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Making movies in video games: why the film world is finally ready to take ‘machinima’ seriously

Last week in a small city in the Ruhr area of Germany, a film that I made inside the video game Grand Theft Auto was screened at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, as part of an extensive overview of machinima.

The Conversation

Proud daughter tells of war hero dad's brave Dambusters mission 80 years on

Sergeant Wilfred Ibbotson was among the crew from 617 Squadron RAF that carried out audacious raids on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams in Germany’s Ruhr Valley

Daily Mirror

Care home couple share their secret after 66 years of marriage

David and Ann Gore, aged 92 and 90, met in Germany while Ann was staying with friends in the Ruhr region

The Independent UK

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Johnny Johnson: Last surviving dambuster

The pilot was part of 617 Squadron whose highly accurate deployment of innovative ‘bouncing’ bombs caused huge damage across Germany’s Ruhr valley industrial heartland

The Independent UK

Ankle Injury Puts Marco Reus’ World Cup in Doubt for Germany

Borussia Dortmund captain Marco Reus is again in danger of missing a major tournament for Germany. The 33-year-old Reus was stretchered off in the first half of Dortmund’s Ruhr derby against Schalke on Saturday with what looked like a serious ankle injury. Reus was in tears after bending his right…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Switching off: Inside Eraring power station as staff come to terms with its closure

Shock, denial, stress, anger. Workers are struggling to comprehend the early closure of Australia’s largest coal-fired power station and the plan for what comes next.

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