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Game Informations. Developers : Playful Studios. Publisher : Microsoft Studios. Released : Aug 21, 2020. Genre : Adventure. Mode : Single-player. Platforms : Microsoft Windows - PlayStation 4 - Xbox One - Nintendo Switch. New Super Lucky’s Tale is an improved version of the game that came out a few years ago. More specifically, it’s a port of the improved Switch version that re-did the visuals, changed levels and added new ones, and made a host of other similar changes. I love 3D platformers, and while this game may not break any new ground, it’s a ton of fun and bolsters a surprising amount of variety within its brisk, yet satisfactory length. The game opens with a story explaining how a group of guardians were attacked by a bunch of cats and ended up opening a portal to banish them. The eponymous hero is a relative of some of the guardians, and he alone gets pulled into said portal. It’s up to him to hunt down pages to restore a book to stop the bad guys from doing bad things. The story presentation is cute and innocuous enough. Lucky himself doesn’t talk or have anything approximating a personality, but he interacts with the bosses of each world at regular intervals and they help make up for that. The writing is often rather amusing too, which gives New Super Lucky’s Tale a lot more flavor. The game’s visuals are fairly dated, however, with a lot of low-resolution textures on display. It runs very well on PC, though. The only real issue I ever had was that I got hit with massive slowdown whenever I took damage. This was at its worst when I had to restart a boss battle because I kept getting hit. The framerate chugged so much I couldn’t even move, resulting in a rare death. You know the drill New Super Lucky’s Tale is very much in the vein of most of the successful games in the genre. It’s more Super Mario Galaxy than Super Mario 64, however, as the individual levels are small and based around unique goals and mechanics. In case I didn’t make it clear enough earlier, your goal is to collect pages, just like in Yooka-Laylee. The game is made up of six worlds that typically have between three and five levels. Each level has four pages to collect and every world has a certain number of extra pages as well. You collect the extra pages via glowing hatches you find scattered around. In most worlds, these hatches lead to statue puzzles. There are also mini-game stages where you have to control Lucky in a ball a la Super Monkey Ball and collect coins. These are both enjoyable, even if the puzzles are sometimes the only challenging things in the game. New Super Lucky’s Tale is mostly very easy, but these puzzles can feel 50 times harder than the rest of the game, which is a bit jarring. Outside of those, though, the game is an absolute breeze. Death will be a truly rare occurrence for most adults, as the difficulty is more geared to kids. Although I don’t see how they’ll be able to do some of the puzzles. Lucky can’t learn new moves and doesn’t have many abilities, but the controls are wonderfully precise and the general gameplay simplicity works in the game’s favor. Lucky can jump, double jump, attack with his tail, stomp, and burrow underground. Burrowing protects you from enemy attacks, too. Turn the page There’s a good amount of variety to New Super Lucky’s Tale‘s worlds. They’re mostly the usual suspects. Green world, beach world, haunted world, etc, etc. But they’re all as visually distinct as that implies. The levels themselves come in several different forms. My favorite is the standard 3D platformer stage where you explore levels and often have to complete a task for an NPC. There are also really solid 2D side-scroller levels which are exactly what they sound like, plus an auto-runner variation of these where Lucky is constantly pressed forward. Then there are the top-down maze levels, which are my least favorite. Navigating them can be a bit confusing due to the camera’s position. I would often get my sense of direction messed up during these, but there are very few of them. Finally, each world culminates in a boss battle that often requires very little combat on your part. These are simple and based around dodging enemy attacks and occasionally hitting an object back at the boss or directly attacking them yourself. New Super Lucky’s Tale is a short romp when all is said and done. The number of pages needed to unlock the boss levels is surprisingly low. As I said, there are four pages in each non-boss level. One for simply reaching the end, one for collecting at least 300 coins, another for finding the letters that spell the main character’s name, and a hidden page. The hidden page is almost always found via the same kind of hatches that contain the extra pages in each world. Those typically require you to interact with a clock and collect colored coins before you run out of time. No reason not to be a completionist Collecting all of the pages in each world doesn’t do anything big, but it does unlock a new costume for Lucky at the shop. The only thing you can do with the thousands and thousands of coins you collect is purchasing clothing items, which are separated by head and body. You can naturally mix and match the hats and garments from two different outfits if you’d like. I personally didn’t care much for the outfits. But I also don’t care much for playing as personality-deprived cartoon foxes either, so that’s neither here nor there. There isn’t much of an incentive to 100% the game. However, I still found it enjoyable to collect everything and aim to complete all of the objectives. Although, New Super Lucky’s Tale is a fun time, so I didn’t want it to end too soon either. The only big negatives that drag the game down a bit are its short length and, more importantly, how generic it is. It definitely feels like a standard mascot platformer in every way. Regardless, the game is enjoyable and well worth playing for fans of platformers. That goes double for anyone who didn’t play the previous iteration. There’s nothing here that you haven’t seen before, but these kinds of games aren’t very common nowadays. It’s always a pleasant surprise when we not only get a new one but one that’s as good as New Super Lucky’s Tale. System Requirements: MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS : Windows 7 Processor : Intel Core i5 3550 @ 3.3 GHz or AMD FX-6300 Memory : 8 MB RAM Graphics : AMD Radeon R7 370 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660/570 Storage : 8 GB available space -------------------------- RECOMMENDED: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS : Windows 10 Processor : Intel Core i5 4570 @ 3.2 GHz or AMD FX - 8350 Memory : 16 MB RAM Graphics : AMD Radeon R9 290X or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Storage : 8 GB available space

