England advanced to a healthy 357-run lead over Pakistan on a frustrating rain-affected third day of the second Test at Lord's, as Dan Lawrence (50no) brought up an impressive half-century.

ECB chair Richard Thompson told Sky Sports of his "enormous disappointment" at the string of off-field episodes to blight England of late, saying players must understand the "respect, responsibility and pride" of representing the national side.

You might be surprised to know that, in Japan, Dungeons & Dragons' claim of being "the world's most famous RPG" has never even come close to being true. The game's history in the country is fascinating, and its lack of popularity is due to several factors, not least some less-than-optimal sales strategies from D&D's original publisher, TSR. However, perhaps the biggest reason is that D&D has a massive rival in the fantasy TTRPG space in Japan: Sword World RPG.

My grandparents had a complicated marriage. Then illness made them fall in love again.

Essay by

Nicole Johnson

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Far-right British media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported from the US after being detained on Thursday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in New Orleans in connection with what the agency said was expired authorization to be in the country and a deportation order.

Weird Weekend

Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh, Ted, and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it's the canon height of Thief's Garrett or that time someone in the Vatican pirated Football Manager.

If you were attending parties in the mid 2010s, there is a pretty good chance that at least some of those gatherings you partook in the party game “Fibbage” from the folks behind Jackbox Games. This digital party game has gone on to spawn multiple iterations over the 12 years since the first was released back in 2014, and now Jackbox Games is cutting the cable and bringing this mainstay party game to the tabletop with a card-based version for your board game nights.

20th Century’s “The Dog Stars” and Keylight Pictures’ “Coyote vs. Acme” both debuted in theaters on Friday, but Sony and Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” will once again win the weekend.

Terminally Online

This is Terminally Online: PC Gamer's very own MMO column. Every other week, I'll be sharing my thoughts on the genre, interviewing fellow MMO-heads like me, taking a deep-dive into mechanics we've all taken for granted, and, occasionally, bringing in guest writers to talk about their MMO of choice. Like our own Lincoln Carpenter, who's been enjoying a version of the galaxy far, far away from a long time ago.

By

Truman Dickerson

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