![]() Also, whenever you lightsaber comes into contact with any surface in the game, it leaves a glowing orange trail, which is a nice touch. Whenever you go into the Speed mode (it's a Force power) the whole screen stretches and distorts, which looks cool. There are a few nifty little effects present. Though I suppose it's not necessary that every storm trooper is excruciatingly detailed- you'll be mowing through th em too quickly to get a very good look, anyway. They could've been a bit bigger, and a bit more detailed. Also, the FMV's that move the story along are of very bad quality. The main graphical drawbacks are that quite a few of the textures in the many environments are kind of drab and boring. The blaster fire and lightsabers look good, which is extremely crucial to any Star Wars game. You really feel like you're like you're inside an Imperial installation, or a mining colony, or a futuristic city, or a starship right out of Star Wars. The Force effects look cool, but could've been cooler. While the graphics are smooth and crisp, they could've been pushed quite a bit further with the power of the Xbox. GRAPHICS (8/10) I'm not completely sure about this, but I think Jedi Knight II is pretty much a direct port of a PC game with good but not flashy graphics. The controls were tight, the graphics were crisp, and there was intense Star Wars flava oozing out everywhere. A few minutes into the game I wiped nervous sweat from my brow and realized that it all was going to be okay. I became nervous, wondering if I had just spent fifty bucks on a piece of trash. Memories of controls that felt like wallowing through a swamp full of molasses and the most scraggly graphics I've ever seen came floating back into my head. I read a little bit about it on the internet when I got home, and discovered that it was a part of the same series which contained the dreaded Dark Forces of days gone by. I picked up a copy of Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast. Remembering that experience still makes me cringe, however, the other day I thought to myself ''Maybe I should give Star Wars another chance''. I don't know if any of you have ever played that title, but it was one of the most horrid gaming experiences I've ever had. ![]() ![]() The last Star Wars game I played was Dark Forces for the PS1. Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (Xbox) review ![]()
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![]() ![]() The ultimate Pretenders song and the prime example of Hynde’s flair for a winning melody and a catchy pop hook, “Brass in Pocket” became the first new number one of the 1980s and launched the band to almost overnight fame. The Pretenders The Singles Play album More actions Listeners 248.7K Scrobbles 1.3M Join others and track this album Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account Sign Up to Last. ![]() Chrissie Hynde said she was inspired to write the song for her friend John McEnroe. It can also be found on the bands The Singles album, released in 1987. It was the first single taken from the groups 1986 album, Get Close. Hynde’s bold and seductive vocal flipped rock’s traditional male posturing, with her dynamic band providing wonderfully assured backing. The Singles is The Pretenders 1987 compilation album and features all the bands UK single hits to that date, as well as including I Got You Babe which. ' Dont Get Me Wrong ' is a song released by British-American alternative rock group The Pretenders. Yes, it’s one of those ubiquitous songs so familiar that you probably wouldn’t choose to play it at home very often, but when it comes on the radio or you inadvertently catch the video on the telly or YouTube, you can’t resist its funky swagger. There’s a beautiful melody, chiming riffs aplenty from Billy Bremner and characteristically warm vocals from Hynde, who celebrates her own resilience on a song that was a hit single in 1982. ![]() “Back on the Chain Gang” is both a moving elegy for Honeyman-Scott and a defiant statement from Hynde that, after the guitarist’s death and the departure of Pete Farndon in 1982 (he left the band before his death), The Pretenders were by no means finished. The identity of the subject of Hynde’s love and devotion is never made clear, but pop doesn’t come much more perfect or evocative than this, with her achingly tender vocal and Honeyman-Scott’s tremendous soloing – a sublime hybrid of Duane Eddy and Roy Orbison – elevating the song to classic status.Ģ) “Back on the Chain Gang” ( Learning to Crawl, 1984) Coming hard on the heels of their debut single, a lovely cover of the Kinks’ “Stop Your Sobbing”, The Pretenders retained that record’s sixties vibe for follow-up hit “Kid”. ![]() ![]() The mods are somewhat flexible with the rules as long as the OP explains in the comments.
