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This Young Justice: Outsiders review contains spoilers and some discussion of domestic violence. If you or a loved one needs help escaping or processing domestic violence, please visit the National Domestic Violence Hotline. Young Justice Season 3 Episode 20 “This Be The Verse” by Philip Larkin has been quoted a couple of times in comics – once that I can remember in Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie’s The Wicked + The Divine, and once in Multiversity....

What is Google Cardboard? Best Google Cardboard rivals: Which cheap VR headset should you buy? Google Cardboard review: The cornerstone of mobile VR Here are the Star Wars Cardboard headsets Google Cardboard Camera app: What you need to know What are 360-degree videos? 360-degree cameras: The best VR cams, no matter your budget How do you watch 360-degree videos in Cardboard? Get your Google Cardboard viewer (see above). Download and open the YouTube app....

What Does Hairball Mean? In IT, pros use the term “hairball” to refer to any jumbled, confusing, inefficient or unnecessarily large piece of code, or for some other tangled mess. When applied to code, “hairball” implies a number of things, including a lack of utility and a lack of user friendly design. Techopedia Explains Hairball When people talk about a hairball, they may be talking about code that is poorly written....

What Does Load Partitioning Mean? Load partitioning is a method of partitioning and dividing the load on a database such as to increase the performance and efficiency of a system. It improves the manageability and the availability of the information on a particular system. With this method, adding of data into a table becomes quick, easy and convenient. Techopedia Explains Load Partitioning Load partitioning helps in easy transforming and loading of data....

What Does OpenJDK Mean? OpenJDK is an open-source version of the Java development kit. The Java development kit is a key resource for applications utilizing the Java platform. As a key Java tool, OpenJDK is extremely useful in a software development context, and relatable to the diverse tech stacks that developers work with as they innovate Java-based apps, features and microservices. Techopedia Explains OpenJDK Essential functions of the Java development kit involve helping developers to compile source code and packaging application components....

Gamers were subjected to a number of bad video game movies in 2016 like Assassin’s Creed and Warcraft, but how does the future look for game-to-film adaptations? It’s no secret that the bulk of video game movies are met with scathing reviews, and with a few exceptions, many also bomb at the box office. However, at the start of 2016, there were those that believed that video game film adaptations would finally buck the trend of being considered bad movies, with promising films like Ratchet & Clank, Assassin’s Creed, Warcraft, and others....

Gamers all over were given a real blast-from-the-past during the second day of Comic-Con@Home as the long-dormant video game network G4TV teased a return in some form. A video tweeted out over the network’s official Twitter account leads viewers through a warehouse filled with gaming paraphernalia before landing on a video of the game Pong. This is followed by the phrase, “We never stopped playing” and the year 2021, clearly hinting at a return for the network....

Due to the recent proliferation of malfeasance and overreach by the hands of companies like EA and Activision with Star Wars Battlefront 2 and Destiny 2’s manipulative in-game monetization schemes, Monster Hunter World fans are surely thankful that the game won’t have any kind of microtransaction or loot box system in place at launch. With this being the case, the RPG series’ producer Ryozo Tsujimoto recently decided to clear the air as to why the forthcoming title will eschew the controversial concept altogether....

One of the more surprising announcements from the latest Nintendo Direct was Star Wars: Hunters. We were all tuning in for Zelda news (with varying degrees of satisfaction) and expected a bunch of ports, but a free-to-play Star Wars arena shooter was a true surprise. Yet that’s exactly what Star Wars: Hunters promises with its very brief teaser and press release. To be exact, the copy I have says “Build a team from a cast of unique and all-new Star Wars characters – from daring bounty hunters to heroes of the Rebellion and Imperial stormtroopers....

This article contains Batwoman spoilers. While we eagerly await Javicia Leslie’s exciting debut as Ryan Wilder, the new titular hero of Batwoman, another major development for Batwoman season 2 has flown under the radar. Will Luke Fox be stepping up as Batwing? Fans have been eager to see Batwing since the name Luke Fox was first associated with the project. The appearance of #SwoleLuke on Earth-99 during the Crisis on Infinite Earths who had a distinctly different (yet all-too-familiar) personality and hinted at his own history of heroism and/or romance with that Earth’s Bruce Wayne only served to stoke the fires further....

Xbox has always been at the forefront of user-friendly services within its platforms, as the features through the years that focus on making gaming life easier, cheaper, and better for Xbox gamers are seemingly endless. Backward compatibility on the Xbox One and being able to play games as far back as original Xbox titles is a great way to ensure fans game enjoy the classics. Xbox Game Pass is a subscription service that allows tons of Xbox games to be playable, including all 1st party content on day one, with the list going on forever as so much of Xbox’s brand has been about goodwill towards the players by way of great services and features....

