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Daily Mail
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Are you smarter than a NYPD cop...5 real questions to test if you'd make the force
Are you smarter than a New York Police Department officer? This test will see if you'd make the elite Big Apple force. The NYPD is the largest police department in the US with approximately 33,500 uniformed officers and 15,700 civilian employees, data showed. The large force is in charge of caring for the safety of approximately 8.3million permanent residents and additional 64.5million tourists the Big Apple gets each year. Applicants are required to have two years of college or military experience and pass a drug test to hopefully obtain a badge. A starting salary for an office is $60,884 and after five-and-half years of service this increases to $126,410. Other benefits include 27 paid vacation days in the seventh year of service and optional retirement at one half salary after 20 years of service. And those looking to join the force will be tasked with completing a job standard test, which examines if an applicant - who must be between the ages of 21 and 35 - is physically fit enough to perform the profession. Candidates also have to pass a $40 written exam full of multiple-choice questions in order to even be considered for the role. But in order to wear the blue uniform and get to patrol the streets and subway tunnels in the City That Never Sleeps, applicants have to score at least 70 percent on the exam. To promote the release of its neon-noir police game The Precinct, UK games publisher and developer Kwalee has created a quiz using genuine questions from past NYPD entrance exams. The quiz ties into the release of The Precinct, a neon-noir sandbox police game which launched on May 13. Set in the fictional 1980s city of Averno, the game follows a rookie cop tasked with restoring order to a crime-ridden downtown. So, would you pass the test? Question 1: You are retracing your steps through an earlier police vehicle pursuit in order to fill out your report. You originally spotted the vehicle on Jane Street heading southbound. As you attempted to pull the vehicle over, the driver accelerated and made a right turn onto Yonge Street. Along Yonge Street there was too much traffic and the suspect managed to turn around before you could box him in and began heading the opposite direction. You continued the pursuit and followed as he made a left on George Street, followed by a right on Harris Street, and then another right on Robert Avenue. As the driver attempts to make a left onto Hatch Line you manage to box him in and apprehend the suspect. What direction was the suspect attempting to head on Hatch Line? A) North B) East C) South D) West Question 2: Answer the following questions based on what is stated or implied in the preceding passage. During the course of your training you are taught the procedures you should follow when you encounter a major accident scene, or dangerous situation. Get appropriate backup and emergency personnel en route to assist you Create a safe work environment to perform your duties Assist people in immediate life-threatening situations Treat victims in order of emergency priority Transport victims in need of medical attention to the hospital Collect evidence on scene Clear the area for normal use Which of the following is the most important step to take when you arrive at an emergency scene? A) Transport injured parties to the hospital B) Treat an injured woman who is bleeding from her head C) Assist a man who is trapped in a vehicle which is on fire D) Preserve evidence proving that the driver was under the influence of alcohol Question 3: The total cost of a uniform is $255. You have 6 weeks to pay for the uniform. If you pay $42.50 towards the total for the 6 weeks, what is the percentage paid each time? A) 6 x 42.50 / 255 = B) 42.50 x 6 / 255 = C) 42.50 / 255 = D) 42.50 / 255 x 6 = Question 4: While being trained as a police officer, you are informed about the following myths of wife assault. Wife assault is rare and barely happens anymore. Women drive men to violence. All abusers will be violent in all relationships. Men who assault women are mentally insane. Wife assault almost never leads to serious injury. Which of the following statements would be inconsistent with the training you received about wife assault? A) Shelley said that James only hit her when she got him angry and that it was her fault B) Many police officers feel that they should take a husband who severely beat his wife to a psychiatric hospital first for treatment before laying criminal charges C) Kevin is a very jealous boyfriend and has pushed his girlfriend around, but there is no way that anything serious will result from it D) All of the above Question 5: Based solely on the information below, which of the following witness statements is the most likely description of the suspect? A) Female Asian, 5'6, long black hair, blonde streak, red shoes, black leather jacket, 145lbs, blue jeans, scar on left temple B) 5'3, 115lbs, male Asian, short black hair, blue jeans, red shoes, glasses, black leather jacket, scar on left forearm C) Male Asian, black leather jacket, 5'7, 140lbs, short black hair, jeans, purple shoes, scar on head D) 5'7, 145lbs, male Asian, short black hair, glasses, blue jeans, black leather jacket, scar on left temple, red shoes In order to wear the blue uniform and get to patrol the streets and subway tunnels in the City That Never Sleeps, applicants have to score at least 70 percent on the exam Answers: 1. B) East 2. C) Assist a man who is trapped in a vehicle which is on fire 3. C) 42.50 / 255 = 4. D) All of the above 5. D) 57, 145lbs, male Asian, short black hair, glasses, blue jeans, black leather jacket, scar on left temple, red shoes
Engadget
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Engadget
Remastered Eldritch terror, a fantasy life sim and other new indie games worth checking out
