![]() "The easiest thing would be to just write you the whole story of every character."Įnsuring the Overwatch world makes sense can often be a topic of conversation at the Blizzard Irvine campus studio. "With every bit of the character's backstory, we want to tell them in interesting and dramatic ways in a comic or short story," he said. Starcraft is still an important part of D.Va's life her father was a former Starcraft pro and the two connect over the game. " In January 2018, Chu tweeted that "It's a common misconception, but D.Va wasn't a StarCraft pro before joining MEKA." Chu admits they decided to retcon the lore because "we wanted her to play another game where it would make sense that she would be good at piloting a mech." (It's called "The Sky is Yours" and you can see it in the PC Bang on the Busan map). Va "was a multiple-time world champion at Starcraft. It's the only way they could keep these threads and stories consistent, though that doesn't mean there still aren't mistakes.ĭ.Va was originally described as a Starcraft player who, according to a 2016 blog post, "became the #1 ranked player in the world at the age of 16." During a 2015 Blizzcon panel Chu said that D. To keep the backstories of 29 heroes and other side characters in check, the development team has a book with all of the character's relationships, details and history pre-written. "With a short story or comic we can go for more traditional stories, different characterizations for different things."Ĭhu is in charge of filling out the world of Overwatch and making the characters feel like more than generic good or bad guy stereotypes. "It's hard to do a linear story in the game, so we do more of the voice lines and environment art," Michael Chu, lead writer for Overwatch, told Newsweek at a LEGO event in downtown Manhattan. These stories give fans the opportunity to step inside the minds of these champions of justice or destruction, creating a personal connection with their hero avatars. These hidden-in-plain sight secrets are told outside of the virtual arena through comics, animated shorts and short stories that give the heroes of Overwatch a depth that doesn't necessarily add anything to the gameplay. Just hopping on Xbox, PS4 or, you would have no idea that Roadhog and Junkrat almost nuked Australia, Winston grew up on the moon or Torbjorn has nearly a dozen children. The world of Overwatch is filled with hidden details the average player might know nothing about. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Last year, I wrote about how Cyberpunk 2077 was the first game in a long time to actually bring some extra swag with its normal physical edition. Limited Run Games later sent over both the art book and collector’s edition of Boyfriend Dungeon for us to check out. We posted our “Game Diary/Review” a few weeks ago. I originally received a review code for Boyfriend Dungeon on the Nintendo Switch from Kitfox Games. The Art of Boyfriend Dungeon & Collector’s Edition ![]() I’ve even come across a few other companies in recent years and hope to talk to some of them. I’ve always been a fan of iam8bit and their physical editions as well as their vinyl and other game-related products. I recently talked to the team at Mega Cat Studios, who publish and distribute as well as develop their own original games (which we’ll be sharing more about soon). Limited Run Games is not the only publisher/distributor out there. They also usually release multiple versions of games from the disc or cartridge only version to the special, collector’s and ultimate edition of games. I’ve ordered everything from Game Boy Color to Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64 and current console titles from them. They have even brought back retro and retro-inspired games to both new and retro consoles. LRG publishes and distributes physical versions of many indie and digital-only titles. Limited Run Games (LRG) is a premium publisher of physical games. I even shared some of their recent projects in other posts - Limited Run: The Complete Run Vol 1 I’ve been a big fan of the games and products from Limited Run Games for quite some time. *Check out this article from last year, when I explored the Physical vs Digital phenomenon in more detail. Why do you think so many people create (and watch) “unboxing” videos on YouTube? There’s just something cool about opening boxed physical media. I guess I may be a bit of a collector (or I just enjoy buying stuff). When it comes to my favorite bands, I even go all out and pre-order special formats of new albums. At some point in life I will need a big house with many coffee tables to display all of these art books I have acquired over the years. I have always loved “The Art of” and “Making of” books. ![]() I’m also a fan of when my Blu-ray purchase brings a digital version for convenience - but I also like having that back up physical disc. Still, I do own many of my games digitally. The studio can, for any