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A new version of the learning tool OS MikeOS is available, sporting a new BASIC interpreter with 24 instructions. You can run BASIC code from inside the text editor by pressing F8. See the App Developer Handbook for a guide to the BASIC dialect (somewhat similar to old 8-bit BASICs, nostalgia fans), and the User Handbook for info on running MikeOS from a USB key, floppy or CD.


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"We had A-Sun officials talk to the team and demonstrate the points of emphasis as to what they will be looking for this season," said Lady Bisons coach Frank Bennett. "They will be calling hand checks a lot. They will be watching traveling very closely, especially in the post. They also talked about things we can do and can't do in post defense."
In addition the officials also called an intra-squad game for the Lady Bisons. Bennett is facing some tough decisions in terms of how he is going to parcel out playing time due to the increased depth on the team this season.
"We're just going to have to wait and see," said Bennett. "Each of the 12 players played pretty well. They are making it tough on me."
He did see several things in the intra-squad scrimmage that he liked.
"The team was playing up tempo and aggressive and making plays," said Bennett. "We had over 25 assists in five eight-minute periods which is the equivalent to a 40-minute game.
"We had players driving the ball to the basket. We had players doing a good job of feeding our post players."
Individual standouts included sophomore wing player Chelsea Burroughs and junior point guard Jenna Bartsokas.
"Chelsea was very aggressive offensively in taking the ball to the basket and shooting the ball," said Bennett. "She also got some steals defensively.
"Jenna is doing a great job of running our team and trying to catch on to opportunities to be aggressive offensively and create shots and drives."
Bennett also thought that sophomore post player Brittany Duerk played at a much more aggressive pace on offense.
"She didn't knock all of her shots down, but she also getting some second shots," said Bennett.
Freshman post player Chelsea McMeans grabbed 10 rebounds.
"I could go down the roster and run off the good things that players did," said Bennett. "It is very encouraging."
This week the emphasis for the Lady Bisons has been on defense.
"We are kind of inconsistent on defense," said Bennett. "We've got some good plays and we have some things that are out of position."


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Also, if you're a marshall at a security site or just waiting your turn and there seems to be someone in line that's not with our group and acting a little "anxious" about the wait, you might want to invite them to step to the front of the line to go through. There were a few folks last year concerned at making a "hearing" that were at the back of the line. We moved them to the front, they were very appreciative, the securtiy folks were impressed and we improved our stature in those folks' eyes.


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Hello Imran and everybody else,
Thank you for your amazing job with "Charger-14_C"!
I checked connections and it looks as everything is right! I am very impressed, especially with U1 and U2 units.
I will let you know how it works after I finish debugging. I would like to ask you what was more difficult to do
and how I can improve the design for the next time.
Thanks! Sincerely yours,
Lev Freidin, Senior Design Engineer
Hi Ricky,
We received the 10 Assemble boards and I wanted to let you know they look great! Thank you!
Now that you probably have a flow going, do you know yet at what rate we can expect them back?
Hi Roy,
I want to voice my appreciation for the initial ramp up of the fabrication, the team at Rush PCB had great communication with us, and we have noticed 0 fabrication/assembly issues with the boards as we've been going through bring up, saving us potentially days/weeks of debugging.
I appreciate you guys taking the time to clear this up, and look forward to working with you guys again.
Jake Vander Ploeg,
Beautiful! We approve. Well done and thank you Naresh and your group for your patience on our needing to get the pcb design details just right for this project. It all helps keep the assemblers from swearing at the engineers. We appreciate it very much.
Design Engineer
Hi Team,
A big Thank You to the Rush team for a great job! Boards were delivered on time and the build quality is excellent. Board bring-up is going very smoothly.
Thanks again,
Duncan McDonald
Hi Roy,
Hope you are well. I am reaching out from Elon Musk's office, as he'd like to see if we might arrange a quick call. Tomorrow is a bit in flux, but I wanted to see if a call around 5:00pm PT tomorrow might suit?
Best ,
Emma Gallagher
Executive Assistant, Office of the CEO
SpaceX | Tesla
Dear Rush PCB Sales Team,
I just wanted to say thanks for your help last month with several extra-rushed PCBs which allowed my team to meet what seemed like an impossible deadline. I also greatly appreciate your patience with our billing issues while our lab head was inaccessible during the last order. I realize these instances are the reason why it's unusual to process an order before receiving a PO.
Your efficiency, service and level of professionalism were truly impressive, and I look forward to working with you again in future projects.
Best Regards,
Hi Imran,
Just wanted to let you and your team know that we received the full EP4&5 boards and the look and work great.
Please let everyone know we are happy with your service.
Vince Rizzo
Hi Imran,
Good to hear from you too. Synapse does a lot of boards and assembly so I hope more business comes your way.
I always found you guys very responsive and to have high quality work.
Senior Hardware Engineer
Hello Rush PCB team,
We received the parts today and as usual they are perfect!!
Thanks again for your support. Hope to work with you guys soon,
Till then, take care.
Saurabh Wakchaure
Assistant Engineer
Imran and Akber,
1st and foremost, I wish Imran my best wishes for his marriage. Congratulations!
I also would like to thank Roy for his time the other day on my various technical questions. It was very helpful.
Thanks for all your support through-out the year.
Stevan Davidovich
General Manager and Principal Engineer
Hello RUSH Team,
I just programmed the new flex and they are functioning 100%.
Excellent Job Team !!
Best regards,
Victor M Valenzuela
VP of Product Development
Hi Imran,
Thank you for finishing the boards yesterday and providing prompt notification and tracking information. The boards were delivered today.
Please pass along my thanks to the rest of the Rush PCB team.
Best regards,
Hi Say,
I'm impressed, you guys really do some amazing work!
Senior Electrical Engineer
Hi Ricky,
I received the new batch of assemble Audiocom boards yesterday and all indications are you did a great job!
Thank you,
Gary Baker
Hello Team,
This is exultant work, there is some minor changes. These changes will help us in assembly level at our end.
Francis is checking on his end to give you his feedback.
We are 98% there. Awesome JOB !!!
Best Regards,
Victor M Valenzuela
VP of Product Development
We received the reworked ETR_3PHASECURRENTSENSE_REVA PCBs, and they look great.
Thank you so much for completing the rush job in one day and getting the boards sent back to us promptly!