As the Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 Series of graphics cards gradually come to the market, gamers who prefer laptops have been left waiting for information on how the Ampere architecture might improve their gaming performance. Positive news may have arrived in the form of a leak, showing an image of a reported sample for the RTX 3070 Mobility GPU. The leak appeared at the Chinese NGA forums, showing what appears to be an Nvidia GA104 processor in mobile form, complete with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory....

On a tidal wave of success and global popularity, the director sensation John Woo chose Face/Off to be his prime Hollywood thrust. The man spearheaded an entire genre a decade before, the “Hong Kong action movie”, very recently referred to as “gun fu,” and was applying his consummate talents to the West. In the wrong hands, Face/Off could have been another flop, especially if they kept the original stars Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger (imagine the body morphing necessary for that face swap), but Woo wisely chose John Travolta and Nicholas Cage as the main leads instead....

The director of the Witcher 3, Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, announced his resignation from CD Projekt following an investigation into allegations of workplace bullying. According to Bloomberg, Tomaszkiewicz has been under investigation for mobbing, the Polish term for bullying, for several months. Tomaszkiewicz denies these allegations and was found to be not guilty by that investigation, but according to an internal email sent to CD Projekt staff, he has decided to leave the company....

Decades ago, in Uncanny X-Men #168, Kitty Pryde dared to say something bold yet true, “Charles Xavier is a jerk!” She was right, and the world has been better for it. Professor Charles Xavier’s jerkdom transcends all media he has made an appearance in; it’s that powerful. He is an omega level clown, which is probably why he treats his X-Men like circus acts. You have to wow those humans in hopes of getting them to treat you like your mutant life matters, at least according to Xavier’s teachings....

It hasn’t been an easy few years for fans of the Fable franchise. Since Lionhead Studios was closed down by Microsoft, the popular IP has been bounced around in discussions with little indication it would ever see another title added to its polarizing lineage. For many, the much-maligned Fable 3 and the failure of Fable Legends were enough of an indicator of the series’ direction that its inglorious death has been viewed as merciful....

Now that Xbox Series S is finally unveiled, fans now have a clear picture on the purpose of the system. Alongside Xbox Series X, the Series S is the budget-friendly Xbox console releasing this fall, but is still fully capable of playing the same games. While the slight graphical downgrade may be a turn off for some, the nearly identical processing capabilities makes the Xbox Series S just as good of a deal as Xbox Game Pass....

An image of a white Xbox Series X controller circulating through the feeds of Xbox fans has rumors flying that it is a prototype controller for a white Xbox Series X console, and Microsoft’s response to the speculation is puzzling. In a statement to The Verge, a Microsoft spokesperson said regarding the controller, “We have nothing further to share at this time.” That’s about as much of a non-answer as can be given, and is understandable considering how high the stakes are in console development....

While PS4 owners in North America are already taking advantage of the console’s Twitch and Ustream streaming capabilities, their Xbox One counterparts will have to wait a little longer for such a feature to hit their next-gen console. Yes, native gameplay streaming will not be available on the Xbox One at launch. Although Twitch streaming will not be available at launch, gamers will, however, be able to watch a selection of Twitch streams straight from their console....

Design Xiaomi: 164.3 x 74.6 x 8.1 mm - 196 grams OnePlus: 160.7 x 74.1 x 8.4 mm - 188 grams Xiaomi: Corning Gorilla Glass Victus on the front OnePlus: Corning Gorilla Glass 5 on the front Xiaomi: Horizon Blue, Cloud White, Midnight Gray, Special Edition Blue, Gold, Violet OnePlus: Aquamarine Green, Lunar Silver, Cyberpunk 2077 Edition Display Xiaomi: 6.81-inch 20:9 ratio AMOLED display OnePlus: 6.55-inch 20:9 ratio AMOLED display Xiaomi: QHD+ (3200 x 1400) resolution - 515ppi OnePlus: FHD+ (2400 x 1080) resolution - 402ppi Both: HRD10+ compatible and maximum 120Hz refresh rate Software Xiaomi: MIUI 12 - based on Android 11 OnePlus: Oxygen OS 11 - based on Android 11 Performance and battery Xiaomi: Snapdragon 888 processor OnePlus: Snapdragon 865 processor Both: 5G support Xiaomi: 8GB/128GB, 8GB/256GB and 12GB/256GB RAM/storage options OnePlus: 8GB/128GB and 12GB/256GB RAM/storage options Xiaomi: 4600mAh - 55W wired and 50W wireless charging OnePlus: 4500mAh - 65W wired Warp Charge Cameras Xiaomi: triple camera system 108MP f/1....