reason, decide to take a game away from everyone if they wish to. There’s something a little strange about not truly owning a digital version of a game and that sort of freaks me out a bit. I still collect most Marvel (MCU) and Pixar Blu-rays, and any time I’m excited for a big new game release I always check what physical versions will be available (if any). Standard Edition: open pre-order / $39.99Ĭollector’s Edition: open pre-order / $74.Even with most media and entertainment being available digitally (or streaming) these days, I’m still a big fan of physical versions and collector’s editions when it comes to games and movies. The Stallions are coming, and the Digital Kingdom needs a hero. Supervisor program, Motherboard, and her agents have activated the Narita Boy protocol. Him has returned and deleted The Creator’s memories. Meanwhile, inside the binaural code the digital realm connects with reality. Within weeks Narita Boy is the best-selling video game of all time, critically acclaimed for its power-fantasy wielding the Techno-sword and taking players on a journey like no other. The Creator, a genius of his time, creates a video game console called Narita One with its flagship title being a game called Narita Boy.Ĭopies of cartridges are flying off physical shelves worldwide. 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Telescope setup but it's actually drive through the clouds. Linked times should open to the appropriate point in Spotify. ![]() So it's still low when you're in dream sleep but there's another chemical that goes in the opposite direction School Dasa tile choline is the chemical that is actually a malted and Alzheimer's disease and these two chemicals will change essentially the input output direction of information flow into the memory centers of the brain send that makes sense cuz people take that as a nootropic they do actually in Alpha Brain when when you take that it's this been clinically proven to enhance memory, especially verbal memory and recollection of words and things like that. Rhonda Patrick on Joe Rogans podcast The Joe Rogan Experience. It's actually it's a stress chemical in the brain of one of them that get shuts off during dream sleep, which is even if you're panicking like what if you fall off a Building Wealth, what's interesting is that that chemical is low wealth's you're having that dream, but when you wake up at from those in some people often wake up, that's when you have the spike of northrend. Noradrenaline, actually Plymouth the lowest levels. ![]() ![]() ![]() How much you’ll pay depends on what phase you’re in.īefore your insurance kicks in, you’re going to have to pay for all of your medical costs until you hit your deductible. Okay, to fully understand coinsurance, it may help to think of how you pay for health care expenses in phases. So, if you’re mostly healthy and have a good emergency fund in place, it might be a good idea to look for a health plan with higher coinsurance. So you’ll find that most health plans with 70/30 coinsurance have lower premiums than an 80/20 plan. That’s because you’re taking on more risk. Here’s how it works: health plans with higher coinsurance usually have lower monthly premiums. Now, it’s important to remember that your coinsurance ratio directly affects your monthly premium. This is your coinsurance after you reach your deductible. Most folks are used to having a standard 80/20 coinsurance policy, which means you’re responsible for 20% of your medical expenses, and your health insurance will handle the remaining 80%. ![]() When you look at your policy, you’ll see your coinsurance shown as a fraction-something like 80/20 or 70/30. In the simplest terms, coinsurance is the percentage of health care services you’re responsible for paying after you’ve hit your deductible for the year. With coinsurance, you’re splitting the cost of medical services with your health insurance until you reach your out-of-pocket maximum. If you’re one of those puzzled folks or if you just need a refresher, don’t worry-we’ll make it simple. One of the most common questions we hear from people who are trying to understand health insurance jargon and all the different cost factors is, “What does coinsurance mean?” ![]() ![]() However, liquid bait use has been limited owing to the lack of bait dispensers that are effective, inexpensive, and easy to service. Liquid baits are highly attractive to pest ants because they mimic natural food sources such as honeydew and nectar, the principal dietary components of many ants. ![]() Polyacrylamide hydrogels: an effective tool for delivering liquid baits to pest ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).