The world’s largest PC gaming platform, Steam, has seen a surge in the number of new releases over the past five years, with the annual number of new gaming titles jumping by a massive 73% and reaching an all-time high in 2022. According to data presented by SportsLens.com, Steam released …
Read More »Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Top Steam Game with over 1M Daily Players, 30% more than Dota 2
As the world`s largest online gaming platform, Steam draws millions of users daily, offering them multiplayer gaming, social networking, and video streaming services. However, some gaming titles rank high above others regarding the number of players and total hours played. According to data presented by Sports Lens, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive …
Read More »Steam trains, shipwrecks and Tarka the otter: a car-free break around Exeter, Devon
The moon makes a silver path over Tor Bay. It’s framed by clouds of steam, glowing lilac in the train’s floodlights. This is the view from my toasty carriage on the Dartmouth Steam Railway’s Train of Lights. It’s one of many things I would have missed if I’d come in …
Read More »North York Moors national park at 70 – from steam trains to spas, there’s so much to love
Aside from its vast expanse of heather, undulating hills and ancient woodlands, there’s so much to love about the North York Moors national park, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this month. It’s where sheep really do roam on village greens, and you can pass through serene valleys on a heritage …
Read More »Steam trains, shipwrecks and Peter Pan’s garden: 10 great UK family days out for half-term and autumn
Ride the Flying Scotsman, Dorset The famous engine will be 100 years old next February, and to kick off celebrations marking its centenary, the locomotive will be steaming up and down the heritage Swanage Railway during half-term. The public will be able to book tickets to ride behind the Flying …
Read More »Steam trains, sculpture and street food: fill your boots hiking Derby and the Derwent Valley
Browsing Derby’s new Museum of Making, my guide ushered me over to her favourite object: a copy of John Flamsteed’s Atlas Coelestis, a fat catalogue of stars, instrumental in fixing longitude. Flamsteed was appointed as the first Astronomer Royal in 1675 and started his astronomical life here in Derby before …
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