![]() ![]() Set in the late 20th century, the aftermath of World War III has created a distinct class line in what few cities remain standing. Like almost every element of Easy Trigger’s Huntdown, the plot is steeped in the trappings of ’80s cyberpunk. Huntdown (PS4, PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch) Gleefully embracing a media age where the streets were inhospitable, the cops ineffectual, and the vigilante was king, Huntdown takes retro-futureverse visions of the 1980s and brings them, guns blazing, into the actual futureverse of 2020. Can you even imagine a world where we didn’t get The Melvins or L7?īut it appears the Evil Punks have been making a comeback, courtesy of popular retro brands such as Mad Max, Streets of Rage, Dredd, and this new offering from Swedish outfit Easy Trigger Games. It was probably for the better, to be honest. Then grunge came along – like a lank-haired A-bomb – and killed off the media scaremongering for good, replacing the bondage jackets and Siouxsie Sioux makeup with flannel shirts and massive depression. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at more stories like this, check our news page.Remember when Punks were the bad guys in everything? When comics, movies, TV shows, and, in particular, arcade games of the ’80s and early ’90s all considered punks to be the street-walking vilification of society? From Class of 1984, to Final Fight, to Death Wish 3, nothing on Earth was presented more dangerous by middle-class media than a fella with spiked hair, a safety pin through his nose, and cider in his hand. He used a Chinese-made Hongqi limousine for driving around Moscow. ![]() Xi stayed at a brand-new Chinese-owned Soluxe Hotel set in a lavish riverside park in northern Moscow that features trees and plants from all over China. Putin and Xi made long statements after the talks to a selected audience of officials and reporters from their pools. You can see tension there – and you know there’s no real friends in politics.’ ‘They have high expectations about the meeting. Kim Hyung-hee, director of the Korea Body Language Lab, said the tight grip of the handshake and the occasions where the men tried to avoid eye contact showed that there was plenty at stake for both. Ms Leong said Xi had offered a sign that he too had been feeling some pressure, blinking unusually frequently during the sit-down. Putin, 70, is in fact a few months older than Xi, and has been in power more than twice as long. ‘He has a lot of gravitas, great eye contact, he is looking at Putin as an older brother looks … (at a) more junior, younger partner.’ ‘If you juxtapose it with Xi, Xi is the composed statesman,’ she said. Ms Leong noticed the same tics in Putin, contrasting with an outwardly relaxed demeanour. Xi, meanwhile, appeared ‘settled and confident’. When they sat together for polite exchanges through translators, greeting each other as ‘dear friend’, Ms Mahler said Putin had slouched, twitched his leg, clenched his fist and looked at the floor, suggesting underlying agitation. Louise Mahler, a body language and leadership behaviour expert based in Melbourne, Australia, took a similar view, noting that Xi had placed his hand on top of Putin’s, something that could also indicate a measure of dominance in the exchange. ![]() Karen Leong, Managing Director of Singapore-headquartered Influence Solutions, said Xi had pre-empted Putin by a split-second in reaching out for their set-piece handshake, suggesting that ‘even though he is the one visiting Moscow, he is the one who is going to be taking the lead in this relationship’. Western officials will have pored over every detail of the talks between two of the world’s most powerful but secretive leaders.īody language experts say Chinese President Xi Jinping came across as more relaxed and commanding than his Russian counterpart at Monday’s televised first meeting of Xi’s state visit. ![]()
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