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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
📝 Toluca still flying the flag for Liga MX in the Leagues Cup
The current Liga MX champion maintained its unbeaten pace in the group stage of the Leagues Cup. They started losing at minute 10, but before the end of the first half, the Diablos launched a counterattack and turned the game around in less than 5 minutes. With two days to go before the end of the group stage, Toluca is at the top of the general table, but will have to wait for results to know what position they will finish in. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here. 📸 MARIO VAZQUEZ - AFP or licensors
Engadget
21-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Engadget
Playdate Season 2 review: Shadowgate PD and CatchaDiablos
Earlier in this Playdate season, I commented in a review that I "love a game that pisses me off a little." Well, I may have shot myself in the foot with that one. Week four of Playdate Season Two brings us not one game that got my blood boiling, but two. CatchaDiablos is a roguelike with a unique movement mechanic that is both pretty cool and absolutely infuriating: running in circles with the crank. Shadowgate PD , on the other hand, is a remade-for-Playdate version of the classic point-and-click adventure that's filled with tricky puzzles and hidden death traps. This week is not for the faint of heart. Am I having fun? Yes. Am I suffering? Also yes. I haven't yet had a chance to check out the latest update to Blippo+ because I've been fighting for my life with these two titles, but I sure am looking forward to turning my brain off soon and getting lost in that strange, strange world as a treat after all this. Amano, the developer behind CatchaDiablos, kind of has a knack for games featuring unusual methods of movement. Amano previously gave us Pullfrog Deluxe , a Tetris -like (that I highly recommend checking out) in which you rearrange falling blocks as a frog that pulls itself around using its tongue. In CatchaDiablos , things are a bit more complicated. You play as something of a demon wrangler on an unnamed moon, rounding up "Diablos" that are scattered all over the place. Of course, as any witch knows, the way to do this is by drawing a chalk circle around the entity, so that's exactly what you do. But, following the chalk line is also the only way you can move. CatchaDiablos basically throws you right into the deep end. There is a very brief tutorial at the beginning to introduce you to the idea of traveling along an arc of pre-determined length, but then you're on your own to take on swarms of the little devils. To make a circle, you aim using the crank and, once you've got the outline placed where you want it, you hold the A button to draw. You have to draw a complete circle around a monster (or a group of monsters, for more points) in order to catch it, but when it comes to moving, you can stop the drawing at any point and you'll only move as far as the chalk extends. Doing this while trying not to run into any Diablos — you take damage every time one touches you — is hard. It gets even harder when some of those Diablos start firing projectiles at you, and they're surrounding you in greater and greater numbers. Everything descends into chaos and it becomes really difficult to try and think fast enough to outmaneuver the Diablos while also trying to run in haphazard half-circles by swinging the crank. And after some time has passed (three eyes at the top of the screen will open), a boss will show up to make things even worse. This is a roguelike, so once your health is depleted, you're dead for good and have to start it all over. I want to be clear: I really, really like this game. I found it hard to put down once I got going, and it's another fun example of how the crank can be used in unexpected ways. It's just kicking my ass. A lot. CatchaDiablos isn't entirely unforgiving, though. As you catch monsters, a status bar on the right side of the screen will start to fill up, and you'll eventually be rewarded with power-ups that can dramatically improve your odds. These come in the form of discs that will pop up in random places and bring perks like extra health spaces, the ability to draw a wider chalk circle and faster movement. Roguelikes aren't for everyone, but if you are into them, this is a great one for the Playdate. As a plus, there's a "Diablory" bestiary of sorts where you can see drawings of every type of creature you've encountered so far. You can access this from the title menu, and it's really worth flipping through after you've sunk a good deal of time into the game. "You seem to be wasting your time." It wasn't exactly a good sign for me when Shadowgate hit me with this message repeatedly in the first room of the damn game, where I found myself stuck for much longer than I'd like to admit and clicking on literally everything in my desperation. Anyone familiar with Shadowgate (1987) or the NES version (or the several other versions beyond that) might already have been braced for the difficult path forward from the get-go, but as someone who never played the original… let's just say we got off to a rougher start than expected. Such a rough start that I was forced to do something I generally avoid at all costs: look for a guide online. So, I must concede that while I have navigated the treacherous castle halls, I had a good amount of help in doing so, which makes it feel like much less of an accomplishment. Bruised ego aside, though, Shadowgate makes for a really cool game on the Playdate. You must explore the castle room by room, solving puzzles, picking up keys and items to access locked areas along the way, defeating enemies and generally just trying not to die. It's a lesson in persistence, really. There are many different ways to die, and much of the fun in games like these for me lies in keeping track of all those that I succumb to. There are the classic deaths, like plummeting after a floor suddenly drops away or getting incinerated by a dragon, and then the silly, unexpected ones, like tripping in the dark and falling flat on my face… fatally. (You really need to pay attention to your torch use). Thankfully, you'll be revived in the room where you died so you don't lose too much progress every time. The art and music really elevate the whole experience. The atmosphere is just right.
