Early last week, we went hands-on with Titanfall, and we liked what we played…a lot. And very soon it will be general gamers’ turn to try out the title as part of the closed beta. But, since not everyone will get in, we thought we’d take this opportunity to share any and everything we learned about the game. Like most gamers, we had a lot of questions about Titanfall going in, and our hands-on time with the game answered almost of all of them....
What Does INTERCAL Mean? The Compiler Language with no Pronounceable Acronym, or INTERCAL, is a programming language developed in the early 1970s by Princeton University students Don Woods and James Lyon. Unlike other computer languages of its time, this one is classified as a parody, with many unnecessary and confusing elements meant to poke fun at the software design conventions of that era. Even the name, INTERCAL, is a parody, since the actual name of the language in no way corresponds to the letters in the acronym....
What Does Naive Bayes Mean? A naive Bayes classifier is an algorithm that uses Bayes’ theorem to classify objects. Naive Bayes classifiers assume strong, or naive, independence between attributes of data points. Popular uses of naive Bayes classifiers include spam filters, text analysis and medical diagnosis. These classifiers are widely used for machine learning because they are simple to implement. Techopedia Explains Naive Bayes A naive Bayes classifier uses probability theory to classify data....
At first blush, Aggretsuko is just another hyper-cutesy brand from Sanrio, the folks behind Hello Kitty. Retsuko the red panda is stuck in a terrible office job during the day, and works out her angst by singing death metal at karaoke. That premise was the franchise’s initial concept, presented as animated shorts for a couple of years starting in 2016. In the time since, however, the series has found great popularity as a 10-minute episode serialized show by studio Fanworks....
This article contains House of the Dragon episode 3 spoilers. It is no small thing when a king goes hunting. As author George R.R. Martin is no doubt relieved to see—after previously suggesting the depiction of a king’s hunt in Game of Thrones was one of his great regrets—King Viserys’ chase during last night’s House of the Dragon was quite the spectacle. When a stag finally fell beneath the gaze of Viserys (Paddy Considine), there were horses and hounds, broad pavilion tents and bards to sing in them....
Epic Games’ battle royale Fortnite is officially three weeks into its latest season of content: Chapter 2, Season 3 - Splashdown. It is still going strong with new additions like extra punch cards thanks to the 13.20 update, but even so some fans are undoubtedly wondering when the flooded map will finish draining so something new can begin in Season 4. Lots of content coming throughout the rest of Splashdown has been leaked by dataminers, especially after the recent update....
Considered by some to be the best game in the series, Final Fantasy IX does a lot that other games in the franchise don’t do. The predominantly younger cast with mostly teenagers and 20-somethings has to save the world (of course). But the game addresses loneliness, existentialism, and mortality in heartbreaking yet earnest ways. It is also set in a medieval period, but not quite the same one as Final Fantasy Tactics or Final Fantasy XII....
The closed beta for VALORANT has been a blast so far. Players are now well-accustomed to the Agents and maps, but which of the three battlefields is considered the best? The answer can fall into a subjective realm of preference, so below we will explore the strengths and weaknesses of each. Split We will start with Split, which is a great-looking map featuring high altitudes and a difficult learning curve. A common defensive strategy is to camp the callout points “Heaven” and “Hell” in order to cover the plant sites....
Pokemon, Castlevania, Persona, DOTA: Dragon’s Blood, Steins;Gate - all anime or animated series based on popular video games that are almost unanimously critically acclaimed. While video game movies don’t always do particularly well, fantasy and sci-fi titles have traditionally fared much better when translated into episodic anime, which is far more capable of adapting side quests, branching narratives, and so on. Of all the games out there, though, I can’t for the life of me understand why we’ve never had an authentic Dragon Age anime....
With Halloween right around the corner, it makes sense that Fortnite’s skins are seemingly dark and eerie - or at least tied to the festive holiday. Season 6’s final Battle Pass skin is a werewolf, which complements some of the other skins released thus far (Red Riding Hood, for example). However, some additions to Fortnite are on the lighter, more wintry side of the spectrum. For some, these additions seemingly suggest that season 7 could potentially have a theme related to Christmas....
