![]() In the meantime, I would like to point out the game's fantastic graphics as well as the one of the game's key advantages - the binaural sound, just like in Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. The characters are talking on a variety of topics: from the history of the town and personal problems, to discussion on popular culture and specificity of intelligence services. For instance, I really miss that in such amazing games like Layers of Fear and Layers of Fear 2.Įven Irving's personality is not revealed to the same extent as Nicole, but still he's a good company. Obviously, Nicole fully grasps the gravity of her situation and what happens to her now, which many horror games lack. This is certainly a big plus, since it makes it possible to empathise with her. Yet, it is clear Nicole's still pretty traumatised and has been through way too much. Nicole comments on anything that happens to her and makes a joke of this, she's being ironic and shares stories from her life. But on the other hand, it seems like she is a hardened and a deep kind of girl, which is pretty unusual for a horror character. Maybe they took it a bit too literally - during some talks Nicole's being too rough. During their promotional campaign, the developers described her as a powerful and strong character. It doesn't affect the plot, but instead establishes a specific relationship between the heroes and helps to reveal the different sides of Nicole's personality. As in the Campo Santo game, you can choose among several answers. These conversations remind me of Firewatch. He tries his best to provide timely guidance and cheering Nicole on the walkie-talkie (bearing in mind that the story takes place in the eighties, there was a funny dialogue between the two protagonists on the future of this knowhow). Lucky for Nicole, Irving, a FEMA agent, dilutes the eerie calm of the hotel. Was this really a suicide? Why is all kind of weird, almost paranormal, stuff happening in the hotel? Which darkest secrets her parents took to the grave? Playing Sherlock Holmes brings up more questions than answers. Once convinced she's no longer in danger of dying from exposure, Nicole begins to investigate the case of Rachel Foster. But once people knew about their relationships, the poor girl threw herself from a cliff.Īs if Nicole didn't have enough troubles, she encounters a snowstorm, so now she's head-to-head with "wonderful" memories from this hotel. I see the old story about Humbert and Lolita, but with one telling difference - this is about innocent and true feelings. She and her mother left it when it turned out that Nicole's father Leonard had an affair with sixteen years old Rachel Foster. Nicole, a strong independent woman, returns to her family hotel after the death of her parents, in order to view the property before sale. There have been, however, some deficiencies, but considering it was the first game of One-O-One Games, it makes good sense. Fortunately, The Suicide of Rachel Foster is a good example of returning to the origins, which doesn't hit us with those clichés. So at one hand we've got survival horror with a focus on stealth, and at the other hand we've got predictable screamers and disturbing scenes. Unfortunately, it's hard to find classical horror games or movies these days. Horror walking simulators are even more underestimated. A catchy story, sharp dialogues, great attention to details and an unforgettable interactive experience - here is the recipe for success. However, games like What Remains of Edith Finch or Firewatch proved us all wrong. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Perhaps it's the lack of "real" gameplay or the inability to die. By enigmawasp | Review Date: March 2, 2020ĭespite the fact that the walking simulators are a big hit nowadays, there is a perception among most people that it is one of the easiest and even primitive genres. ![]()
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![]() Further functioning order of VirtualBox or macOS is beyond the scope of this script. The scope of the script is completing a default macOS install process on VirtualBox on supported hardware. See the documentation command for further information. After the installation is complete, the storage size may be increased. The script by default assigns a target virtual disk storage size of 80GB, which is populated to about 25GB on the host on initial installation. These can be set in EFI and NVRAM by editing the script. ICloud, iMessage, and other connected Apple services require a valid device name and serial number, board ID and serial number, and other genuine (or genuine-like) Apple parameters. iCloud and iMessage connectivity and NVRAM The majority of the script is either documentation, comments, or actionable error messages, which should make the script straightforward to inspect and understand. Documentationĭocumentation can be viewed by executing the command. If you would like to become the maintainer of this repository, please see issue #645 - maintainer wanted. ![]() MacOS Catalina (10.15), Mojave (10.14), and High Sierra (10.13) currently supported. ![]() Should work on most modern Linux distros. Works on macOS, CentOS 7, and Windows on x86 CPUs with VT-x or AMD-V. Macos-guest-virtualbox.sh is a Bash script that creates a macOS virtual machine guest on VirtualBox with unmodified macOS installation files downloaded directly from Apple servers.