James Davenport, Editor: I think a Star Wars flavored game about collecting different colors of Stormtrooper armor would be great. Warp the shape a bit, make the eye slots bigger, maybe even smaller. Half of my interest in Star Wars is purely visual, anchored to cool space people in cool space outfits. Give me a gun, put me behind cover, and let me dress nice. Do what The Division could never do and get me invested in my little guy beyond what kinda numbers they're packing. The Division 2 is gorgeous and feels great in the hands, but it's a truly shit fiction wrapped in faded jeans and tactical vests with 100 pockets. Nothing about it is cool. Star Wars, as much as I get peeved about repackaged nostalgia, is at least nice to look at and listen to. … [Read more...] about What do we want from Ubisoft’s open world Star Wars game?
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The best parts of Borderlands 3 are hidden in its DLC
Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck Krieg's another DLC character from Borderlands 2, added in the "Psycho Pack" and introduced in a memorable trailer called A Meat Bicycle Built for Two. In the Fantastic Fustercluck, you travel inside his mind to find the source of the psychosis that afflicts Pandora. The first level is a Disney-bright meadow with a giant version of Krieg looming over it, hurling raiders at you. Some of them ride huge bullets like they're in Dr. Strangelove, others just swing axes and shout nonsense. … [Read more...] about The best parts of Borderlands 3 are hidden in its DLC
India’s best: He wanted to feed India’s masses
In the year 1947, a month after independence, Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan's elder brother tied the knot in Tiruchirapalli, and the rules stipulated only 30 guests could be served during wedding feasts as the nation was reeling under an acute food shortage. Banana leaves were counted and arrests made in case the organisers violated the rules. Hurt by the food rationing and the fallout of the 1942-43 Bengal famine, MS decided to study and do research in agriculture. Instead of choosing the easy way out by becoming a farmer, he felt, as a scientist he would be able to 'shape the future', by preventing food shortage. … [Read more...] about India’s best: He wanted to feed India’s masses
The Tragic Fate of Ukraine’s Antonov, Once a Legendary Name in Aeronautics
The planes have a 50,000 flight hour working life (meaning 10,000 flights or 45 calendar years). But every 4,000 hours, their certification must be renewed by Antonov. The problem, according to Expert, is that "Antonov has failed to carry out this work, or to send experts to carry out technical inspections. Informally, Russian experts are saying that this is being done to pump up the price of certification." "But they clearly miscalculated," the magazine emphasized. The Russian Defense Ministry has already begun efforts to ensure that its 20 An-124 aircraft will be inspected by OAK subsidiary Ilyushin. Volga-Dnepr has not been so fortunate, and Ukraine has already promised to try to ban their flights abroad. … [Read more...] about The Tragic Fate of Ukraine’s Antonov, Once a Legendary Name in Aeronautics
PM Modi announces Rs 1,000-crore ‘Startup India Seed Fund’
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A framework for a comprehensive energy storage policy in India
By Akhilesh MagalIndia has recently announced to achieve more than 450 Gigawatt (GW) of renewables by 2030. In contrast, the current installed power capacity in the country currently stands at 370 GW, which includes about 88 GW of renewables. This implies that the 2030 target would necessitate a compound annual growth rate of over 17 per cent. This may be a tough task, especially in light of the fact that the country is likely to miss its target of 175 GW of renewables by 2022.However, it is preceded by the technical challenge of integrating such a vast amount of renewable energy into the grid. This is especially true given the fact that the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has suggested that India does not need any further thermal power plants, so incremental capacity must come from renewables. The states of Gujarat and Chhattisgarh have announced that they will not be adding any coal power plants in the near future, in part because most of their thermal assets are currently … [Read more...] about A framework for a comprehensive energy storage policy in India
‘Homegrown insurgency’: General McChrystal compares MAGA rioters to Al-Qaeda – saying they also followed a ‘powerful leader’ – and claims that ‘Stop the Steal’ is a rallying cry like the Lost Cause was after the Civil War
'Similarly, the people behind January 6, 2021, mobilized right-wing extremists of every stripe - white supremacists, neo-Nazis, QAnon, anti-Semites, antigovernment militias, xenophobes, anti-feminists - and brought them together as a movement in what amounted to a Woodstock festival for extremists. … [Read more...] about ‘Homegrown insurgency’: General McChrystal compares MAGA rioters to Al-Qaeda – saying they also followed a ‘powerful leader’ – and claims that ‘Stop the Steal’ is a rallying cry like the Lost Cause was after the Civil War
The Burning Question That Drove David Fincher’s Decades-Long Journey To Make ‘Mank’
Related Story Herman And Joe Mankiewicz Biography By Relative And Filmmaker Nick Davis Looks To Ride 'Mank' Wave With 2021 Publication Date In a year of unprecedented disruption, when the very survival of the theatrical experience is just one of a myriad of anxieties plaguing the film industry, perhaps it should have come as no surprise that David Fincher would be the person to deliver an at-home experience that so cannily replicated the trip to a cinema that few of us have been able to actually make. Irony, contradiction and prescience, after all, are all in Fincher’s wheelhouse. This is the director that once slipped Fight Club’s anti-corporate ideals past Rupert Murdoch and woke the world up to the lawlessness of Silicon Valley’s club of billionaires with The Social Network. Why shouldn’t he use Netflix, an outlet he’s become increasingly comfortable with since delivering the streamer’s first original series House of Cards in 2013, to bring … [Read more...] about The Burning Question That Drove David Fincher’s Decades-Long Journey To Make ‘Mank’
Watch Out: Progressives are eyeing the last slice of the budget
In the course of debate over the July proposal, Pocan labelled the defense budget “bloated.” Yet at no time did he or his progressive allies discuss the growing national security threats posed by an aggressive Chinese Communist Party, a resurgent Russia and perpetual bad boys Iran and North Korea. An informed discussion of the defense budget must start with the current threats to U.S. security interests, which are significant and trending worse. … [Read more...] about Watch Out: Progressives are eyeing the last slice of the budget
I looked at all the ways Microsoft Teams tracks users and my head is spinning
Not Everyone On The Teams Is Happy. Some employees are clearly worried about the extent of Teams' potential surveillance work. A Reddit thread last year offered a small glimpse into employees' concerns. Sample: "Since moving to full-time remote working, I can't shake feeling my boss is using Teams to monitor and evaluate our productivity. Is this something I should be concerned about or am I paranoid?" … [Read more...] about I looked at all the ways Microsoft Teams tracks users and my head is spinning