53 h. ago Student stabbed girlfriend to death in ‘savage’ attack ‘then called his father for a lawyer’

Joshua Michals, from Chicago in the US, and Chinese national Zhe Wang had an on-and-off relationship in London that ended in murder, a trial heard

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53 h. ago American Goldsmiths student stabbed girlfriend to death in ‘savage’ attack ‘then called his father for a lawyer’

American Goldsmiths student stabbed girlfriend to death in ‘savage’ attack ‘then called his father for a lawyer’  The Independent

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5 d. ago Horror game Horses has been banned from sale – but is it as controversial as you’d think?

Pulled by Steam and Epic Games Store, indie horror Horses shook up the industry before it was even released. Now it’s out, all the drama surrounding it seems superfluousOn 25 November, award-winning Italian developer Santa Ragione, responsible for acclaimed titles such as MirrorMoon EP and Saturnalia, revealed that its latest project, Horses, had been banned from Steam - the largest digital store for PC games. A week later, another popular storefront, Epic Games Store, also pulled Horses, right before its 2 December launch date. The game was also briefly removed from the Humble Store, but was reinstated a day later.The controversy has helped the game rocket to the top of the digital stores that are selling it, namely itch.io and GOG. But the question remains – why was it banned? Horses certainly delves into some intensely controversial topics (a content warning at the start details, “physical violence, psychological abuse, gory imagery, depiction of slavery, physical and psychologic...

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7 d. ago Sleep Awake review – Gary Numan cameos in an overly straightforward sleep

PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox; Eyes Out/Blumhouse GamesPsychedelic visuals and a promising premise are let down by tired game design in this first-person horror with an appearance from the synthpop pioneerVideo games have delivered a feast of singular and wondrous sights in 2025: ecological fantasias teeming with magical beasts; stunning, historically obsessive recreations of feudal Japan. But here is an end-of-year curio: psychological horror game Sleep Awake serves us synth-rock pioneer Gary Numan stepping into what is perhaps the schlockiest role of his life – a gigantic floating head named Hypnos.This late-stage cameo is not quite indicative of the game as a whole; the handful of hours prior to Numan’s arrival are more mournful than madcap. Mostly, you explore the dilapidated, tumbledown streets of what is thought to be the last city on Earth. This setting is a magnificent work of imagination. You see it through the eyes of a young woman named Katja, who moves along rooftops, gazing o...

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2 w. ago I met my husband on a horror video game and we got married online

'A lot of people told me I was crazy to travel to another country to meet someone who I had met online'

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3 w. ago Kit Harington admits playing Game of Thrones sister Sophie Turner’s lover in new film ‘felt very odd’

The pair who played Stark siblings in ‘Game of Thrones’ star as lovers in upcoming Gothic horror film ‘The Dreadful’

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3 w. ago Safari guide's frantic attempt to save Game of Thrones editor 'ripped apart' by lion

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. A dream safari trip plunged into a nightmare after talented young visual effects editor Katherine Chappell was viciously attacked by a lion, with the tour guide leaping into action to try and save her

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3 w. ago Game of Thrones editor dies in horror lion attack at safari park

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Katherine Chappell, 29, was being driven through a safari park near Johannesburg in South Africa when her dream holiday tragically turned into a nightmare

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3 w. ago 'I tried to save Game of Thrones editor torn apart by lion and then had heart attack'

Katherine Chappell, 29, was being driven through a safari park near Johannesburg in South Africa when her dream holiday turned into a nightmare

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3 w. ago Onlookers watch in horror Game of Thrones editor savaged to death by lion

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Katherine Chappell, 29, was mauled to death by a lion during a safari in a savage attack after it jumped through an open car window.

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4 w. ago Lions savagely maul zookeeper to death over 15 minutes as horrified tourists watch on

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT A zookeeper was mauled to death by a pack of lions in a savage attack which left visitors to the zoo terrified as they tried to help them

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