Ī default install only requires the user to sit patiently and, less than ten times, press enter when prompted by the script, without interacting with the virtual machine. Push-button installer of macOS on VirtualBox ![]() ![]() The APEX physics that deal with the cloth mechanics of the clothes the main character wears is hands down the best I have seen in a game or otherwise, there’s no passing through the character/other material, there’s no sharp glitches or otherwise, it just shows clothes moving as they should. It’s common for a game to not look quite as good as promised early on in development as things are toned down for performance reasons or simply removed, this demo shows a mixed bag of quality, much like the original Mafia, however it’s possible (and I hope) that this is caused by the fact that it’s only a 1GB demo.įirstly the character looks great, the original Mafia already had great character quality, especially in facial features that some games even nowadays still don’t quite get right. This game has looked great since the first screenshots and trailers were released and the demo is close to those promised visuals, yet it lacks in some key areas. The demo takes place during a mission in the 50s where you must take out a mobster known as “The Fat Man”, you start out in a safe house answering a call detailing the mission and what you must do, once you leave the house you get to explore a small section of the city for 10 minutes (12:30 minutes if you die at least twice it seems) while heading to the warehouse. ![]() The PC version of the game is a Steam exclusive, as is the demo that I will be reviewing, installation was fairly easy however the installation of the latest PhysX runtime caused an issue with PhysX on the target machine that I will explain later. It was first announced in August 2007 touting “benchmark-setting visual quality and action that you expect to see only in Hollywood movies”, since then it has had a few delays and some features have reportedly been removed. Mafia 2 is the long awaited sequel to the 2002 Illusion Softworks (now 2k Czech) classic Mafia. ![]() ![]() This is a review of the demo of Mafia 2, released on the 10th of August on Steam for the PC. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her age aside, there are other important details about the For The People actress that is, thankfully, available to the public. To hazard a guess, Susannah’s age is most likely to lie within the range of 30 and 35 as of 2022. This also makes it impossible to tell what the actress’s zodiac sign could be. Susannah has refused to give out any details about her date of birth and subsequently, her age. The talented actress has a penchant for staying very private despite her success. Susannah Flood began her career journey on stageĪt the moment, there is no information about Susannah’s age.When the swollen rivers wash towards the Bay of Bengal, the stagnant water left behind will be an ideal breeding ground for typhoid, cholera and diarrhoea. International agencies say another danger is yet to unfold. "Don't lose heart."Ī few miles down the road, Bangladesh's most recent dictator, Hossain Mohammed Ershad, was also wooing political supporters, descending to open a public kitchen on behalf of his political party. I am not sure what Allah is up to, but it seems he is testing our patience and our faith," she said. The floods destroyed one crop and have drastically shortened the season for the one which should be planted now. She said bureaucrats were finalising preparations for distributing food in the coming months. Sheikh Hasina saluted their courage and promised that it would be rewarded. The convoy's jeeps were the only cars allowed on the road, which is blockaded by wild-eyed local men armed with wooden planks who have taken it on themselves to defend the embankment against unnecessary traffic. Yesterday she turned up at the embankment in a cavalcade of 20 vehicles, accompanied by dozens of youth activists wearing "flood victim" T-shirts showing Sheikh Hasina and her father and the assassinated founder of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Nor has Sheikh Hasina, who has appeared nightly on the state-controlled television news making chapatti or mixing oral rehydration salts for flood victims. The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina Wazed, has refused to declare a state of emergency, in part because her opponents have shown few scruples in using the calamity to score political capital. "The tide came and it rose again, but in the morning it ebbed." Now we can sleep," said Mohammed Babul, whose shanty lies just feet from the embankment. "The last few days we were working day and night. "We haven't slept or eaten we were too scared."