Insurance companies' pandemic-based premium repayments have not lived up to their earlier promises, U.S. PIRG finds. In the spring, insurance companies were happy to say they would be refunding some premiums due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And at first, things looked fine, with some issuing full-month or half-month refunds. But now that we're closer to a new spring than the old one, the consumer-protection advocacy group U.S. PIRG has studied the landscape and found that billions in profits were not returned. The solution, U.S. PIRG said, is for state governments to mandate refunds for these overpayments, since driving was way down this year. Drivers didn't drive quite as much in 2020 as they did in 2019, for obvious, COVID-related reasons. When the pandemic hit the U.S. in a big way this spring, auto insurers made a lot of noise about how they would be refunding millions of dollars worth of their customers' payments back to them. But as the pandemic has continued and continued, customers have not benefited as much as they should have, according to the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund. This week, the U.S. PIRG Education Fund released the details of its state-by-state (and company by company) analysis, showing that insurance companies did not live up to their earlier promises. Jacob van Cleef, U.S PIRG's consumer watchdog associate, told Car and Driver that the insurance companies have disappointed their customers. "They had an opportunity to use a significant portion of their billions of dollars in profits to genuinely help their struggling customers," he said. "Instead, most companies gave less than a month's worth of premiums back while making a big public to-do about doing a great service for their customers. Americans making sacrifices and staying at home deserve better, and these insurers should do more." Those profits came from the dramatic reduction in payouts the insurance companies issued this year since there were fewer cars on the road and thus fewer crashes. The way in which large insurance companies paid back premiums varied (the state-by-state details can be found on the U.S. PIRG website), but the gist is that most insurers "gave only a small fraction of the profits back to their customers" and most of those refunds were only for the March-May time frame, U.S. PIRG says. For example, when U.S. PIRG looked at the 10 largest insurers of personal vehicles in each state (for a total of 71 companies, since some companies were in the top 10 in more than one state), it found that only 18 of them returned at least 50 percent of one month's premium to its customers. Just eight returned at least a full month's premium payment. U.S. PIRG believes that long-term rate cuts are the best solution for consumers in this difficult time, but only four insurers reduced their rates by a defined percentage and, while most insurers that did issue rebates or rate reductions did so automatically, at least one (DTRIC in Hawaii) required customers to ask for the rate reduction. U.S. PIRG, which is an independent, nonpartisan consumer interest group and part of the Public Interest Network. is not the only organization that has identified the lack of substantial refunds. The Consumer Federation of America said in September that insurance commissioners in the U.S. are "asleep at the wheel" regarding efforts to get the "windfall" COVID profits back to consumers. The solution, U.S. PIRG's van Cleef said, is for state governments to step up. "State governments need to act now," he said. "While the federal government controls stimulus bills, the states can help their inhabitants by doing things such as mandating refunds from insurance companies. That alone won't fix anyone's pandemic-based financial problems, but it can help customers in this time of dire need."

The Australian state of Victoria has moved to toughen border restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus from a growing outbreak in Sydney. Sydney residents have been told to stay home after a virus cluster ended Australia's two-week run of no locally transmitted cases. The cases were found in the city's Northern Beaches area, which entered a five-day lockdown on Saturday. Since then Sydney residents have rushed to leave the city ahead of Christmas. Thousands have travelled from the city in New South Wales (NSW) to the neighbouring state of Victoria in the past 24 hours, leading to calls for tighter border restrictions. An emergency meeting of Victoria government officials was held on Saturday night to discuss a possible hard-border closure with NSW. An announcement is expected on Sunday, with local media reporting that Victoria's police force is preparing to set up border checkpoints with the help of the Australian army. The outbreak has also forced organisers of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race to cancel the event for the first time in its history. Sydney's Northern Beaches outbreak grew to 38 cases on Saturday, with 23 new cases recorded in the previous 24 hours. The new cluster emerged just days before the Christmas period, prompting concern that travel restrictions may impact festive plans. Until Wednesday Australia had recorded just one locally transmitted infection in the past fortnight. The country, which is considered a relative success story of the pandemic, has recorded 28,128 infections and 908 deaths in total, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally. What are the restrictions in Sydney? The more than 250,000 people who live in Sydney's Northern Beaches have been banned from leaving their homes except for work, exercise, essential shopping and compassionate reasons until Wednesday. Those living in other parts of Sydney have been told to avoid the area. The NSW government has urged all locals to wear masks in public areas like supermarkets and churches and to be on "high alert". NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian pleaded with all Sydney residents to limit their activities over the next few days and stay home "unless you really have to" go out. "We will be considering [whether] we do revert back to some restrictions in greater Sydney, but we are still considering that," Ms Berejiklian said. "I just want to put everybody on notice that that is a possibility and that will depend on the health advice." The next five days has been described as a "tipping point" by epidemiologist Mary-Louise McLaws. "We can only hope that it remains focused in the Northern Beaches, but if it goes across all of Australian than we will need more tightening," she said. Where did the outbreak come from? Tests have shown that the outbreak in Northern Beaches is similar to a strain of Covid-19 found recently in quarantined travellers, state officials said. But authorities still do not know how it got into the community. They said it had spread after one couple failed to isolate at home while awaiting coronavirus test results. Their December 11 visit to a po[CENSORED]r lawn bowls club and pub in the Northern Beaches suburb of Avalon has now been identified as the "super spreader" event. However, it's unclear how the couple - who hadn't travelled overseas - became infected. Since Australia closed its borders in March, its outbreaks have largely begun with breaches in its hotel quarantine system for returned international travellers. Such instances led to Australia's biggest outbreak in Melbourne.