Best Regards,
Shaun Snyder
Senior Electrical Engineer
Hey Roy,
Just got the boards, they look really good and appear to be fully functional.
Thanks a lot!
Michael R. Klimek
Principal Systems Engineer
Optical Security and Performance Products
Hello Imran,
I received the remainder of the flex boards late last week. Thank you very much for the delivery and the VERY NICE work. Everyone here is impressed. You are making me look good.
Could I trouble you for the status of the stencils please? I placed that order last Thursday. Thanks.
Hi Jessica,
Just to say thank you for successfully building the two sets of units. I'm very pleased with the way you and your team handled the build, and with the quality of the work. Hope to work with you again in future.
Hello Rush PCB,
I just wanted to take a minute to thank you guys for the support in the recent fab and assembly of the three pcbs that we were able to get on an extremely tight schedule.
You guys definitely came through for us and your team was very easy to work with and the availability and communication was first rate. And most importantly, all of the boards turned out great � the quality was excellent and we yielded 100% of the boards that were built!
You definitely helped us get past a critical milestone of our project.
(and shortly, I�ll be sending an email to request a quote to build some additional boards � with a much more �normal� timeline)
Greg Geerling
Principal Field Applications Engineer
Hello Imran,
That is a great Full Turnkey price - I saw your quote after going with another bid, I never dreamed you would be as competitive as the other shop (and they'll take twice as long).
Next time (will be soon) I'll wait for your bid, I am very sorry, I'm kicking myself right now.
Christian Miller
R&D Engineering Manager
Hi Ricky/Roy,
I got all the assemble boards. Quality is really good, thank you very much.
Avinash Pai
Senior Design Engineer
Hi Imran/Ricky,
We tested the assemble boards and they work and look great. Just want to say thanks a lot for making them on time and we look forward with doing business with you again.
V.P. Enginerring
Imran and Ricky,
Everything powered-up, programmed, and the amplifiers look in the range I wanted.
Good job.
Mike Lindsey
Imran and Ricky,
I've just completed testing and the boards look and function very well! Thank you for working with me though this process, and getting the boards out on time despite some timing challenges with one of the parts vendors ( handling the one through-hole part I accidentally sent you).
I have enjoyed working with you and will look to use RushPCB for more of my PCB and assembly needs.
Thanks Again,
Best Regards,.
Don Kark
Hi Imran,
It is really nice to know that before we assemble everything on the PCB.
Your PCB planning team really did a nice work by carefully revising/correcting my design. I can even see you changed my silkscreen fonts for better view, which may take quite a lot of time and effort.
Also thanks for your quick response for my enquiries. Our institution has very strict and complicated purchasing procedure and thanks for your understanding and supporting. Your good job allow us to finish the project ahead of time.
Thank you.
Dear Roy and Ricky,
Thank you again very much for the huge effort for keeping the shop open on holidays for our assemblies.
Two boards programmed perfectly. We don't know yet if everything is OK but it is a fabulous beginning.The soldering looks beautiful under the stereo microscope.
PS It is good you didn't try to solder the screws in the countersunk holes because we sent the wrong ones. Those were stainless steel.
Hi Roy,
The workmanship coming in has been so flawless that I recently reduced our incoming inspection to a sampling plan. So now we only look at a
few out of an entire lot rather than every board you ship per week! Nice work!!
Regarding lunch…. I'm never great at forecasting my availability so I say your best bet is plan it out with Tom and I will try to tag along.
The boards you produced are working very well, 24/7 for more than a week now.
The people who offered a cheaper system then we can build have told us that they really can't. So we are back into building our own systems.
We have modified the previous design slightly and I need 1250 pcs full turnkey in 10 days of the attached gerbers.
Can you please give me a quote ASAP?
Thanks ,
Roy and Ricky,
I received the cards today and tested them and they're perfect.... thank you!
We would like to have the balance of both orders (645 pcs + 223 pcs.) in Waco on Friday Sept. 13, 2013, which means you would have to ship them on Thursday Sept. 12, 2013. Could you do this without sacrificing quality?
Thanks again,
You guys are an incredibly quick, professional and reliable service and I recommend you at every opportunity inside my company (we are growing very quickly).
Your turn around on these boards is greatly appreciated. It is a direct contribution to our manufacturing capability. I will be happy to point you to some press releases when this product goes to market and show where you guys added in.
The design was not easy to build with laser drill, 3 mil line and spacing, control impedance, 663 parts per board, Total of 80 BOM line items. You guys turn around full Turnkey in 5 days….Amazing work.
Much appreciated.
Hi Roy,
Thanks. I'm really behind the eight ball on this one.. Anything you can do!
By the way those quick 3 days turn boards & assembly you did are working perfectly!Thanks!
Hi Roy,
Thanks! I am looking forward to getting the boards and building/selling them. You've earned some serious customer loyalty, that's for sure! Thanks!
Hi Ricky,
Just wanted to say thanks for the great job you guys did. We are about 50% through our testing and everything looks great so far. This high quality and speed on this job has really made a difference in achieving our ramp and time-to-market schedule.Thanks!
Hi Roy,
Got those four boards and once again, perfect! Thanks for such great service!!
Hi Roy,
I've received the 12 layers Polyimide assemblies. Beautifully done PWAs; Boards and Assembly workmanship is very impressive. Thanks!
Just finalizing this now and you will have it to you shortly.As for the PO for the 10 pcs, we dont require this at this point.Any parts you cant obtain, I may have stock here and can put them on myselfThanks Roy
We have the Boost and Rectifier assembled boards in - so far they look excellent. Great work guys.
I am sending the pictures of the product that we have been working on using the PCB that we purchased from you. I like seeing the finished product when I work on projects so I thought I'd share. The suitcase contains the ACM board. The two longer plastic cases contain the FM16 PCB, controller PCB, radio PCB, and power supply PCB. The shorter module contains, GPM PCB, power supply PCB, controller PCB, and radio PCB. Many thanks to all of you who helped us get this far. Regards,
Roy, Ricky,
I just wanted to say thanks for the good work on the quick turn PCB that we just placed with you guys. The quality is great, and I appreciate how easy it is to deal with you guys. Thanks again,
Just wanted to commend you guys on your work on our PCB's. They look great and perform just as they should.We will be using you guys more in the future for our PCB order.
