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The marker had to ask a nearby photographer for the coin, and though he dug deep into his pocket to find a dime, the Scots dug even deeper.

England lead - the country's oldest athlete at these Games - Ron Homer drew a beauty to within inches of the jack, forcing Barr to batter it out with his first bowl of three.

Visually-impaired, the players are often seen whipping out their telescopes to take in their effort. There was no need here for Barr. Bosh. Job done... for now.

Skip Sally-Ann Lewis-Wall resplendently replaced it. England lie for gold. Back to you, Robert.

This time, his hit was not so accurate, but after a run of rotten luck and near misses during the match, he got a wee rub off a high bowl, redirecting his pacy effort to pick up the jack and send it straight on to a gratefully awaiting blue bowl.

Gold medal back in Scotland's hands with just one England bowl remaining. Talk about tense.

As difficult a shot as they come, Lewis-Wall couldn't produce any more magic as the Scottish quartet were jumping in a huddle with the crowd bawling and showering themselves in Saltires.

An 08:30 start for a final is far from ideal, but it didn't deter the swarms of spectators packing in to take in the action.

The home crowd came with high hopes, not only because of their status as defending champions, but for the group campaign and semi-final performance the team have put on in Glasgow.

The players felt that pressure but they dealt with it comfortably.

"I'm really delighted for Mary and Robert," Aitken said. "They've played fantastic all week and they've kept really calm under a lot of stress and a lot of expectation.

"They've been absolutely fantastic."

Ewing, who stands on the podium alongside Barr again admitted she "could greet" at the pride in the players alongside her, as they continue to break the stigma of the sport being an old man's game.

Beside me in the media tribune, one of Team England's media members - and a bowls first-timer - told me how she felt more patriotic watching this, than the football World Cup a matter of weeks ago.

She was hooked - and sticking around for the rest of the day's action.

A win for Scotland, a win for the sport. %!s()

From these experiments, "one change has stood out with the community," Embark explains in a new blog outlining changes. That being, "defending yourself is no longer treated the same as starting a fight."

At launch, fighting back against aggressors would, for some reason, contribute to your playstyle profile, so to speak. In a mythbusting update at the end of May, defending yourself was finally changed so that it mattered less than initiating the fight, but it was still considered aggression.

In today's update, 1.39.0, defensive PvP no longer has any impact on your matchmaking tendencies: "Only the fights you choose to start will influence your playstyle estimate, and defending yourself won't affect it at all."

To avoid any confusion, Embark has explained how this new system works:

• You and your entire squad will be considered 'defending' if an enemy player damages, downs, or knocks out any of your crew.
• The more drawn-out the fight, the more weight is given to the aggressors. A sustained shootout with high damage and downs is more impactful than a brief exchange with one side fleeing.
• Third-partying, meaning entering a fight between other squads, counts as starting a fight.

In the same blog, Embark has also confirmed that the separate squad-size matchmaking changes from 1.36.0, and the matchmaking optimisations in 1.38.0, are still active.

The changes so far have been well-received by the community, and hopefully set the massive Frozen Trail update in October on course to be a resurgence. Arc Raiders has been in a bit of a slump since the announcement that major updates would now come every six months instead of the, frankly absurd, one month.

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Rory has made the fatal error of playing way too many live service games at once, and somehow still finding time for everything in between. Sure, he’s an expert at Destiny 2, Call of Duty, and more, but at what cost? He’s even sunk 1,000 hours into The Elder Scrolls Online over the years. At least he put all those hours spent grinding challenges to good use over the years as a freelancer and guides editor. In his spare time, he’s also an avid video creator, often breaking down the environmental design of his favourite games. If you can’t track him down, he’s probably lost in a cave with a bunch of dwarves shouting “rock and stone” to no end. %!s()

Known in Japan under the title “Muyou no Hito,” the drama is adapted from Harada’s own short story “An Unnecessary Man.” The cast includes Aoi Yu (“Wife of a Spy”), Ogata Issey (“Onoda,” “Silence,” “Yi Yi”), Nagayama Eita (“Monster”) and Watanabe Eri (“Shall We Dance?”). Kitagawa Yoshio, whose credits include “Evil Doesn’t Exist” and “Lost Land,” serves as cinematographer.

The story follows Satomi, an employee at an art museum, after an envelope arrives bearing an unfamiliar key. It unlocks a room left behind by her father, dead a month earlier and alone at the time. Tracing what he did in his last days, Satomi uncovers a figure society had largely written off, one who nonetheless took quiet comfort in language, in tea ceremony and in small, overlooked beauty, and she comes to recognize the grace in how he lived.

The project marks a screen debut for Harada, one of Japan’s most widely read authors, with more than 10 million copies of her books sold since she began publishing in 2006. Harada trained in Japanese literature and art history, then spent time at a trading firm and at museums, among them New York’s Museum of Modern Art, before shifting into freelance curatorial and cultural writing work. Her art-themed novels include “Canvas of Paradise” and “Guernica Cover-Up.”