Indie games! They're rad, aren't they? We're keeping closer tabs on what's going on in that scene with our new weekly roundup. We've got a jam-packed edition for you this time with a little something for everyone, from lo-fi horror and Eldritch terror to cosy train dioramas and a vaporwave driving game. Before we get started, a quick word on a recent game I enjoyed. Idle games aren't usually my kind of thing — I'd rather be actively doing things — but one I spotted on offered some temporary respite from a virus I was dealing with. The DvD idle game from Cybo3D is all about watching a version of the classic DVD logo bouncing around your screen, buying upgrades and seeing numbers go up. Pleasantly relaxing stuff. I swear I even saw the logo go exactly into the corner a few times. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. The Sinking City has a history that's even odder than some of the Eldritch horrors that lie within. Now, developer Frogwares has remastered its self-published detective thriller in Unreal Engine 5 for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Existing owners get a free upgrade to The Sinking City Remastered , which Frogwares shadow dropped this week. Along with 4K textures, lighting upgrades and support for upscaling tech, there are quality-of-life enhancements, accessibility improvements and a photo mode. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. Free-to-play fantasy adventure life sim Palia (which is what you might get if you smushed together Animal Crossing and World of Warcraft ) landed on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S this week. It's been out on PC and Switch since 2023. There's a new free expansion for all platforms too. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. If you've ever looked at a Grand Theft Auto game and been mildly interested before deciding a life of virtual crime is not for you, then The Precinct might be up your alley. In this action sandbox title from developer Fallen Tree Games and publisher Kwalee, you'll play as a rookie officer who tries to restore order in his city while trying to solve his father's murder. How very '80s! Reviews have been mixed, but the art style is compelling and the isometric perspective with twin-stick controls make for an intriguing wrinkle. The Precinct is out now on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. Copycat , the debut game from the small team at Spoonful of Wonder, is another strong entry in the cat game canon. You play as a kitty who an elderly lady adopts from a shelter. Needless to say, things don't entirely go smoothly. I enjoyed Copycat — which debuted on PC last year — and its short but affecting story. The game has already sold over 50,000 copies and it's now set to find a new audience. Copycat is coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on May 29 for $15. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. Folks who like last year's very good and creepy walking sim Pools but yearn for more intensity from their liminal space horror might be interested in Backrooms Level X . This one is a mazy first-person survival game that has puzzles, "oppressive soundscapes" and things watching from the shadows. Backrooms Level X , from publisher Firenut Games and solo developer José Manuel Conesa Hernández, will hit Steam on May 29 and consoles at a later date. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. Okay, maybe horror's not your thing. Totally understandable. Perhaps what you'd rather do is chill out and build little railway dioramas without being beholden to timers or rules. You can do just that in Islands & Trains , from developers Akos Makovics and Fabi Smith and publisher Future Friends Games. It's rolling onto Steam on May 29. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. It's probably a little (okay, a lot) because of the laidback synthwave tune that soundtracks the trailer, but I'm into the whole aesthetic of Adrift . This is a "chill, offroad driving game" and it's the first title from both car mechanic turned game developer Stefan Kwak and co-publisher Secret Sauce. Your goal is to transport a fragile energy core across an '80s-inspired, vaporwave landscape. Adrift is coming to Steam later this year and you can check out a demo now. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. How about another Steam demo? One just dropped for Flick Shot Rogues from three-person studio Butter by the Fish and publisher Noodlecake. Turn-based tactics games usually aren't my cup of tea, but the gameplay here reminds me a bit of Subpar Pool , a game I love very much. In this roguelike, you flick your character across the screen to damage opponents (or evade their attacks) and try to pull off combo moves. Getting the angles just right is as important as piecing together effective builds. I fired up the demo and suddenly 50 minutes had vanished as my first run ended. Yep, I'm liking what Flick Shot Rogues is putting down. I can see myself sinking dozens of hours into this one after it lands on Steam later this year. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. An open beta for Splitgate 2 , the followup to the Portal-with-guns multiplayer arena shooter, starts on May 22. You'll be able to hop in on Steam, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. A new trailer shows off the map creator tool, The Lab. You can build maps with up to 15 of your friends in real-time collaboration. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. I'm sure plenty of folks who are into miniature wargaming and other types of tabletop games have wondered what it might be like to run their own store that sells such wares. And hey, guess what? You'll be able to get a taste of that in Tabletop Game Shop Sim from Knight Fever Games. You'll do everything from deciding on the layout and managing finances to hosting game nights and playing with customers. This one's coming to Steam in 2025. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. Let's close things out on another cozy note. We love a chill puzzle game around here and Umami might just fit the bill. The idea here is to fit wooden blocks together to create dioramas of food towers. This 3D puzzler from Mimmox will hit Steam later this year. A demo will be available during the Steam Next Fest in mid-June.
