![]() It’s so much fun, and for me, totally worth my Kickstarter coin. You can also add your own homebrew items, gear, and spells to stuff already in the app. Not only can you create an artistic imaging of your character (or any random one), you also get to set up their character stats, background, and other goodies to fully expand. ![]() It’s really intuitive to use, and they are allowing other artists to create items and wardrobe that can be added to the app for anyone to use. Plus, if you just like stuff like those old school doll creator websites from back in the day, it totally scratches that itch. Being able to portray her in itty bitty pixel goodness with her kickass staff and glowing wings gives me so much joy. I’ve been playing in a campaign for 5e with my brother and two friends from high school for a year and a half now, and my aasimar druid Ariel is near and dear to my heart. This app allows you to create pixel character creations, centered around classes and races from Dungeons and Dragons. I supported this app through Kickstarter before it launched, and I am so thrilled that I did.I will give you a little spoiler alert… there is a delightful little bean that came into my November like a rocket ship and is a highlight at the end of this list. ![]() Plus, who doesn’t like sharing the cool shit that they love? I am all about the embracing of tiny joys lately, as the world is full of so much awfulness that each little pearl of fun can feel that much more important. It allows me to kind of think back on what I’ve enjoyed working with, purchasing, or just experiencing in a given month, like a little appreciation post for things that brought me joy. If you’re interested in some crafting, go take a look at Krillo’s Guide for the Adventuring Artisan.Now that I’m back on track with the updating schedule, it’s nice to keep these sort of posts going. Shipping is estimated to occur by June 2023, which is pretty quick in my opinion too. The project runs until the 19th of February, and is doing pretty well so far – and there are several interesting stretch goals to go through, hopefully. In addition, you can get a bunch of other goodies, such as item and character cards, bookmarks, miniatures, and some really cool dice in various strange forms, such as an arrowhead d4, or a chainshot 2d6. Now, what do you get from the Kickstarter? Well, depending on your tier, you can get 7 booklets, one for each craft I mentioned, or one big book with all of them plus Krillo’s story – available of course in digital pdf form, and in physical form, softcover for the booklets and one hardcover for the collection. Runesmithing and Artificing (creating magic items) are also very interesting and fun, and there are a lot of fascinating ideas and cool things you can do with them. The systems seem to be straightforward but have a lot of details to work with, especially the tinkering one. I’ve taken a look myself, and I have to say, I’m interested. You can take a peek at some of the rules for each different craft on the Island of Bees website. An aspect of crafting is also harvesting materials from creatures and the environment – either to use or perhaps to sell for some extra profit. The crafting rules are mostly system-agnostic and are divided into 7 different categories: Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Herbalism, Runesmithing, Tinkering, Rituals, and Artificing, allowing players to craft and create their own magic items, potions, and all kinds of wonderful stuff. ![]() Krillo’s Guide for the Adventuring Artisan is a Kickstarter campaign by Island of Bees for a crafting supplement for fantasy RPGs.
