IndieGala continues to celebrate a life of leisure, now offering a giveaway of Leisure Suit Larry 5 – Passionate Patti Does a Little Undercover Work (thanks Ant). The previous promotions with free copies of Leisure Suit Larry 1 & 2 and Leisure Suit Larry 3 are still in effect. If you're wondering why Leisure Suit Larry 4 doesn't get the free treatment, it's because if doesn't actually exist. Leisure Suit Larry 4: The Missing Floppies was never released, and the title is based on a story about recreating its lost source code. It's not clear if it was actually lost, cancelled, or was always just an elaborate in-joke, but to this day it remains as missing as its titular floppies. Here's a description of Leisure Suit Larry 5:

Passionate Patti Does a Little Undercover Work! is (despite the number) the fourth game in Al Lowe's Leisure Suit Larry series. The middle-aged would-be-womanizer Larry Laffer fell off a boat during a cruise and sustained amnesia, forgetting how he and his sweetheart Patti got separated, how Larry got a job in LA, how Patti got a job with the FBI, and what happened in (the never released) Larry 4. Now Larry and Patti are working independently on two cases that are connected to each other, even though the heroes aren't aware of that. Larry's new bosses are involved in shady business, while Patti agrees to take a break from her career as a performing pianist and become an undercover agent. Will the two be together ever again?

In an interview on AdroCinema, actor Norman Reedus seems to reveal that negotiations are underway for Death Stranding 2. As noted on VGC, this is not the first time Reedus has tried to steal Geoff Keighley's thunder, having previously spilled some beans in a WIRED video. Here's a machine translation of a Portuguese report on IGN Brasil:

"I think we're doing a second Death Stranding ," Reedus told reporter Vitória Pratini from AdoroCinema , IGN Brasil 's partner site . “ [The game] is in negotiations right now. So… Yay!”, celebrated the actor, in front of the excitement of the journalists present at the roundtable about the 11th season of The Walking Dead.

Here's the rundown from Valve of the bestselling titles on Steam for last week:

1. Pre-purchase Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Deluxe + Bungie 30th Anniversary Bundle.
2. Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
3. NARAKA: BLADEPOINT.
4. Psychonauts 2.
5. HUMANKIND.
6. Battlefield V.
7. Valve Index VR Kit.
8. Save 33% on Cyberpunk 2077.
9. Save 80% on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition.
10. Save 50% on Destiny 2- Legendary Edition.

• Save 55% on The Swindle on Steam.
• Save 30% on HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed on Steam.

• Destiny 2's New Exotic Boots Too Powerful, So Bungie Nerfed 'Em.

• There is No Cow Level - DiabLoL 2 Ep28 - Carbot. Thanks Rhialto and Ant.

• Riot announces 2022 LCS Mid-Season Showdown will be hosted at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

• Madden 22 Passing Guide: How to throw all passes in Madden.

• Call of Duty: Vanguard hands-on -- Fighting duos in Champion Hill - VentureBeat.

• Metroid Dread - Trailer 2.

• Laptop vs Desktop (RTX 3060) - Closer Than You Think (video). Thanks RedEye9.
• Google reportedly offered Netflix a special discount on Play Store fees.

• A bad solar storm could cause an “Internet apocalypse.”
• Why pigeons mean peril for satellite broadband.
• How to Save Money on Your Digital Subscriptions.
• "Manifest" Officially Saved By Netflix3.
• "Umbrella Academy" Wraps S3 Filming.

• The Semiconductor Heist Of The Century - Arm China Has Gone Completely Rogue, Operating As An Independent Company With Inhouse IP/R&D. Thanks Simon.
• Microsoft might not deliver Windows 11 updates to PCs with old CPUs.
• Move over M.2, here comes the XFM memory specification.
• The future of American democracy hinges on ethical AI.
• Computer Scientists Find a Key Research Algorithm's Limits (may require registration or subscription).
• How To Build a Person-Detecting Doorbell with Raspberry Pi.

• Republican election audits have led to voting system breaches, experts say. Thanks Acleacius.
• 6 Things You Need to Do to Prevent Getting Hacked (may require registration or subscription).
• Deepfakes in cyberattacks aren’t coming. They’re already here.
• Tenable- 3 SSL VPN vulnerabilities disclosed in 2019 are still routinely exploited.

• Dark Deity - Christ Centered Gamer.

• CPU Cooler: Cooler Master G200P Review- Low-Profile Style - Tom's Hardware.

• Turrican 2 as a work in progress MS-DOS to AMIGA AGA conversion gets a new world demo…
• NoSkyrim Mod Is Banned From Nexus Mods…

Wow, so it's the last weekend in August already? This definitely feels like another lost summer for me, but I'm guessing a lot of people feel that way even without car crashes and injuries to complicate things. So next weekend is labor day and a few days later is the kickoff of the NFL season. So the summer may continue for a few more weeks here in the northern hemisphere, but there's a lot of autumn coming up on us quite rapidly. Where did I put that sweatshirt?

Ominous Round-up
Thanks Ant and Neutronbeam.

Stories

• Hurricane Ida forecast to strengthen as it nears Louisiana.
• California mom saves son, 5, from mountain lion attack using her 'bare hands.' Never mess with mom.

Media

• 11-year-old drummer Nandi Bushell got to jam on stage with Foo Fighters.
• Trio Of Meteors Fly Through The Night Sky.
• Asian giant hornet nest destroyed in Washington.

The Funnies

• The Evolution of No Man’s Sky – Arcade Rage.