![]() You can use these resources to upgrade your capabilities. Groups of friendly villager zombies (who have invented hats to avoid the dangers of sunlight) might ask you to defend them from a raid, and reward you with a chest of resources, for example. You can also participate in quests and other events in the open world for resources and other rewards. You can send out allay minions to quickly deconstruct regions of lumber and stone, to save you from having to get into the busy work yourself. Gameplay progression in Minecraft Legends revolves around resources found in the field. But you will most likely be squished into blocky goo. After the initial tutorial, you can simply bypass earlier outposts and try to take on some of the bigger, and more dangerous fortresses. However, this is a true open world sandbox. Initially, you’ll be tasked to take down a Piglin outpost, which protects a dark portal bringing in swarms of reinforcements from the Nether. Minecraft Legends is intended to be strategy first, albeit through a familiar Minecraft lens. You ride atop a steed and have a basic slash attack helping you contribute to battle, but that’s where the action combat essentially ends for your main character. The player controls a hero, who is customizable aesthetically to some degree. It’s a truly impressive feat to see an entire spin-off built in the base engine of Minecraft, to the point where its recognizable in style only. Indeed, Minecraft Legends is entirely based on the Bedrock engine, unlike Minecraft Dungeons which was based on Unreal Engine. The player’s goal is to essentially establish defenses, weaponry, and armies that can gradually work their way up the chain of various Piglin invasion points, which dot a procedurally generated open world landscape. Piglins are essentially pig-men who are perhaps analogous to orcs and the like, swarming in hordes in barbarous (albeit cute) raids on villager settlements for reasons not entirely understood. The primary enemies in Minecraft Legends are the Piglins, who were revamped as part of Minecraft’s Nether Update a little while ago. During the show, I caught up with the game's creative director Magnus Nedfors and executive producer Dennis Ries to find out more about how it plays, and I would discover its ascent to the top of my most anticipated upcoming Xbox games list.įor our demonstration, we were treated to an early play session that showcases some of the game’s general flow. ![]() Minecraft Legends is a unique strategy game which, despite the ability to run around and swing a sword, is very much rooted in building, resources, and commanding armies than it is hack n' slash. ![]() As I found out at Gamescom, the reason for that is there’s simply very little out there like it. The difference between this and Minecraft Legends is, that even with gameplay footage of Legends, I still wasn’t exactly sure what kind of game it is. It wasn’t until the actual gameplay reveal that I realized it was more in line with Diablo and other action RPGs, putting an end to the haze. I noted the four players, the hordes of mobs, and made an assumption that it was something in the vein of Left 4 Dead or Vermintide, where teams run a gauntlet through swarms of enemies. Dimensions: 25.2 in (H) X 9.5 in (W) X 9.I recall feeling similarly about Minecraft Dungeons when that was announced.Official Minecraft Merchandise (Creeper).And that means the only sssSSSSssss you'll hear from this Creeper will be when you crack open a cold one. ![]() ![]() With two separate compartments, this compact refrigerator lets you store snacks up top and sodas down below or vice versa. Keep it next to your rig in your gaming space, next to your bed in your dorm room, or under your desk in your office. This thermoelectric cooler keeps your favorite beverages chilled to the perfect temperature so you'll never have to step away from your mining and building adventures again. Even if this creeper didn't have a function, it'd be an impressive piece of home decor for your gaming space. MINECRAFT GREEN CREEPER FIGURAL MINI FRIDGE THERMOELECTRIC COOLER If you think Minecraft is cool, prove it with this 2-foot-tall Minecraft Legends Creeper Mini Fridge, ready to serve you and your fellow gamers a cold drink. ![]()