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For as long as she can remember, Sabrina Forbis says she has aspired to become part of the oil and gas industry. It wasn't until last summer, though, that Forbis realized her true interest may lie in a portion of the business that focuses on water research.
Forbis, who received her bachelor's degree in energy resource science from the University of Wyoming in December 2011, recently completed her third internship with Encana Corporation. her work focused on collecting water samples as part of a chemical optimization project at Frenchie Draw in Fremont County.
"I never considered working in water quality before this summer," says the Riverton native. "It was a new-found interest that I really enjoyed being a part of."
For three months, Forbis drew water samples from various water line locations and holding ponds. During turbidity tests, she measured the number of suspended particles in the water by filling glass vials with water and analyzing them through a hand-held meter. While most turbidity levels met a safe threshold level, Forbis says water clarifiers, which were used throughout the system, had to sometimes be modified to lower turbidity levels.
She also tested oil and grease levels by collecting water samples in one-liter glass bottles to ensure that the water was safe for livestock and aquatic habitats.
"When you, or the company you work for, deal with produced water, you have to make sure you are being a good environmental steward," she says. Forbis is currently pursuing her second bachelor's degree, in petroleum engineering, at UW.
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Protective mother attacks carjacker
Dallas, Texas police are searching for a man who carjacked a woman and her baby Sunday afternoon after stealing from a nearby Walmart.
Police said the man stole a T-shirt from the Walmart and then jumped into the woman's car in a Starbucks parking lot while police were chasing him.
He didn't realize the woman and her 15-month-old daughter were sitting inside the vehicle.
"I thought we were dead," Kari Kimbler said. "I thought he was going to take us somewhere and dump us off or kill us. I had no idea what was going to happen.
Kimbler said her husband had gone inside the Starbucks when the man jumped in the driver's seat and took off.
She said he started driving erratically, going the wrong way down Cockrell Hill Road.
"I started hitting him and beating him and screaming, 'My baby, my baby -- I have my baby. Please let us out. Please dump us out. I don't care where it is. Please let us out,'" Kimbler said.
She said the man initially refused.
"Then momma bear kicked, and I all could think was, 'I've got to protect my baby with all that I have,' and it came out, and I just beat the living daylights out of him as hard as I could -- in his head, just punching in his head, and she was screaming too," Kimbler said.
Kimbler said the man stopped underneath a bridge after five minutes.
"He did pull over," he said. "But as I was getting her out, he pushed us out to get us out and just kept going."
Kimbler said she can breathe easier now that she and her baby are home and safe, but she said the fear of what could have happened is still with her.
"I've told all of my loved ones how much I love them," she said. "And I hug my daughter tighter, and I told her tighter, and I tell her how much mommy and daddy love her."
"I'm just so thankful she and I got out alive," Kimbler said.
Dallas police described man as an approximately 5-foot-9-inch tall Latino man in his early 30s who weighs about 185 pounds with a bald head and sleeves of tattoos on both arms.
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Simple Pretty Inside and Out Skirt
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A major sewing goal of mine this year is to work on improving my finishing techniques. I made this simple elastic waistband skirt, which allowed me a chance to practice making French seams. I'm proud to say that not only do I like the outside of my new skirt, but I like the inside too!
I included some instructions for making this skirt, which would make for a great beginner project. This is my first try at a tutorial so if something is unclear just let me know and I'll try to clarify.
You can also find this project and the tutorial on my blog
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-Around 1 yard of fabric, maybe a little less, maybe a little more depending on your measurements
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Federal Regulation of Waters: Impacts of Administration Overreach on Local Economies and Job Creation
Altoona, Pennsylvania
This is a hearing of the Full Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Blair County Convention Center
Official Hearing Transcript
Witness List:
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Hearing on "Federal Regulation of Waters: Impacts of Administration Overreach on Local Economies and Job Creation"
April 28, 2014
Opening Statement
(Remarks as Prepared)
Today we are going to explore the impact of executive actions that the Administration is taking to regulate the waters and restrict the development of important energy resources in Pennsylvania and elsewhere around the country.
Last week, the President published a proposed rule that will dramatically extend the reach of the federal government when it comes to regulating ponds, ditches, and other wet areas. This is another example of a disturbing pattern of an Imperial Presidency that seeks to circumvent Congress.
Unilaterally broadening the scope of the Clean Water Act and the federal government's reach into our everyday lives will have adverse effects on the economy and jobs, increase the likelihood of costly litigation, and restrict the rights landowners and local governments enjoy regarding decision-making on their own lands.
This federal jurisdiction grab was the subject of failed legislation in the 110th and 111th Congresses. Strong bipartisan opposition prevented those bills from moving forward. Defeated in Congress, now the Obama Administration is trying to achieve this power expansion through a rulemaking.
This proposed rule supposedly aims to "clarify" which waterbodies are subject to federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. But I am extremely concerned that there are serious flaws with this process. Twice, the Supreme Court has told the agencies that there are limits to federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act, and that they had gone too far in asserting their authority. It is the responsibility of Congress, and not the Administration, to define the scope of jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act.
Similarly, the Administration is taking steps to restrict the development of important energy resources in Pennsylvania.
The Administration is utilizing the wetlands permitting process under the Clean Water Act to throw obstacles in the way of developing and transporting to market, through gathering lines, natural gas produced in the Marcellus Shale region.
Since 2011, when the Army Corps of Engineers issued Pennsylvania State Programmatic General Permit 4, we have heard concerns from industry and the DEP regarding several key changes that have increased the permit review time for natural gas gathering lines, delaying the delivery of gas from the well to the marketplace and delaying royalty payments to property owners and revenues to the state.
I have met with and worked with industry, DEP, and the Corps over the past three years to attempt to address these concerns. While I'm told the timeline has improved somewhat, the underlying changes that caused these problems in the first place have not been addressed.
Regulation of the nation's waters must be done in a manner that responsibly protects the environment –without an unnecessary and costly expansion of the federal government. We can continue to protect our waters without unreasonable and burdensome regulations on our businesses, farmers, and families.
I look forward to hearing from our witnesses today about their experiences and thoughts on both issues and thoughts for improvements in the next general permit issuance in 2015.
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Roy Rogers Restaurants announced the opening of its newest corporate location in Burtonsville, Maryland. Located at 15662 Old Columbia Pike, the new restaurant opened to an enthusiastic crowd on December 21.
