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Splatoon 3: Side Order is an expansion pack for the single-player mode of Splatoon 3 (logo pictured). It is the second half of the Splatoon 3 Expansion Pass and was released on 22 February 2024. Side Order follows Agent 8, who finds themselves trapped in the featureless Memverse. They uncover Order, a rogue artificial intelligence who threatens to abduct souls to remove their free will and instigate a world of pure orderliness; Agent 8 journeys up a thirty-floor spire to destroy Order. Development began after the release of Splatoon 3 in 2022. The team sought to reinvent the traditional structure of Splatoon single-player campaigns, such as having the player's death causing the loss of progress from their current climb, and the option to purchase upgrades to ease future attempts. Side Order received favorable reviews from critics, with praise given to its art direction and integration of Splatoon's gameplay mechanics into the roguelike genre. Some critics were displeased with a perceived lack of level diversity. ( Full article... )

Smoke plume from the Bolt Creek fire

• ... that, on some days during the Bolt Creek fire (smoke pictured), IQAir ranked the air quality in the Seattle area as among the worst in the world?
• ... that the first victim of spree killer Andrew Cunanan was interviewed on CBS News in 1993 to share his opinion on the proposed "don't ask, don't tell" policy?
• ... that the French state was found guilty of negligence after the Thomas family murders ?
• ... that Arena Football League coach Joe Haering once punched the league's president?
• ... that the underperformance of the liberalized telephone system was a major issue in the 2001 Liechtenstein general election ?
• ... that the novel We Cast a Shadow has been called an allegory for the struggles of marginalized people in America?
• ... that Metacritic promised stricter moderation tools after Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores faced a coordinated review bombing campaign over an optional same-sex kiss?
• ... that Indonesian diplomat Sulaiman Binol reportedly received his posting in Tokyo due to his wife's lobbying?
• ... that a filler episode may not be considered filler?

MV Hondius

• Passengers from the cruise ship MV Hondius(pictured) disembark in Tenerife after being quarantined due to a hantavirus outbreak .
• The education platform Canvas goes offline , affecting thousands of educational institutions, after a ransomware attack by the group ShinyHunters.
• American media proprietor and philanthropist Ted Turner dies at the age of 87.
• Wu Yize defeats Shaun Murphy to win the World Snooker Championship .
• An explosion at a fireworks factory in Liuyang, Hunan, China, kills 37 people.

May 13

Ben Carlin

• 1110 – Baldwin I of Jerusalem captured Beirut from the Fatimid Caliphate with the help of a Genoese fleet.
• 1725 – Johann Sebastian Bach first performed the church cantata Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV 183 in Leipzig, Germany.
• 1958 – The Australian adventurer Ben Carlin (pictured) became the only person to circumnavigate the world in an amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 80,000 kilometres (50,000 miles) by land and sea.
• 1985 – Eleven members of the American Black liberation group MOVE were killed when a Philadelphia police helicopter dropped a bomb on their house during a raid.
• 2005 – Uzbek Interior Ministry and State Security Service troops fired at protesters in Andijan, killing between 187 and 1,500 people.