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There’s also a focus on entertainment as there’s a vibrant club downstairs, a movie theater, and a variety of restaurants and bars. There’s also seven relaxation rooms and each of them have been designed and inspired by the seven days when God created the world. The hotel has a strong focus on wellness and The Spa has a hot tub, sauna, steam bath and a massage room. They also offer made-to-order breakfast items from the café kitchen. I would then warm up with a hot bath in the free-standing tub.īreakfast is served in the lobby and there are plenty of options to choose from: cereals, bread, different spreads, a variety of cheeses and hams, fruit and juices. There’s also a fully equipped kitchen with a dining area.Įach morning I enjoyed sipping a cup of coffee on the spacious balcony with a gorgeous view of the Matterhorn and breathing in the crisp mountain air. The living room is cozy and features a glass fireplace as well as a ‘chandelier’ made up of musical instruments, such as violins and guitars. At night when laying in the double bed one can look up through the glass ceiling and be mesmerized by twinkling stars. There are large glass windows all around so one can take in the beauty of Zermatt at all times. I stayed in the spacious Sky & Stars Suite with a breathtaking view of the iconic Matterhorn. His philosophy is “my home is your home”. Julen and his family live onsite – therefore, every backstage visitor and employee are a guest at Julen’s home. Furnishings are handcrafted in his Zermatt studio and his own artwork adorns the walls. Backstage Hotel Vernissage Hofmattstrasse 4 CH-3920 Zermatt +41 27 966 69 70 infobackstagehotel. ![]() ![]() Wood, glass and steel are incorporated into the architecture and there are 19 rooms that showcase Heinz Julen’s aesthetic. The hotel is built around the concept of allowing guests to ‘retreat from life’s stage’. Looking out and up to the mountains you’ll see the majestic Matterhorn, perhaps the world’s most recognizable mountain, straddling the border between Switzerland and Italy.Īfter a short walk, we made it to Backstage Hotel Vernissage, a masterpiece of Heinz Julen, an artist and architect from Zermatt. Once you step off of the train in picturesque Zermatt, you will find yourself in a charming Swiss town that’s full of adventure and wonder. ![]() ![]() ![]() Instead, “every bit of code is owned by DuckDuckGo and written by DuckDuckGo.” That decision was taken in part because adapting Chromium would have meant the browser would inherit “cruft and clutter” from Google's design process, Burger-Lenehan says. “We wanted complete control over the code and the experience,” Burger-Lenehan says. Mozilla’s Firefox is one of the only other browsers that doesn’t use this Google-created setup.ĭuckDuckGo shunned Chromium and instead uses Apple’s WebKit rendering system, which converts code into the web pages you see. The vast majority of alternative web browsers-including Microsoft’s Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, and Opera-all use, to some extent, altered versions of Google’s browser code base, Chromium, and its underlying browser engine, Blink. What perhaps makes DuckDuckGo’s app stand out is how the browser is built. “This feature works on about 50 percent of cookie pop-ups that you might encounter,” Burger-Lenehan says, adding that the percentage should “significantly” increase when more people use the beta. If you give it permission to do so, it will use Javascript to automatically set the cookie preferences on each site you visit and pick the options to “maximize privacy.” What this means in practice is that you don’t see cookie pop-ups. The first time you use the app you’ll be asked if you want to let it manage the pop-ups that appear. While browser extensions can help you avoid cookie pop-ups, DuckDuckGo’s browser automates the process. In the new browser, this includes taking on one of the internet’s most annoying experiences: cookie consent pop-ups, which were provoked by the introduction of the GDPR, the EU’s landmark data-privacy law. ![]() “And just to default to the most private thing without trade-offs in that experience.” “Everything that we build, we want to make as frictionless and simple and easy to understand,” Burger-Lenehan says. It also includes a built-in option for saving passwords, and it incorporates the company’s recently launched email protection, which blocks hidden trackers in the emails you are sent. The browser uses DuckDuckGo’s private search engine as the default option, blocks ad trackers on each site you visit, and shows how many have been blocked. “We don't track our users-that is our privacy policy,” Burger-Lenehan says. Since the launch of its anti-Google search engine back in 2008, DuckDuckGo’s web browser continues the company’s principle of not collecting your data, says Beah Burger-Lenehan, the product manager for the Mac app. ![]() The desktop app, which is being released in beta, comes years after the company launched its Android and iOS browsers, and it continues its push to create a suite of