The Grand Opening celebration commemorated the 50th Roy Rogers Restaurant by giving away free Combo Meals for one full year to the first 50 guests (valued at $400 per prize). The opening will also be marked by a VIP breakfast and ribbon-cutting ceremony with local officials. A community day event will also take place in early Spring 2013.
"As expected, Roy Rogers fans were lined up around the building in Burtonsville when we opened the doors of the new restaurant," says Melanie Dyer, director of marketing for Roy Rogers Restaurants. "Our 'Free Combo Meals for a Year' promotion has become a favorite aspect of Grand Opening Day."
The Plamondon Companies, franchisor of Roy Rogers Restaurants, will build another corporate location in early 2013—an in-line unit in Rockville, Maryland. Its newest franchise in La Plata, Maryland, which opened November 2012, is producing record sales. The company has also recently signed on three new franchisees.
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|Winnebago County Sheriff's OfficeNews Media Release
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|Information: Illinois Teenage Institute on Substance Abuse
|Date: March 27, 2012
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Narrative: Sheriff Richard A. Meyers of Winnebago County announced today that the Illinois Sheriff=s Association is extremely proud to once again be named as a principal sponsor for the annual Illinois Teenage Institute on Substance Abuse. Illinois Wesleyan University will host this program. The dates are as follows: July 22-26, 2012. The Illinois Teenage Institute is open to anyone who meets the following qualifications:
- A freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior in the 2012-2013 school year and under 18 years of age.
- Willing to attend the entire Institute
- Willing to serve as a youth leader and prevention resource in his or her school, neighborhood or community
- Responsible
- Positive and flexible
There will be 60 scholarships issued statewide. These scholarships will be accepted only on a first come, first serve basis. As a participant the following will be furnished: tuition, lodging, t-shirt, workshop materials, recreation and meals. Transportation will not be included.
The Illinois Teenage Institute is not a treatment program; it is a prevention program.
Applications are available at the Winnebago County Sheriff=s Office, 650 W. State Street, Rockford IL 61102 or by calling (815) 319-6000.


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LAS VEGAS, Jan. 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:PNK) announced today that John V. Giovenco has retired from his position as a member of the Company's board of directors, effective January 15, 2013. Mr. Giovenco, a distinguished Gaming and Hospitality industry veteran, joined the Company's board in February 2003.
"John has been an outstanding Director for Pinnacle Entertainment," said Richard Goeglein, Chairman of the Board of Pinnacle Entertainment. "In addition to being one of our longest-serving members, John has made significant contributions to the Board's decisions during his tenure and was very engaged in the Company and Board's activities with roles as lead director from February 2008 until May 2009, Interim Chief Executive Officer from November 2009 to March 2010 and most recently as a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating and Audit Committees. On behalf of the entire board, we thank John for his many years of service and numerous contributions, and wish him and his family the best."
"It has been an honor and privilege to serve on Pinnacle's board of directors," said John Giovenco. "I am proud of the growth and positive transformation achieved over the course of my ten years of service to the Company's shareholders, and particularly by the progress and remarkable results realized over the past three years. I am confident a foundation is in place for Pinnacle to enjoy continued success, and I wish the Company the best in its future endeavors."
About Pinnacle Entertainment
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. owns and operates seven casinos, located in Louisiana, Missouri, and Indiana, and a racetrack in Ohio. In addition, Pinnacle is redeveloping River Downs in Cincinnati, Ohio into a gaming entertainment facility and holds a 23% ownership stake in Asian Coast Development (Canada) Ltd. (ACDL), an international development and real estate company currently developing Vietnam's first large-scale integrated resort on the Ho Tram Strip.
On December 20, 2012, the Company agreed to acquire Ameristar Casinos, Inc. in an all cash transaction valued at $26.50 per Ameristar share or total consideration of $2.8 billion including assumed debt. Ameristar owns and operates casino facilities in St. Charles near St. Louis, Missouri; Kansas City, Missouri; Council Bluffs, Iowa; Black Hawk, Colorado; Vicksburg, Mississippi; East Chicago, Indiana; and the Jackpot properties in Jackpot, Nevada.
The Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=13121
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Ars Nova Workshop is honored to present a rare meeting between saxophonist Peter Brötzmann and pedal steel guitarist Heather Leigh, whose partnership began at last year's Tectonics Festival in Glasgow.
Peter Brötzmann (b. 1941) has been a polarizing figure in global free jazz since the late 1960s. A painter by trade, Brötzmann applied lessons learned from Sidney Bechet, the proverbial American holy trinity — Coltrane, Sanders, Ayler — and Fluxus (he was a card-carrying member) to a primordial tenor sax caterwaul that even Bill Clinton couldn't deny. Nate Chinen writes, "Mr. Brötzmann is famous for a hardheaded, fulminating style devoid of any trace of bathos. Trying to describe it sends you grasping for overheated metaphors: blowtorches, hellfires, certain Congressional libidos."
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Gabe takes to a cursed jungle looking for hot Thai girls, finds only monsters...
Hot on the trail of a prison escapee and his gang of hooligans, a young and brash police officer leads his men into a mysterious forest that is reputed to be haunted. A local monk guarding guide and his daughter offer their assistance, but no one expects the madness and frightening creatures they're about to come in contact with. As they delve deeper into the forest the plot between the cop and his prey begins to thicken
I've seen some bad Thai flicks in my day, but I can't recall ever seeing a boring Thai flick. Vengeance (aka Phairii phinaat paa mawrana) is no exception to this so far dominant rule. Like those other un-boring Thai flicks, Vengeance takes a simple hook and then proceeds to narrate the piss out of it, creating an unabashedly complex story that often neglects to make any sense to Western eyes. If this had been an American made film it would've been shot for $100,000, featured almost no story structure or dialogue, and it would've premiered on the Sci-Fi channel. But that's what makes Vengeance a thoroughly entertaining experience, its gumption in the face of utter absurdity, not to mention more plot then the average made for Sci-Fi feature.
