![]() When planting, you can hold 'E' on keyboard to bring up the radial menu so you can switch seeds or assign them on the fly. This means you can forage wild seeds constantly and never have to worry about running out of space. Okay, I might as well talk about QOL enhancements, since there's a lot and I love them, so this'll be the focus of my review.ġst: seeds live in their own little sack separate from your inventory. Ideas range from giving you the ability to make wine or cheese or even sour cream, to increasing and upgrading your tools. Sometimes it's as essential as taming animals. Sometimes it's as humble as knowing exactly what time it is in a day. As you progress, exploring the Land and talking to the tribe, Ideas will occur that, when their prerequisites are met, will give you enhancements. The setting also allows you a sense of progression first you start off with just your stone handaxe multi-tool and a pitcher for water that only waters one tiles at a time. Seeing them morph from their wild shapes to something more familiar as your planet knowledge level rises is always fascinating. It turns a lot of preconceived notions on their heads, such as having to domesticate farm animals first, as well as the plants, displaying what well-known farm produce used to look like in the wild, such as purple carrots, wrinkly strawberries and even some odd looking squashes. Roots of Pacha is part of a genre I like to call 'pixel farming sims', alongside the early Harvest Moon games and the infamous Stardew Valley, and not only does it sit comfortably among them, it brings some Quality Of Life enhancements that I am going to sorely miss when I return to those games.įirst off I love the unique premise of setting the game in prehistory during the birth of farming. Happy farming, my fellow cavemen and cavewomen! Roots of Patcha doesn't just offer a farming experience it's a time-traveling escapade that will leave you in stitches and longing for more. Get ready to plow, sow, and harvest your way through the ages. So, grab your virtual club, put on your best fur loincloth, and prepare for a prehistoric farming extravaganza! With its enchanting pixel art, clever gameplay mechanics, and the satisfaction of taming prehistoric creatures, this game is an absolute blast. In conclusion, Roots of Patcha is a wild and woolly farming adventure that will have you laughing, grunting, and shouting with joy. It's like playing a never-ending game of tag with your mouse, and boy, does it keep you on your toes! In this game, you have to unleash your inner caveman instincts and use your cursor to edge your way around. Forget about using your trusty WSAD keys to navigate the map. Now, I must confess that there's one little quirk that might make you go "Uggh!" in both frustration and amusement. Who needs prophecies when you have a virtual stone ax to upgrade? The focus here is on the sheer delight of living a simpler life and embracing the quirks of a bygone era. While the story might not be the next epic tale of heroism and destiny, that's absolutely irrelevant in this caveman wonderland. ![]() Who needs carrots when you can ride a wild boar or raise your very own bison? It's a primal joy that leaves you grinning from ear to ear. While there are similarities to other games in the genre, this one sets itself apart by letting you step into the furry shoes of a prehistoric tribe member. Oh no, it's a farm sim life with its own unique, well-thought-out mechanics. ![]() Roots of Patcha isn't just another Stardew Valley wannabe. The attention to detail is so mesmerizing that you might just forget to milk your virtual mammoth.īut enough about the visuals, let's dig into the gameplay. Prepare to be dazzled by the gorgeous pixel art that takes you back to a time when mammoths roamed the Earth (and you didn't have to worry about your Wi-Fi connection). Let's start by admiring the visual feast that is Roots of Patcha. Hold onto your loincloths, folks, because Roots of Patcha is here to transport you to a prehistoric farm-tastic adventure like no other! With its incredibly satisfying gameplay, stunning pixel art graphics, and captivating nature, this game will have you shouting "Yabba-dabba-doo!" and spending more time on it than you ever thought possible. ![]()
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![]() There’s also a welcome offline mode with the full economy enabled, and a sandbox mode that gives you unlimited money, which is great if you want to terraform your perfect landscape as a starting point before opening a zoo there. Franchise Mode is where I spent most of my time, in which you can build a multi-zoo franchise online and your Conservation Credits conveniently carry over from one to another and you can trade animals with other players. Menagerie of ModesĪside from a story mode with charming voice acting that does a decent job of teaching you important mechanics little by little, Planet Zoo has all the modes I’d expect. There’s no way to acquire grants or anything for having a good conservation program, so investing entirely into these expensive animals will still mean you have to make cuts to staff and sell a bunch of hats like a ruthless capitalist or your important environmental work will get shut down. ![]() My only disappointment with this system is that Conservation Credits can’t keep the lights on. Doing so can also earn you Conservation Credits, which are sometimes the only way to acquire particularly rare specimens. ![]() This score gives your zoo a bonus to popularity and guest happiness for housing and breeding endangered species, releasing good specimens back into the wild, and putting up informational displays and audio speakers to educate your guests. My favorite new feature is the Conservation Rating. Help these animals get settled in lovingly designed habitats, educate guests on their needs, and develop successful breeding programs to continue the zoo’s prosperity into the future.On the economic side, Planet Zoo has a well-balanced set of income sources and expenses to consider. You’ll expand the zoo by clearing terrain in order to weave new habitats into the landscape, working around marshy wetland and letting your creativity flow while providing animals large, naturalistic habitats in which to thrive.