"I need a bigger gun".We thought that last week's reveal of the Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition 'Don't Worry' remix might be the only peek we'd get at the upcoming remaster's soundtrack, but we were wrong! Nintendo UK is back with another track, and it's another banger.This time, it's the battle theme 'Black Tar' that gets an upload of its own. Unlike 'Don't Worry', this one appears to have been left relatively untouched for the Definitive Edition, but that doesn't make it any less of a soul-stirring tuuuune.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

The U.K. government appears to have quietly scrubbed encryption advice from government web pages, just weeks after demanding backdoor access to encrypted data stored on Apples cloud storage service, iCloud.The change was spotted by security expert Alec Muffet, who wrote in a blog post on Wednesday that the U.K.s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is no longer recommending that high-risk individuals use encryption to protect their sensitive information.The NCSC in October published a document titled Cybersecurity tips for barristers, solicitors & legal professionals, that advised the use of encryption tools such as Apples Advanced Data Protection (ADP).ADP allows users to turn on end-to-end encryption for their iCloud backups, effectively making it impossible for anyone, including Apple and government authorities, to view data stored on iCloud.The URL hosting the NCSC document now redirects to a different page that makes no mention of encryption or ADP. Instead, it recommends that at-risk individuals use Apples Lockdown Mode, an extreme security tool that restricts access to certain functions and features.Muffet reports that the original document, still accessible via the Wayback Machine, has been wholesale deleted from the internet. TechCrunch wasnt able to find any encryption advice on the U.K. governments website.The U.K. Home Office and NCSC did not respond to TechCrunchs questions.The removal of the encryption advice comes weeks after the U.K. government secretly ordered Apple to build a backdoor that would give authorities access to users encrypted iCloud data. Following the order, first reported by The Washington Post, Apple pulled its ADP feature in the U.K., and confirmed to TechCrunch that the feature will no longer be made available to new users in the U.K., and its current users would eventually need to disable it.Apple is challenging the U.K.s data access order in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), The Financial Times reported this week.

With the release of new AI models that are better at coding, developers are increasingly using AI to generate code. One of the newest examples is the current batch of Y Combinator, the storied Silicon Valley startup accelerator. A quarter of the W25 startup batch have 95% of their codebases generated by AI, YC managing partner Jared Friedman said during a conversation posted on YouTube.Friedman said that this 95% figure didnt include things like code written to import libraries but took into consideration the code typed by humans as compared to AI.Its not like we funded a bunch of non-technical founders. Every one of these people is highly technical, completely capable of building their own products from scratch. A year ago, they would have built their product from scratch but now 95% of it is built by an AI, he said.In a video titled Vibe Coding is the Future, Friedman, along with YC CEO Garry Tan, managing partner Harj Taggar, and general partner Diana Hu, discussed the trend of using natural language and instincts to create code.Last month, former head of AI at Tesla and ex-researcher at OpenAI, Andrej Karpathy described the term vibe coding to describe a way to code using large language models (LLMs) without focusing on code itself.Code generated from AI is far from perfect, through. Studies and reports have observed that some AI-generated code can insert security flaws in applications, cause outages, or make mistakes, forcing devs to change the code or debug heavily.During the discussion, Hu said that even if product builders rely heavily on AI, one skill they would have to be good at is reading the code and finding bugs. You have to have the taste and enough training to know that an LLM is spitting bad stuff or good stuff. In order to do good vibe coding, you still need to have taste and knowledge to judge good vs bad, she said.Tan also agreed on the point of founders needing classical coding training to sustain products in the long run.Lets say a startup with 95% AI-generated code goes out [in the market], and a year or two out, they have 100 million users on that product, does it fall over or not? The first versions of reasoning models are not good at debugging. So you have to go in depth of whats happening with the product, he suggested.VCs and developers have been excited about AI-powered coding. Startups including Bolt.new, Codeium, Cursor, Lovable, and Magic have raised hundreds of millions of dollars in funding in the last 12 months.This isnt a fad. This isnt going away. This is the dominant way to code. And if you are not doing it, you might just be left behind, Tan added.

