Leonard Cohen on the Antidote to Anger and the Meaning of Resistance

One of the commonest and most corrosive human reflexes is to react to helplessness with anger. We do it in our personal lives and we do it in our political lives. We are living through a time of uncommon helplessness and uncertainty, touching every aspect of our lives, and in such times another reflex is the longing for an authority figure selling certainty, claiming the fist to be a helping hand. It is a touchingly human impulse, primal and pacifying — children turn to the parent to remove the overwhelm…

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A cult retro shooter returns, and it’s still covered in sugary visual chaos

Retro cute ’em ups are having a bit of a moment. Hot on the heels of the announcement of Muchi Muchi Pork! & PinkSweets Boosted, the Cotton series is to expand with both physical and digital releases of Cotton Reboot! and Cotton Reboot! High Tension! The two titles from Clear River Games see the return of Cotton the witch, who first appeared in Japanese arcades in 1991 and became something of a mascot of the genre. Now, you’ll be able to relive her sugar-fuelled adventures with a choice of either…

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