If you’re gaming on PC, you’re most likely doing it on Windows. Steam’s latest hardware and software survey revealed that nearly 90% of users are on Windows 10, which makes it the most gamed-on OS outside of consoles. It makes sense for Windows to cater directly to gamers. Thus, Microsoft is toying with the idea of customization options during Windows 10 setup that will optimize the operating for its intended usage....
Daydreaming about finding the perfect partner is something almost everyone does at some point in their life. For gamers, they may even wonder about how it would be to date or see their favourite character in a relationship with their friend. It’s no surprise that many people talk about Geralt, especially since relationships are a hotly debated part of the Witcher franchise. What would it be like to date Geralt of Rivia, would he be able to fall in love with a normal human?...
Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984 made $3 million at the domestic box office this weekend, a -45% drop from the previous weekend. Despite the first Wonder Woman film making more than $800 million worldwide, DC fans haven’t seemed to turn out for the latest entry. Tenet reportedly lost more than $100 million for Warner Bros. earlier in the year, and Wonder Woman 1984 was one of the first major films to open in theaters since....
World of Warcraft players likely still have at least a few months until Shadowlands officially releases sometime in 2020 Q4, but fans of Azeroth are already learning a ton about the upcoming content. Beta testing is well under on the public test realms and, along with some major WoW story spoilers, fans are able to learn a lot about how the classes are going to play after the impending level squish and the usual class balance tweaks that come with any major expansion....
A recent leak unveils the details for an upcoming World of Warcraft: Shadowlands expansion, Chains of Domination. Originally a Blizzcon 2021 reveal, the leak for World of Warcraft comes from Blizzard’s event press kits. This weekend BlizzCon 2021 is going to be the first one that is entirely digital. Recently, Blizzard revealed the schedule for the event which showed multiple panels for the gaming company’s main series. In that list is World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, the massive multiplayer online game set in a fantasy world....
When it comes to sports video games, the WWE games have always fit in a peculiar space between simulation and arcade experience. It speaks to the nature of the company’s productions, as each WWE show combines elements of incredible athleticism with sometimes overh-the-top showmanship. Considering how many WWE games have been produced over the years, there’s usually a pretty good balance of entertainment and authenticity that keeps fans coming back whenever a new game releases....
Xbox Game Pass subscribers are now able to pre-download EA Play titles. Gamers can access the games on November 10, the same day as the launch of the Xbox Series X. Xbox and EA announced a partnership only a few months ago, bringing EA Play to Xbox Game Pass for free. The partnership continues to bolster Xbox Game Pass’s already impressive selection of titles. The Verge’s Tom Warren posted a tweet stating that Game Pass subscribers can start loading up EA Play’s catalog before next week’s launch....
As the launch dates for next-gen consoles grow closer and closer, Xbox players have grown more excited for the release of the upcoming Xbox Series X. Players have been eagerly anticipating every drop of news that has been releasing recently as outlets and content creators have released videos of early impressions and unboxings. Now it seems that Xbox wants to escalate this fervor by giving away an Xbox product that fans seem to have been clamoring for since the console was first revealed....
Xbox has famously struggled to find a foothold in the Japanese gaming market. It made a huge push for Japanese gamers in the Xbox 360 era by commissioning Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and his Mistwalker studio to create exclusives like Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, but that didn’t really translate to Xbox 360 console sales. Now with new consoles on the horizon, Xbox is renewing its focus on Japan, making various moves designed to help it become more widely-accepted by Japanese gamers....
By testing titles like Fallout 4 and Project Cars, Digital Foundry discovers that some games perform better on Xbox One S than they do on the original Xbox One. With the sleek and slim Xbox One S, Microsoft is doing its best to court gamers that still have yet to pick up the company’s eighth generation console. Microsoft’s pitch includes a 2TB hard drive, which means potential console adopters won’t have to purchase an external hard drive to store all their games, and a more powerful GPU that allows the Xbox One S to run some games at higher frame rates than the original Xbox One....