Google Chrome new sneaky atack warningJaap Arriens/NurPhotoAs sneaky attacks go, this one takes some beating. A new report suddenly warns that a fundamental vulnerability in the way Google Chrome and other Chromium browsers work means password managers, crypto wallets and other sensitive data is at risk. Just a single click on a malicious prompt could see you lose all your passwords. And the same attack can break into banking apps, crypto wallets and file stores.Google Updates Unbeatable PixelSamsung Must Catch Up FastThe report comes by way of SquareX, whose research team discovered a way for malicious extensions to silently impersonate any extension installed on the victims browser. The companys CEO warned me that solving this will require a major overhaul to ensure that such attacks are not possible. In short, users are tricked into installing benign extensions for their browser which perform useful tasks as expected. But once installed, the extension changes its form and icon to perfectly mimic any of your most sensitive apps. When you next click, you fall victim.Imagine that your AI transcriber tool shapeshifts into your password manager, the report says, then your crypto wallet and finally into your banking app all without your knowledge. This is exactly what polymorphic extensions can do.These replica extensions are frighteningly good. Just as with other attacks, AI makes detection immeasurably harder. A pixel perfect replica of the targets icon, HTML popup, workflows and even temporarily disables the legitimate extension, making it extremely convincing for victims to believe that they are providing credentials to the real extension. These credentials can then be used by attackers to access all the sensitive information, credentials and financial assets stored in the victims account.SquareXs report sets out the methodology whereby an entire password vault can be stolen. Step by step. And all it takes is a misjudged click."1. Attacker creates and publishes the polymorphic extension on Chrome Store, disguised as an AI marketing tool.2. Through various social engineering tactics (e.g. social media), the victim discovers and installs the extension from Chrome Store.3. During the installation process, a popup appears to prompt the user to pin the extension for a better experience.4. The extension functions as promised, providing AI marketing capabilities to the victim to stay under the radar."With that killer click, the attack determines which extension to impersonate. The trojan extension should not be able to report back on other extensions installed but it can. While direct monitoring of other extensions is banned by the Chrome extension subsystem, there are other ways that this can happen. The first way is to use the chrome.management API, an API used by many admin tools to manage installed applications, including browser extensions. The second, more stealthy way, is to use a technique called web resource hitting to identify the presence of unique web resources associated with known target extensions.SquareX uses the example of popular 1Password. Detecting a PNG file containing 1Passwords logo likely means that the password manager is installed in the victims browser. With that done, the next stage of the attack can begin:"5. The malicious extension injects a script into any open tab in the victims browser, which instructs the webpage to check for the presence of web resources that correlate to specific target extensions, in this case 1Password.6. The results from this web resource hitting exercise is sent back to the attackers server. If a target is identified, the attacker will proceed to phase 3. If not, the polymorphic extension will remain dormant, periodically injecting the same script until a suitable target gets installed.7. The victim lands on the login page of a SaaS app (e.g. Salesforce) and clicks on the login form.8. This triggers the polymorphic extension to:Temporarily disable 1Password, removing it from the pinned tabImpersonate 1Password, most importantly its icon on the pinned tab9. A HTML popup appears that says the victim is logged out of 1Password and prompts the victim to re-login into 1Password through the extension.10. The victim clicks on the fake extensions icon, opening up a pixel perfect replica of 1Passwords login page.11. Unknowingly, the victim enters their username, password and secret key, which is sent to the attackers server.12. Once the credentials are submitted, the polymorphic extension shifts back to its original appearance and re-enables 1Password.13. The real 1Password autofills the victims Salesforce credentials, allowing them to log in without any suspicion that the sequence has been tampered with."All of the passwords stored in the password manager can now be used to log into other platforms, to exfiltrate data or even impersonate the victim to propagate phishing campaigns to the victims contacts.Sneaky extension attackSquareXThis isnt just a password attack, of course. The same approach can be used to initiate crypto wallet transfers, access a victims banking apps, and steal documents. The research team point to the human tendency to rely on visual cues as a confirmation as the reason the threat from this new atack is so dangerous. Clearly, the risk lies in the initial extension installation and then the single click prompt. This is just the latest extension warning to hit users in recent months.Microsofts Free Windows UpgradeWhen Does Offer Expire?While this isnt just a Chrome issue, that browser remains the gorilla in the cage when it comes to Chromium, dominating the market. SquareX says that given that the attack exploits a legitimate functionality in Chrome, this attack cannot be solved by patching the browser. We have, however, written to Chrome for responsible disclosure.I have asked Google for any comments on the new report.Millions of people rely on browser extension based password managers and crypto wallets to store valuable credentials and assets, SquareXs Vivek Ramachandran told me. These credentials can then provide the attacker full unauthorized access to the target extension and do everything from exfiltrating all credentials stored in the password manager to emptying the victims crypto wallet."