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![]() Whether you watch “ Yellowstone” or not, the series has left its mark on the television landscape, with competing networks greenlighting shows set in Montana or other rural red states in what has been unofficially dubbed by TV critics as “the ‘Yellowstone’ effect.” The question now is whether series creator and writer Taylor Sheridan can sustain the momentum after four seasons, two other shows on Paramount+, and soon-to-be two “Yellowstone” spinoff series. It’s time for fans to put on their cowboy hats and strap in for another season of backstabbing from the Duttons. Fans will get to see Beth’s ancestors when the prequel spinoff 1883 hits Paramount+ just before 2022 arrives, as its first episode will debut on Sunday, December 26.The First Family of Montana is back. Yellowstone Season 4 will hopefully reveal just how safe and still badass Beth Dutton is when it premieres on Paramount Network on Sunday, November 7, though anyone who needs a refresher can watch all three seasons streaming on Peacock. Could she have gotten her point across in the scene in a way that didn’t involve soaking in a trough? Certainly, but it wouldn’t have made nearly as big of an impact on audiences in proving that Beth is the most intriguing and watchable character on Yellowstone, as well as just about everything else on TV. With wine bottles at the ready, a frazzled Beth stripped to her birthday suit in the daytime sunlight, amidst anyone who happened to be working on the ranch at the time (including an equally frazzled Jamie), and offered no apologies, warnings or explanations.Īs easy as it would be to view this scene as purely titillating, that would be unfairly ignoring the way that Beth 100% owned that public nudity as much as she owns just about every other moment in her life. Yeah, I know this sequence happened all the way back in Season 1’s third episode, but it remains a calling card for just how imbued Beth’s DGAF attitude is within her core. (Image credit: Peacock) Beth’s DGAF Trough Bath Even though I’m giving Rip the benefit of being included in this entry, I think we can all agree that Beth has been the one holding the reins, and will hopefully continue to do so in Season 4 and beyond. These are characters who would likely self-sabotage any other relationship they’d be in, but because they’re cut from very similar cloths, fans don’t have to watch either go through annoying romance cycles that are destined to be destroyed. Plus, the fact that Rip is just as emotionally grizzled and walled-up as Beth is makes their evolution from youthful sweethearts to adult lovers all the more fun to root for. She’s so hardcore, she even has trouble accepting the fact that she is deserving of happiness, so whenever she is able to embrace any form of enjoyment, it’s that much more of a victory. But that’s precisely what makes Beth and Rip’s relationship so fantastic and enjoyably frustrating, as well as what makes the relationship such a big factor in Beth’s character on the whole. Yellowstone is clearly not that kind of show, as just about none of its central relationships hold a candle to anything Disney-fied. (Image credit: Paramount Network) Because Beth & Rip 4Everįairy tale romances are nothing new on TV, and some shows are built entirely around them. Granted, the bombing at the end of Season 3 may well indeed have caused potentially fatal damage, but I would expect Beth to survive anything less than someone shooting her into the vacuum of space. While she was obviously affected by the brutal incident, Beth didn’t let many others in on that fact, and she emerged from it as vengeful and dedicated as ever. But arguably the biggest example of Beth’s strength and determination came in the episode “Resurrection Day,” when she was attacked by the Beck brothers’ henchmen and refused to be a helpless victim, even in the face of rape threats. One only has to look at Beth living her life knowing that she couldn’t conceive children, thanks to teen Jamie’s terrible decision. ![]() ![]() ![]() But, if anybody thinks they can keep Beth Dutton down for the count, they can sit on the sharpest fencepost. They just happen to do it with brutal swiftness, and without much regard for others’ wishes, which leads trouble right up to their doorstep, both literally and figuratively. The Duttons are, for better or worse, just normal people trying to hold on to what’s theirs. One of the most refreshing things about Yellowstone is that the creative team doesn’t treat the drama’s main characters as if they’re invincible or invulnerable. (Image credit: Peacock) Beth Dutton Takes A Licking And Keeps On Ticking ![]() In order to see whether this seems at all possible, the paper examines the most recent television series, Star-Crossed, in which the original Shakespearean narrative unit (Romeo and Juliet) is broken up into several episodes, thus adopting the most popular televisual genre of our time. The paper investigates the ways Shakespeare’s oeuvre, with its reputation for a universal adaptability that embraces all media and contexts, finds its way into a serial structure that is the dominant form of visual performance today. We will do so with particular reference to heavily serialized shows both in US and in Europe. Finally, we will argue that these strategies can raise issues that risk to make the narrative experience of contemporary TV series less valuable. We will present what we consider the two main fi lling strategies in contemporary TV series, namely the fl ash strategy 3 and the strand strategy 4. We will argue that these two options are not suffi cient in order to fi ll the TV series' amount of time. ![]() We will show that, with respect to this issue, contemporary TV series primarily face two options, which we will call the super-knot and the super-knotty rope. More