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Game Informations. Developers : NEXT Studios. Publisher : Team17. Released : Oct 16, 2020. Genre : Adventure, Strategy, Role-Playing. Mode : Single-player. Platforms : Microsoft Windows - PlayStation 4 - Nintendo Switch. In the past few months, I’ve played several rogue-lite games from the likes of Hades and Risk of Rain 2. Those are known as “action rogue-lites” due to the emphasis on faster movement and attacks as you explore stages. This time around, I had the pleasure of trying out Crown Trick, a new title from developer NEXT Studios and publisher Team 17 Digital. What makes Crown Trick different from the aforementioned examples is that it emphasizes turn-based combat with RNG-based mechanics mixed in. The Dreamrealm In Crown Trick, you play as Elle. The opening cinematic implies that she’s ventured forth to a mystifying locale known as the Dreamrealm. Here, enemies abound and it’s up to you to help Elle survive. Along the way, you’re guided by a sentient crown companion. This kicks off the tutorial and the rest of your journey where every dungeon floor has multiple rooms. Many of these have you facing off against several mobs whereas others hold treasure chests, secrets, and unique dilemmas that offer a choice. Turn-based combat and weapons As mentioned earlier, Crown Trick uses a turn-based combat system. Whenever you enter a room with an enemy encounter, you move from tile to tile normally while hostile mobs do the same. I’m reminded of one of my favorite PlayStation 1 games — Azure Dreams — because of the dungeon delving and turn-based exploration. Furthermore, this is where tactical acumen and strategic planning apply since you can only move upwards, downwards, and to the sides — there’s no regular diagonal movement whatsoever. Should you move forward more aggressively and risk an enemy’s attack? Or would you prefer moving off to the sides to gain an advantage when your foe closes the gap? Perhaps you should use the “Blink” ability too? It has limited charges, but it lets you teleport to another tile without causing enemies to move or act. In addition to basic movement, Crown Trick gives you a plethora of weapon types, each one with its own attack range and coverage such as sniper rifles, staves, pistols, and daggers. Axes tend to be my favorite since you can hit every mob surrounding you. Weapons also have affixes. The higher the quality of the weapon, the more affixes it could have. Oh, and if you beat up your opponents severely, they might just “break,” allowing you to attack them with impunity while they’re stunned for several turns. Crown Trick‘s items, relics, and familiars Crown Trick‘s items and relics complement your weapon of choice. Items are your basic consumables such as those that cast debuffs, direct damage, or protective barriers. Relics, meanwhile, can be considered temporary buffs akin to passives that last throughout a run. Likewise, you have over a dozen familiars with various skills. These familiars are initially fought as elites monsters. Upon defeating them, they’ll grant you their powers and abilities when selected. For example, the Trickster lets you fire a Gravitation Field that sucks in enemies. You can also use a Lightning Orb that bounces between nearby targets. My top pick, though, is Firebreather. It lets you throw an explosive barrel that not only blocks the movement of hostiles, but can also be made to go boom when it’s destroyed. This damages anyone caught within the blast area while applying a fire damage-over-time (DOT) effect. Due to the rogue-lite nature of Crown Trick‘s gameplay, your runs often start and progress differently. You could have myriad weapons, relics, items, or familiars to select from, yet these are randomized at the start of your attempt. You’ll never know what you’ll get as you continue onward. Events, challenges, and decisions Speaking of randomization, some rooms might contain slot machines or challenge rooms. There’s even a nod to Thanos’ Infinity Gauntlet. You can continue powering this up as if you’re socketing Infinity Stones. Moreover, Crown Trick‘s dungeons might have particular events with decisions for you to make. It’s possible to find a shrine that grants a buff — like full healing, double damage, or immunity from elemental status effects. Those sound swell, however, there are downsides — such as your character bleeding until you kill enough enemies, or taking quadruple damage in return. Battling those bosses and fresh starts At the end of each floor, you’ll find a boss waiting for you. The bosses in Crown Trick all have unique spells and mechanics. One of them, Vlad, even has several variants. This includes an encounter with mechanics akin to “chess,” complete with pawns that transform into queens once they reach the opposite edge. Anyway, most zones will have three to four dungeon floors to beat so it gets permanently completed. If you fail at any time before that, you’re back to square one. Conveniently enough, there’s a vendor that sells wares and a restoration pool just before you head to the next floor (kinda like Hades). Even the crown companion itself replenishes your mana and Blink charges when you enter a room filled with enemies. Still, if you failed your run, or if you cleared the entire zone, you’ll end up back in Elle’s HQ in the Dreamrealm. Your base has several NPCs that provide permanent buffs and boosts. My main gripe in Crown Trick, however, is that every new attempt is heavily reliant on whatever you find in the initial room. Pray to the RNG gods that you’ll have the weapon and familiar you need. Otherwise, you’ll feel severely gimped and it’s going to be a pain to continue your trek. Indeed, there’s