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The DLC expanded the werewolf class to include additional skills and perks and created an entirely new vampire lord class for Skyrim players that offered another level of complexity to an already celebrated game. Players could engage in new quest lines involving an eternal supernatural war and choose to turn into a vampire or werewolf, gaining the magical abilities previously only available to the Dragonborn’s enemies. While this add-on to the base game has been trendy among new and seasoned Skyrim players, the content has drawbacks....

Plenty of adults are asking the same question. Children in some countries devote 40 hours a week to television, videogames, CDs and the Internet. In this new era of supercharged technology, could our children’s imaginations be at risk? Are pretend characters and imaginary friends losing out to the literalness of Game Boys and PlayStations? Is make-believe a relic of the 20th century? There are no simple answers and not a lot of data....

Israeli airstrikes followed promptly after Hamas, the armed group that rules Gaza, fired a barrage of projectiles into civilian neighborhoods on the Judean Hills near Jerusalem, in response to far-right settler parades and Israeli police brutality against Palestinians in East Jerusalem; the police violence included brutal incursions into Islam’s third holiest site, Al-Aqsa Mosque, during the year’s holiest month of Ramadan. And like so much of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict writ large, so much of the current spate of attacks was avoidable....

It is not often that a man like Federer is stunned, but on that day, that was exactly the look on his face. And, over the next decade, Federer would be posed so many difficult questions by this man called Rafael Nadal. It has been almost two decades since these two icons started playing top-flight tennis and even today, they are ranked inside the top-3 in the world. Federer and Nadal lead the list of Grand Slam winners with 20 and 17 Grand Slam titles respectively to their name....

DC has made plenty of video games over the years, and though only a handful have stood the test of time, they’ve all brought an authentic comic storyline to the table, whether it’s been ripped straight from the pages of a comic or it’s an original story. And while evil Superman has certainly appeared in video games before, there’s still a little room for that concept to be fleshed out even more....

He’s referring to the overnight resuscitation of his career that occurred when Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Not only did the movie win the Palme d’Or, but the movers and the shakers of the film industry woke up to the fact that a large talent had been lying dormant in their midst. Playing a small-time hit man who takes a mobster’s wife out on one of the most misbegotten dates in movie history, Travolta still radiates star charisma....

Agent Sharon Carter, also known as Agent 13, was introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and also appeared in Captain America: Civil War. She’s an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and was originally given the undercover job of protecting Steve Rogers, but becomes a small love interest to the character and is later revealed to be the great-niece of Agent Peggy Carter, who is Captain America’s main love interest....

The latest episode of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier saw the return of the Dora Milaje, the elite group of warriors that make up Wakanda’s special forces. They have come to retrieve Zemo after Bucky broke him out of jail, but instead end up fighting John Walker and Lemar Hoskins, as well as Bucky and Sam when they try to step in. One of the prominent members of the Dora Milaje, Ayo, faces off against Bucky and instantly disarms him… Literally....

Kallstrom was “sickened,” he recalled to NEWSWEEK. The Kallstroms had been “great buddies” with the Christophers for as long as they could remember–they’d double-dated and played with the Christophers’ 12-year-old son. Now Kallstrom finds himself the man in the middle of the government’s anxious efforts to solve the mystery of Flight 800. Last week, despite the official position that the case was open, Kallstrom more than hinted that he suspected a bomb–a sign that he’s ready to get on with building a criminal case....

MCCAIN VS. LOBBYISTS (Michael Isikoff, Newsweek) Stung by the news that two aides once lobbied for the Burmese junta, John McCain last week rolled out a sweeping new conflict-of-interest policy for his campaign, requiring all staffers to fill out questionnaires identifying past or current clients that “could be embarrassing for the senator.” Aides say that McCain was furious over the Burma connection (which he learned from a NEWSWEEK story) and was “adamant” about banning campaign workers from serving as foreign agents or getting paid for lobbying work....

WORRIES IN GOP ABOUT MCCAIN CAMP IN DISARRAY (Adam Nagourney, New York Times) Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign is in a troubled stretch, hindered by resignations of staff members, a lagging effort to build a national campaign organization and questions over whether he has taken full advantage of Democratic turmoil to present a case for his candidacy, Republicans say. In interviews, some party leaders said they were worried about signs of disorder in his campaign, and if the focus in the last several weeks on the prominent role of lobbyists in Mr....

title: “The Cutting Edge” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-21” author: “Carl Tolar”

The Day Before was quickly compared to The Last of Us thanks to its focus on human-zombie conflicts and dilapidated urban environments. Fntastic’s survival game certainly seems to be influenced by Naughty Dog’s series with some design choices, and perhaps this is part of the prerelease appeal of The Day Before. The upcoming MMO has earned a large following already, even before a release date has been set, which can be attributed to multiple factors....

The Lincoln-Douglas debates in the Illinois senatorial race of 1858 altered the course of history. The central question they addressed was profound: would the nation continue drifting away from the principles of the American founding, or would it reaffirm its devotion to the Declaration of Independence and strive to live by the precept “that all men are created equal, endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, among them life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?...

If the body politic had a heart to go with its spleen, you might suspect Tuesday had been chosen for the same reason some of us choose the ugly puppy at the pound or the lopsided pumpkin from the patch. The least memorable, most nondescript, the day of the week that stands along the wall waiting in vain for someone to ask it to dance. There’s a theory about why Tuesday was chosen as Election Day in 1845; it was a day when people were likely to take the buggy to town, when farmers came to sell their crops and traders to trade with the temporarily flush farmers....

In a crowded Disney World hotel ballroom–just next door to Magic Kingdom–the post-September 11 suspension of partisan politics ended last weekend in a series of acidic speeches by men who want (or might want) to run against Bush in 2004. The event was mass catharsis: a way for Democrats to get past an obsession with what they believe was Gov. Jeb Bush’s theft of the election. There is a sense that the president is about to become a mere political mortal again: mired in the nasty complexities of the Middle East, his grip on the Congress tenuous, his poll numbers losing air like a tire with a pinhole leak....

The different ammo types in The Division 2 are fairly typical. Players can find incendiary rounds they can use to light enemies on fire, as well as explosive rounds that can be especially helpful against armored foes. However, players will find that after they collect a special ammo type that their character is automatically using that ammo, potentially wasting it when it could be saved for a more powerful enemy later on in the mission....

Ubisoft released the details of this new partnership amid a variety of The Division announcements during its press conference. Creative Director at Red Storm, Terry Spier, took the stage to dish on what’s coming to the sequel, laying out details on the first three episodes of the game’s post-launch content. Before leaving, Spier made mention of recent developments on The Division movie, beginning by revealing Jessica Chastain will star in the film alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, who was promoted as being a part of the project since the film was announced years back....

Unfortunately for PlayStation 4 owners, the 1.5 update for The Division was delayed, with Massive saying it hoped to get it out before the end of the month. With only three days left in November, some PS4 players were starting to worry, but thanks to a new Tweet from Ubisoft, PS4 owners have a reason to celebrate. Update 1.5 for The Division will release tomorrow, November 29th, for PlayStation 4....

The announcement comes as somewhat of a shock since Ubisoft has already shown off several Brooklyn-based locations like the Dumbo neighborhood after they initially unveiled the game more than two years ago, and even seemed to give a strong focus on the Brooklyn Bridge itself. It’s clear that Brooklyn will come to the game as some point, but for now gamers are left scratching their heads as the bigger question of “will we have to pay for this content” is floated around....