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While Rockstar has finally started talking about GTA 6 a little more than they’ve talked about that project in recent years, the fact remains that you likely won’t be able to play the next GTA game for quite some time. That being the case, it seems like a lot more people are suddenly wondering if now is the time to finally start playing GTA Online. Despite the fact that GTA Online can rightfully lay claim to being one of the most successful online multiplayer experiences ever, there are times when it is remarkably easy to forget it even exists....

Why do we love detective series so much? Perhaps our little human brains are attracted to mystery. What is our experience with the world at large if not one big mystery to uncover? Or perhaps it’s the promise of answers within that mystery that compels us so. Certainly those are big factors but one aspect of detective stories’ appeal can’t be overlooked: the detective themselves. From a nuts and bolts storytelling perspective, there is probably no more ready-made protagonist than a good detective....

Fans of Blizzard’s World of Warcraft MMORPG are taking time today to reflect back on one of the most bizarre and fascinating incidents in video game history. The idea that World of Warcraft is a game that often mirrors social situations and real-life human interaction is nothing new. World of Warcraft guild leaders have cited the game as a major boon to their personal and professional development as people, and the community is strong enough that the MMORPG, over a decade since its release, is still one of the most popular games on the planet....

Activision Blizzard is currently under investigation following accusations of harassment, discrimination, and fostering a hostile work environment. You can read more about the investigation here. As WoW Classic players everywhere prepare to land at Northrend and experience Wrath of the Lich King once more, Classic players old and new already find themselves wondering how long it will take them to reach level 80 and begin experiencing WoTLK‘s end game as quickly as possible....

In WWE 2K20, striking attacks are often overlooked. Grapple attacks that slam the opponent downwards outshine strikes due to the fact that they can be done on harder surfaces. However, the right striking finishers are often more damaging than grapple attacks. Since WWE 2K20 lets players adjust the arm power or leg power of every superstar, this can lead to skull-crushing results in a simulated wrestling game. Strikes to the head, in particular, are the most destructive maneuvers in the game....

When the current generation of video game consoles was being designed, so was Facebook. In a dorm room. Fast forwarding nearly ten years, much of our world is “always online,” or “always connected,” to the Internet. Consoles have always remained above the fray of building such requirements into their framework, into their modus operandi, but rumors regarding the next generation continue to paint it as an inevitability. According to a story in Edge, citing sources with first-hand knowledge of Microsoft’s next-generation console (known aliases: Xbox 720, Durango, Xbox Infinity), the next Xbox will indeed require an constant Internet connection....

Not too long ago, Sega announced its decision to offer gamers the chance to revisit or experience several of its classic titles for the first time by unveiling plans to remaster the likes of Yakuza 3, 4, and 5 for Sony Interactive Entertainment’s PlayStation 4 console. Now the publisher and developer have officially revealed some new gameplay of what the third entry from the action-adventure series looks like after getting the remaster treatment....

Dark Souls’ famously immense difficulty often overshadows what is a brilliantly designed world populated by a host of intriguing characters. Some, like the player, are afflicted with the curse of the Undead, desperately struggling against the inevitable loss of self and sanity that it entails. Others are simply trying to get by in a dying world that is largely indifferent to their presence. But what they all share in common are tales all their own....

What Does Scannable Resume Mean? A scannable resume is a resume which allows a computer reader to search it optically in hard copy, for the purposes of compiling resume information in a database. These types of resumes were popular when companies took paper documents and scanned them for employment information, for the purposes of recruiting. Techopedia Explains Scannable Resume A scannable resume has various attributes, and there are definite principles behind creating one of these resume documents....

What Does Spinning Disk Mean? A spinning disk is the mechanism within a hard disk drive to which memory is written. With rotating plates attached to an arm that writes the data, the spinning disk mechanism physically resembles a record player (although it is sealed within an enclosure). The plates are magnetized (similarly to cassette tapes) in order to store data that is written using copper heads. Techopedia Explains Spinning Disk Spinning disk technology has been arguably the most popular form of computer storage for decades, but has been increasingly superseded by solid state drives (which are particularly common in newer notebooks and laptops) in recent years....