an over-dependence on the initial items or spells that’d make or break your run regardless of what you spot later. That means restarting over and over until you could have a combination that’s preferable. This can be somewhat tedious too. There’s also little variety with regard to tilesets, encounters, and bosses. Although dungeon floors in Crown Trick are procedurally-generated, you’ll notice the same baddies you’ve seen in the past throughout multiple runs. Furthermore, my other concern with encounters, in general, is that certain effects seem opaque or confusing. There were times when I didn’t know why my character was losing HP or why my attacks no longer dealt damage. A crowning achievement Crown Trick‘s turn-based combat and strategy formula, including planning your tactics and the plethora of weapons, relics, and abilities, are all remarkably fun and engaging. I found myself playing a short romp late at night and, the next thing I knew, the sun was already up. It’s ridiculously addictive, and the core gameplay loop will keep you coming back for more. You’ll experience the challenge you’ve come to expect from the rogue-lite genre, but the difficulty is always fair. Again, it’s just the tediousness of having to restart until you get the “proper” initial room you want. The capabilities of weapons and/or familiars will feel restrictive especially if you’re gunning for an ideal build. Unlike Hades or Risk of Rain 2, the concept of mixing and matching in Crown Trick is significantly limited, and we might need to see some tweaks, balancing, or improvements down the line. In the end, though, Crown Trick remains a crowning achievement for NEXT Studios. It just might become part of the pantheon of new rogue-lite titles that’ll charm and excite players. You might want to give it a go once it releases via Steam tomorrow, October 16. System Requirements: MINIMUM: OS : Windows 7 (32-bit Version) Processor : Intel Core(TM) i3-4160 / AMD X4 830 Memory : 4 GB RAM Graphics : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 / AMD R7 350 DirectX : Version 11 Network : Broadband Internet connection Storage : 2 GB available space Sound Card : No specific requirements -------------------------- RECOMMENDED: OS : Windows 7 (64-bit Version) Processor : Intel Core(TM) i5-7500 / AMD Ryzen 3 1300X Memory : 8 GB RAM Graphics : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 / AMD R7 360 DirectX : Version 11 Network : Broadband Internet connection Storage : 2 GB available space Sound Card : No specific requirements

Anyone chasing quarter-mile times is better off skipping the GT500's $18,500 Carbon Fiber Track Pack. In Car and Driver testing, the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 hit 60 mph and 100 mph 0.2 second quicker on the standard street tires than on the optional track tires. A Ford engineer who works on the GT500 confirmed that the standard Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires tend to have better longitudinal traction than the optional Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires. The Cup 2 tires deliver their big benefit in lateral grip, a boon for road-course lap times. It might seem intuitive that if you're trying to run the quickest straight-line times with Ford's most powerful production car ever—the 760-hp Mustang Shelby GT500—you'd want to spend the money to upgrade to the optional performance tires. Car and Driver testing reveals that hunch is wrong, though. A GT500 is quicker—to 60 mph, to 100 mph, and through the quarter-mile—with the standard Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires than with the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires that are part of the $18,500 Carbon Fiber Track Pack. Here's what the test numbers reveal: Michelin Pilot Sport 4S 0–30 mph: 1.6 sec 0–60 mph: 3.4 sec 0–100 mph: 6.9 sec ¼-mile: 11.3 sec @ 132 mph Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 0–30 mph: 1.7 sec 0–60 mph: 3.6 sec 0–100 mph: 7.1 sec ¼-mile: 11.4 sec @ 132 mph "There's no surprise here," said Steve Thompson, the lead development engineer for the GT500, when we asked Ford about our findings. "It's not atypical to see a PS4S equal the Cup tire or go a bit faster." Thompson cited several factors that explain why the street tire is quicker. The Pilot Sport 4S's thicker tread blocks do a better job holding heat, which improves traction so the car gets off the line quicker. You'll notice that in the standard tire's quicker zero-to-30-mph time. Thompson also credited differences in the internal construction, noting that the street tire is designed with occasional drag racing in mind. The Cup 2, on the other hand, is optimized for lateral grip and racetrack use. The track tires deliver a wild 1.13 g's of lateral grip in our skidpad test, while the Pilot Sport 4S summer tires manage 0.99 g. In cornering, the lateral forces are largely carried by the outer ribs and shoulders of the tire. The tire compounds and tread patterns used at the tire's edges are optimized for that work, but the center section of the Cup 2 track tire is designed to account for the likely scenario that they'll also be driven on public roads. "When you look at the contact patches of the two tires, they're not dissimilar. The inside ribs on the Cup tire are geared toward the street," Thompson said. That contact patch is what translates the supercharged 5.2-liter V-8's massive thrust into forward motion. So if you plan to drive a Shelby GT500 straight off the dealer lot and to your local drag strip, know that you're better off skipping the pricey Track Pack. You'll have a quicker car and the $18,500 you save will cover entry fees, fuel, and replacement tires for years' worth of dragging racing.