Īs well as spearheading planning and construction, you’ll endeavour to increase species diversity by incorporating the North America Animal Pack’s additions. Welcome to Jameson Wildlife Park! Nestled within the lakes at the foot of the famous Blue Ridge Mountains, this newly developed attraction invites you to take over management duties. Diminutive prairie dogs, meanwhile, the smallest adult animals you’ll find throughout Planet Zoo, stand tall in a sentinel pose before yipping and leaping around. Other than that it’s been silky smooth with intuitive controls once you get used to them. California sea lions call out with their distinctive bark, and shake their blubbery folds. Only seen it stagger a little on ps5 when I turned on ‘auto tunnel’ setting. For instance, the arctic fox, who has the lowest temperature tolerance in the game, hunts by adorably diving face-first into the snow, just as it does in the wild. ![]() Visitors will love watching every new animal display unique behaviours. From the towering moose, Planet Zoo’s largest and heaviest species of deer, to the tiny prairie dog, you can enthral your guests with a range of fascinating North American wildlife. This makes a total of seven habitat animals and one exhibit animal. Within the North America Animal Pack you’ll find the moose, cougar, California sea lion, North American beaver, American alligator, black-tailed prairie dog, arctic fox, and American bullfrog. The North America Animal Pack also comes with one new timed scenario to challenge your zoo-managing skills at the foothills of the famous Blue Ridge Mountains. Introduce eight amazing new animals to your zoo with the North America Animal Pack! Featuring iconic species highly requested by the community, the North America Animal Pack brings a diverse assortment of growling, swimming, and cantering additions, complete with five new enrichment items to help them feel at home. ![]() ![]() Imagine being a WARRIOR, a SOLDIER of the ancient empires and passing away gloriously in battle, hoping to reunite with your lover or family in the afterlife, and uhhh That there is a chance that I would end up reincarnated as a fucking chariot. I hold the firm belief that since the little chariots meow like cats, then the big chariots must be dogs or horses.īecause for my own sanity and peace of mind, I REFUSE to believe that if I was a legendary hero who died and faded to Elysium… I finally got time to play Hades again after my hiatus, and one thing really stuck out to me. Keep reading my writing hades hades game hades supergiant ziggyzagreus hades fandom supergiant games hades hypnos hypnos hades hypnos achilles hades hades achilles achilles patroclus hades hades patroclus patroclus patrochilles hades patrochilles achilles/patroclus achilles x patroclus patroclus x achilles hades fanfiction the song of achilles So instead, he watched carefully, curious as to where this would lead. Cruel as it was, Hypnos craved a little entertainment. The Chthonic God wondered if he should mention something to the Shade’s Prince and ward, but had decided against it for a little while. It was when Achilles had actually gone to sleep that Hypnos first began to worry. Achilles would likely not press what little freedom he had. Hypnos had wondered if he would pick up one of Orpheus’ discarded lyres one of these days, but found it to be only wishful thinking. The Master of the House had hardly noticed when Achilles would take slips into other rooms, or would retire for a little while when he got bored of the West Wing itself. But since Zagreus had started going out into the realms so often, it was not necessary for Achilles to be at attention in his post forever. It was rare for Shades to sleep, especially ones who were on duty. ![]() It was ironic that something of his own doing had been plaguing the House for such a time, and yet he had not felt the need to bring it up until now. Hypnos had waited long before this moment to turn around. ![]() ![]() ![]() One key location full of Scream Easter eggs suggests a much more interesting sequel about the obsessive nerd fan service that has taken over so much big-scale blockbuster filmmaking. But that film seemingly exhausted all of their ideas about modern horror (not to mention most of the Scream legacy cast), leaving little for Scream VI to say or satirize. Their previous Scream at least played with the notion of a Scream legacyquel in clever ways. That’s disappointing, since this new Scream comes from the same creative team as the last one directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett and writers James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick. READ MORE: Our Full Recap of the Scream Series So Far Ghostface can never be heard by any of the heroes as he or she skulks around in combat boots, even when he or she is talking loudly into a phone through a voice changer three feet away from the person on the other end of the line. This happens with surprising and frustrating frequency in Scream VI. While the