privacy-first web tools. Today the privacy-oriented company DuckDuckGo is debuting its first desktop web browser, DuckDuckGo for Mac. There are other options though-and the list of Chrome’s browser rivals just got a tiny bit longer. Right now 63 percent of people use Chrome on their phone, and the figure rises to 67 percent on desktop. Since then the web browser has become almost unstoppable: Chrome is one of Google’s most powerful data collection tools and the world’s most dominant browser. When Google launched Chrome back in 2008, it changed the web overnight. ![]() ![]() LaserSoft Imaging SilverFast HDR is a full-featured image editing software that meets the high demands for image optimization and RAW data processing for 64-bit / 48-bit scanners. Get Free Trials & Don't Get Charged How to Start Pandora Free Trial Sign Up for Pandora Free Trial the Risk-Free Way Pandora is one of the leading music stream services in America- in 2019, it had 63.5 million subscribers. The Pandora app allows you to listen to a myriad of songs and podcasts. You can use the free version of the app or subscribe to Pandora Plus or Pandora Premium plans to get rid of ads and have access to more features. If you are not sure whether to upgrade to a paid subscription, use Pandora free trials to help you decide. 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Money Rocks have been a staple of Animal Crossing since the beginning, but you'd be forgiven for not knowing about them. One of these is a Fishing Rod, which she will sell to you if you can't find one otherwise. Following Isabelle's advice will not only bolster your Approval Rating, but also give you access to several items you might otherwise have trouble acquiring. Isabelle will offer you several dialogue options when you sit down in your mayor's chair - the most important when you're starting out is "Advice for Living Here". But what if you can't find a Fishing Rod in Nookling Junction? The answer is Isabelle, the game's secret weapon for helping those just starting out as Mayor. ![]() Here are a few:įishing is the most obvious way to get money early on - you could easily earn enough selling fish to Re-Tail to pay down your home loan in your first day with Animal Crossing: New Leaf. There are many ways to go about scraping together a nest egg in Animal Crossing: New Leaf - some more time-consuming than others. Having said that, you can actually scrape the cash together pretty quickly if you spend your first few days in your new village wisely. Skip to How to Make Your First Million Bellsīut before you can even get to the tropical island to make your millions, you'll need to slog through the demoralizing task of getting your first home built, then paying off your first home loan - all told, you're looking at a nearly 50,000 bell investment before you can start making any real money. ![]() ![]() ![]() : Ben this is some seriously exciting stuff, “Marvel Heroes” making the big move from PC to consoles I can only imagine how geeked the team is to put the game in a ton of new players’ hands.īen Gilbert: Yes! Everyone at Gazillion has been working overtime on both “Marvel Heroes Omega” for consoles and “Marvel Heroes” for PC. I think they nailed what a looter-based progression should be.Gazillion brings “Marvel Heroes 2016,” to next-gen consoles this spring under a hot new moniker: “Marvel Heroes Omega.” What? You’ve never played “Marvel Heroes”? Well we talked to Lead Game Designer Ben “TheArtofRawr” Gilbert about the transition and covered some need to know info for any Marvel fan new to the game. I would like for them to make the level cap to be easy to reach but have a lot of difficulty levels that push you to get better gear by playing more the game.ĭiablo 3 does that, and I have been playing it since launch. That is one of the things that I really hope they will change if there will be a UA4. Going through the game is extremely slow and there is no way out of it or cheat sadly. Can't say the same with UA3 sadly, since even after finishing the game twice at 2 different difficulty level, I still have my heroes that are not even close to max level.Īnd since I played only with 6-8 of them alternating between teams, the rest of the heroes are basically still at their base level. In MH you could level each hero in a week playing few hours a day and there was always something new to do that was not repetitive. I like UA3, it is just too grindy for my preferences. Square Enix just got the memo too late I guess. Look at the guardian of the galaxy game: the gameplay is barebone but it has been praised for his story and diversity of environments. You can make a game as service and make money, and still make a fun and enjoyable game to play just look at Korean MMO like Genshin impact: that thing is fun to play, free and it made 1B dollars income in just a year.