Sweden's government is recommending wearing face masks on public transport during the rush hour, reversing its earlier Covid guidance. It will also cut from the current eight to four per table the number of people sitting together in restaurants, and ban alcohol sales after 20:00. PM Stefan Löfven unveiled the measures, which will take effect soon. Elsewhere in Europe, Italy and Austria are the latest countries to be placed in lockdowns over the Christmas period. Sweden, which has never imposed a full lockdown, has seen nearly 360,000 cases and 8,000 deaths - many more than its Scandinavian neighbours. The country had previously been one of only a few nations not to recommend masks in public outside of healthcare settings. This is despite strong recommendations given by the World Health Organization (WHO). On Thursday, Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf said the Scandinavian nation "failed" to save lives with its relatively relaxed approach to the coronavirus outbreak. The monarch made the remarks as part of an annual TV review of the year with the royal family. Instead of relying on legal sanctions, Sweden appeals to citizens' sense of responsibility and civic duty, and issues only recommendations. There are no sanctions if they are ignored. However, earlier this week, schools across the Stockholm region were asked to switch to distance learning for 13 to 15-year-olds for the first time as soon as possible. The measure was announced in response to rising Covid-19 cases. This came a week after a nationwide decision on 7 December to switch to remote learning for those over 16. And on Monday, new nationwide social-distancing recommendations for the Christmas period came into force, replacing similar region-specific guidelines. What else is happening in Europe? Sweden is not alone in tightening coronavirus restrictions. A number of European countries have done so ahead of Christmas following a surge of infections. The Netherlands and Germany have imposed lockdowns until January. On Friday, Italy followed suit, imposing a nationwide lockdown for much of the Christmas and New Year period. Italians will only be allowed to travel for work, health or emergency reasons between 24-27 December, 31 December - 3 January, and 5-6 January. What restrictions are in place in Europe? In Austria, the government said on Friday the country would enter its third lockdown after Christmas. From 26 December, non-essential shops will be shut and movement outside homes restricted. However, a mass testing programme in January will give people the opportunity to end their lockdown sooner. The government said those who test negative for the virus will be allowed more freedoms. In France, President Emmanuel Macron remains in self-isolation in the official presidential residence at La Lanterne at Versailles after testing positive for Covid-19. Mr Macron said he was suffering from fatigue, headaches and a dry cough. Slovakia's Prime Minister Igor Matovic, who attended an EU summit with Mr Macron last week, said he had tested positive for coronavirus on Friday. Several other European leaders who were also at the summit, including the prime ministers of Belgium, Spain, Portugal and Luxembourg, said they would self-isolate.

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Best known for its enthusiast RAM, G.Skill is expanding into a new product segment with the ENKI chip-chiller. G.Skill is most synonymous high-end memory products, and as it relates to that, it is very much involved in the extreme overclocking scene—its RAM accounts for around half of the top 20 DDR4 frequency records at HWBOT. But like many memory makers, RAM is only part of a fleshed out product lineup. One area G.Skill has not dabbled in, however, is CPU cooling, but that now changes with the introduction of its ENKI series of all-in-one liquid coolers. Despite being new territory for G.Skill, it has already mastered the art of marketing, as it pertains to liquid cooling. "Named after the ancient Sumerian god of water, the ENKI series AIO is a custom-designed AIO CPU cooler that focuses on high cooling performance by eliminating heat-transfer bottlenecks and engineered to efficiently extract heat from the CPU, through specially-selected low thermal resistance thermal paste, across the custom-tuned convex copper cold plate, and into the high-density radiator via widened, low-evaporation coolant tubing," G.Skill explains. In other words, it's a traditional liquid cooler, in that there is a cold plate, tubing, a pump, and a radiator, all assembled into a presumably easy-to-install all-in-one kit. Though to be fair, that might be selling it short. G.Skill tells us it is using its own custom solution, meaning this is not a rebadged AIO cooler with its name stamped on it. Part of that entails the custom-tuned convex cold plate, designed to minimize the travel distance of heat pulled from the CPU through the "server-grade" thermal paste and into the solid copper plate. "On the other side of the cold plate, stair-shaped high-density micro-fins are used to optimally guide the coolant intake-outtake flow for efficient heat transfer from the cold plate and into the coolant," G.Skill says. The tubing used is 8mm (inner diameter) and sleeved. And as for the radiator, G.Skill claims it uses denser piping compared to "typical radiators," with the 360mm and 240mm models leveraging 3-4 times more radiator pipes, and the 280mm version using 6 times more radiator pipes. High static pressure fans with nine fan blades provide the airflow, and of course RGB lighting is part of the package. Whether it lives up to the hype, we'll have to wait and see—G.Skill says its new coolers will be available in 2021, backed by five-year warranties.

