Another World May Not Play So Great, But It Still Looks Incredible

Playing ric Chahi's Another World for the 1st time in over 20 years, I realize that it is not that great of a platforming game. It is far too finicky, too unforgiving, too slapdash about what counts as success or failure, and too much, , about speculation progression.

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My guess is that it is because the gameplay wound up enslaved to Chahi's real, ambitious, goal: Gorgeous, polygon-driven cinematic fluidity, when such notions were anathema to what people expected PCs could do. Nobody had ever seen a game like Another World in 1991. It was and remains a beautifully austere, artistically alien wonder that I could watch over and over.

And that is why it is worth revisiting Another World with the recently-released 20th Anniversary edition, particularly if you have never played it. It is a historical artifact, a monument to something as visionary, in my view, as anything id Software was up to with Wolfenstein 3D, or Origin Systems with its Ultima Underworld games.

This Ferrari GTO Will Probably Sell for Over $50 Million

On Thursday, around 5:30 pm PST, someone is going to buy a 1962 Ferrari GTO. They'll likely spend more than $52 million, which will make it the most expensive car ever sold at auction.

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The car is being sold by Bonhams at The Quail in Monterey, California. Why does the auction house expect to rake in so much cash? Because the GTO is one of the most beautiful, accomplished, and generally awesome race cars ever. Only 39 were made, so ownership is reserved for all-star collectors like Ralph Lauren and Walmart heir Robson Walton. And the specific GTO that's up for grabs is especially noteworthy.

In February 1962, Ferarri unveiled the first 250 GTO, or Gran Tursimo Omologato, the Italian term for a grand touring car approved for competition. The 250 dominated the world racing circuits in for years, kicking the asses of even feared competitors like the Jaguar E-Type. It won the 1964 Tour de France road race and competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Its reign ended in 1965, when new regulations brought in tougher competition and ended its cascade of victories. It was one of the greatest race cars from an exceptionally glorious era of racing.