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![]() The seller joked in a June 1st update on the listing that they also has Szechuan Sauce from McDonald's where the nugget originated and said they'd send some over as a bonus to the buyer if the winning bidder requested it, so perhaps someone's about to enjoy an Among Us nugget with some Szechuan Sauce soon. Sold by an eBay seller who goes by polizna, the listing for the item shows the final selling price with the chicken nugget marked as "sold." Based on what polizna said in the descriptions of the item, the nugget will now be frozen and air-sealed before being shipped to the buyer for them to hopefully store somewhere safe, but perhaps they'll just eat it anyway. In June 2021, a chicken nugget from a McDonalds BTS Meal shaped like a character from the video game Among Us sold for US99,997. On May 28th, somebody listed a chicken nugget shaped like a character from the gaming phenomenon Among Us on eBay. One item in particular, a chicken nugget shaped like a crewmate from the multiplayer online game Among Us, was auctioned off on eBay for nearly 100,000, a story that was quickly. The selling price for the nugget was $99,997, a price that got much higher than anyone probably anticipated after the nugget was first listed on eBay as an item to cast bids on. ![]() With exactly 184 bids placed on the item, the sale ended early on Friday morning. ![]() ![]() The saga of the Among Us chicken nugget shaped like a Crewmate from the hit party game has presumably come to an end with the nugget finally being sold on eBay. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Slice of Joy Cards may be redeemed on a future visit to a The Cheesecake Factory restaurant from - for one complimentary slice of either cheesecake or layer cake. ![]() Slice of Joy Cards will be electronic for online purchases and physical for purchases made in restaurant. 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So I calculated my savings using that information.)ĭiaper stockpiling has helped us save so much simply because it means that I never had to pay full price for either diapers or wipes. (I didn’t keep exact track, but I know I never paid more than $5 for a pack of diapers or $1 for a pack of wipes and many times got them for much less than that. In fact, I estimate that I saved at least $225, possibly as much as $350, on a year’s supply of diapers and wipes for each child! ![]() ![]() But one of the ways that I have saved significantly on the cost for all four of our children is by having a diaper stockpile. There are lots of different ways that you can save on diapers and wipes. There are affiliate links in this post for your convenience. Save hundreds by learning how to build a diaper stockpile! Includes a diaper stockpile chart to help you know how many diapers you’ll need. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are a couple other quick points of interest though! Although some parts of the official translation still mystify me – like, what the heck is “You have no chance to survive make your time?” supposed to mean? The basic translation I’ve provided needs some polishing work, but it shows what the original script was going for… and possibly shows how the official translation wound up the way it did. ![]() So, let’s take a look at the text side-by-side: Japanese TextĮngineer: It appears someone has planted explosives.Ĭommunications Operator: Captain! We’ve received a transmission!Ĭommunications Operator: Incoming visual on the main screen.ĬATS: With the help of Federation government forces, CATS has taken all of your bases.ĬATS: The end is nigh for your ship as well.ĬATS: We are grateful for your cooperation.ĬATS: Treasure what little time you have left to live….ĬATS: You have no chance to survive make your time.Ĭaptain: All ZIGs are ordered to launch!!Ĭaptain: Our only option now is to entrust this to them.Ĭaptain: May there be hope for our future… But nope, the Japanese version has a Japanese script… and it actually comes off as kind of cool when paired with the cinematics of the opening scene! ![]() We’ve seen before that old Japanese games would often write everything in English ( example), so at first I assumed that maybe the Japanese version of Zero Wing was that way too. Anyway, I’m sure Zero Wing’s text has been analyzed and re-translated and all that stuff for a long time now, but just for fun I thought I’d take a look at this famous scene too! Intro Script ![]() ![]() ![]() Template-based designs can sometimes look generic Canva also has a mobile app, which offers a pared-down version of the same functionality.īest for: Basic, quick, professional-looking designsĪvailable on: Web mobile app 7. However, because it's template-based, the designs can sometimes look a little generic. It's a great tool for beginners and those with limited time because you can create professional-looking designs really easily and quickly. It provides templates you can choose from and has a very user-friendly drag-and-drop interface. Thousands of free photos, videos, and graphicsĬanvas can't be resized once you've started workingĬanva is a web-based software, which has the advantage of saving to the cloud so your designs are available on any device you log in on. SUMO Paint has many of the same tools and features as Adobe Photoshop, although its strength lies in its illustration capabilities.