Game Informations. Developers : inXile Entertainment. Publisher : Deep Silver. Released : Aug 28, 2020. Genre : Role-playing. Mode : Single-player - multiplayer. Platforms : Microsoft Windows - PlayStation 4 - Xbox One - macOS - Linux. After its successful crowdfunding via Fig and later with the help of Microsoft, inXile Entertainment’s Wasteland 3 is set to arrive this week via Steam. Featuring fresh and familiar faces, exploration of the vast wilderness of Colorado, turn-based combat, zany humor, and difficult decisions, Wasteland 3 promises loads of hours of RPG goodness. Your adventure in Wasteland 3 starts where the Desert Rangers left off in the second game: worse for wear. Their Arizona base having been nuked to stop a resurgent Cochise AI, the survivors try to look for aid. Those meddling kids This is when the Patriarch comes in. The leader—some would say the “dictator”—of Colorado will send supplies in return for helping him deal with his children. It’s not just a case of babysitting, mind you. Each of the Patriarch’s kids—Valor, Victory, and Liberty—are out to topple him from his lofty perch. Heck, they’re also either bloodthirsty or insane. This sets the stage for Wasteland 3‘s main quests and the arrival of the Rangers in Colorado. Wasteland 3‘s new beginnings Unfortunately, the Rangers suffer devastating casualties due to an enemy ambush. The tutorial level, the aptly named “Ambush Site,” gives you the gist of Wasteland 3‘s new mechanics and systems. First, you can only create two custom Rangers at the start. You’ll then assign their attributes, skills, perks, and quirks. Veterans of the series will notice how stats are more streamlined now. For instance, action points (AP) are solely governed by the Coordination attribute. Likewise, items go to a shared loot pool with an unlimited carrying capacity (no more individual stashes). Indeed, these and many other changes make the stat allocations for Coordination, Luck, Awareness, Strength, Speed, Intelligence, and Charisma (aka CLASSIC) more manageable. From there, your chosen skills will come into play. Did you pick Hard Ass to intimidate opponents during speech checks? How about Mechanics to repair generators? What about the all-important Lockpicking for all those chests, or Sneaky Shit to ensure that you can disable tripwires? Early on in Wasteland 3‘s campaign, you’ll realize how your picks are key to your progression and how the story would play out. When a bandit holds one of your fellow Rangers at gunpoint, and you need Hard Ass/Kiss Ass and First Aid to ensure that your comrade survives, what’s your course of action? If you fail, that soldier’s dead; if you succeed, you’ll find out that she could become a unique companion later in the game. Tactical turnaround Perhaps the biggest change in Wasteland 3 is its combat system. Wasteland 2 used a “turn order system,” where your characters and their foes alternated turns based on their initiative stat. Now, all your units can act during the same turn followed by the enemy group. Think of this combat system as akin to the mainline XCOM titles. Funnily enough, XCOM switched to a “turn order system” with the recent Chimera Squad spinoff. Even better, you can now have up to six people in your squad. This leads to bigger firefights that require you to plan ahead, even letting you choose from end-turn actions such as defend, ambush (overwatch), or prepare (save some remaining action points/AP for the next round). Oh, and remember those two custom Rangers that you created at the beginning of the game? Well, once you reach a new area, you can select from different templates or make completely new ones from scratch. You can have a minimum of two custom Rangers and four unique companions (2/4), a maximum of four custom Rangers and two unique companions (4/2), or three of each (3/3). Since you’ve got more characters to bring in your journeys, you can mix and match so that your team has each skill check covered. Wasteland 3‘s difficult decisions The original Wasteland was known for its “persistent” environments where, if you returned to a location, you’ll find it just as how you left it. These are the implications of consequences stemming from your actions (one that Wasteland 2 further exemplified). In Wasteland 3, the decisions you make will be more crucial than ever. That rescued soldier who eventually became a unique companion is just the tip of the iceberg. There are more key decisions and moments that you need to ponder on. Some examples include what to do with a prisoner who assisted a mass murder. As mentioned in the beta preview that I also covered, executing this character leads to a worsening of relations with one of the game’s five factions. Arresting them could lead to a reputation boost with another faction, but only if they’re imprisoned by the sheriff and not by one of your officers. Next, as soon as you step foot on the world map, you’ll need to choose between two locations that are calling for your aid—a homestead or a caravan—and you can only save one. It’s like the previous game’s Ag Center vs. Highpool decision. Later, you could find yourself teaming up with one of the Patriarch’s wayward children, and an entity might judge you for all your previous transgressions (in a moment that left me in awe). Familiar faces It gets even more conflicting as you continue to progress. Did you find a synth? Cool. Now, what are you going to do when Gary “NaCl” Wolfe tells you to kill it? Wolfe, as series vets would know, is a character from the previous game. He, like many others, can be spotted as you continue onward in Wasteland 3‘s campaign. There are many fan favorites that make an appearance, leading to moments that’d make you grin and fist pump due to excitement. There are also a few nods and references here and there, especially as you discover what the hell happened to the Rangers (and the rest of