In a nutshell: Meta reportedly keeps a secret list of former employees who, for unknown reasons, the company will not rehire. Even if an ex-member of staff was a top performer during their stint at Meta, being on the list means they won't be returning in any capacity. Meta has laid off more employees than most since 2020 an estimated 35,600. Business Insider reports that one of these was an engineer who lost their job after four years at the firm despite being repeatedly praised by his managers and told their work was "crucial." They were also informed that the layoff was a business decision, and that multiple managers wanted them back at the company and on their teams.However, applying to twenty positions at Meta within a year of being laid off yielded no success for the ex-employee. Hiring managers expressed interest in bringing them back and set up a hiring calls with recruiters, but the recruiters would then ghost them.After inquiring about why this was happening, the engineer was told that they were deemed to be "ineligible for rehire," which was when they realized they were on some kind of list.This wasn't the only incident. There have been dozens of cases of laid-off workers who were ghosted while trying to get rehired at Meta, even when they had met or exceeded expectations during their previous employment at the tech giant.Business Insider spoke to five former employee, including two managers, who all said Meta maintains internal "do not rehire" lists of ex-workers.While there are some obvious reasons why an employee might find themselves on one of these lists, such as stealing confidential data from Meta or being a consistently poor performer, one former manager said it wasn't difficult to have someone's name added, especially if a manager didn't like the person. // Related StoriesMeta's barring of former workers from being rehired without a good reason and not informing them of the decision is an unusual practice within the tech industry. Lazlo Bock, Google's head of people operations for a decade until 2016, said it was "incredibly uncommon. This is very, very rare." Block said he's never heard of companies maintaining do-not-rehire lists. However, others in the tech industry say Meta isn't the only firm with these lists they're just not talked about.It's noted that lists of this kind are not illegal unless they discriminate against protected characteristics.As for why people would want to be rehired by an employer that laid them off, one said, "It's the worst company I've ever worked for. But they also pay the best. If I could get in there for a couple more years and make bank, I would do it."In January, CEO Mark Zuckerberg informed employees that 5% of the workforce, or around 3,600 people, were being laid off. The cuts were supposed to be performance-based, but reports state that many workers who met or exceeded expectations were among those let go.

Samsungs answer to Apples Vision Pro headset has been teased for months now, but theres little information about what hardware and specs it will offer. Now, though, data on the device is starting to come out, including that it will reportedly use a 4K micro-OLED display from Sony.According to Korean site The Elec, highlighted by UploadVR, the Samsung XR headset will use a Sony 1.35-inch micro-OLED display, which is the same hardware that Sony is using in its own flip-up XR headset, the Sony SRH-S1. That is an exceedingly expensive model, costing even more than Apples Vision Pro at $4,750 and therefore aimed more at the enterprise market than at your average consumer. But the Samsung XR offering is more of a Vision Pro competitor, presumably for a more mainstream audience.Recommended VideosIf the reports are correct, the Samsung XR offering would have a slightly smaller display than the Vision Pro, at 1.35 inches compared to 1.4 inches, but with better resolution of 35523840 compared to Apples 36603200. UploadVR also points out that the new display will have a wider color gamut with 96% DCI-P3 coverage, compared to 92% for the Apple Vision Pro. In its first year of sales, the Vision Pro hasnt proven hugely popular likely at least in part due to its hefty $3,500 price tag and customers are asking for a more affordable model. Whether or not Apple comes forward with a more budget friendly option, other companies are getting interested in filling that niche with a range of upcoming rivals to be released. As well as Sony and Samsungs headsets, Meta has shown interest in expanding its Quest headset lineup, possibly working with LG.Whether any of these companies can produce a device that has enough functionality to match the Vision Pro whilst still being affordable, however, remains to be seen. As well as its XR headset, Samsung has also dropped info that it is working on smart glasses, but little information is available on these yet. And Apple may be working on a refreshed Vision Pro, so this year promises to be an exciting one for fans of VR.Editors Recommendations

Apple revealed its custom C1 modem less than a month ago with the iPhone 16e, calling it the most power-efficient modem ever on an iPhone. It helps the 16e achieve the longest battery life of any 6.1-inch iPhone but the new iPads Apple announced this week will not see these benefits.After seeing suspicious specs on the new iPads, John Gruber says he spoke to an Apple representative and confirmed that they do not use the C1. This isnt a complete surprise Bloombergs Mark Gurman said in December that Apple is planning a three-year rollout with these modems, which means not every product will make the switch right away. Gurman did, however, believe that lower-end iPads in 2025 would use the C1, and it appears he was mistaken.Recommended VideosThe purpose of Apples custom C1 modem is to reduce the companys reliance on Qualcomm modems but its unclear whether Apples first attempt matches Qualcomm in quality. Apple made big claims about its power efficiency with the iPhone 16e, but Gurman has claimed that we wont see the C1 in any higher-end products for a while, suggesting that there are still improvements to be made.Please enable Javascript to view this contentSo, how does all of this affect the new iPads? Perhaps they wont be quite as power-efficient as the iPhone 16e, but Qualcomm modems have been doing a great job powering Apple products until now so it doesnt seem like there will be any negative impact.According to a recent X post from Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is also working on a refreshed version of the C1 to go into mass production next year. He says the company aims to improve power consumption and transmission speed, as well as support for mmWave.Apple's C1 modem process technology: Baseband: 4/5nm (both technologies are similar) Low-frequency/Sub-6 TRx (Transceivers): 7nm Intermediate Frequency (IF) TRx: 7nm PMIC: 55nmThe C1 refreshed version is under development for mass production next year, aiming to improve (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) March 6, 2025Editors Recommendations