īut the mood has eased, at least among the 500,000 people whose homes immediately beneath the embankment would have been swept away had it collapsed. "We have been working day and night," said Abdus Salam, who earns about a pound a day for his labour. An endless line of workers trudged with sandbags on their heads to raise the level of the embankment, the original height of which was at least five feet below the floodline. "I can't guarantee it will all be over."īehind him coloured paper baskets cradling rice and dal as offerings to the gods bobbed on the dark and festering waters that are threatening Dhaka. But you can't fight with nature," said a major from an army engineering battallion. The reprieve is due not so much to the government, which left the defence of the clay flood wall to private contractors and ragged armies of day labourers, but to the soldiers who moved in on Thursday with pumps and bamboo scaffolding to repair the damage caused by landslides. As the water rose in Dhaka's diplomatic enclaves yesterday, the British high commission and foreign embassies flew out children and dependants yesterday.Īt Chashara railway station, the most vulnerable point on the 20-mile embankment, government engineers said the panic earlier this week was behind them. ![]() ![]() ![]() The monster is often otherworldly or violates the laws of nature, as in Alien or Jaws-but some argue that a human character can be a monster, as in Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, and Halloween. ![]() “Some theories argue that for a work to be classified as horror, it has to have a monster, which has to be threatening in some way, shape, or form,” Turvey said. There are many different theories, according to Turvey. “But it’s a wonderful, popular art form through which very complex ideas and creative techniques can manifest themselves-and if you can get past that very cliched view, you realize there’s an embarrassment of riches in the genre.” What Makes a Horror Movie a Horror Movie It has a reputation of being a low, somewhat trashy, titillating genre that appeals to our basest instincts,” Turvey said. “Horror is a genre that people tend to look down upon and not take very seriously. Malcolm Turvey, director of the Film and Media Studies program and a professor whose courses have included one called The Horror Film, has answers-and a list of flicks that will scare your socks off, make your skin crawl, and teach you a thing or two about the human condition in the process. ![]() But why are people so eager to watch monsters and murderers stalk through haunted houses and jump out of dark corners? Come to think of it, what makes a horror movie a horror movie? In fact, they’re a mainstay of cinema, going all the way back to Frankenstein and Dracula in the earliest days of talkies in the 1930s and German Expressionist films like Nosferatu in the silent era. Malcolm Turvey, director of Tufts Film and Media Studies programĪs countless people head to theaters to see Michael Myers terrorize Laurie Strode in the eleventh installment of the Halloween series-or load up the DVD player with classics like A Nightmare on Elm Street, Psycho, and Silence of the Lambs, it’s worth considering that horror movies aren’t just a highlight of the month of October. ![]() ![]() Like life itself we do not know when astronomy began we cannot conceive a time when it was not. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS CHAPTER I ASTRONOMY A LIVING SCIENCE So rapid, indeed, has been the progress of astronomy in very recent years that the present is especially favorable for setting forth its salient features and this book is an attempt to present the wide range of astronomy in readable fashion, as if a story with a definite plot, from its origin with the shepherds of ancient Chaldea down to present-day ascertainment of the actual scale of the universe, and definite measures of the huge volume of supersolar giants among the stars. And with new and greater telescopes, with new photographic processes of higher sensitivity, with the help of modern invention in overcoming the obstacle of the air-that constant foe of the astronomer-who will presume to set down any limit to the leaps and bounds of astronomy in the future? Such results have been attainable only through the successful construction and operation of monster telescopes that bring to the eye and visualize on photographic plates the faintest of celestial objects which were the despair of astronomers only a few years ago.