concern for an audience’s experience is admirable, that approach also speaks to an unfortunate fact: The killers’ motives are so random, and who lives and who dies is so arbitrary, that the filmmakers can literally shoot multiple versions of their story and any of them could plausibly be the solution. The killer’s identity is meaningless. Screams are not only slasher spoofs, they’re also whodunits, with the killer’s identity kept secret until a final, shocking reveal. The franchise has been so concerned about script leaks through the years that its creators have supposedly resorted to preparing multiple drafts of the screenplay, and even shooting multiple versions of scenes to ensure that the true spoilers don’t get out. Like Kennedy before her, Brown is extremely charming in these showcase monologue moments, although they’ve really run out of material if this one is a spoof of franchises, which was previously done in Scream 3 (and 4 and 5 too). In the last two films, it’s been Randy's niece Mindy (Jasmin Savoy Brown). In the first Scream trilogy, this key role was occupied by Jamie Kennedy’s Randy. The nerdy comic relief always gets a scene where they explain what kind of horror movie the characters are trapped in. The film always begins with a shocking cold open where a recognizable actress is stalked by Ghostface. In Scream VI, that honor goes to Ready or Not’s Samara Weaving, in a sequence that - to the movie’s credit - is genuinely surprising. (The “rules” this time include “No one is safe, not even the protagonist” an “Whatever happened last time, the opposite will occur.”) Each subsequent Scream found a new subset of horror to spoof sequels, trilogies, legacyquels and now, in the new Scream VI, IP-perpetuating mega-franchises. It’s been more than 25 years since the original Scream, which has now spawned as many or more sequels than most of the schlocky scary movies it was initially designed to critique. Plus, it’s always more fun to watch a smart movie than a dumb one, and to root for smart characters instead of idiots. (The stupider the potential victims, the fewer qualms the audience might feel about enjoying the twisted violence leveled against them.) Scream’s stroke of genius was to emphasize the characters’ intelligence by making them hyper-literate horror aficionados under attack from a deranged film nerd who kills according to the “rules” of the slasher genre. Putting fan surrogates on screen who understood (and, importantly, loved) horror films invited stronger identification on the part of the audience. Taunt your foes with distraction and acrobatic feats before falling from the sky to deliver swift death.Before Scream, the characters in so many slasher movies were dumb - and often by design. You must fight for your survival or you will be shredded into 8-bit guts. The Glitch Lord has captured our heroes and held them captive in a hellish world in the theme of a 1980’s synth combat arena. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the same year Zemina released a version for the Korean Master System. In addition, when the bosses are defeated, the Metalion can fly inside them before they explode, and a mini-level will start that awards weapon upgrades when finished without dying, depending on the speed at which the boss was defeated. The gameplay is mostly unchanged from the rest of the series, though there are some power-ups that temporarily give the ship some enhancements. Like the MSX version of Salamander, this game also has a storyline, which is told by cutscenes. Instead of controlling Vic Viper, the available ship is called "Metalion" (code name N322). The MSX Gradius 2 is unrelated to the second arcade Gradius game (which used the Roman numeral "II"). There also exists an arcade game named Life Force that is identical to Salamander released in Japanese arcades the same year, except that a Gradius-style power meter is used instead of conventional power-up items, and the stages were recolored slightly and given some voiceovers to make the mission about traveling inside someone's body, rather than through space stages took on names such as "Kidney Zone" and "Stomach." An American release was also made, but it retained the original power-up system of Salamander, though it was renamed as Life Force. The NES version of Salamander, called Life Force in North America (and marketed in that region as the "sequel" to the first Gradius), and the MSX version used the power meter from the Gradius series. Unlike Gradius, Salamander uses a more conventional weapons system, with enemies leaving a wide variety of distinct power-ups. The first player ship is Gradius 's own Vic Viper ship, while the second ship is the Lord British space destroyer (sometimes called the "RoadBritish") which is based on the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Most prominently, the game switches between horizontal and vertical stages, one of the first games of its kind and was also one of the first shoot'em ups to include cooperative gameplay. The game is noteworthy for a number of reasons. In territories outside Japan, the arcade and MSX versions of Gradius were released under the title Nemesis. In addition, the NES version was re-released for Virtual Console, NES Classic Edition and the PC Engine version on the PlayStation Network. (Saturn, PlayStation and computer versions are all packaged with Gradius II as Gradius Deluxe Pack). ![]() More recently, ports to the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, and certain mobile phones were created. Originally released as an arcade game, its popularity resulted in ports to the: ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, NES/Famicom, MSX, Master