īuczkowski, Grzegorz Roper, Elray Chin, DarrenĪnt management in urban and natural areas often relies on toxic baits. It excluded all insects except ants, required only milligram quantities of toxicant, and eliminated the problem of formulating toxicants into aqueous sugar baits. The virtual bait station exploits the foraging behavior of the ants and provides a low impact approach to control ants in environmentally sensitive habitats. Further modification of the bait station design minimized the accumulation of dead ants in the sucrose solution, significantly improving the longevity and efficacy of the bait station. The delayed toxicity of fipronil deposits allowed the ants to continue foraging on the sucrose solution and to interact with their nestmates, killing them within 3-5 d after exposure. Foraging ants crossed the treated surface to consume the sucrose solution. The pipe was provisioned with an inverted bottle of 25% sucrose solution, then capped, and buried in the sand. The bait station consisted of a polyvinyl chloride pipe that was treated on the inside with fipronil insecticide at low concentrations to obtain delayed toxicity against ants. Conventional pest control strategies are prohibited because of the existence of the protected bird species and the site's proximity to the ocean. The beach is heavily infested with Argentine ants, one of the threats for the California least tern chicks. White Beach is a nesting habitat for an endangered seabird, the California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni Mearns). Our data indicate that of these four baits, Xstinguish and Exterm-an- Ant are the best options for control of Argentine ants in New Zealand.ĭevelopment of virtual bait stations to control Argentine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in environmentally sensitive habitats.Ĭhoe, Dong-Hwan Vetter, Richard S Rust, Michael KĪ novel bait station referred to as a virtual bait station was developed and tested against field populations of the invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), at White Beach, Camp Pendleton, in Oceanside, CA. Our results suggest queen mortality must be assessed in tests for toxic bait efficacy. The baits Advion ant gel and Advion ant bait arena were not effective against Argentine ants in these trials, resulting in ants are likely to be starved. In contrast, 100% queen and worker mortality was observed in colonies starved for 48 h and given Xstinguish or Exterm-an- Ant. After 24-h starvation three of the baits did not result in any queen deaths, with only Exterm-an- Ant producing an average of 25% mortality. In no treatment with 24-h starvation did we observe 100% worker death. ![]() The efficacy of the toxic baits was strongly influenced by starvation. Experimental nests contained 300 workers and 10 queen ants that were starved for either 24 or 48 h before toxic bait exposure. These baits were Xstinguish that has the toxicant fipronil, Exterm-an- Ant that contains both boric acid and sodium borate, and Advion ant gel and Advion ant bait arena that both have indoxacarb. ![]() We studied the efficacy of four toxic baits to the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The efficacy of toxic baits should be judged by their ability to kill entire ant colonies, including the colony queen or queens. Mathieson, Melissa Toft, Richard Lester, Philip J Influence of toxic bait type and starvation on worker and queen mortality in laboratory colonies of Argentine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). ![]() ![]() The figures provided are as a result of official manufacturer's tests in accordance with EU legislation with a fully charged battery. The highest figures refer to the least economical/heaviest set of options. The lowest figures refer to the most economical/lightest set of options. Please contact your local retailer for local availability and prices.įigures are shown as a range under WLTP testing measures. Some vehicles are shown with optional equipment and retailer-fit accessories that may not be available in all markets. Some features may vary between optional and standard for different model years. The information, specification, engines and colours on this website are based on European specification and may vary from market to market and are subject to change without notice. Jaguar Land Rover Limited is constantly seeking ways to improve the specification, design and production of its vehicles, parts and accessories and alterations take place continually, and we reserve the right to change without notice. Please consult your Retailer who will be able to confirm any current restrictions with you in order to allow an informed choice. This is a very dynamic situation, and as a result imagery used within the website at present may not fully reflect current specifications for features, options, trim and colour schemes. The global shortage of semiconductors is currently affecting vehicle build specifications, option availability, and build timings. ![]() ![]() Important note on imagery & specification. Jaguar Land Rover Limited: Registered office: Abbey Road, Whitley, Coventry CV3 4LF. ![]() ![]() If you find it a little tricky to perform a certain gesture, in many cases it will have an alternative that you invoke