īest for: Digital illustration basic image editingĪvailable on: Web, mobile app Free online graphic design software 6. It also has quite powerful photo editing tools, but many of those features are exclusive to the paid version. It's a web app that's great for digital drawing. SUMO Paint is another great free Photoshop alternative. Many features only available in the paid version The designs can be created quickly and look neat and professional, but because they are based on templates and elements, they're difficult to customise and you may struggle to create something unique.īest for: Infographics data visualisationĬan be slow when working with large files It has a simple drag-and-drop interface and is suitable for total beginners. Only low-quality downloads on free versionĮaselly is a specialised web-based design tool used for creating infographics and visualising data. It’s extremely quick and responsive, even when working with fairly large files.īest for: Quick and simple image edits and designsĪvailable on: Windows Free digital drawing software 4. It doesn’t have as advanced functionality as some of the more complex apps, but there are many plugins available to expand the features to your needs. Paint.NET is free raster graphics editing software and a more advanced version of the well-known Paint app by Microsoft. Plugins available to increase functionalityĬan only view and edit one image at a time Level of expertise required: Low to MediumĪvailable on: Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and Chrome OS 3. It also supports vector artwork.īest for: Digital painting and 2D animation Krita is designed for ease of use with a drawing tablet, although it is possible to use the software without a drawing tablet. It's most useful for 2D animation and digital painting. Krita is an open-source raster graphics editor. KritaĪ learning curve when using brush presets There is a steep learning curve if you haven’t used similar software before, but there are many tutorials available online.īest for: Graphic design with full featuresĪvailable on: Windows, Mac, Linux 2. However, you can edit the source code to customise it, and there are hundreds of third-party plugins you can find if you’re looking for specific functionality. ![]() The open-source software is quite well known as a free Photoshop alternative, although it doesn’t have as many features. It is used for editing and enhancing images as well as full-scale graphic design work. Gimp is probably one of the most popular free graphic design software tools. ![]() ![]() The game takes up 59 blocks of Wii Memory in the United States and 64 blocks of memory in Europe. The Fire Wall attack from enemies has changed color.There are a few spots where one will see weird visual glitches, such as in battles where it will cover the main characters for a bit.There is more slowdown in the game, which is pretty significant in some portions, such as the boss fight with JJJ.The changes made to the Wii version of the game from its original SNES release are few and fairly insignificant, but here is a short list of some of the changes or differences: The game is compatible with the Wii Classic Controller and the Nintendo GameCube controller. ![]() Timed Hits can be made harder to perform when playing with a Classic Controller due to the face buttons on the controller being raised higher.The Mokuka enemy in Land's End can appear as a blue cloud instead of just white.Instead of being red/orange and white it is now red and black/translucent. Thus it takes a longer amount of time for one to press the button down all the way. This can make timing harder to do if one is playing with the Classic Controller or Nintendo GameCube Controller. Super Mario RPG is one of the most unique RPGs for its time, and is still unconventional today. This is due to the fact that Super Mario RPG incorporates jumping elements into all aspects of its gameplay from traversing the overworld, to fighting battles, the developers worked hard to make the game feel like a Mario game, and that meant a significant portion of the game needed to utilize the typical Mario gameplay of jumping. The gameplay is similar to that of later game Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga on the Game Boy Advance. The game is seen from an isometric perspective and the game gives the player the freedom to jump on objects. ![]() ![]() ![]() Then I want to reformat the moved and enlarged D partition and install windows 7. ![]() I was hoping to enlarge the D: (15GB), move it to the end (after the C partition), shift the C partition to the left to take up the space from that was vacated when I moved the D partition. This is my the boot drive and where all my programs and data are stored. (3) The 3rd partition is a 683 GB NTFS with a drive letter of C. I knew this was a backup of the OS as it was when it was shipped to me. (2) The next partition is a 15GB NTFS called Dell Recovery. What is this? Could it be the diagnostic and memory test routines?. It is a 54.8 MB