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Islantiles Is Coming Out in March 2026, Demo Live on Steam

Build the Best City in Islantiles

Thunderrock Innovations has announced that its upcoming title, Islantiles, will release for PC in March 2026. To give players an early taste, a free demo is already available, along with an official trailer showcasing the game’s charming mix of strategy and relaxation.

Islantiles is a cozy roguelike city-builder that invites players to craft, combine, and strategize as they transform a humble island into a thriving settlement. The adventure begins with a single patch of land and expands across a chain of islands. Along the way, players will unlock new technologies that reshape the way the world works.

Each discovery offers a chance to adjust strategies, experiment with combinations, and build a network of islands. Gameplay revolves around placing buildings, gathering resources, and shaping a deck of cards that triggers satisfying combos.

Technologies serve as the heart of progression, offering far more than simple upgrades. They can alter the very rules of play, influencing how tiles connect, how points are scored, and how settlements evolve. Players can purchase new technologies or trade away older ones to meet the shifting demands of each island’s unique challenges.

Every run in Islantiles offers something fresh, with no two islands ever the same. Beneath its gentle pace and sunlit style lies a deep layer of tactical thinking, rewarding players who balance efficiency with creativity.

Whether you are optimizing layouts or experimenting with new strategies, Islantiles promises a relaxing yet endlessly replayable experience when it sails onto PC next March.

https://cogconnected.com/2025/11/islantiles-is-coming-out-in-march-2026-demo-live-on-steam/

The cast of ‘Regretting You’ talks about first love and grief in romantic drama adaptation

You know the saying, no regerts oh, I mean, no regrets well the flick, “Regretting You” is full of it. But in this case, regrets are not for following your heart not misspelling a tattoo. Deco got to sit down and do a one-on-one with the cast to talk about the past, future and The Real Housewives? Mother-daughter relationships are complicated. Based on Colleen Hoover’s book “Regretting You,” this romantic drama touches on grief, betrayal and first love. Mckenna Grace and Mason Thames play the teens experimenting in love and kissing. Mckenna Grace: “MTV, best kiss award.” Mason Thames: “We’re right here.” Mckenna Grace: “We’re right here. We did a lot of kissing in this movie.” Mason Thames: “You know we earned it.” Mckenna Grace: “We put in hours.” Oh, don’t forget body lifts. Mason Thames: “Every video we’re in together, I just pick you up. It’s kind of how it works now.” Mckenna Grace: “I love it.” Mason Thames: “I love it too.” Mckenna Grace: “I’m having a great time.” Mason Thames: “Pretty great.” Mason Thames: “Most of the time we’re just walking around and I’m like, ‘Hop on my back.’” Mckenna Grace: “And I’m like, ‘No.’” Mason Thames: “Because she’s wearing these loafers. The most uncomfortable thing possible. So I’m like, ‘I know your feet hurt.’” Mckenna Grace: “No. Whoa, whoa. Leave my loafers out of this.” Mason Thames: “They look cool.” Mckenna Grace: “I need the height.” Hunky Scott Eastwood is dad to Mckenna’s character and has some advice for the youngins out there. Scott Eastwood: “Spend less time off your phone and get out there in the real world and have real conversations with people, you know, be present. This thing, we’re gonna start a whole generation of people bent over and stand up straight, you know.” Dave Franco and Allison Williams are high school friends in the movie but death forces them to regret a messy secret and makes them reminisce. Allison Williams: “In this movie, there was also a visual nostalgia to our wardrobes in the flashback scenes.” Dave Franco: “Oh, yeah.” Allison Williams: “To me, that was so intense. Like, hearing the flip flop sounds of you and Scott moving around.” Dave Franco: “Totally. Totally, cargo shorts. We got the bright blue, American Eagle polo.” But when life gets to lifin’ too hard, there’s nothing like reality TV. Allison Williams: “I love ‘Unscripted.’ And I’ve just began, I’m a baby Bravo person and I am on season four of the ‘Real Housewives of New York,’ and I am living for it. Not to name drop, but I did get this advice from Andy Cohen, next I’m gonna do Beverly Hills, then New Jersey, so I’m on a journey. I’m very excited. I’ll be hosting all the panels at Bravo Con next year.” The juicy plot of “Regretting You” hits theaters tomorrow. Copyright.
https://wsvn.com/entertainment/deco-drive/the-cast-of-regretting-you-talks-about-first-love-and-grief-in-romantic-drama-adaptation/

Umblight Officially Announced by Kristoff Red

**Defeat the Dungeon Master in Umblight**

Kristoff Red has unveiled *Umblight*, an upcoming card-based adventure game inspired by *Inscryption*. The announcement was made during *Inscryption*’s official fourth anniversary stream, generating excitement among fans of strategic, dark-themed card games. Alongside the announcement, the game’s Steam page went live, allowing eager players to add it to their wishlist and prepare for its release.