īut the end is not yet astronomy to-day is but passing from infancy to youth. The progress of astronomy from age to age has been far from uniform-rather by leaps and bounds: from the earliest epoch when man's planet earth was the center about which the stupendous cosmos wheeled, for whom it was created, and for whose edification it was maintained-down to the modern age whose discoveries have ascertained that even our stellar universe, the vast region of the solar domain, is but one of the thousands of island universes that tenant the inconceivable immensities of space. ![]() Many are the cognate sciences upon which the noble structure of astronomy has been erected: foremost of all, geometry and the higher mathematics, which tell us of motions, magnitudes and distances physics and chemistry, of the origin, nature, and destinies of planets, sun, and star meteorology, of the circulation of their atmospheres geology, of the structure of the moon's surface mineralogy, of the constitution of meteorites while, if we attack, even elementally, the fascinating, though perhaps forever unsolvable, problem of life in other worlds, the astronomer must invoke all the resources that his fellow biologists and their many-sided science can afford him. The oldest of the sciences, astronomy is also the broadest in its relations to human knowledge and the interests of mankind. Sir William Rowan Hamilton, the eminent mathematician of Dublin, has, of all writers ancient and modern, most fittingly characterized the ideal science of astronomy as man's golden chain connecting the heavens to the earth, by which we learn the language and interpret the oracles of the universe. ASTRONOMYĭirector Emeritus, Amherst College Observatory (This file was produced from images generously madeĪvailable by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)Īn Active Prominence of the Sun, 140,000 Miles High, photographed July 9, 1917. Produced by K Nordquist, Tom Cosmas, Brenda Lewis and the *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ASTRONOMY *** ![]() ![]() With this eBook or online at Title: Astronomy ![]() Re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withĪlmost no restrictions whatsoever. The Project Gutenberg EBook of Astronomy, by David Todd ![]() ![]() ![]() The initial wave of coronavirus memes largely involved straightforward, upbeat reminders about the importance of avoiding social contact, staying inside, and washing your hands. Music amid the mayhem, to remind us we’re all in this together One thing remains the same, however: Viral (no pun-intended) comedy is bringing people together offline to dance, sing, and goof off - all to keep hopes and spirits high. So as we’ve adjusted to this strange new reality, in which many of us might not be allowed to leave our homes for weeks, we’ve channeled our anxieties over Covid-19 into classic internet humor.īut there’s also an element of crucial real-life camaraderie in many of the memes, along with a more visible sense of anxiety that the previous round of coronavirus memes lacked. Its broader social effects have included sweeping institutional shutdowns across cities and states, and growing concern over supply shortages due to citizens in some locations reportedly stockpiling toilet paper and other items in case of quarantine. The memes have evolved along with our experience of the pandemic. There are also lots of offline pranks, absurdist millennial humor, and apocalyptic social parody. Many memes have been inspired by movements around the country to self-quarantine or shelter in place, while others continue to remind us to wash our hands and avoid touching our face - but with considerably less sobriety than the previous wave of informational memes. And during that process, it ends up morphing into a different variant that helps the meme spread even further.Īs the past week has delivered an escalation in novel coronavirus cases throughout the US, we’ve watched coronavirus memes evolve from largely educational and encouraging PSAs into full-fledged, modern-day internet humor. The times we’re in have inadvertently offered an example of why we say memes “go viral” on the internet: Like a virus, a meme spreads by copying itself. ![]() ![]() ![]() For this reason stones were often carried to bring luck and protection from the dangers of being at sea.Īquamarine stones were often carved with images of Poseidon or Neptune the Greek and Roman Gods of the sea. In ancient times sailors believed the mermaid's tail was pure aquamarine. Beryl is associated with the zodiac sign of scorpio but aquamarine can be used instead. On the traditional birthstone list it can be used as an alternative to tourmaline. On the modern birthstone list aquamarine is the birthstone for March. Most of the finest crystals come from Brazil, Mozambique, Madagascar, Nigeria, Zambia, Angola and India. The name 'aquamarine' which comes from Latin means 'water of the sea'.