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
📅 Discover the champion's path for Apertura 2025
A month and a week separate us from the start of the Mexican tournament. The Diablos already know their calendar to defend the title of Mexican football. Toluca will debut in the tournament by hosting the Rayos del Necaxa on July 12. In the semester, they will face América twice, in the Campeón de Campeones on July 20 and on matchday 17 until November 8. They will face Cruz Azul on matchday 6, while they will visit the Rebaño Sagrado on J9. The Diablos are going all out for the Leagues Cup and Liga MX, where they will seek to lift the title, will they achieve it? Advertisement This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here. 📸 CARL DE SOUZA - AFP or licensors
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
🚨Line-ups confirmed for the first leg of the Liga MX final
🚨Line-ups confirmed for the first leg of the Liga MX final This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here. The day of the Grand Final of Mexican soccer has arrived. América hosts Toluca, looking to gain the advantage that brings them closer to the four-time championship. Advertisement Meanwhile, the Diablos want to maintain their good momentum and take the advantage home. The Lineups AMÉRICA André Jardine sends the same eleven players to the field at the Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes who secured the pass to the Grand Final. TOLUCA The Diablos do have two changes in their lineup: Bruno Mendez takes the field instead of Juan Pablo Domínguez, although the most significant change is the absence of Paulinho, who will be replaced by Robert Morales. 📸 Manuel Velasquez - 2025 Getty Images
New York Post
15-05-2025
- New York Post
Baby-faced ‘Little Devils' migrant gang runs amok in NYC thanks to lax state laws: ‘No consequences'
They keep getting busted, but it's the cops who are handcuffed. The pint-sized migrant punks who ganged up on an autistic teenager on Staten Island this month continue to run amok in the Big Apple — because the state's lax laws are putting up barriers for the NYPD. The cowardly baby-faced goons in 'Diablos de la 42,' an underage offshoot of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, have racked up dozens of felony busts over the past three years, but continue to roam the streets because they're too young to be locked up under the law. 7 A mob of marauding migrant punks calling themselves 'Devils of 42nd Street' have run amok in the Big Apple. Obtained by the NY Post 'We're not talking petty larceny, and he's not stealing a stick of gum,' NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told The Post this week. 'We're talking robberies, we're talking felonies, we're talking stabbings. And there's really no recourse. 'You know, there's no consequences,' the chief said. One teen terror has been so mischievous that he's been dubbed the poster boy for the gang, whose name translates to 'Devils of 42nd Street' for their reign of terror in Midtown Manhattan. The troublesome 15-year-old has more than a dozen busts on his rap sheet — and it took the May 5 attack on the disabled teen at the Staten Island Mall to finally get him locked up on Wednesday. 7 A 15-year-old member of the Tren de Aragua underage crew has been busted over a dozen times and was still free. Obtained by New York Post 7 One cocky crew of migrant punks even flashed gang signs on social media from inside an NYPD precinct. Obtained by NYPost Yet, he had been loose on the streets for months despite repeated busts for robbery and assault — the uncomfortable norm for dozens of other underage migrant marauders who know they're gonna walk, law enforcement sources said. One cocky Diablo bunch nabbed for ganging up on cops in Times Square this month was so brazen that they flashed gang signs from inside an NYPD stationhouse on pics posted to social media. And cops were investigating an armed robbery in Lower Manhattan shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday — with the 15- and 17-year-old suspects, believed to be part of the gang, snatching a sneaker at gunpoint from another teenager before running off. The crew, which law enforcement sources said now consists of about 40 minors, are largely migrants from Venezuela who were part of a wave of asylum seekers who began flooding the five boroughs in 2022, sources said. Cops have busted Diablos as young as 11 for a rash of assaults and robberies in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, the sources said — with the crimes typically involving groups of young migrants who gang up on vulnerable victims like the 16-year-old autistic boy at the mall. 7 A 15-year-old member of Diablos de la 42 has become the poster boy for the migrant punks. 'It makes me sick these kids are still here,' the victim's mother said Wednesday. 'They should have been deported a long time ago. I had to keep my son home for a week because he was so scared.' The Diablos identify with their 'older brothers' in TdA, a violent gang that established a criminal foothold in the city by recruiting new members from inside tax-funded migrant shelters. Crews from both gangs have specialized in violent robberies, including grab-and-run scooter and moped robberies and armed robberies of retailers in the city. According to police stats, TdA and Diablos together have accounted for more than 400 arrests since the start of 2022 through the end of April this year — including nearly 120 busts for robbery, 82 for grand larceny and more than 50 for petty larceny. 7 The 15-year-old Venezuelan gangbanger has flaunted the law on social media and on the streets. Obtained by the NY Post 7 It took more than a dozen arrests before the 15-year-old migrant was ordered locked up this week. Gregory P. Mango Most of the crimes involved some form of assault, the data shows. 'You know, this goes for their older brothers, TdA as well,' Kenny said. 'Don't think that it's just a juvenile problem.' Albany's Raise the Age initiative was part of the sweeping criminal justice reforms that critics contend has led to a spike in crime in the Empire State. The statute, which was implemented in two stages in 2017 and 2018, raised the age of criminal responsibility in the state to 18, and allowed for criminal defendants to remain in juvenile facilities as old as the age of 21. Before, suspects as young as 16 could be automatically tried in adult criminal court. On the heels of Raise the Age, state lawmakers also adopted measures that prohibited judges from setting bail on nearly all criminal cases, save for the most violent felonies. 7 There are now about 40 members of 'Diablos de la 42,' with at least 30 'associates,' law enforcement sources said. Obtained by the NY Post Despite several tweaks spearheaded by Gov. Kathy Hochul, most crimes remain ineligible for bail. For New York's Finest, that means many of the migrant gangbangers they pick up are released without bail because their crimes don't qualify for bail under the statutes. For underage migrants, the ride is even sweeter. The teens are typically released to their parents with a future family court date — where the most they can get is a reprimand and a slap on the wrist.