In *Umblight*, players find themselves trapped in a mysterious, ever-changing room filled with strange machines. To survive, they must build a deck of shadow and light cards, experimenting with combinations to create powerful synergies that can turn the tide against their dungeon master.

The game emphasizes strategic placement, with light cards providing defensive shields and shadow cards dealing damage through enemy units. Each card comes with unique skills that trigger under specific conditions, encouraging players to chain effects together for maximum advantage.

Players further refine their decks by combining and modifying cards, creating increasingly powerful tools for battle. They can upgrade the player card with up to three abilities, each providing major gameplay benefits while balancing them with corresponding drawbacks.

Even coins play a significant role in the game. Players can use coins as zero-cost support cards during battles or save and trade them for stronger cards in the in-game shop.

Every playthrough of *Umblight* presents a fresh challenge, featuring different enemies, rewards, and card interactions. The game encourages creativity, inviting players to experiment with combinations, discover what works, and adapt their strategies for future runs.

Its fast-paced, combo-driven gameplay promises a deeply engaging experience for fans of tactical card games and dark, atmospheric adventures. With its official Steam page now live, *Umblight* is shaping up to be a must-watch title for those seeking a unique, strategic card game with endless replayability.
https://cogconnected.com/2025/10/umblight-officially-announced-by-kristoff-red/

In 2016, she made gut-healthy drinks in her kitchen. 9 years on, she sold her soda brand to PepsiCo for $2 billion

In 2015, Allison Ellsworth was in her kitchen experimenting with different gut-healthy drink recipes, trying to make apple cider vinegar taste good. Little did she know that the concoctions she was mixing would eventually become a billion-dollar business.

Today, the 38-year-old is the co-founder of the prebiotic soda brand Poppi, which she started alongside her husband, Stephen Ellsworth. Almost a decade after her kitchen experiments, in May 2025, Ellsworth sold the business to PepsiCo for $1.95 billion. The deal includes $300 million in anticipated cash tax benefits for a net purchase price of $1.65 billion.

### Entrepreneur by Nature

Ellsworth has always been a hustler. “I just knew I never wanted to work for anyone. I was good at, like, hacking systems and… I always had this really great gift to be visionary [and] see through cracks,” Ellsworth told CNBC Make It.

While in college, she took a full year off to travel and still managed to graduate in four years. During her studies, she also worked several jobs where she figured out how to execute more efficiently than expected.

“I worked at a call center, and I learned really early working there, that if I did certain things, I could double, triple, 5x the sales of everybody else,” Ellsworth said.

### From Oil and Gas Research to Healthy Living

After college, Ellsworth spent years on the road working in oil and gas research. She traveled all around the United States by herself, which eventually began to weigh on her health.

“I did that for seven years, working all over the U.S. I’ve driven through every single state by myself, stayed in teeny, little towns and motels and ran huge, multi-million dollar projects in my 20s. It was crazy,” she said.

Since she was always on the road, she had trouble accessing nutritious food. “I felt ill. So my face started breaking out, my stomach was hurting. I was allergic to all sorts of different things,” she revealed.

### A Love for Apple Cider Vinegar

“I just fell in love with apple cider vinegar, and the way it made me feel, but I wanted to make it taste better,” said Allison Ellsworth, co-founder and Chief Brand Officer of Poppi.

Her passion for gut health and desire to create a tasty, healthful beverage ultimately led to the birth of Poppi—a brand that has transformed how people enjoy prebiotic soda.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/poppi-went-from-kitchen-experiment-to-2-billion-deal-with-pepsico.html

US researchers: Choose Europe, but part-time

Amid the European rush to attract disenchanted US researchers, the Volkswagen Foundation is experimenting with a different approach: grants for US researchers to split their time between the US and Germany.

The funding scheme, set to open in January, will award up to €300,000 to US-based professors specializing in democracy and fundamental rights. Recipients will spend three to six months a year in Germany, with the rest of the time maintaining ties with the US.

The new Transatlantic Bridge Professorships scheme is the Volkswagen Foundation’s contribution to the conversation about how Europe can respond to the Trump administration’s obstruction of academic freedom and science funding in the US.

“We felt we wanted to offer the opportunity and provide continuous support for research cooperation. We want to add to what others are doing, in general,” said Johanna Brumberg.
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/r-d-funding/horizon-europe/us-researchers-choose-europe-part-time