2025-03-06T10:43:22Z Read in app Daniel Meursing and his employees at Premier Staff. Daniel Meursing This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.Have an account? Daniel Meursing is the CEO of Premier Staff, a luxury event staffing company in LA.He worked as server and started his own company living frugally at his mom's house in the suburbs.Meursing had to learn to be honest with himself as a CEO to grow his revenue and scale the business.This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Daniel Meursing, CEO of Premier Staff. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I moved to New York and signed with New York Model Management in 2015. I was 19 and worked for a catering company as a "model server." The pay was $27 an hour, and it was a good side gig. I was also a brand ambassador for a friend's staffing company working at pop-up events.In 2019, I moved back to LA, to live with my mom in the suburbs. I had obtained my license as a mortgage lender and was working at a loan company.Times were lean, so I also took gigs working for an event staff company in LA.A guest at a party I was working at in LA approached me and asked if I could staff a couple of his art parties every month. He'd been impressed by my work managing high-profile guests at the party. I had some experience managing events, so agreed.Within a few weeks of meeting this client, I had staffed my first party. I was nervous and had no idea what I was doing. I had to learn how to file invoices and pick a business name, Premier Staff.Finding staff for these early events was hard, and I'd often ask friends to help out last minute. I was never confident staff would show up on time or in the right uniform. In the beginning, I led every event on-site.The parties went smoothly because I would walk around the space like a madman, making sure everything was perfect.I made about $22,000 in 2019 from managing my events and working for other staffing companies, reinvesting those wages back into my business.I was also fired from my mortgage lending job that year. My heart wasn't really in mortgage lending, and I was excited about my new opportunity. It felt like a sign.I was eating McDonalds every day to keep costs lowI was living off credit cards and cobbled together $4,000 to purchase the website domain "premierstaff.com." I spent six months building the website and creating the brand. I ate $5 meals at McDonalds and invested everything back into the business.I launched Premier Staff in October 2019. I was young enough to afford the risk of starting a business and was fortunate to live with my mom.One of the main things that helped me get a second client was optimizing my website to rank on Google and creating a Google Business listing. This is how my second client, L'Amour Events, reached out the following month. They produced weddings in Beverly Hills and hired me as one of their on-site coordinators.People began calling to book events from my Google listing. When I started booking several events per day, I knew I needed to hire trustworthy people to lead them. I built an internal leadership training program to teach my leaders how to keep clients happy.We provided luxury staff and helped coordinate event spaces, schedules, and timings. From October 2019 to February 2020, I was gathering solid momentum, and my revenue was growing. COVID shut our revenue to zeroThere was no work during 2020. It was disheartening. I got a job as a mortgage lender again. Interest rates had cratered, and the lending business was booming.In 2021, My business was still shut down. But I got a call from a client asking to hire 50 people in a week's time for a wedding. They must have found my website or Google listing.I said yes, hoping I could figure it out. Other staffing agencies had closed down or were scared of COVID.I contacted the managers at other agencies and asked them to help me. I figured that if I had good leadership, I could pad the rest out with less experienced staff. After that event, I was back in business.This client ended up being a big wedding producer and loved our service. She gave us referrals and repeat business. In 2021, I expanded very quickly because I said yes to everyone and captured a lot of business quickly.We made about $250,000 in revenue in 2021, even though it was half a year of trading. We worked on The Kid LAROI's 18th birthday party, the week his song with Justin Bieber became No. 1 on the charts. They did a performance with pyrotechnics at the event.Hiring my first full-time employee was a huge factor in our ability to scale. I hired a young, quick-texting micro influencer. She was naturally good at finding people to help me last minute and handling back-and-forth communications. I think the scariest part for entrepreneurs is hiring the first employee, but it has a big impact on the business.In 2022 and 2023, we brought in around $950,000 in revenue. We focused on building infrastructure and internal systems and brought in just over $1 million in revenue last year.You have to be honest with yourself as a CEOIf you want to be a CEO and lead, you have to reinvent yourself and be willing to learn. You have to have uncomfortable conversations with yourself about anything that may be holding you back. I'm a sole owner. I don't have partners, investors, or formal business education. My business is just trial and error.There was a point where I hit a cap in my growth. The company was doing well, but I wasn't hitting the projections I'd envisioned. I could've blamed the economy and my team or made excuses. But, being honest with myself, I was taking on things I enjoyed within the business that weren't helping move the business forward.As CEO, I need to ensure the company's growth. So, I realigned my focus to where I was needed most. Since I've done that, we've closed much bigger deals. In 2025, I hired a sales and marketing team and we've brought in $250,000 in revenue by mid February.