Vengeance looks great (shooting in Thai jungles doesn't hurt), its actors are straight faced (and often surprisingly good), the production values are enormous for a Thai production, and yet it's so gloriously B-movie in its soul that it'd be right at home on 42nd Street. Hollywood makes big budget B-movies all the time, but rarely are they this pure in their execution. There's no winking at the camera, or much in the way of intentional humour at all, the mythic elements are almost taken for granted, and the violence is unapologetically gory when called for. There are even some hot naked girls. This is what I wanted out of Dragon War after witnessing those ridiculous early teaser trailers.
The whole thing takes a little too long to get down to its brass tacks, but once the cops and robbers enter the 'haunted' jungle, and the creatures and boogie girls start showing up, Preaw Sirisuwan begins to channel an array of well known action and supernatural filmmakers, most notably Tsui Hark, John Woo, Mario Bava, even Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg. In fact, the Jackson and Spielberg comparisons don't end with the look. Effectively Vengeance is a sort of modern Thai take on The Lost World, or the first two thirds of the King Kong story, replacing filmmakers with police officers and criminals, and Skull Island with an equally mystical, but land locked jungle.
The digital effects aren't the greatest in the world (some are actually pretty shameful), but the spectacle of the killer creatures is effective enough, and fitting of the production. Sirisuwan knows not to show too much most of the time, but he also gives up some nice money shots, and the creatures themselves are a nicely designed mix of fantasy and familiar animals. All in all I could've used a little more of these creatures, and a little less crime thriller and character elements, but when there are four or five genuinely effective fantasy creature sequences. Dragon War has Vengeance beat in quantity and budget, but quality and characters that aren't entirely embarrassing to watch go a long way in a B monster movie. Also, Sirisuwan's film makes the elements of love story and spiritual destiny a more dignified part of the story, rather than just the fodder between monster attacks.
I wasn't expecting the best out of BCI Eclipse, but this 1080p, 2:35.1 transfer is positively gorgeous. The details are super sharp, and very crisply separated. The detail levels are also quite consistent even in dimly lit shots, and varying depths of field, up until the very end when the lighting is often just too dark to tell what's going on. Elements that are often lost in lesser transfers, like raindrops or smoke, are plainly visible. The vibrant colours of Thailand are nearly perfect, popping apart from each other in a truly rich display of the format's abilities. I noticed very little grain or print damage, though there is some compression artefacting in the skin tones of the really dark sequences. Blacks absorb a little of their surrounding colours, and some of the day light whites bloom a little bit. It's interesting to note that the subtitles almost always stay within the realms of the bottom black bar, very rarely bleeding over the film itself.
You've got your choice of a 5.1 Dolby Digital track (which the back panel calls 'uncompressed') in the original Thai, or a 2.0 Dolby Surround English dub. The dub is terribly mixed, so hopefully the choice won't prove too difficult. [/i]Vengeance[/i] uses the surround and stereo channels regularly, whether it be ricocheting gunfire or growling beasts, and the effects often work well. The dialogue and natural sound effects don't quite mix smoothly with the more outlandish post-production effects, and during dialogue heavy moments even the chirps and croaks of the jungle become a little too centrically delegated, but the sound track is pretty consistently lively and immersive. The score is often ridiculously overwrought, and quite obviously produced on a computer rather than using live instruments, but the sound kind of fits, and the mixers remember to make the score an integral part of the rear channels.
There aren't many special features on this modestly priced little disc. The big extra is an electronic press kit, which has obviously been created to sell the film. It's made up of interviews with the producer, director, and the DP (who explain the 2:35.1 framing, which must be pretty uncommon for Thai films), a narrated trailer, brief behind the scenes footage, and some brief before and after CG samples. The six-minute featurette does everything it can to make Vengeance sound like the downright most exciting film ever made in the history of the world. This is followed by a music video/trailer (really cheap), and trailers for Vengeance and the other BCI Thai Blu-ray release, The Tiger Blade.
The third act's hard horror elements come a little out of nowhere, and then come to a rather abrupt and confounding end, but Vengeance is better than many films of its ilk, and defiantly fun to watch. This Blu-ray disc looks consistently good, sometimes even great, and the Dolby Digital 5.1 Thai track is bombastic enough to make most monster movie hybrid fans happy.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Wait. Judging by the screenshots this is a vampire dragon movie?? Awesome
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
It kinda turns into a vampire movie.
Worst Nightmare Senior Member Join Date: July 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 6,716
Like "From Dusk Till Dawn", eh?
Dragon Wars was such a COMPLETE! letdown - I was so disappointed with it.
Dragon Wars was such a COMPLETE! letdown - I was so disappointed with it.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Except Dusk Til Dawn turns into a vampire movie about half way through. Vengeance only has about 20 minutes of vampire stuff.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 8th July 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Thai, Dolby Digital 2.0 English (Dubbed)
Subtitles: English
Extras: Behind the Scenes, Music Video, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Preaw Sirisuwan
Cast: Nattanun Jantarawetch, Chalad Na Songkhla, Sorachai Sang-aakaat, Watchara Tangkaprasert
Length: 103 minutes
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Iyer was very eager to share the news about tomorrow's release of StarOffice 8. Based on the OpenOffice.org 2.0 codebase, StarOffice provides 5 major points of note.
Firstly, StarOffice 8 is a signficant upgrade, especially with MS Office compatibility and usability side. StarOffice can now read write Office formats much more readbily than in previous versions. Usability-wise, there is a greater familiarity for users migrating from Microsoft Office. There is a low cost of "retraining" and and a higher "ease of learning" due to a dramatically changed interface. Unlike OpenOffice.org, StarOffice can now convert most Office macros, tables, headers, and footers. Macro conversion, it appears, was one of the most requested features by current StarOffice users. The majority of macros can now be converted and are supported. In addition, StarOffice can now open Microsoft Office 2003 password protected files, which until now, has only been supported in Office itself.
Iyer pointed out that research showed that the import filter in StarOffice seemed to be good enough, but that when a document was opened, edited, and then returned, what the Sun team refers to as a "roundtrip," more compatbility issues came to the surface. Extra detail was paid to this process this time around.
Secondly, The user interface has been majorly revamped. Users of the beta versions of OpenOffice.org will now be very familiar with the new interface, however, since the previous version of StarOffice was built on OpenOffice.org 1.x, the UI presentation is very different and allows users to be much productive. Impress, for example, is now very similar to Powerpoint in it's pane-like view. Menus are context sensitive, and the floating toolbars geared at providing task-specific help appear to assist in document creation.