Arizona) after the Citadel’s destruction. Even Quarex, a Rail Nomad who likes collecting classic video games, now runs a gaming museum complete with “the last copy of Wasteland 4” as an exhibit. Speaking of museums, you could even have one in your newly recommissioned Ranger HQ in Colorado. You’re not limited to a museum because you can also find people who’ll staff your armory, med bay, brig, and garage. Whether it’s your fame, reputation, squad, or facilities, Wasteland 3 has you rebuilding your organization in this new state. The winter wonder-wasteland As for your garage, this becomes a fixture in Wasteland 3, since this is where you fine-tune your vehicle, the Kodiak. Unlike in previous titles where you’re just walking around (or maybe running out of water), Wasteland 3 will let you roam Colorado’s frozen and mountainous terrain while driving the Kodiak. Additionally, you won’t need to collect a resource (like fuel) just to keep it running on the world map. At best, you’ll need to make sure that you’ve got the skills to avoid or survive random encounters. You’ll also need those that can net you a lot of stuff from stashes, crates, camps, and bunkers (which act as “shrines” of sorts). You don’t get to explore them, but you do have dialogue options/skill checks on how to investigate and loot them. Exploration is definitely a lot more comfortable this time around. The Kodiak even doubles as a seventh squad member in many battles since you can equip it with mortars, cannons, and various armor platings to smash through barriers and enemies. Minor misgivings Still, I did have a few misgivings. Although Wasteland 3 doesn’t suffer from a litany of atrocious bugs, there were a few minor issues. These include sidequests that don’t get completed, instances or incidents that seem to be unfinished, and a particular zone that led to an infinite loading screen if you loaded your save. There were also a few hiccups, such as framerate drops when lots of special effects were on-screen (i.e., flames), the times when your squad’s lineup (i.e., listed order) continuously resetting, consumables disappearing from your quick slots (you’d need to re-equip them again), and the names of zones staying on-screen all throughout (which requires you to relaunch the game). Some features, likewise, need QOL improvements. For example, you can’t use certain First Aid consumables on a teammate directly via your inventory (as you’d need to equip the item first to use it on the tactical map). I’d also like to see a sorting option (price or damage/armor stats) and utility items don’t even have their own tabs. Lastly, AI-controlled companions can be quite a nuisance when they start wading in your line of fire or AoE blasts. Bear in mind that I already reported these issues, so we could see some fixes in time for the game’s release. Perhaps the biggest point of contention I can think of—and one that’ll be considered by long-time fans—is that the challenge becomes moot halfway through the game (at least even at Ranger difficulty). Yes, combat will still test your mettle. However, the aforementioned skill checks will become forgettable due to so many options combined with a revolving door of newly-created characters. On one hand, you can think of this as Wasteland 3 becoming more accessible. On the other, you could also feel that strict character builds and min-maxing would be lessened to a degree—maybe you’d just pick the Supreme Jerk difficulty or wait for the post-launch permadeath option if you want a real challenge. The War for Colorado In spite of these misgivings, I can’t fault Wasteland 3 for its visuals, as inXile Entertainment really did a fine job with this title. Barring the rare FPS hiccup, the effects remain clean and crisp, with destinations and the world map fully immersing you in the unforgiving frontier of Colorado. In terms of audio and music, there are no qualms here. The talents of Mark Morgan (who also composed the soundtrack for Wasteland 2, Fallout, and Fallout 2) and Mary Ramos (the musical director for several of Quentin Tarantino’s films) are on full display. It came to a point when I half expected Nancy Sinatra’s version of “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” to start playing in the middle of a firefight. Still, “America the Beautiful” does suffice. In the end, I still found that Wasteland 3 provided the same vibes that the series is known for. There are zany, over-the-top characters that’d make you giggle due to their dark humor. Some funny moments come from ambient dialogue, like people prank calling Ranger HQ. Others, meanwhile, are discovered as you do quests, such as randomly encountering Scotchmo in a dungeon or Santa Claus going “ho ho ho-ly shit” after you reveal that he’s got a drug den filled with elves. Oh, and there’s the gigantic Ronald Reagan statue that fires lasers from its eyes. There are locations and scenes so grim and macabre that you have no doubts that this is set in a dark, post-apocalyptic world, such as members of a death cult chopping off their victims’ limbs and attaching their torsos to “kites.” Of course, there are dilemmas that led to various outcomes, the repercussions of which won’t be felt until hours have passed or once you’ve reached the game’s final act. Wasteland 3 also has a co-op feature. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to try this during the course of my review. My experiences were purely from a single-player standpoint. Nevertheless, my first completion clocked in at roughly 60 hours. This also included sidequests and some reloading/save-scumming to jot down notes for various guides. I’ve even replayed the final act to see different epilogues. I just wish the campaign could’ve been extended as the final act itself felt rushed. Don’t get me wrong; Wasteland 3 remains a complete and satisfying journey. However, we’re only scratching the surface of what this new frontier holds for the Rangers. I hope to see more content down the road and maybe more unique companions who’ll join the squad. System Requirements: MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS : Windows 10 Processor : Intel Core i5-3.3 GHz or better, or AMD Equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics : Nvidia GTX 760 or AMD Equivalent DirectX : Version 11 Storage : 52 GB available space Sound Card : DirectX compatible sound card ------------------------- RECOMMENDED: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS : Windows 10 Processor : Intel Core i7-3770 GHz or better, or AMD Equivalent Memory : 8 GB RAM Graphics : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB), or AMD RX 480 (8GB) DirectX : Version 11 Storage : 52 GB available space Sound Card : DirectX compatible sound card

