get hands-on with artificial intelligence. Focused on computer vision and voice assistants, the two kits come as small self-assembly cardboard boxes with all the components needed for use. The kits are currently available at Target in the United States, and are based on the open source Raspberry Pi platform — more evidence of how much is happening at the intersection of open source and AI.
H2O.ai.I previously covered H2O.ai, which has carved out a niche in the machine learning and artificial intelligence arena because its primary tools are free and open source. You can get the main H2O platform and Sparkling Water, which works with Apache Spark, simply by downloading them. These tools operate under the Apache 2.0 license, one of the most flexible open source licenses available, and you can even run them on clusters powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and others for just a few hundred dollars.
Microsoft Onboard. “Our goal is to democratize AI to empower every person and every organization to achieve more,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said. With that in mind, Microsoft is continuing to iterate its Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit. It’s an open source software framework that competes with tools such as TensorFlow and Caffe. Cognitive Toolkit works with both Windows and Linux on 64-bit platforms.
“Cognitive Toolkit enables enterprise-ready, production-grade AI by allowing users to create, train, and evaluate their own neural networks that can then scale efficiently across multiple GPUs and multiple machines on massive data sets,” reports the Cognitive Toolkit Team.
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Hereditary's Ending Explained By Those Who Made The Movie
Hereditaryis one hell of a horror movie, but it's also a family drama that explores how tragedy and grief can twist people into unrecognizable shapes. Much of the film is spent developing the relationships between the characters, which makes the ending--where the story finally descends into utter, terrifying chaos--a little jarring.
Whether or not you liked Hereditary's ending, there's no denying that it's sparked conversation among viewers. If you haven't seen the movie yet, don't read any further, because there are spoilers ahead!
Hereditary ends with Milly Shapiro's Charlie, Gabriel Byrne's Steve, and Toni Collette's Annie all extremely dead, expended pawns in grandma's demonic scheme to use Alex Wolff's character Peter to summon a King of Hell, Paimon, into waking life. A full on demon summoning is probably not where most people expected this movie to go, and that's no accident, according to Hereditary director Ari Aster.
"I've set up this patient, dark family drama, and then it just goes off the rails," he described during a recent interview with GameSpot.
There were plenty of hints throughout the movie that this was how things would go. Obviously the grandmother was into some messed up stuff, and many viewers probably got cult vibes long before the big reveal. And Ann Dowd's character Joan was clearly sinister in the way she deliberately inserted herself into the Grahams' life through Annie. By the end, the movie even gets into a surprising amount of detail about the demon king, Paimon, that the cult worships.
"It's interesting, because when you talk about the ending, it's easy for it to sound a little kitschy, when you talk about it and you don't see the rest of the movie, that's so grounded," Alex Wolff told GameSpot. But he added that he thinks it works both literally and metaphorically in the context of the whole film.
According to both Wolff and Milly Shapiro, the character Charlie is Paimon. She was born a demon. She's not a person who's been possessed--although she's certainly a pawn--but a literal, physical manifestation of Paimon. That explains why she's so strange, why grandma obsessively fawned over her, and why she has to die for the demon to enter a male host and the ritual to be completed (as you may have noticed, the cult's symbol was etched into the phone pole that killed her, implying the cult had some influence over the events).
But Paimon/Charlie certainly isn't the villain of the movie, and Paimon actually appears to be an unknowing participant in the cult's scheme. Charlie doesn't know what she is.
"She never knew anything different from how she is," Shapiro told GameSpot. "With possession usually, there is a person trapped in there, but there never really was anything but [Paimon] for Charlie."
"She is a demon," Wolff succinctly explained. "But I feel like it's so interesting--Ari took the approach that she's not necessarily evil. She's actually scared, and she's just in this circumstance. She's born this way, and she doesn't feel connected to the rest of the world. And I think it's kind of a sick, twisted, true analogy about being on the outside and having a mental disorder."
There are hints throughout the movie that the demon king needs a male body to successfully use as a vessel. It's outright stated at one point, but another example is Annie's brother, who died before the movie's events and allegedly suffered from schizophrenia. There's one theory that he was actually the grandmother's previous, failed attempt to summon Paimon. But at the end of Hereditary, there's no failure--Charlie's spirit, which was actually Paimon, enters Peter's body, and the ritual is complete.
"He becomes Charlie, that's the end, is that Charlie is Paimon," Wolff said. "Really I believe, yeah, in a literal sense, he's possessed by Paimon, which is Charlie, and he switches and becomes Charlie. And that's the end of the movie."
Aster confirmed that the ending is meant to be viewed literally, not simply as a metaphor for mental deterioration or as some sort of delusion on the characters' part. "It is literal," he said. "Nobody likes the 'It was all a dream' thing."
That said, there are of course more subtle, metaphorical meanings to it as well. "In a more emotional sense, I believe that it's almost like each member of the family's psyche deteriorates, and the end for me is Peter's psyche deteriorating, and everything smashing to a thousand little pieces and it being unfixable," Wolff said.
"I believe you should always interpret things as exactly what you're seeing, but it kind of doesn't matter, because whatever it is, it turns into f***ing chaos, and that's what it is," he continued. "Whatever's actually happening, the feeling is the hyperbole of absolute anarchy and the depths of guilt and the depths of trauma in a family, and feeling like you're cursed."
"For me, that ending is very much about how trauma can completely transform a person, and not necessarily for the better," Aster explained. "When I was first pitching the film, I was describing it as a family tragedy that curdles into a nightmare, in the same way that life can feel like a nightmare when disaster is striking."
"I wanted to make a film that collapsed under the weight of what these people are going through," he continued. "It starts to split apart at the seams. I wanted the ending, even as it's going crazy, to still feel like it was absolutely rooted in what these people were suffering through."
Shapiro said she finds the ending extra interesting because it essentially switches to the cult's point of view. For them, it's a happy ending, while for the Graham family, "it's absolute despair."
"I think the thing that makes it so relatable is everyone has felt like they were cursed or had bad thing after bad thing happen, and no matter what the family does, it doesn't stop," she said. "They don't really know what they're getting themselves into, and they don't know how to stop it, because there isn't really a way. It's something that was planned before they were born, and it's something that was always going to happen."
oOo: Ascension is a lightning-paced test of reflexes and skill - can you navigate your ship through these short but ferociously challenging courses? Every millisecond counts in this retro-futuristic world of miniature planets and massive frustration. [Microsoft]
When Quinn awakens by himself in a locked room with only a computer hooked up to an internet chat room in which you're present, you become his single ray of hope. Your choices will single-handedly shape his escape efforts? or lead him down the path to an untimely end. [Xbox.com]
Lichtspeer, an action arcade lightspear-throwing simulator based in ancient Germanic future, is coming to PC, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita this September.