Katie Fawn and Chase Estep went to high school together, but they didn't fall in love until a few years later.The couple grew up in the same town. Channing Price Fawn, 26, and Estep, 25, grew up in Corbin, Kentucky, and they ran in the same circles, attending the same high school and church."Our families always went to the same church," she said. "His family literally sat behind mine, but I never thought a thing about it. And I don't think he did either."Estep is a professional baseball player. When he was drafted in 2022, Fawn, a content creator and owner of both a beauty brand and fashion label, reached out to congratulate him, not thinking much would come from the interaction."I was so not looking for a relationship, not even a little bit, and I don't think he was either," she said. "Then we just hit it off.""After about a week, we were like, 'Yeah, I think we actually might be getting married,'" Fawn told Business Insider.They've been an item since, and Estep proposed in December 2023. Fawn and Estep are still based in Corbin.Fawn wanted to keep her wedding simple.Katie Fawn and Chase Estep got married on her family's farm. Channing Price Fawn wasn't a bride who grew up dreaming of her perfect wedding."Growing up, I didn't care if I ever had a wedding," she said. "My parents never had a wedding. They got married at the courthouse. My brother did the same thing."When they got engaged, Estep and Fawn decided they actually did want to celebrate their union with a wedding. Still, they kept it small, partly because Fawn had also heard stories of couples regretting their big, expensive events.They invited just 32 people to watch them say their vows at Fawn's family farm on October 24, 2024.However, Fawn had big ideas for one part of the wedding: her dress.She wanted a standout wedding look. Channing Price Fawn didn't start shopping for her wedding dress until July 2024, despite knowing she wanted a unique bridal look."I'm very into fashion. It's what a lot of my content is based around," she told BI. "When I turned 24, I really stepped into the person I wanted to be and the person I wanted to dress like."She wanted her wedding dress to reflect that vibe, and she soon had her heart set on a dress that had yet to be released. Fawn reached out to the brand, and they agreed to send the dress to a store in Nashville so she could try it on.However, during her trip to Nashville, Fawn stopped into Dress Theory with her best friend, and with the help of stylist Ali Gray, she fell head over heels for a look made of bridal separates.Three separates formed a one-of-a-kind bridal look for Fawn.Katie Fawn used bridal separates to create her wedding look. Channing Price Fawn said her stylist suggested combining three separate bridal pieces to create her wedding look."She pulled a bunch of different things for me to try on, and I kept putting things on, and I was like, 'Yes, this is a beautiful dress, but it wasn't the one that I saw myself in or saw myself feeling great in,'" Fawn said.When Gray suggested a two-piece ensemble instead of a dress, Fawn was intrigued. Gray then created a bridal look for her made of pieces from three separate collections and Fawn loved it.Fawn swooned over the detached corset.The corset was covered in lace. Channing Price The top of Fawn's wedding look was made up of a corset from Sept by Sarah Seven."She showed me the corset first, and at that point, I think all the common sense I had about cost went out the window," Fawn said. "I was like, 'I don't know what I'll do, but I will get that corset.'"The semi-sheer corset had a pointed, strapless neckline, and the fabric was covered in floral detailing. Thanks to the transparent fabric, its boning was delicately exposed. It hugged tightly to Fawn's figure and ended in points on either side.Fawn thought the corset would be beautiful for her wedding, but she also loved that she could rewear it with more casual pieces for future anniversaries or special trips with Estep.She paired the corset with a form-fitting mermaid skirt.Each part of the outfit came from different collections. Channing Price Sarah Seven designed Fawn's skirt, which had a mermaid silhouette and flared into a train. It sat in the middle of Fawn's torso, overlapping with the corset.Fawn loved that the sleek skirt created a clean look, contrasting with the more intricate top. She also said it was comfortable, as the train gave her more room to walk.A statement scarf completed the look.She added a scarf to the outfit. Channing Price "I wanted people to look at my wedding gown and not know if it was from the '20s, the '50s, if it was from now," Fawn said of her vision for her bridal look. "I wanted it to be a timeless, elegant, and very chic look."The skirt and corset were beautiful on their own, but Fawn said adding a statement scarf from Danielle Frankel transformed the outfit."It changed the entire look," she said. "It brought it together. It enhanced the little pieces of the corset and the lace. It brought out the different textures."The scarf doubled as a stand-in for a train and veil.The scarf functioned like a train and veil. Channing Price The floor-length scarf flowed out behind Fawn like a cathedral veil for much of the day.Fawn said she knew she didn't want a veil and loved how "unexpected" the scarf was in its place.Fawn played with different scarf looks throughout the day as well.The scarf looked like a cape at times, too. Channing Price Fawn also posed with the scarf flowing over her shoulder, pulling the semi-sheer fabric wide.The effect created a cape-like look in some of her wedding photos, which Channing Price took."It just felt like it completed the look," Fawn said of the scarf.Fawn kept her other accessories simple because she wanted the scarf and corset to shine. She wore $12 earrings from Amazon, a tennis bracelet, and a ring that belonged to her mom.Fawn already had the perfect shoes