FAT16 partition with a volume label of Dell Utility. (1) Something called an OEM Service Volume. Whwn I run the partition software it shows my physical hard drive with 3 partitions in this order. To help with this I bought a copy of Paragon Partition Manager Personal 10.0. After I get everything re-installed and working OK I plan to get rid of Vista. I plan to Install Windows 7 64 Bit into a new partition. Sincerely, R.I have an XPS 420 with Vista Ultimate SP2 32 BIT. My laptop is high-end: 16GB memory, Intel i7 processor, 512SSD. Perhaps I am missing some item(s) of detail, but I would be grateful for some guidance. Contrary to my impression, it is NOT EASY - if even possible - to have SystemRescue in a Windows 10 setting. Then finally at the last minute rufus says there are 2 missing files that have to be separately kept because this ISO is a Syslinux based system which is incompatible with new releases. Next, the menu is unclear as to the decision for MBR or UEFI boot style. I found out the hard way: by dragging and dropping from the file location. Sadly, I found the instructions for running RUFUS (the recommended method of creating the USB on Windows) inaccurate: the menu does NOT prompt for where the downloaded ISO file is. I have enjoyed reading your article on SystemRescue, and having been impressed with what it can do, I proceeded to study the websites for downloading SystemRescue and installing it onto a USB flash drive for ease of use especially in a Windows 10 environment. When the tool initially boots, you will see the default menu, allowing you to choose from multiple options. Getting started with the SystemRescue ISO is simply booting from the ISO image on a virtual machine or writing the ISO image to a USB drive using a tool like Rufus. ![]() Network tools include Samba, NFS, ping, nslookup, and others to troubleshoot and back up your data to network storage.Rsync has long been used for remote backups.Memtest is a good tool to run after a system crash to ensure memory is not the culprit.Test-disk checks for deleted partitions supports reiserfs, ntfs, fat32, ext3/ext4 and others.Ntfs3g: When working with NTFS volumes, this utility enables read/write access to NTFS partitions.File systems tools: Various tools that allow formatting, resizing, and debugging hard drive partitions. ![]()
![]() ![]() This covers most browsers released in past year or so. The one and primary requirement of program is a modern browser.While program will do it's best to not break anything, I suggest to make backups of profiles at least once in a while. ![]() Program is backwards compatible - for earlier versions of game format is kept intact, meaning that loading and saving a 1.2.0 profile would keep it 1.2.0-compatible.This also means that program will work offline if page is cached. Despite being web-based, program does not involve uploading or downloading files to/from a server - as soon as the page is loaded, there's no further interaction with server.So one could say that it's pretty good, right?Ī list of things that I thought you may want to know: In short, it's a stylish editor which works right in browser. If nothing worked after these, leave a detailed reply, or (better) a short video-capture of steps taken.Verify that you are actually changing the correct files (and not ones from other user account, for example).If that fails, ensure that you have no other programs working with file at the moment. Try saving the output file under a different name and then copying it over the source file. ![]()
![]() ![]() It is also important to understand the scope of the problem on a longer timeline: a 38-cent gap for Black women balloons to nearly one million in lost income over the course of a 40-year career, undoubtedly contributing to the prolonged entrenchment of this nation’s racial wealth gap. The lived experiences of this disparity are profoundly compounded by the reality that women of color are disproportionately living in poverty, facing unemployment, and violently policed by the family regulation regime. ![]() While women collectively earn approximately 82 cents for every dollar a man earns, that figure drops to 62 cents for Black women, 54 cents for Latina women, and 57 cents for Indigenous women. ![]() The consequences of the gender pay gap are particularly salient when the data is disaggregated by race. Although some progress has been made to close the gap over the last several decades, that momentum has slowed and the disparity has remained largely stable over the last 15 years. Historically, women’s work has been systemically undervalued and undercompensated, and regardless of the type of work they perform, their education level, or their experience, women are paid less than men. This is the day that, on average, women have caught up to the amount white men earned in 2021. ![]() |
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