I tried out the Operations mode first. This mode gave me big déjà vu. It plays a lot like other free-to-play squad extraction shooters. You dive into a PvPvE map, collect valuables, and extract to keep your spoils. I can’t shake that I’ve felt like I’ve played this mode many times over, and in fact, it is very similar to other extraction shooters in the genre....

The day of her interview, Williams noticed something unusual. All five women being considered for the job looked exactly like her. “We were all young, petite, attractive, well dressed and blond,” she said. The applicants even had on similar outfits: black pantsuits with Delta Force Boosting blue dress shirts and high heels. “What are the odds?” they asked each...