Video games and musical theatre: 2023’s most unlikely crossover?

There has been a remarkable intersection between video games and musical performance this year, from villains lending vocals to their own theme tunes to interactive songs Toward the end of Baldur’s Gate 3, widely considered the most outstanding video game released this year, you can literally go to hell. If …

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The 10 Fastest-Charging EVs We Tested in 2023

Charging stations are rarely places where you want to spend your time. Get in and out as quick as possible with these fast-charging EVs. The conversation around electric vehicles often centers on range, but road trippers and EV shoppers who can’t charge at home should place just as much importance …

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Where does the modern state come from?

Economists attempt to answer a profound political question It is part metaphor, part myth and part history. Thomas Hobbes thought life there was nasty, brutish and short. John Locke disagreed, proclaiming that it was where people first learnt how to own things. Jean-Jacques Rousseau described it as the place where …

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The five biggest market surprises of 2023

Shareholders have had a remarkably good year. Forecasters have had a terrible one Financial markets will always produce surprises. After all, by the time a consensus has formed, people will have bought or sold accordingly. The move has already happened; the future has something else in store. Even accounting for …

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