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World of Warcraft’s narrative lead Steve Danuser has confirmed that Chromie is canonically trans. The news comes after an excerpt of the new lore book, Folk and Fairy Tales of Azeroth, leaked from players receiving early copies, and plenty of community members celebrated with a fanfare of Chromie tributes. Chromie is World of Warcraft’s adorable gnome (and dragon) beloved by Azeroth. Thanks to the folks over at Reset Era via Wowhead, we learned her formal dragon name, Chronormu uses a suffix most commonly associated with male dragons....

I can’t blame anyone saying that Xbox doesn’t have any games right now. In terms of killer apps to sell the Series X and S. However, it feels like Microsoft has outgrown this basic definition of what it means for a platform to ‘have games’ in the traditional sense. It doesn’t care about the console wars anymore, and neither should you - since attaching your self-worth to a brand is a bit sad....

Xbox France claims the only reason Master Chief isn’t a part of the Smash Bros. roster is because the Spartan is yet to receive an invite. For a long time, Super Smash Bros. was a celebration of everything Nintendo and nothing more. All of its fighters were lifted from Nintendo games and allowed gamers to find out who would win in a fight between Jigglypuff and Luigi, or Kirby and Samus....

Microsoft’s aggressive acquisitions of major studios including Obsidian Entertainment, Playground Games, and Double Fine have instilled significant excitement in Xbox’s future. A wave of awesome first-party games are expected with the launch of the Xbox Series X and hype is at its highest since the Xbox One launch in 2013. But that doesn’t mean that Microsoft is content to wait and see how things work out. The Xbox team remains interested in further acquisitions in the future....

Microsoft has announced a way for Xbox One users to save a little dough if they are subscribed to both Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass. The company will soon merge the two into one convenient membership called the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate that is priced lower than each service would be individually. Xbox Game Pass offers members an ever-growing library of over one hundred titles that can be downloaded and played at full fidelity....

It’s been a long-time coming for the video game industry, but it looks like a digital-only future is slowly becoming more and more a reality. Both the PS4 and Xbox One are offering digital copies of games day-and-date with retail copies, and many publishers are encouraging gamers to purchase digital either through sales, discounts, or special bonuses. Clearly, both console makers can see the writing is on the wall, and whether or not gamers as a whole like it, there may soon come a time when physical copies of games simply don’t exist....

While it’s unlikely to happen within the next few months, space will eventually become an issue with these next-gen consoles. Not space in the entertainment center, mind you, but space on the hard drive. See, as the scope of these next-gen experiences continues to grow so too will their file size. We have already seen games like Call of Duty: Ghosts and Killzone: Shadow Fall push the limits as far as game install sizes go, and that trend should continue throughout the life cycle of these consoles....

Yakuza: Like A Dragon is getting a super rare limited edition full of goodies to celebrate the game’s release on PS5 next month. Available via Pix ‘N Love Publishing, this limited edition comes with a number of great items that any Yakuza fan will love. Along with Yakuza: Like A Dragon for PS5, included is a 128-page art book full of concept art, illustrations, and exclusive interviews with Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, Hiroyuki Sakamoto, and Masayoshi Yokoyama....

This Young Justice: Outsiders review contains spoilers. Young Justice Outsiders Episode 13 If “Nightmare Monkeys” is a sign of what the Young Justice team can do freed from their constraints of a network and a regular tv schedule, “True Heroes” is what happens when they forget that they’re unchained. “True Heroes” is an hour to 90 minutes of show jammed into a 22 minute television episode, a failure of storytelling and imagination that represents the first real turd of an otherwise spectacular return to the world....

This week saw Trans Day of Visibility take place, an occasion meant to celebrate and highlight the existence of transgender people around the world. We are still fighting for the right to exist, and to have the same benefits as those who continually seek to demean and demonise us. It’s not an easy existence, but I’ll keep fighting for who I am as long as I live, and I hope my friends and family will join this journey towards a better world to reside in....

One of Nintendo’s premiere franchises, The Legend of Zelda has been a staple of the medium since the late 80s. The original Legend of Zelda captured the feeling of adventure better than most games of its time, with Zelda II and A Link to the Past expanding the series’ horizons even further. By the time Ocarina of Time turned the franchise into an even bigger hit, it was already hard to deny the series’ legendary status....