to wear with her gown.Katie Fawn's shoes matched the corset. Channing Price When Fawn saw the corset, she knew she already had the perfect shoes for her bridal ensemble: a pair of $1,350 Dior kitten heels she had waiting in her closet.She bought the shoes as a gift to herself when she was invited to her first brand event as a content creator."The lace on my shoes matched my corset perfectly," Fawn said.The shoes were meaningful to her, so it felt extra sweet for Fawn to rewear them for the wedding. Not having to buy a new pair of shoes was a bonus.Fawn's complete bridal look cost around $10,000.She went over budget on the dress. Channing Price Fawn initially hoped to spend under $5,000 on her wedding gown."As soon as I saw the set, I thought, 'Well, that's gone out the window, unfortunately,'" Fawn said.She spent around $10,000 on the look, but it was worth it to Fawn, especially because so much of the wedding was affordable, and she could rewear the top."I felt like it was made for me," Fawn said of her bridal look.Katie Fawn loved her look. Channing Price "I felt like the most confident version of myself," Fawn said of how she felt when she wore the ensemble on her wedding day.She also loved that the separate pieces were light, so she was comfortable throughout the wedding day.A video of Fawn trying on the look for the first time went viral on TikTok, spotlighting how taken she was with the ensemble."It was bringing high fashion to the farm," she told BI of the outfit.Estep was emotional when he saw Fawn walk down the aisle.The groom cried when he saw the bride. Channing Price Estep and Fawn didn't do a first look, so he didn't see her bridal ensemble until she walked down the aisle. He cried as soon as he saw his bride walking toward him."I don't think there was a dry eye anywhere, actually," Fawn said of her guests' reaction to her arriving at the ceremony.Estep thought the outfit suited his bride perfectly."As soon as we kissed and said our vows and everything, I said, 'What do you think of my dress?' And he was like, 'It's the most you thing I have ever seen, and I love it,'" Fawn said of Estep's reaction to her outfit.Estep wore a black Giorgio Armani suit to the nuptials.Fawn and Estep got married outside.They said their vows on the farm. Channing Price Fawn took her bridal and family portraits on the farm before the wedding, and she said spending time with her loved ones before the ceremony was one of her favorite parts of the day."We were all just outside. We had music playing," Estep said. "It was just a very calm atmosphere on what I feel like is a nerve-racking day.""To just see everybody before and calm the nerves and get to hang out with one another was wonderful," she added.Fawn described her whole wedding as "very relaxed."The wedding was relaxed, according to the bride. Channing Price "I did my own hair and makeup," Fawn said. "Neither of us had bridal parties."Fawn spent the morning of her wedding with a friend, having breakfast and prepping."We sat on my living room floor and got ready together, and we just drove over to my parents' house afterward," Fawn said. "It was very low-key, very relaxed, and not some sort of big, stressful, awful thing.""It was so lovely," she said of her wedding. "There wasn't a part of the day that I was like, 'Oh, I wish I would have done this differently.'"Fawn and Estep's reception took place on the farm as well.Their loved ones gathered at long tables during the reception. Channing Price The couple's loved ones gathered around estate-style tables featuring florals from Betty's Flowers."When my family built their house, they positioned it so that the sun would set in the backyard," Fawn said. "In the evening, you can see the cows graze and the sunset, so that's why we put the tables over there."The sun set throughout the reception, making it feel even more romantic. Fawn's mother, who has done some interior design work, handled the decor for the day, which Fawn described as "beautiful.""She and my sister-in-law, literally right before the wedding, set everything up," Fawn said.Taking photos with Estep after the reception was also a highlight of the day for Fawn.They loved taking photos together. Channing Price Fawn said she and Estep's first real moment alone together on their wedding day was when they took sunset photos after dinner during their reception."We actually got to speak to one another and take our pictures together," she said. "It was just the best."Fawn and Estep had fun with their wedding portraits, posing with a cowboy hat and a convertible.Fawn thinks people rush the process of finding the perfect wedding dress.Katie Fawn advises brides not to buy their wedding gowns too early. Channing Price "I think a lot of brides that I've spoken to buy a dress really early and then end up disliking it or wishing they would have gotten something different," Fawn said. "They bought it, you know, a year to two years or however long it is before their wedding, and sometimes their style might change, or they feel less pressured later on."She thinks more brides should take their time searching for their dress to ensure it's what they want."They can kind of loosen the reins and say, 'What do I want to wear to my wedding? What do I want to show up as? What is gonna make me feel like the best version of myself?'""He is the most genuine person I've ever met," Fawn said of her husband.The newlyweds. Channing Price "He just brings out a side of me I didn't know I had, and I love that about him," Fawn said. "I love that he is who he is and he's first and foremost kind, but also that he challenges me to be a better version of myself and makes me a better person.""I know relationships are hard, marriage is hard, life is hard, and doing it with somebody else is not always the easiest thing," Fawn said. "But there's no other person I would ever want to do it with or even consider doing it with."