The third major bullet point we highlighted was StarOffice 8 beung the 1st commercial to be compliant with the new OASIS standard. OpenOffice.org and KOffice are two other suites that do already, or will soon, ship with OpenDocument XML as the default file format. With the OpenDocument standard, users can now store content that can "outlast" any program. Because it is a standard, it's guaranteed to be manipulable without restriction or impeding license at any point in the future.
Fourth, we focused on differences from OpenOffice.org 2.0. Of course, macro migration is an important commercial features. There is a configuration manager which assists administrators in managing users and setups. As in previous versions, there is a spell check library, additional clipart, additional fonts, and more. StarOffice also comes with 60 days support.
Another interesting point is Sun's new distribution model for StarOffice. New distribution methods will push boxed StarOffice into retail stores and a greater number of online channels. All of this suggests that the push for StarOffice 8 is much larger than previous ventures, as the product has now matured into a much more robust suite.
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NZ a great place to live but Survey suggests Kiwis are letting their hearts rule their wallets While an overwhelming number of Kiwis are proud to be living in New Zealand, many doubt it is the smart thing to do financially, according to a survey …
NZ a great place to live but …
Survey suggests Kiwis are letting their hearts rule their wallets
While an overwhelming number of Kiwis are proud to be living in New Zealand, many doubt it is the smart thing to do financially, according to a survey released today.
Of the 2,000 polled in Westpac's Waitangi Day Kiwi Perspectives survey*, 93% said they were proud to be living in New Zealand and more than half felt the economy is improving. However, asked about their own financial position, 46% said they were feeling the financial pinch or were over-committed and respondents were split on whether the economy provided the opportunities to be financially independent and have the career they want.
That uncertainty was also reflected in an emphasis on saving. Two thirds of respondents nominate increasing their savings as one of their main financial goals, and 90% are not considering any personal borrowing (not including home loans) in the coming year.
Mark Fitz-Gerald, Westpac's General Manager of Business Banking, said adopting and acting on the savings message was a good change in the Kiwi culture, but the country cannot afford to forget that investing for growth was needed to create a step change in the economy.
"It's encouraging to see that Kiwis are increasingly determined to live within their means and that they are seeing some patches of sunlight in the economy. But if we want to see that optimism sustained, and justified, then in the not too distant future we need to move to the sort of environment where people believe they can create wealth and help the economy to grow," he said.
The survey also reflected the significant part housing plays in New Zealand's financial landscape, with respondents at odds with those who say it has a negative impact on the economy. Asked if they felt there was too much emphasis on owning your own home in New Zealand 54% said no; when asked their main financial goals for 2013, 1 in 10 said buying a house and 25% said paying down their mortgage.
Thirty percent of respondents felt supporting local businesses was the best thing they could do to help strengthen the New Zealand economy, while global market issues were regarded as the single biggest economic issue the country faced.
Fitz-Gerald said the global financial crisis had taught many lessons which had been taken onboard. Kiwis now needed to have faith in the country's economic potential and start working towards a future based on sustainable financial growth.
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• 53% think the economy is improving or strong
• 30% feel buying NZ made and from NZ businesses is the most important thing they can do to strengthen the economy
• 46% feel they are either financially tight with little flexibility or over committed
• 50% rate the opportunities to be financially independent in NZ as average to very poor; 50% rate them good or very good
• 52% rate the opportunity in NZ to have the career they want as average to very poor
• 90% say they do not plan to take out any personal borrowing from a bank this year (home loans excluded)
• 42% say saving more is one of their main financial goals for 2013; a further 22% nominate increasing their retirement savings
*online survey of 2000 NZers
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Birds are becoming a greater threat to aviation every day, even as pilots remain mostly mum when they experience bird-strikes -- much to scientists' chagrin.
Matt Klope, with the U.S. Navy's Bird / Animal Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) program, tells Aviation Week here at AirVenture 2013 in Oshkosh that in recent years researchers have seen "exponential" growth in the number of large birds showing up as threats to aircraft.
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Although Lara is an adept swimmer in the Tomb Raider series, the upcoming reboot will apparently chronicle a time when she still needed floaties. On the upside, this was a time when she adopted Wolverine's regeneration powers.
What exactly am I talking about, you ask? Crystal Dynamics global brand director Karl Stewart recently went on Twitter to answer fans' questions about the game.
12-15 hours means more like 8-10 hours.
And so the truth comes out with this game lol. More disappointments coming soon!!
Honestly every Tomb Raider showing just looked like an engine showcase, there was barely any gameplay or anything of substance shown. Yeah the game looks visually impressive, but I have yet to see any promise in any other area of the game outside of graphics
"Our game will focus on a younger Lara whose only aim will be survival in a harsh environment with nothing much to help her."
And then they put auto health regen.
Quality game development right there. Not to mention taking out the ability to swim to save on dev budget and time.
Swimming is hard...I mean the first game had it quite a bit. Of course, given how crappy the swim mechanics were of the first games maybe this should be considered a feature.
8-10 hours has been the norm this gen. People's favorite treasure hunter this gen has been in games with the same length of time, lol, and I didn't hear a peep out of people. Don't get me started on re-gen health, seeing as though everyone complained about Far Cry 2 and the syringes and malaria medicine. I can't wait to see how the hunting portion turns out though.
Tombraider @ Eurogamer expo 2012, plenty of gameplay and info..
The game looks awesome!
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Seriously. PS2's MGS3 had a harsh survival theme.
Naked Snake was hunting / hoarding animal and plant life for food and meds.
And he wasn't just eating to keep his health up.
If you let him go hungry, Snake's aim got shoddy and enemy soldiers might find him easier by hearing his stomach growl. Eat the wrong thing and you got a messed up stomach. Or really screw yourself if you can't or neglect to find the right plant for ointments and splinting broken bones.
And people pan Kojima. Please...
That's some survival right there. But as everyone knows, unless the name has a Souls at the end, games have been about hand-holding and a more "fun" experience for the mainstream audience this console gen.
Thank goodness for a few devs going in the other direction (Day Z!) to produce a challenging game, without using a higher difficulty setting in the options to simply bump up opponent health and use cheap AI tactics.
But I still want to check this TR out, even though the no swimming thing is irksome. I mean Lara out-swims sharks, so I figured she was a natural swimmer since she was a toddler.
Ah well, will wait and see as more info comes.