Bitters End will handle both the film’s international sales and its local release, which is scheduled for January 2027 in Japan.

The distributor has spent more than 30 years bringing international auteur cinema to Japanese audiences, including work by Hamaguchi Ryusuke, Bong Joon Ho, the Dardenne brothers, Jia Zhangke, Roy Anderson and Gianfranco Rosi. Recent releases handled by the company include “Below the Clouds,” “Young Mothers,” “Sex/Love/Dreams,” “Anora” and “The Odyssey.” On the production front, its credits as a producer include the Oscar-winning “Drive My Car,” “Two Seasons, Two Strangers,” which took the Golden Leopard at Locarno, Cannes prizewinner “All of a Sudden” and “All the Lovers in the Night,” an Un Certain Regard selection at Cannes. %!s()

It's another version of the traditional "What's your greatest strength?" question, which often prompts polished, rehearsed responses. Asking about a candidate's superpower, she said, gets right to the chase.

"It cuts to the core of: What are you actually the best at?" Millstein said. "What is going to make you invaluable at our company?"

Millstein said she likes to ask that question because it encourages candidates to identify the one thing they do exceptionally well, whether that's collaborating or communicating. It prompts people to focus on what sets them apart.

"There are no filler jobs at a startup," Millstein said, adding that, "everyone has so much responsibility, so much autonomy, so much boundless room for creativity."

Millstein said the question also reveals how candidates see themselves and how self-aware they are. The CEO said she believes humility and self-awareness are two of the strongest predictors of success for founders, especially at a startup. She said investors don't want to back entrepreneurs who aren't aware of their own weaknesses.

"Your success is determined by your ability to spot gaps in yourself and then in your organization," Millstein said.

When asked how she would answer the question herself, Millstein said others have told her that her superpower is her ability to do both analytical and creative work — which she referred to as tapping into the left and right sides of her brain.

"I can go high-strategy, and I can get super, super in the weeds," Millstein said.

Millstein majored in history and briefly worked in the music industry after college before cofounding Fishwife, which has grown rapidly since launching in 2020. As interest in high-protein diets has grown, sardines and other tinned fish have become both trendy and affordable staples for many Americans.

Millstein found the inspiration for the brand while studying abroad in Spain. During the pandemic, she said she craved tinned fish as a protein-rich food with a long shelf life.

In 2024, Fishwife landed a deal on "Shark Tank" that valued the brand at around $5 million. The colorfully illustrated packages can be found at retail giants like Whole Foods and Costco, as well as smaller boutique shops.

Millstein said the best founders can think strategically, zooming out to see where the business is headed years down the line while also diving into the details. They're willing to talk to people across the company and aren't above doing any job themselves, she said.

"The taking-out-the-trash thing, as a CEO, is a real thing," Millstein said.

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Link actor Benjamin Evan Ainsworth has discussed preparing for Nintendo's upcoming live-action The Legend of Zelda movie — and said he was too young to play Breath of the Wild when it originally debuted.

Ainsworth is currently 17 years old, while Breath of the Wild originally launched for Switch in 2017 — meaning he would have been just eight years old at the time.

"I remember vividly when Breath of the Wild came out — and it might show my age — but I remember being quite young at the time when it came out, and so I didn't have a Switch at the time," Ainsworth told GamesRadar. "And so, I was watching gamers play it, and watching playthroughs, essentially."

While still a teenager, Ainsworth already has a string of high-profile projects under his belt — such as Netflix horror The Haunting of Bly Manor, CBC sitcom Son of a Critch, and his recent addition to the cast of HBO's House of the Dragon.

While Ainsworth may not have played Breath of the Wild a decade ago, the actor has said he's now a Zelda fan has caught himself up on the "history" of the character and series in preparation for his role. (Hopefully Nintendo has given him a Switch 2?)

"Upon being fortunate enough to play this role, such an iconic character, going back and realizing the 40 years of legacy and history, and the varied tones, the varied stories, the varied renditions and vocal performances of this character as well," Ainsworth continued. "Yeah, I'm a big fan, and just really excited, because it was an awesome thing to shoot. New Zealand is a wonderful place. But yeah, can't say too much more."

Nintendo has kept many details of its Zelda movie under-wraps, with no word on its story, setting or characters beyond Link and Zelda, the latter of whom will be played by Bo Bragason. Filming in New Zealand has now wrapped, though some fans got a sneaky glimpse — and believe they spotted Succession actress Dichen Lachman in costume as Zelda's aide Impa. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes director Wes Ball is helming the film, and has spoken previously about wanting to make a "serious" and "grounded" adaptation that feels "real" to audiences.

With less than a year to go until the movie's April 30, 2027 launch date, fans expect to hear much more about the film soon — perhaps this fall, when Nintendo gets around to marking the Zelda franchise's 40th anniversary with its The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remaster.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at [email protected] or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social %!s()