What Does Smart City Mean? Like any smart system, a Smart City is one in which sensor-driven data collection and powerful analytics are used to automate and orchestrate a wide range of services in the interests of better performance, lower costs and lessened environmental impact. Techopedia Explains Smart City Smart Cities are evolving along a number of paths, but one of the more common aspects is in the area of traffic management....

What Does Mimikatz Mean? Mimikatz is an open-source application that allows users to manipulate authentication credentials in Windows systems. Created to work as a proof of concept tool for Windows security, Mimikatz has been used by hackers to compromise many different types of systems. Techopedia Explains Mimikatz As an application with the ability to store credentials, Mimikatz can be used to steal authentication credentials and create illegitimate privileges. Common types of Mimikatz attacks include pass-the-hash attacks, where hackers get control of hash strings to crack passwords; pass-the-ticket attacks where Mimikatz users abuse Kerberos tickets; and golden or silver ticket attacks, in which the hacker, again through the abuse of Kerberos credentials, gets wide-ranging access to many parts of a system....

What Does Mining Mean? Mining, in the context of blockchain technology, is the process of adding transactions to the large distributed public ledger of existing transactions, known as the blockchain. The term is best known for its association with bitcoin, though other technologies using the blockcahin employ mining. Bitcoin mining rewards people who run mining operations with more bitcoins. Techopedia Explains Mining Blockchain mining involves adding transactions to the existing blockchain ledger of transactions distributed among all users of a blockchain....

What Does Neats Vs Scruffies Mean? “Neats vs. scruffies” is a sort of characterization used in IT to describe two different approaches to specific disciplines, such as artificial intelligence. The “neats” prefer to advance in a way that is completely documentable and provable, in a method that is clear and logically supported. “Scruffies,” on the other hand, may embrace “fuzzier,” more diverse, or more ambiguous methods that support results. Neats vs....

What Does Lumber Cartel Mean? The “lumber cartel” is a legend or “meme” from the early days of the internet, popularized by users of USENET newsgroups in the 1980s and 1990s. According to popular legend, the lumber cartel was composed of lumber companies who were secretly funding anti-spamming efforts, because spam email threatened the proliferation of paper bulk mail. Techopedia Explains Lumber Cartel Some users took it upon themselves to promote the idea that the lumber cartel did not exist, either sincerely, or humorously with the tag line “There is no Lumber Cartel” (TinLC)....

It’s been nearly two years since BioWare first announced that Dragon Age 4 is in development. The official reveal of the game was unveiled during 2018’s The Game Awards, which showed an extremely short trailer that didn’t really show too much. Last month, some screenshots of Dragon Age 4 made a surprise appearance at EA Play, which showed images depicting a dark environment. The only clue that allowed fans to recognize that the images are from Dragon Age 4 is the clumps of Red Lyrium, which many believe would play a significant role in the upcoming game....

Part 1: Why Should I Check Whose Number Is This Calling Me? To get an opportunity to talk to lost friends and family members. To connect with new potential business contacts and clients. To verify if it’s an emergency that requires your immediate personal attention. To confirm whether you need to block the number for your safety. Part 2: How Can I Find Out Who Called Me? 2.1 PeoplefinderFree Helps You Find Out Whose Number is This for Free 2....

“Xbox One is Kinect. They are not separate systems. An Xbox One has chips, it has memory, it has Blu-ray, it has Kinect, it has a controller. These are all part of the platform ecosystem.” - Xbox executive Phil Harrison, August 2013. It is clear by Phil Harrison’s quote that Microsoft once had high hopes for the Kinect. The innovative motion control peripheral was a big hit for the company on Xbox 360, earning rec0rd-breaking sales and becoming one of the hottest items during the 2011 holiday season....

Windigo Gaming still hasn’t been paid for their win at the 2018 WESG Finals. It was a true underdog story. Bulgaria-based Windigo Gaming was ranked 30th in the world of competitive CS:GO back in March of 2019. But despite this, they took down vastly higher-ranked teams to win the WESG 2018 Finals, defeating Polish team AGO in a 2-1 upset. Top prize for winning the tournament was half a million dollars....