I was rolling my eyes when everyone got excited for more Lara Croft and thought it was going to be revolutionary because they gave her smaller breasts.
Hasn't Uncharted and Gears regen health? I don't like regen health but I also don't like inconsistency.
It isn't that she can't swim, dishonest headline, it's that there is no water level or need for Lara to swim. It isn't like there's going to be water in places, and just like in GTA Vice City you'll die whenever you're up to your waste in water lol
People typically hate water levels anyway, so I don't blame them for not putting one in.
They've copied Uncharted... And failed.
Health regen is downright laughable in a SURVIVAL GAME!
No swimming? How old is Lara? And this is set in modern times? Get lost, lazy devs exposed!
I'm sure more disappointments will come - be ready people.
What do you mean Lara can't swim?
No swimming means Tomb Raider will be more like Pitfall!
What's with all this bloody irrational trash-talking of this game?
You guys getting a hardon for bashing a game that you've never fucking even played yet? Where the hell is this hate-train coming from? Unreasonable.... whether I get downvoted for speaking the truth or not, no ones from the future, yet everyones getting 'Agrees' for posting flamebait on shit they don't know and whining about regen health? Right....
Not being able to swim is silly, that much I can say....
All the rest of these comments are fucking pathetic though. Little whiny babies.
Lol easy there champ, why u mad tho?
The game is advertised as survival, now they put the freaking regen health, how is that survival huh? Don't talk trash if you know nothing.
"What's with all this bloody irrational trash-talking"
Funny you should say that, I got this little feeling to check your past comments and guess what you fall into the same category as most people here who bash things irrationally, that is to say the WiiU. So deal with the bitching, this is n4g. Where we bash anything that might be considered news worthy on this website.
Which judging by the recent amount of approved material would mean very low standards.
Oh shit man, watch out, krazykombatant is a super detective! Surely that makes your ability to judge others much more concrete!~
If I'm to trash talk, it's with logic and evidence....There's no evidence or rational thought, reasoning, put into this beyond what I already said of the silliness of no swimming.
and to @rjdofu, someone who uses the childish and old-time taunt of asking if someone is mad or not. I'm clearly not the one mad when everyone above me are tossing salads about a game that's not even out yet, Bro. I'm mad at ignorance, if you think I'm not allowed to be annoying by common human ignorance, then I'd simply laugh at you.
So the definition of Survival is especially defined Health-choice? Resident Evil styled maybe? Do you simply not have faith that they've found a way to integrate regen to a degree that is reasonable? Maybe it's VERY slow regeneration? Is the point not to analyze these things but to jump on their dick and ride it hard while bitching and moaning about the developers doing everything wrong before you've even played the game yourself?
No, just no. Wait for the final release, play it, then say what you feel. It'd be your own opinion and a valid one, but how people are handling it now? It's obnoxious. Same as ME3 fanboys and Sega fanboys lashing out.
No. Probably more like 20 to 30 hrs. if gamers would stop cheating and by that i mean aka walkthrough guides, wiki, youtube vids etc...play the game and actually search it through and enjoy, but nope they have to always take short cuts so they can say " I beat it in 8 hrs.". bah hardly.
Implying I need guides to beat a game. I beat Assassins creed in like 3 days doing all the side missions and no guides. Games are just easier now and puzzles are almost non-existent.
in my eyes, 12-15 hours is normally 19-25 at the pace I like to play my games. :)
Anyone else with me?
Games are meant to be savored - not rushed through. Adventure games like these beg for the player to take time and search out everything.
So yes, I am with you :)
My gaming experience is being ruined as I check every corner for something, and I always do, so that I don't miss anything, making games like Skyrim become more like work, not fun, managing all the weight and items that I have stored all over the house, placed them in different group order, to make it easier.
That is why I prefer sand-box style games, I can go there, do that, and then later come back, if I have a need to.
I'd have to agree with you, this game, from what I have seen looks gorgeous and will take a quite a lot of nice spent time looking at the views.
I should really learn to play games slowly and enjoy searching all the corners, but I am usually rushing, and trying to do everything perfectly, old habits die hard...
Uncharted was the same length and it turned out great.
never mind the hours, cant swim? o.o
Exactly. What is this? 1998?
I know Red Dead 2 didn't let you swim nor did Assassins Creed 1.
neither of those games were about SURVIVING on a harsh island surrounded by WATER where you play as a young woman whose sole goal is to SURVIVE a harsh environment where she has to learn to adapt and use what she has around her to SURVIVE and a vital part of that is going into WATER.
But since there's health regen, it doesn't matter anyway. This is NOT a survival game by any stretch of the imagination. DayZ is survival, this is just a cheap ploy to cash in on casuals with brand recognition.
Oh yeah, I never said they were about surviving. I just stated that you can go into the water and instantly die.
#14) Can't Swim – "Don't you know that you never learn to swim until the sequel?"
I hate games where you can't swim. God like the old Zelda games on the GameBoy.
For this gen it is inexcusable. Games like Red Dead and AC1 were so freaking annoying because you couldn't swim.
If you can't swim, then stop having magical water that pulls you into it. Have an invisible barrier if you are going to be that lazy with game design.
am i the only one happy about not swimming? i most timess hate swimm scenes in a game. they annoy the hell out of me so yay, that she hasnt learned to swimm lol =D
It's a complicated issue. For one, the ability to swim gives you more freedom, although it is harder to get the controls right for it.
If it is done right, that is excellent. If you are selling a game about 'survival' though, taking the ability to swim away isn't very flattering, especially coupled with the regenerative heath thingy.
In some of the trailers she was getting thrown around in rapids, so I think water will play a part of the game. I'm pretty sure Bear Grylls would be pretty pissed off if he couldn't swim lol.
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On a more personal note, i couldnt care less.
It's easily explainable. Isn't she on an island? Where the hell is she going to swim to?
Also, can be hard to swim in salt water with a gaping wound in your side.
in a river or lagoon? I've seen some waterfalls in the gameplay previews....
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Can't Swim - A tense feature in the old Tomb Raider games with your blue/greenish bar and the piranhas to look out for.
No health packs - Something you would obviously use to SURVIVE which is one of the main elements about this game. It would of been great if she had to wrap her self up with bandages if she got hurt. Another old school Tomb Raider feature they removed
I can't believe they got rid of the two things which made Tomb Raider...Tomb Raider, let me guess they wanted to make the game more accessible, damn why are developers this gen always have to dumb down good franchises.