by holding a key (such as Command or Control) to then perform a simpler gesture. Swish is an app that understands a key problem of MacOS. Perform a gesture and hold your fingers in place for a split second and you will feel another tap (although it is not necessary to wait for this tap to carry out the gesture itself). Place two fingers on your trackpad as you start a gesture and you will feel a gentle tap, signifying Swish is ready for instructions. One of its best features is its use of haptic feedback. There are a lot of small, additional touches that make Swish even better, like its fluid support for multiple desktop spaces and multiple monitors. A gesture of respect Swish makes positioning two apps side by side incredibly easy. It’s so much quicker and easier than Apple’s mediocre keyboard shortcut. Slide your fingers left or right to quickly scan through open apps. Swish’s solution? Tap and hold two fingers on the menu bar and up pops the app switcher. But to go backwards through the list of apps, you have to add the Shift key to the keyboard combo, which requires some awkward finger stretching on the user’s part. Apple’s solution to scrolling through open apps is pressing Command-Tab, which is fine. My favorite gesture, though, has to be the app switcher. If your hand is already on your trackpad, it is a much more efficient shortcut than the default Command-` keyboard shortcut that comes with MacOS. If you have multiple windows of one app, for instance, a quick left or right swipe on the app’s Dock icon switches between these windows. This means there is a lot to learn, but also gives Swish unrivaled flexibility.Īs for Dock gestures, you can perform all the same actions as with an app’s menu bar, plus a few more. For example, a gesture when you are hovering over an app’s title bar may behave differently than when your pointer is over its Dock icon, for example. It uses the location of your cursor to determine which of its gestures can be activated. The title bar gestures are great in themselves, but Swish’s solution is far more robust. There is a lot to learn, but Swish has unrivaled flexibility. That sounds like a lot, but it’s all extremely intuitive. Or spread your fingers apart to maximize the app. Pinch inwards to close the app’s window, and pinch a little further in to quit the app entirely. ![]() ![]() Or swipe down to minimize the app, then move them up on the Dock icon to restore it. You can two-finger swipe to a bottom corner for a four-screen split. You will see a small tool tip appear showing a half-filled rectangle lift your fingers off the trackpad and the app window fills the right-hand portion of your screen. ![]() ![]() Move your cursor to any app’s title bar (located at the top), and perform a two-finger swipe to the right. The idea behind Swish is to use trackpad gestures to quickly snap windows or applications side by side. Taking a swipe at bad shortcuts Digital Trends Not only is it a much quicker way of managing your windows, but it feels far more natural, like a feature that has always come with MacOS. That gives it a serious advantage over rival apps. These are the 10 settings I always change on a new Macħ key settings in macOS Sonoma you should change right now My hopes for a new iMac Pro have been dashed - for now ![]() ![]() In 1858, Vuitton debuted his lightweight, handcrafted canvas trunks, which were sturdy, rugged and equipped with convenient compartments. The most common trunks of the era were round, which weren’t ideal for toting and storing. Long before his brand would become known globally for its exemplary top-handle bags and stylish totes, Vuitton produced stackable and rectangular trunks. The craftsman opened a humble workshop on rue Neuve des Capucines and advertised his services with a small poster that read: “Securely packs the most fragile objects. In 1854, Vuitton launched his namesake company. He toiled as a box maker and packer for more than a decade and built relationships with royals and members of the upper class while working for the empress of France, Eugenie de Montijo. ![]() When he arrived in Paris, Vuitton made a living with his hands. With stops along the way to make money so that he could forge ahead, the journey took a couple of years, but reward was close at hand. The young Vuitton was 13 at the time and would need to travel on foot to get to the capital, which was hundreds of miles away. The company’s modest origins can be traced back to when its founder, Louis Vuitton (1821–92), wishing to free himself from the conventional lifestyle in his provincial French city of Anchay as well as a difficult stepmother, left in the early 1830s to make a new life in Paris. The story behind iconic luxury brand Louis Vuitton - best known for its esteemed handbags, crossbody bags, leather goods, ready-to-wear clothing and more - is one of craft and innovation in the worlds of fashion, jewelry and furniture. ![]() |
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