What Does Cryptocurrency 2.0 Mean? Cryptocurrency 2.0 is a general term used for the process of innovating with cryptocurrency beyond early adopters like bitcoin. Bitcoin, a pioneering cryptocurrency, and blockchain, its immutable financial ledger, have been standouts in the very early process of applying cryptocurrency to major financial functions around the world. Techopedia Explains Cryptocurrency 2.0 Specifically, bitcoin and blockchain have started to become standards for government agencies and private businesses....

What Does Data-Driven Decision Making (DDDM) Mean? Data-driven decision making (DDDM) involves making decisions that are backed up by hard data rather than making decisions that are intuitive or based on observation alone. As business technology has advanced exponentially in recent years, data-driven decision making has become a much more fundamental part of all sorts of industries, including important fields like medicine, transportation and equipment manufacturing. Techopedia Explains Data-Driven Decision Making (DDDM) The idea of data-driven decision making is that decisions should be extrapolated from key data sets that show their projected efficacy and how they might work out....

What Does SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) Mean? Secure access service edge (SASE) is a network architecture in which security services are delivered over the internet directly to SD-WAN connections through a private backbone that is managed by the SASE provider. Techopedia Explains SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) SASE consolidates cloud-based networking and security services into a single, cloud-native software stack. Access to resources is identity and access (IAM) driven, which means that access can be granted, denied or limited based on user or resource identity and location, not just IP address....

What Does Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) Mean? The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) is a nonprofit founded in 1994 that was originally intended to work with domain name system software of the time. The ISC is one of several stakeholders involved in supporting the internet by promoting protocols and guidelines. Techopedia Explains Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) During the evolution of the internet, various models, guidelines, standards and protocols have been useful in making internet traffic more universal and promoting consistent use....

What is Voila AI Artist? How to cartoon yourself with Voila AI Artist Download Voila AI Artist for iPhone or Android. Launch the app. It will ask for permission to use your phone’s camera roll. Select one of the many filters. 3D Cartoon is the mode that went viral. Choose a camera option: Camera (to take a photo) Gallery (upload a photo) Celebrity (search for a celebrity) Take a photo, upload a photo, or find a photo to use....

Call of Duty: Warzone has instantly become one of the top battle royales on the market since its launch last month. The free to play shooter is a unique experience that draws from many tropes of the genre, like the standard looting and being the last man standing, while also standing out by implementing its own distinctive game features like the Gulag. All of this allows the game to stand out when compared to Apex or Fortnite....

The scenario was unfathomable. The details traumatized an entire region. On March 25, 1975, 12-year-old Sheila Lyon and her little sister, 10-year old Katherine, walked half a mile from their home to a shopping mall in Wheaton, Maryland, and were never seen again. Who Killed the Lyon Sisters?, will detail the cold-case investigation will premiere Saturday, Nov. 28 at 9 p.m. ET. “The tragic disappearance of these two young women is every parent’s worst nightmare, and completely shifted the dynamics of parenting back in 1975,” Investigation Discovery’s Henry Schleiff said in a statement....

Director Andy Muschietti has revealed that It Chapter Two, the second part of his adaptation of Stephen King’s tome IT, is going to be two hours and 45 minutes. That’s long for a film in general but super-long for a horror film. As reported by Digital Spy, the director spoke about the movie’s length, explaining that it was originally 4 hours and that no one who’s seen it has any complaints....

Control developer Remedy Entertainment has recently announced that they’ve entered into an agreement with Rockstar Games that will allow them to remake 2001’s Max Payne and 2003’s Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. Not much else is known about the project at this time, but Remedy intends to treat the remakes of the games that helped put them on the map as “typical Remedy AAA productions.” For right now, though, those remakes are only in the “concept development stage....

The news that 2K Games is finally returning to making NFL games again has both excited and disappointed fans at the same time. People are generally welcoming of the idea that EA Sports’ Madden NFL franchise will finally have some form of competition again, but the disappointment mainly lies in the fact that 2K specifically pointed out that it will be making “non-simulation” titles only. After 2K’s announcement of the deal it made with the NFL, EA quickly rebutted with an online statement pointing out that it still held the exclusive rights to create simulation-based NFL games, a contract that has been active since 2004....