Īll they had to do was to use the real actors and voices for the heroes make a story where you are not a useless hero until you get at least to level cap and make you feel like you were progressing fast and people would throw money at them. I think what they did wrong in that game was the whole setup and premises. They are both repetitive, yes, but DW at least make you feel like you are somehow powerful while when I played Avengers I was a superhero that would have to hit regular grunts 10 times to kill them. Some compared the Avengers game to Dinasty warriors games, which could not be more wrong. Unless they add more enemies and location, adding just more heroes won't really change things IMO but I understand that some people like that game, even if they replay the same scenarios and kill the same enemies over and over. ![]() ![]() They can add more characters but in the end it is the same 5 locations with the same 5 enemy types, and considering the movies as reference the game look like a weekend project from few interns. Well, if it didn't hook me up with the beginning, I doubt it will get better moving on. *Currently this Bounty is still in its concept stage, and therefore subject to change. The type of pop they receive will be decided by the amount of upvotes those top 7 posts received! Tier PREDICT THE EXPANSION PACKS! WIN A MUA3 SEASON PASS! CHECK THE OFFICIAL TOPIC FOR RULES ON HOW TO ENTER! Join Our Alliance on DiscordĬheck The Official Topic For Rules! Official LinksĮach month the top 7 contributor(s) will be awarded a pop figure! That is all! Use this subreddit to speculate character rosters, boss battles, and gameplay additions.Ĭhat with others about all things MUA, and get a decent clan together in the hopes that the game will support online play! Community Stuff! There is but one rule on this sub, and thats to "Not Be A Dick." Much of the Marvel Ultimate Alliance community filtered into the Marvel Heroes world, and as a result Marvel Heroes discussion will also be allowed on this subreddit. MUA's Legacy:īesides the 2009 sequel, the Marvel Ultimate Alliance series has served as an inspiration to the MMORPG Marvel Heroes, produced by Gazillion Entertainment between 2013-2017. Not much else is known as of the moment other than the title will indeed be a Nintendo Switch exclusive. Its 2019 release schedule will mark a 10 year period since the release of Marvel Ultimate Alliance to back in September of 2009. ![]() Announced during the 2018 Game Awards, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 is the next installment in the popular Action RPG series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The section with women in "bath tubs" and pipes are really freaky - somehow I can't decide if it's like all women hot springs or some weird women breeding laboratory. I do like how the script looks and wonder what the language is really. There are parts that seem a bit like that's not likely (the zodiac circles for example) but again, no idea. what if I try to write a book that's in my language, with my right hand and as a reflection or something bizarre like that.Īt moments I wondered if perhaps the pictures weren't drawn by a child of the author in some sort of cute collaboration. I am no expert on Leonardo Da Vinci, but given his genius and the known works, this doesn't seem like something he would make - unless perhaps in some very odd state of mind and as an experiment e.g. So that doesn't seem too well thought out. I must again stress the shittines of execution and a little schizophrenic nature of it as there are all those pictures of plans - that had to be drawn first - then the text was added next to it and around it - however it fit. There is a degree of discrepancy between the drawings (which somehow look like a children's drawings in a way) and the script, which is quite neat and straight.Īnother thing which makes me wonder if it's Leonardo's is - would a likely gay guy spend a huge section of a possibly private notebook with insane amount of depictions of naked women? Idk, I find it strange.Ĭonceptually the first and the last part seem almost exactly like a herbarium book (except the plants are drawn) - there is an effort to show the roots etc,so whoever drew them had to have pluck them from the ground and examined. However, given how shitty the drawings are I find it very unlikely it would be his, unless he perhaps used his right hand to draw and a left hand to write. Something about it also hits me as a conlang that is a constructed language, which quite possibly the author was the only speaker and wanted it to remain this way. I've gone through the book and pondered about it and have several thoughts, some are in regards to previous suggestions.Īs a first thing that hit me was "is this scrip LTR?" after a some more it seems that not, but something about it, just didn't sit right with me - then the comment, that it is perhaps a notebook of Leonardo Da Vinci who was left handed make me thing it's possible that if not a LTR language, it was perhaps written by a left handed writer. ![]() |