You think it's bad this gen...just wait until next-gen.
I don't even want to think about it
Imagine whats going to happen to the Elder Scrolls 6 <sigh>
Skyrim was good don't get me wrong but it just felt so straight forward and accessible. Most things which made the game challenging were thrown out, and yet that crappy soul charge thing for Staffs/Echanted weapons which put people off being a mage remained.
Have to say I love that I'm basicaly saying the same as everyone else yet I'm the only one to get disagrees...stay classy NG4
Just go play it on the hardest difficulty already >:(
Is that like the new counter argument people have come up with recently to defend a game when it's been dumbed down..."Oh yeah just put it on a high difficulty", yeah thats not going to bring the features back is it
Seriously people have been saying the same about the new dmc, first they said to wait for the demo, now that people are still speaking out about it, it's like "Oh well change the difficulty"
I mean they've basicaly made it more Uncharted like, in Uncharted I can understand there being regenerating health but not in Tomb Raider
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"So you'd rather retain archaic features that endeared you to a game while keeping casuals and *near-gamers* away"
Keep them away, as far as way as they can. If your a gamer you don't need things to be changed to suit your needs your either a gamer or your not. You don't need marketing and casual gimmicks shoved down your throat to like something. The difference is us "actual" gamers like gaming for what it is, the casual audience only like what they are told to like or whats changed to suit there needs.
It's either them or us and since we were here first and gaming is something we all enjoy for what it is and has always been then yeah I wish they would f*** off.
My type is what is keeping core gaming alive still, your type are the ones who would bend over and take it if a developer screws you over, like what Capcom have done to Resident Evil and dmc, what Square Enix have done to Final Fantasy or the horrible problems Bethesda have run into with the PS3 despite claiming that both versions were the same
The problem with an Old Crowd is that it perpetually gets smaller. Accessibility is not an evil. It is something that is taking gaming out of the Dark Ages and at worst making it a more acceptable pastime.
So you'd rather retain archaic features that endeared you to a game while keeping casuals and *near-gamers* away. Oh yeah, you're hardcore. Big Man, you. Your type does wonders for the gaming world.
Well im gonna wait and see how the game will be like.
No one never complaint about Soul Reaver games have regenerative health and no game overs they were simply great games nonetheless but since were talking about Tomb Raider and not Soul Reaver i think it should have a "purist mode" (like Hitman Absolution) were featurres medkits.
Taking out the swimming might be a good thing for a change.
i walked through skyrim on master with a mace shield benton(the race with 25% resist) i died 5times in 130+ hours lol
for the love of gameing legacy of kain please come back
why the hell did @Conzul get so many disagrees? he brings up a really good point about making games more accessible for the benefit of attracting a larger audience to video games.
I don't like it at all, absolutely loathe hand holding but he brings up a very good point and you're all disagreeing because he's speaking the truth. absolutely ludicrous.
N4G at times seems to have the most hard headed majority out of all websites. conspiracy theorising, stagnant, close-minded majority, at times.
Soul Reaver didn't have regenerative health -- you had to eat souls.
Your comment 3.2.1, well said +.
Guess that what happens when you want to make a game like Uncharted. /s Although I recall they did have swimming in them
BTW...not knocking Uncharted, just think TR should try harder to retain it's identity.
There's a difference between a nice series having certain features, and an old series changing / gutting certain features that were a part of it / its identity.
That's pretty much what I said. TR had it's own identity. When people said UC was a TR ripoff I agreed, but saw enough differences to not really care. When I saw TR try to be more like UC I cared because TR was a strong franchise on it's own. The changes were unnecessary. If they had taken the original TR mechanics and made them better then it would have been much better to me.
Still, this whole practice seems to be business as usual for gaming today, which is really sad.
"I can't believe they got rid of the two things which made Tomb Raider..."
Newsflash: the two things which made Tomb Raider are left boob and right boob.
LMFAO I was just about to say the same thing.
It's so true as well.
I was looking towards getting her wet lol
I'm sure shes gonna be wet enough.
Hold the phone. So you guys are trying to make this game about realistic survival and she can't swim and regenerates health? Is that some sort of joke or something? So while Last of Us has you realistically healing yourself with medicine and bandages from your backpack with no regenerating health you guys took the lazy way and did the magic regen health? *picks up chart, ticks of square* that is one more strike for new Tomb Raider. That is three so far.
Indeed, if it has to compete with the Last of Us it will lose due to the superior survival experience of TLoU.
Quite fittingly, Tomb Raider will be the equivalent of a girl-pushup.
I'm still gonna play both anyway. One for the maturity of its experience and the other.....[guilty pause]...
Yeah, The Last of Us wowed me when they released that trailer in which Joel wrapped his arm with bandage to heal himself. I wonder why health regen is in this game when CD gave the impression that this TR reboot is all about survival and all that.
I thought this was the Dark Knight of video games which will give us something dark and serious. Health regen and no swimming sections (A TR staple) don't really make up for a TDKR experience, if you ask me.
You can't compare a square enix game with a naughty dog game, Tlou will be one of the few non-rpg games without health regen most games adapted that ugly insta health regen from COD, thanks to those casual gamers mechanics I barely see good FPS or TPS games these days.
The only thing that can save this game is adding swimming and making the health take a lot of time to regen or just add medkits, if not it will be more of the generic trash that gets spit out every year.
Even though I think it's gamers fault, since most generic games are the ones that sell the most, that makes most devs scared of changing the formula
Lara Croft cannot swim? What, ok I don't understand that decision at all.
Well, obviously she has a traumatic near drowning in this game, which forces her to re-evaluate her skillset and learn to swim in her early twenties.
Yeah, now I'm pretty sure you just ruined the game for me
Maybe she was raped by a seal while swimming?
^ Is that the controversial scene they've been talking about? Now I get it.
So the beginning of the game she is stuck in a sinking ship and has to swim to shore.
But cant swim. MMMMMMMk
Maybe she got knocked out and luckily floated to the island.
which means she didn't swim lol.
As I recall in the trailer she did swim in that room of the ship before the guy pulled her out. I'd say she floated to the top, but since they decreased her umm...buoyancy, that's not likely the case.


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