Īquamarine which is widely used as a gemstone grades 7.5 to 8 on Mohs scale of mineral hardness. It's caused by impurities of iron within the mineral beryl. The colour of aquamarine can vary from the deepest shade of green to the lightest blue. A year later she received a bracelet and brooch to complete the set. In 1957 the tiara was designed to match the necklace and earrings. The necklace and earrings were given to her in 1953 by the president of Brazil as a gift for her coronation. Queen Elizabeth II has a Brazilian aquamarine tiara, necklace and earrings all of which feature large rectangular aquamarine stones. It originally belonged to Diana Princess of Wales. Meghan Markle now the Duchess of Sussex wore an aquamarine cocktail ring on her wedding day. One main difference is aquamarine is considerably more expensive and stones in larger sizes are pretty rare. Without careful inspection it can be difficult to tell one stone from the other. The sky blue coloured stone tends to be the most popular but is usually heat treated.īlue topaz which is also heated can sometimes be mistaken for aquamarine. Aquamarine Properties Facts and Photos ContentsĪquamarine is the blue green variety of the mineral beryl. ![]() ![]() ![]() Instagram stories about medieval music, saints, and monarchs contextualize the posts.Anyone who flips through the liturgical manuscripts of the 11-16th centuries for the first time (fortunately, now such an opportunity has appeared in digital libraries), risks experiencing a cultural shock. Other highlights include #onthisday posts, which focus on the crowning of kings, the publication of notable texts, and more. A handful of posts are dedicated to beliefs held by medieval people, including mythologies surrounding the medicinal and magical qualities of mandrake plants. Medieval History it’s inquiries into historical figures, legends, weapons, and artistic practices of the medieval period you seek, look no further than This account offers detailed descriptions of some of the real people and events of various empires portrayed on coins and in manuscripts, as well as information about the significance of jewelry, religious rituals, books, and songs. There are also Instagram stories dedicated to depictions of specific subjects, including medieval torture, tales and folklore, and heraldry. A few entries about other related subject matter include the legend of the Chinese alchemist Xu Fu’s search for an elixir of immortality and a macabre execution depicted in the Book of Hours. Most posts feature the source and date of images shown. This account elucidates the context for sinuous dragons, corpulent frogs, jaunty unicorns, and much more in the way of eccentric and magical animals. A man with a troubled expression on his face staring up a tree is “looking for fucks to give,” a caption claims, and a figure standing beside an upside down caldron has “spilled m’brew.” Sometimes, there’s an especially contemporary twist: one post tells us that a hooded woman strumming on a stringed instrument is saying “anyway, here’s wonderwall,” in reference to the 1995 Oasis hit song.Ī post shared by Art creatures posted to these accounts weren’t just jokes originally-they were once part of a complex iconography. Medieval Marginalia Kempf says in his bio that he’s a self-described “medieval monster hunter,” medievalmarginalia labels itself a self-proclaimed “medieval witch.” This account pulls outlandish characters from their manuscript pages and gives them a new sense of purpose. Apart from its regular posts, Medieval Art also shares tours through castles, churches, and museums around the world and quizzes about medieval history. The Instagram tells us that “the topic was also enjoyed for its bawdy humor” during the medieval period. The object, dating back to 1400, depicts the story of Phyllis and Aristotle, a medieval parable in which a woman coerces the philosopher into letting her ride on his back as if he were a horse. A recent post offered a deep dive into the history behind a Netherlandish ewer known as an aquamanile from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. ![]() Subjects have included the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, a full-page manuscript illustration of a golden menorah, and a gravestone from Andalusia, Spain. Some samples: an ink work from the 15th century depicting a woman being accosted by a reanimated skeleton accompanied by the caption “Blind Date” a 13th-century illustration of a woman in bed greeted by a horned demon paired with the phrase “Love to be woken up by my boyfriend” and a section of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s 1560 painting Twelve Proverbs featuring a figure pounding its head against a brick wall captioned “That Monday feeling.” On Kempf’s feed, where the subjects of medieval artworks voice some very modern complaints, there’s plenty to enjoy.Ī post shared by Damien Kempf Art an account offering lengthy and informative descriptions about medieval sculptures, stained glass works, chalices, architecture, and more. Below, a look at five of the best medieval art Instagram accounts.