Metro
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
The Precinct review - Hill Streets Blues meets GTA
An interesting new indie title is a homage to both old school, top-down GTA games and 80s cop shows like Kojak and Cagney & Lacey. Nostalgia is very much to the fore in The Precinct. Not just for video games but for TV. While its appearance, with an isometric style camera mounted high in its virtual sky, brings to mind memories of early, top-down Grand Theft Auto games, its content is a clear and unabashed homage to much-loved cop shows and films of the 1970s and 80s – from Kojak and The French Connection to Hill Street Blues, and Cagney & Lacey. That's an unusual setting for a game, made more interesting because it tries to turn the GTA blueprint on its head, by playing as a police officer instead of a criminal. To be precise, you play as rookie Nick Cordell Jr., fresh out of the Police Academy and eager to make his mark on the mean streets of Averno City (a thinly disguised New York, without the skyscrapers but with lots of neon and forbiddingly rundown dark alleys). This is basically a police procedural in video game form – and if you think about it, there have been precious few of those over the years (weirdly, RoboCop: Rogue City is about as close as it's come recently). So, if you've ever had a secret hankering to pound a beat, you should find plenty to interest you here. It splits its gameplay into working day chunks, so you can be sent out with a brief to do everything from issuing parking tickets to keeping a lid on rowdiness in the nightclub district on a Friday night. While Cordell's days on Averno City's streets might start off as mundane, they rarely finish that way. There are two very active gangs (The Jawheads, centred on a punk band, and Crimson Serpent, which is based in Chinatown) and as you perform your duties, you frequently encounter their members performing crimes, which yields evidence enabling you to work up the food chain from captains to underbosses to bosses. There are also other activities to pursue, such as very GTA style illegal street races (the story being that Cordell has been placed undercover to gather evidence about who's running them) and murders that the homicide cops get you to perform the grunt work for. Whenever you amass enough evidence to arrest a key gang member, you're given the honour of leading the charge in what inevitably becomes a big shoot-out. The Precinct also has a role-playing element, in that as you level up you acquire upgrade tokens which improve Cordell's key stats (including stamina – in true 80s cop show style, there's an awful lot of running after criminals, weaponry (acquiring the automatic rifle is a game changer) and general privileges, such as the clearance to commandeer random cars and pilot the police chopper. Despite all this, The Precinct's upgrade tree is commendably compact, in keeping with the game's general size: the main story takes about six hours to work through and then there's probably another six hours' worth of general sandbox style police work to pursue after that. That will, undoubtedly, be added to via DLC, but The Precinct is not a game designed to occupy your every waking hour. Developer Fallen Tree Games, although full of industry veterans, is a small outfit and most of The Precinct was created by a team of just five people. In practice, the action is fun: the cars are wallow-y and tail-happy – much like those of GTA – and the third person shooting uses a line-of-sight indicator, makes use of cover, and is heavy on the snap aim. But the odd thing is that perhaps the most enjoyable tasks to perform in The Precinct are the most mundane ones. This includes the thrill of finding a car parked on a pavement, to which you can issue a ticket, and the satisfaction of finding something illegal on a random suspect who has committed a minor misdemeanour – which enables you to arrest them rather than merely issuing a fine. More Trending Even when you're driving, you can run random cars' plates, and occasionally uncover wanted criminals, inevitably leading to some classic car chase action. Despite its obvious homages to early era GTA, The Precinct looks pretty decent, too; whatever its viewpoint, it is fully 3D and properly textured, with some modern visual effects in evidence. It also nails the 80s atmosphere, with some very good music and hard-boiled dialogue – although not as problematically hard-boiled as many of those old cop shows are now deemed to be. The Precinct is something of an antidote to games that are over-the-top and in your face: it has an understated, matter-of-fact air that somehow serves to make it more compelling. The fact that it is clearly a labour of love helps, as does its simple but effective structure. Anyone with a secret urge to live the vicarious life of an 80s cop should find it satisfyingly authentic. In Short: A fine attempt at turning 80s cop shows into a video game, that wisely uses PS1 era GTA games as its gameplay template. Pros: Well structured and with plenty of varied mission types. Decent action sequence and surprisingly good graphics and music. Nails the 80s tone. Cons: The AI for criminals sometimes acts very oddly, and the driving can be a bit too reminiscent of GTA at times. Relatively expensive for the short length. Score: 7/10 Formats: Xbox Series X/S (reviewed), PlayStation 5, and PCPrice: £24.99Publisher: KwaleeDeveloper: Fallen Tree GamesRelease Date: 13th March 2025 Age Rating: 18 Email gamecentral@ leave a comment below, follow us on Twitter, and sign-up to our newsletter. To submit Inbox letters and Reader's Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use our Submit Stuff page here. For more stories like this, check our Gaming page. MORE: Games Inbox: Is there going to be a PS5 State of Play this summer? MORE: Over 75% of all PlayStation game sales are digital as physical sales plummet MORE: Capcom Fighting Collection 2 review – Power Stone revival