Ahead of the 21st Bafta games awards this April, the institution is running a public survey asking people to nominate the most influential video game of all time. As the survey points out, this is an open-ended question: early, groundbreaking titles such as Space Invaders and Pong regularly crop up as answers because they helped write the rules of the form, but on a personal level, the right game at the right time can be exceptionally influential, too. For players, its often the games that made us feel differently about what games could do that feel the most influential. For a game designer, a film director, a writer or a musician, one particular game might inspire a whole creative era.Inspired by Baftas survey, we asked people from across games and culture for their most influential game and not one name cropped up twice.Mike Bithell, game designer and head of Bithell GamesRevision evasion Metal Gear Solid 2. Photograph: KonamiMetal Gear Solid 2 (2001) hit me at the perfect moment. I was trying to power through my GCSEs, and here came this perfect thing that pointed to a future of games that took me seriously as a player. (I nearly failed my last maths test after staying up for those final few cutscenes.) It engaged with sci-fi tropes and stylish storytelling in a way that felt generations ahead of its peers. Shenmue was the game that convinced me I wanted to make games, but MGS2 showed me the kind of games I wanted to make. One day Ill get there.Louise Blain, creative lead at Blumhouse GamesFresh fear PT. Photograph: Kojima Productions/KonamiHelpfully, the constantly evolving nature of the horror genre means that a new game can arrive and instantly unlock a fresh fear. Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toros shortform horror game PT (2014) holds a special place in my heart, and its all the more bittersweet for the fact that it is now unavailable and its full-length successor, Silent Hills, never saw the light of (foggy) day. Taking the lead from Amnesia: The Dark Descents oppressive first person experience, the simplicity of PTs looping corridor is its masterstroke. All you really need to do is push forward and peer into its darkest corners, making this a frankly agonising haunted house taken entirely at your own pace. The game has spawned an infinite number of spiritual successors in atmospheric horror over the last decade, but even the recent trend for anomaly horror has a distinct PT flavour, as we enter the same spaces over and over again, on edge for the frightening differences.Keza MacDonald, Guardian video games editorBeyond fun The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Photograph: NintendoAs Grand Theft Autos Dan Houser once said: Anyone who makes 3D games who says theyve not borrowed something from Mario or Zelda is lying. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) set an example for explorable 3D game worlds that is still followed today everything, from Links movement to the sword combat to the little fairy who acts as a guide to what was then a new way of controlling games, was designed from scratch and with little precedent. But its the mood of this game that I think was especially influential, not just on me but a generation of children who played it. Ocarina of Time is exciting, but also scary and a little sad. With its child hero, who hurtles forward in time against his will, it depicts a loss of innocence; it trusted young players to overcome their nervousness and get to grips not just with a new type of video game, but with all the threatening creatures, malevolent forces and hidden secrets that might be out there in its world. I think its the first video game I played that felt like it wasnt just for fun.Ellie Gibson, comedianGirls own adventure Tomb Raider. Photograph: ReutersThe obvious and only correct answer is Tomb Raider (1996). It introduced the idea that a female video game character could be the star, rather than sidekick or hostage. It was the first game I played that wasnt just about collecting shiny things or killing baddies (and its a great shame the series lost its way down these rabbit holes in later years). It was about adventure, exploration and clever puzzles that made you feel like a genius when you finally solved them. Tomb Raider went on to inspire a raft of successful action adventure titles, such as the Uncharted games, and its influence is still present in the Assassins Creed series. Its a shame this influence didnt extend to inspiring a raft of strong female characters, but patriarchy gonna patriarchy, innit. On a personal note, Lara Croft was such a huge influence on me personally that in 2002 I visited Angkor Wat wearing a tight vest and attempted to climb up a temple via some overhanging vines. I got shouted at by a security guard and ran away.Nina Freeman, game designerPhysical humour QWOP. Photograph: Foddy.netThe most influential game for me must be QWOP (2008), by Bennett Foddy. It sort of brings me back to my roots when I play it. Ive always been drawn to small, experimental games, and QWOP is a timeless example of that. At one of the first game jams I ever did, my friends and I made how do you Do It?, which was heavily inspired by the physical humour of QWOP. Bennett, whom I hadnt yet met, was a judge at the jam! We showed him the game, chatted a bunch, and kept in touch after that. Bennett ended up becoming one of my biggest mentors at this early stage of my career, so his work in general has had a big impact on me.Brenda Romero, game designerFather of FPS Doom. Photograph: id SoftwareLook, I admit a bias here, but even if I were not married to John [Romero], my answer would still be the same: Doom (1993). I actually tried to think of something else, but nothing compared to its impact. Doom defined the first person shooter and set the stage for what is gamings most popular genre. At the same time, it introduced deathmatch and online multiplayer to a wide audience. All FPS games truly owe their DNA to Doom.Doom was created to be moddable, and that decision is part of the reason why the community is still active almost 32 years later. I dont know of a single game developer who was not taken aback when Doom hit. It was mind blowing and a cultural shift for both games and game culture. At the time, consoles really dominated, and Doom sold the PC hard.From a design perspective, Doom