System, Sharp X68000, Amstrad CPC and PC Engine. This innovation allowed for deeper tactics on the part of the player and for greater freedom of weapon choice rather than relying on the pre-determined power ups common in other games in the genre. In general, the more useful 'power ups' are towards the right hand side of the bar, so the player may decide to stock up on pickups until the better item is available. The player can then select the weapon highlighted if they want it. Collecting one of these will shift the selection cursor along the weapon bar at the bottom of the screen. During the game, many enemy craft leave behind icons or 'pick ups' when destroyed. The first true Gradius game to introduce the concept of the 'weapon bar'. In 2002, Scramble appeared on GBA as one of the titles featured in Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Advanced as well as later Konami game compilations for PlayStation and Nintendo DS. Scramble has been ported to other platforms including MSX and Commodore 64. Although there is no canonical relationship between Scramble and the Gradius series, Scramble is implied to be a spiritual predecessor to the series, evident by its appearance in flashbacks during Gradius introduction sequences ( Gradius Advance). Gradius: The Interstellar Assault / Nemesis IIĪn early horizontal-scrolling shooter from which gameplay elements of the Gradius series were inspired. ![]() In many games in the series, the player controls a ship known as the Vic Viper. ə s/ GRAD-ee-əss) is a series of shooter video games, introduced in 1985, developed and published by Konami for a variety of portable, console and arcade platforms. Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Microsoft Windows, mobile phone, MSX, NEC PC-8801, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Switch, PC, PC Engine, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Network, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Super NES, Tomy Tutor, Vectrex, Wii ( Virtual Console), Wii U, WiiWare, X1, X68000, ZX Spectrum ![]() ![]() ![]() For more information, please refer to the UW Records Management Services Web site. Consequently, users of this service are responsible for managing and deleting their Splunk documents in accordance with University of Washington retention guidelines. to 5 p.m.Ī single data retention policy does not apply to the Splunk service due to the broad scope of administrative, academic, and personal information created and stored via this service. UW-IT purchases Splunk licenses every August 1. IT administrators who want to use Splunk for IT operations can contact with “Splunk license request” in the subject line.Other options for academic licenses that can be used in any classroom or academic setting.Students and faculty can get Splunk Developer licenses (10GB daily indexing limit and 6-month term, renewable). ![]() On this occasion we will talk about PRTG Network Monitor or simply PRTG as the company Paessler. To purchase a license, email with “Splunk license request” in the subject line. Splunk language supports string, date manip, math, etc. Additional information is available in the UW-IT Service Catalog. Splunk ®offers the leading platform for operational intelligence, providing a real-time understanding of what’s happening across IT systems and technology infrastructure, and insight upon which to make informed decisions. Splunk software and cloud services enable organizations to search, monitor, analyze and visualize machine-generated big data coming from websites, applications, servers, networks, sensors and mobile devices.įor IT staff who want to use Splunk for IT operations: UW-IT purchases Splunk licenses every August 1. ![]() ![]() ![]() The extension perfectly copies the web page with the same layout and formatting. With Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension, you can convert any website page into a PDF file to save and easily share. Although it comes with this small requirement, this powerful extension is worth it. ![]() Adobe Acrobat - Convert web pages to PDFįor this extension to work, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (free) installed on your PC. The extension lets you create up to 50 PDFs for free in a month, but if you want unlimited file conversions you’ll have to opt for the premium version. You even choose to save the attachments with the emails inside the PDF file and also lock the PDF with a password. You can then select the convert to PDF option and customize options if needed to save the emails as PDF. With Save Emails to PDF, you just need to select all the emails you want to convert and click on the new “Save to” button above added by the extension. The extension works right inside Gmail to convert emails and even labels to PDF files. Save Emails to PDF - Convert emails to PDFĪ simple Chrome extension to convert the emails inside your Gmail account into PDF files. You’ll have to upgrade to the Pro version if you want to process unlimited documents. However, Smallpdf only allows you to process 2 documents a day for free. Other than that, you can also draw on PDF files and even sign them using a dedicated e-signing tool. You can also reduce the size of a PDF file by using its compression feature. If you want to combine multiple PDF files or create multiple files from a single PDF file, then this tool is perfect. Smallpdf has a bunch of tools to manage PDF files, but I am mainly listing it here for its ability to merge/split and compress PDF files. Smallpdf - merge, split, and compress PDF files ![]() |
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