Available in 2022, the vans will offer up to 450 cubic feet of cargo room as they join the burgeoning ranks of electrified work vehicles. Electric vehicle startup Canoo unveils two electric delivery vans and announces a third is on the way. The vans, which compare in size to a wider Honda Odyssey and a wider Kia Niro, will have up to 450 cubic feet of cargo space and an EPA-estimated range of up to 230 miles. Early models will be available in 2022, with full production coming in 2023. While consumer EVs are where the fun is, fleet and business EVs will do a lot to reduce carbon emissions and when done correctly will actually save companies money, since EVs require less maintenance to keep on the road. Electric-vehicle startup Canoo is targeting that demographic as it unveils its upcoming delivery vehicle lineup. The startup is offering two different variants of its futuristic-looking electric vans, which will be priced starting at $33,000. The MPDV1, about the same overall length as the Kia Niro but about seven inches wider, has 200 cubic feet of cargo space. The taller MPDV2, roughly the same overall length as a Honda Odyssey but about eight inches wider, will have 450 cubic feet of space. Both will be powered by a single motor on the front axle outputting 200 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of torque. The MPDV1 will be outfitted with battery packs from 40.0 kWh to 80.0 kWh with EPA estimated ranges from 130 to 230 miles. The MPDV2 will get the same pack sizes, but with EPA estimated ranges from 90 miles to 190 miles likely due to the increased size of this vehicle. According to Canoo, DC fast charging on the 80.0-kWh battery pack will take 28 minutes from 20 to 80 percent. Since these vehicles will likely be roaming cities picking up and delivering packages, range is less of an issue than in a consumer EV. Canoo states that limited availability of the vehicle will begin in 2022, with full production planned for 2023. Canoo has already shown off a passenger van, and a third commercial model, the MPDV3, will be launched later and will likely be in the Class 3 truck category. As is the fashion for newly announced vehicles these days, the company is taking refundable $100 deposits to order one of the delivery vans.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed as "a trick" a joint media investigation that blamed Russian state agents for poisoning his arch-critic, Alexei Navalny. He accused Mr Navalny of receiving help from the US secret services. He told a news conference that it was "not an investigation" but "a trick aimed at attacking the top people". Agents in Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) were named by Bellingcat and other media investigators. Mr Navalny narrowly survived the August poisoning, spending weeks in intensive care in a Berlin hospital. Western specialists established that a type of Russian Novichok nerve agent had been used in the attack - an agent that could only have come from a state facility. Mr Putin said the details published by Bellingcat and its partners on Monday amounted to "the legalisation of data from the US special services". "This means that this Berlin clinic patient [Navalny] has the support of US intelligence services." Therefore, he added, "the [Russian] special services certainly should track him". He belittled Mr Navalny, saying "what use is he to anyone?" He added, with a laugh, that if Russian agents had wanted to poison Mr Navalny "they would probably have finished the job". Mr Navalny accuses Mr Putin of running a deeply corrupt administration, and his investigations have drawn millions of followers on social media. In the wide-ranging, televised news conference, Mr Putin - in power since 2000 - also said he had not yet decided whether to run for the presidency again in 2024. He spoke to the huge audience via video link from his Novo-Ogarevo residence outside Moscow because of the coronavirus hygiene rules. When asked about the US presidential election, Mr Putin said Russia's relations with Washington had become "hostage" to US domestic politics. "We believe the US president-elect [Joe Biden] will sort things out because he has both domestic and foreign policy experience," he said. The questioner asked him why Russian hackers had not helped Donald Trump this time, as they allegedly had in 2016 - a point dismissed by Mr Putin as "a provocation". "Russian hackers didn't help the current president [Trump], they didn't interfere, these are all inventions to spoil our relations with the USA." On Russia's response to the coronavirus crisis, Mr Putin was challenged repeatedly about the pandemic's severe impact on the health service and economy. Mr Putin said the locally produced vaccine was safe and efficient, but it would take time to develop production capacity. He said he would get vaccinated but he was not in the priority group getting it first. On the economy, he acknowledged that real incomes in Russia were falling, partly because of the pandemic.

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