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The 2021 Guru awards
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 24/12/2021
» As the year comes to a close and we're all looking back at the past 12 months with introspection, at Guru we will stick to time-honoured tradition of being reflectively snarky. Like any other year, 2021 had no shortage of cringe-worthy and WTF moments. So before we head into the new year with resolutions we'll give up on halfway through the first month of 2022, let's roll out the metaphorical red carpet as we award moments from the eventful year. It's time for this year's edition of the Guru Awards.
To the extreme
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 26/11/2021
» Video games that are based on extreme sports seem to be scarce these days, a far cry from the days of the PS2 when titles like SSX and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater were common. Ubisoft's Rider's Republic seeks to bring back the adrenaline-filled, death-defying tricks into the lives of gamers. Though there are a few things that could be improved, the game does a great job of making players addicted to the rush of racing downhill at high speeds and could hopefully be the first of many extreme sports titles in the coming years.
Epic restoration of silent seven-hour Napoleon movie
Life, Francois Becker & Eric Randolph of AFP, Published on 20/05/2021
» PARIS: In a mammoth restoration task for one of cinema's most audacious and elusive treasures, a team of obsessives has spent 12 years recreating the original seven-hour cut of Abel Gance's 1927 silent classic Napoleon.
ON TOP of the world, and loving it
Holiday Time, Eric Baker, Published on 27/12/2018
» Vertigo is an apt name for the restaurant on the rooftop of Banyan Tree hotel; at 61 floors up it is a dizzying long way into the ether.
The science of snooze
Life, Paige Lim, Published on 01/03/2018
» It is perhaps no coincidence that the time it takes for a person to complete a five-stage sleep cycle is 90 minutes -- which is also the average duration of a feature film.