marc cieslak, bbc news.known, arrived in dingle harbour in the 80's, and a tourism industry in the town has built up around the famous dolphin. but now he's missing. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. it was the town's lighthouse keeper who was first to spot a solitary dolphin at the mouth of dingle harbour in 1983. in the years that followed fungie became a major draw for tourists as people flocked to see the friendly dolphin, who seemed to enjoy the interaction. the boats were initially small fishing boats then they developed and bought new vessels and invested heavily and fungie has been a huge boost and a vital part of the tourism. there are whole generations that have grown up and all they ever knew was that he lived in the harbour and so generous and so playful. for that to be gone it's like a light hasjust gone out. since his disappearance a week ago, the town has taken part in a full—scale search with boats, divers and sonar, but without success. he was still totally wild, so the only thin

ahead of a full review next month, marc cieslak has been one of the lucky few to get his hands on a seriese on a next—gen machine, the xbox series x. but this is really only a taster of the next—gen experience, rather than the full three courses. you see, the console that i've been using for the last couple of weeks is pre—release — that means that lot and lots of things, from the user interface to its overall performance, will be tweaked and changed by the time people get their hands on the finished machine. so for the purposes of a preview, we can only really talk about a limited number of its features. the first next—gen games we get to preview are certainly an odd couple. japanese rpg ya kuza: like a dragon and racing title dirt 5, — two completely different games that demonstrate that the next generation looks quite a bit like the current generation, though with a bit more polish. a role—playing game with turn—based combat like yakuza is perhaps not the best title to show off this new machine's new abilities. man: wanna fight? punch. oof! a slightly surreal take on life on life as a j

marc cieslak met stormzy to chat about a game set in his home town, and how the art form has grown upo the troubled times that we live in. multi—award—winning rapper stormzy‘s new single rainfall has a video with a bit of a difference. (music) it features the croydon—born musician as a video game character performing inside an actual game. the soon—to—be realsed watch dogs: leigon. i'm about to meet stormzy in the flesh. the game he is appearing in is set in the near future london, and has themes of protest and resistance. i am keen to find out if he thinks this video game has any parallels with things that are going on in 2020. one of the game's main themes is about ordinary people banding together to resist and to fight back against an oppressive regime. do you think that is saying anything about the world that we live in right now? it is very reflective of the times in the sense of, yeah, we, as people, need to be coming together. do you know what i mean? that captures that perfectly in the sense of like, your everyday person being more important than they realise, you know. so, ye

marc cieslak, who reports for the bbc‘s technology programme click, sat down with the artist to talkas a video with a bit of a difference. it features the croydon—born musician as a video—game character performing inside an actual game, the soon—to—be—released watch dogs: legion. set in a dystopian near—future london, players encounter stormy on one of the game's missions. the game revolves around recruiting any of the thousands of characters the player meets and forming a movement which will bring down a fictional authoritarian regime which is still in power. the themes of protest and the power of the individual to start change certainly resonate in today's climate. it's very reflective of the times and we as people need to be coming together, do you know what i mean? i kind of think they capture that perfectly in the sense of, like, your everyday person being more important than they probably realise. the rapper's appearance in this title highlights that games will now often act as a reflection of things going on in the real world, encouraging new audiences to think about global ev

marc cieslak, who reports for the bbc‘s technology programme,click, sat down with the artist to talkes the croydon—born musician as a video—game character performing inside an actual game, the soon—to—be—released watch dogs: legion. set in a dystopian near—future london, players encounter stormzy on one of the game‘s missions. follow the gps, that should take you there. the game revolves around recruiting any of the thousands of characters the player meets and forming a movement which will bring down a fictional authoritarian regime which has stolen power. the themes of protest and the power of the individual to spark change certainly resonate in today‘s climate. it‘s very reflective of the times and we as people need to be coming together, do you know what i mean? i kind of think they capture that perfectly in the sense of, like, your everyday person being more important than they probably realise. the rapper‘s appearance in this title highlights that games will now often act as a reflection of things going on in the real world, encouraging new audiences to think about global events