ĭamien Kempf his Instagram bio reading “medieval monster hunter,” medieval historian Damien Kempf-who specializes in manuscripts and serves as a senior lecturer in medieval history at the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom-regularly posts bizarre imagery found in paintings and illustrated books, along with some sly commentary. There, you’ll find a panoply of vibrantly colored beasts, gleaming manuscript pages, and wonderfully flattened, contorted figures in many different poses. Instagram is typically given over to selfies and vacation photos-but why not make it a space for medieval art too? To survey the field, ARTnews has assembled a guide to the best medieval art Instagram accounts. ![]() ![]() ![]() Over on TikTok, Anderson has taken ultra-popular movies and television shows from his childhood and given them hilarious recaps capturing how absurd some of the storylines are. But then we might miss an opportunity to better understand what seemed to work for the mainstream then, and why it doesn’t work now.Īnd then there’s the third option-allow ourselves to be entertained by their cringiness.That’s certainly the route taken by Rob Anderson. Martin Seamus 'Marty' McFly is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Back to the Future franchise.Canadian actor Michael J. Lorraine McFly wasnt the only woman to catch Biff Tannens eye Before their alternate 1985 marriage, the tough guy previously dated Hollywood sirens Jayne Mansfield and Marilyn Monroe, as a. Certainly an option given all the content out there. Thomas F Wilson is a voice actor known for voicing Biff Tannen, Tony Zucco, and Tattle-Tale Strangler. Or we could simply never watch them again. Really, it’s to be expected as societal viewpoints change…sort of a marker of how far we’ve collectively come.Īnd so, what do we do with these problematic pieces of old-school pop culture? Well, we can certainly update them to better reflect a more modern attitude, but that also comes with a set of potential problems. While there are no doubt some timeless classics from our childhood that remain every bit as amazing as we remember, many are straight-up cringey upon a later viewing. Others felt she wasn’t being fair by eating a restaurant-cooked meal while her child ate food from home. Many felt she wasn’t being fair by taking a seat without buying a meal, while others thought the restaurant was a good place for a child to learn patience. The mother of two created quite a stir on TikTok after posting the video, with some people shaming her for bringing outside food into a restaurant. He does not care what he eats he just wants to eat." ![]() ![]() Description above from the Wikipedia article Thomas F. He is best known for playing Biff Tannen (and his grandson Griff Tannen and great-grandfather Buford 'Mad Dog' Tannen) in the Back to the Future trilogy and Coach Ben Fredricks on NBC's Freaks and Geeks. "I can just hand him this and let him go to town,” she said. Thomas Francis Wilson (born April 15, 1959) is an American actor, writer, musician, painter, voice-over artist and stand-up comedian. Thomas Wilson reprised his iconic Back to the Future role of Biff Tannen for a supplementary segment of Josh Gads YouTube series. ![]() The actor spoke to The Guardian ahead of the US presidential. Smith added that when they get to the restaurant, her child can begin to eat immediately without having to wait for a server to take their order and the kitchen to prepare the food. Michael J Fox has condemned Donald Trump ’s presidency, comparing the US leader to Back to the Future villain Biff Tannen. That same year, Goldie's grandson, Goldie Wilson III, appeared on holobillboards around Hill Valley, advertising hover conversions through his company, Goldie Wilson Hover Conversion Systems.The video, Smith demonstrated what she prepared for her son's meal that day: a sandwich filled with peanut butter and jelly, banana slices, cubed cheddar cheese and a chocolate-flavored Lara bar, all neatly organized in a plastic container. Government aspirations run in the family, as Goldie's son, Goldie Wilson II, followed in his footsteps and became the mayor of Hill Valley in 2015, as evidenced by the floating sign that welcomed flying cars into town. Fast forward to 1985, and we now see posters of Goldie's re-election campaign plastered all over Hill Valley. "Mayor! Now THAT'S a good idea!" Goldie said, before quitting his job to go pursue his new political dreams. Fox), who recognized him and told him that he would eventually become mayor. While talking to a young George McFly ( Crispin Glover), Goldie proclaimed, "Someday, I'm going to be somebody!" That comment sparked an immediate - and accidental - reaction from Marty McFly ( Michael J. The first film introduces Goldie Wilson (Don Fullilove) in 1955, when he was working as a busboy at Lou's Cafe. Making his acting debut as one of Biff’s goons was Billy Zane, who would soon make a name for himself in movies like the 1989 thriller Dead Calm, the 1993 western favorite Tombstone, the ‘90s. ![]() |