Merge 104.8 | 10 June 2020
In the US a rare Nintendo games cartridge has been traded in…and it’s so rare, the gamer who swapped it for cash received $13,000. The cartridge was a prize given out to participants of the 1990 Nintendo World Championship. On it there were demo versions of several Nintendo games on it. There’s less than 200 in the world.
A man in France has been given a substantial severance package after claiming his job was “too boring.” He worked as a manager at a Paris-based perfume company, until 2015. He claimed that after he lost a client, he was stripped of his responsibilities and forced to do meaningless and monotonous work for the next four years. The case was taken to court and it was agreed that he suffered from a “bore-out,” and awarded him the equivalent of 13,000 OMR in damages.
After 29 years, Bill and Ted are heading back to the cinema, after the release date of Bill and Ted 3 was announced. The first movie, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure came out in 1989. Because of the success it led to a sequel in 1991, Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey. Now, Bill and Ted Face the Music is scheduled to be released in August this year.