Page 8 - IAV Digital Magazine #540

iAV - Antelope Valley Digital Magazine
By Ben Hooper
Feb. 14 (UPI) -
- The makers of video
game Madden NFL teamed up with some real- life NFL players to break a Guinness World Record with a game projected on the side of a Las Vegas hotel.
Guinness World Records said EA Sports construct- ed an additional area on the top of the Tropicana Hotel's Club Tower so the pro- jection screen could be expand- ed to 47,337
square feet.
The Los Angeles Chargers' Derwin James and the Cleveland Browns' Nick Chubb then used the screen to compete head-to- head against the Dallas Cowboys' Micah Parsons and the Minnesota Vikings' Justin Jefferson
in the NFL Pro Bowl experience, a new feature
of Madden NFL 22's Superstar KO multiplayer mode.
A Guinness adju- dicator was on
the scene to con- firm the game set a new world record for the largest projected video game dis- play. The previ- ous record of 46,733.65 square feet was set in August 2021, when a game
of Garena Free Fire was project- ed on another Las Vegas build- ing.
The highly popu- lar video game bears the name of Hall of Fame coach and TV broadcaster John Madden, who died Dec. 28 at age 85.
Malaysian Flight Diverted When Passengers Spot Loose Snake On The Plane
By Ben Hooper
Feb. 11 (UPI) -- A domestic flight in Malaysia made an emergency landing for fumi- gation when passengers on board the plane spotted a snake on the loose.
AirAsia confirmed a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau was diverted
to Kuching when the pilot was alerted to the presence of a loose snake in the pas- senger compartment.
"This is a very rare incident which can occur on any air- craft from time to time,"
Liong Tien Ling, AirAsia's chief safety officer, said in a statement provided to the Malay Mail.
A video posted to
TikTok purports to show the snake slithering through a light fixture in the overheard compartment of the plane.
The airline said staff searched the plane for the snake after landing in Kuching, but it was unclear whether the serpent was ever located.
No injuries were reported.
'Madden NFL' Game Projected On Las Vegas Hotel Breaks World Record