introduced the abstract level design philosophy, the style for which John Romero is still known. As a designer, the non-linear and non-standard level design was a big break from the way things were done at the time. I have heard others say that everything about those early levels was a masterclass in game design. Not a week goes by where a well-known game developer doesnt credit Doom for inspiring them and starting their career. And its still going, now playable on everything from pianos to ATMs and pregnancy tests.Iain Cook, musician, producer and composerMile melter A Nintendo 64 with a Mario Kart 64 cartridge. Photograph: Sam Stephenson/AlamyI had mostly kicked my video game addiction for the only period in my life between 1997 and 1999, but fell off the wagon hard when the PlayStation 2 was released. The next-gen allure of Metal Gear Solid 2, Silent Hill 2 and Gran Turismo 3 convinced me that I was missing out on something revolutionary. But in 2001 I was suddenly in the recording studio and on tour in Europe and America with my first proper band, Aereogramme, and there was a lot of downtime to fill. Eight-hour driving days in the back of a smokey van; endless post-soundcheck afternoons, waiting anxiously to go on stage. Not that I didnt succumb to other vices, but video games made the hours melt away. Advance Wars was a huge hit with me and my bandmates; the pass-and-play turn-based strategy really worked to engage the brain in between service station piss stops and weed-induced naps. But it was Mario Kart (1992-present) that really got the heart pounding.In time trials on 2001s Super Circuit I would spend an hour or more trying to shave a tenth of a second off the previous best three laps laid down by the fastest racer in the band. Once wed dialled in on a new course, identified the shortcuts and mapped out the best racing line, you had to stitch all of those things perfectly together in a single run. Mess up and theres no point in continuing. Restart. Deep breath. Palms sweating. You needed total focus as well as muscle memory. The mounting anxiety explodes in expletive-filled euphoria when you cross the line. This game has brought me together with some amazing people. Im now part of a WhatsApp group where my friends and I compete with other bands and video game industry people, setting a new course every couple of weeks, posting screenshots to validate authenticity. I know for sure that when Mario Kart 9 drops, my productivity is going to drop sharply again.Sam Barlow, game designer and founder of Half MermaidWay to go Super Mario Bros. Photograph: NintendoSuper Mario Bros (1985). What more to say? You move a character he looks like a human, and a characterful human. There is a world: the one in the background, evocative landscapes and skies; and the one in the foreground that you run and jump over. The imagery! Natural landscapes mashed up with Alice in Wonderland. The physics and the controls allow expression you can go fast, slow, cautious, bold its the way in which we exist as a primal level as a biped that walks through the world, condensed down into a game. Challenge, exploration, expression. We go left to right, and there are levels and goals and bosses and secrets! This game laid down the structures and the ideas that weve been using ever since but also showed that masterful execution is the heart of a video game.Shuhei Yoshida, former head of PlayStation StudiosSentimental Journey. Photograph: SonyMy most influential game of all time is Journey (2012). Journey moved players deeply; they had tears in their eyes at the end. It was proof that a game, like movies and novels, could affect people emotionally.This game, which was developed by a small team of 18 people and could be played in three to four hours, swept most of the industrys highest game of the year honours, competing against AAA blockbuster titles. I believe it was the first time that had happened in the industry.Meghna Jayanth, writer and narrative designerSim sensation Princess Maker 2 Refine. Photograph: CFK Co/Bliss BrainThe Princess Maker series (1991-2007). You are tasked with raising a fairy princess disguised as an ordinary human girl, managing her time between learning important skills, pursuing her interests, adventuring and dating. This early social simulation game is surprisingly crunchy and punishing; its extremely possible for your daughter to die or be exiled during the various social and political trials that mark her coming-of-age. Each instalment varies, but its not uncommon to have 50+ endings as well as branching dialogue and narrative events conditional on your princesss particular stats and attributes. As a narrative designer this game was a revelation, and apart from in my own work, I think you can see its influence in everything from the wildly successful Persona games to last years intriguing indie meditation on capitalism Final Profit to any of Hanako Games niche but satisfying offerings. In fact, I see a genre through-line all the way to the ambitious and genuinely brilliant design of indie game Closer the Distance, one of this years Independent games festival narrative nominees. Oh, and it was unashamedly marketed to and interested in girls. I wish more publishers and executives would pay attention. This is a game that I wish was even more influential.Keith Stuart, Guardian video game correspondentWeirdly therapeutic Paperboy Photograph: AtariIn the early 1980s, most of the games I played were extremely abstract: you were a space ship fighting aliens, or you were a hungry yellow circle being chased by ghosts. But in 1985 Atari released Paperboy, a game in which you were a boy delivering papers. Not only was this arcade classic revolutionary in that it featured a real-life job, it also presented a world that was absolutely full of detail and experimentation, in which players were actively rewarded for messing about. What if you threw a paper at a window or a passerby? You got feedback. You got feedback whatever you did. As a schoolboy with an actual paper round it felt weirdly therapeutic to do the job badly, but in game design terms it also taught a generation of designers that the everyday world is an exciting, amusing and challenging place to set a video game. It was also a game that let you mess about, it rewarded mischief. It was GTA a dozen years early.