specifi cally, according to Aristotle, " Every tragedy is in part Complication and in part Denouement the incidents before the opening scene, and often certain also of those within the play, forming the Complication and the rest the Denouement ". We will argue that this vast amount of time can confl ict with the structural constraints of formulaic narrative, especially from an Aristotelian perspective according to which a narrative is inherently a knot to be untied. ![]() There are so many contemporary series considered experimental in time structure that, as Melissa Ames puts it, " although temporal play has existed on the small screen prior to the twenty-fi rst century never before has narrative time played such an important role in mainstream television " 2. As suggested by Jason Mittell, time is constitutive of TV seriality: " a series is a cumulative narrative that builds over time " and also " time is an essential element of all storytelling but is even more crucial for television " or " seriality itself is defi ned by its use of time " 1. This paper starts by claiming that the amount of narrative time is one of the distinctive features by virtue of which TV series are treated as a self-standing appreciative kind in contemporary culture. ![]()
![]() Depending on what energy acceleration is like in the new Standard format, Miraidon will probably see more play than Koraidon (since the latter requires you to end your turn). Attack cost, hp and that space in between "basic" and other words (also, retreat cost isn't shown, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was free, considering the theme and the attack drawback). Sword and Shield’s DLC followed a similar path, so here’s hoping that The Indigo Disk puts a solid button on The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero.It looks like a few details about Koraidon and Miraidon ex are still being withheld. That said, performance is still a massive hindrance, and there aren’t any compelling new features or mechanics that make it a must-play experience. The new Pokemon are a highlight, and having new trainers to battle and missions to complete is a decent bonus for players that exhausted all of the base game’s content. ![]() The Teal Mask is simply more of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, for better or worse. It’s once again an ironic callback to SV proper, where some of the most climactic battles don’t leave much of an impression. The game cleverly adjusts the DLC area to the levels of the Pokemon in your party, but most of the engagements weren’t all that memorable to me. I also didn’t feel too compelled by any of the battles in The Teal Mask. The background character and Pokemon models moving at a single-digit framerate, the game struggling to keep up when entering/exiting a town, it honestly made it hard to get through what is a relatively short DLC. I was not expecting The Teal Mask to fix these issues (or address them at all, really) but boy, it’s impossible for me to ignore how awful this game looks and feels at times. It was a point of controversy at release, and continues to be a massive blemish on the first truly open-world Pokemon experience. While I had a lot to love about Pokemon Scarlet and Violet in my review last year, a key pain point was the game’s abysmal performance. As someone with Pokemon dating back to 2010 in my collection, it’s awesome to jump into Pokemon Home and finally transfer some of them to the latest games. What’s really neat is that you don’t need to purchase the DLC to gain access to these recurring Pokemon, as they were added alongside the game’s latest patch. Among the Pokemon added to the Pokedex are the Sinnoh starters, Milotic, and Kommo-o. This follows the trend set in Sword and Shield, which increased the Pokedex size with its DLC releases after player backlash. Not only does The Teal Mask add some original new creatures, but it also reintroduces several Pokemon that were unobtainable in the base game. Ogrepon, the Mask Pokemon, is one of my favorite new Legendaries in a while. ![]() Applin gets a new evolution in Dipplin, adding a third evolutionary form to the Grass-Dragon that was introduced in Sword and Shield. Scarlet and Violet had a strong cast of new Pokemon, and I quite enjoyed all of the new additions in The Teal Mask. Carmine and Perrin stuck out as two favorites of mine in the new area, and I hope to see more of them in The Indigo Disk. Here, you’ll meet interesting new characters and investigate the legend of the Loyal Three Pokemon.Ĭontinuing on one of the bright spots from the base games, The Teal Mask introduces a slew of excellent new characters into the fold. ![]() In The Teal Mask, your character is part of a selected group of students from Uva/Naranja Academy to participate in a field trip to the land of Kitakami. It’s a fun dive back into the world of Scarlet and Violet, but a harsh reminder of how rough those games are around the edges. It introduces new Pokemon, new trainers, and expands the universe. The Teal Mask is the first half of the Hidden Treasure of Area Zero expansion and takes trainers to the land of Kitakami. Just a couple of months short of its one-year anniversary, Game Freak has released the first DLC for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. ![]() Clicking on each category takes you to the settings page of that category. Privacy Eraser uses the following 7 categories to list all of its features – Windows, Browsers, Applications, File Shredder, Drive Wiper, Tools, and Misc. The most important one is Active Monitoring feature that monitors your computer in real-time to clean your computer more efficiently. In addition to all the features provided by CCleaner or any other great Disk Cleaner program, Privacy Eraser also provides many premium features to its users for free. It is available as an installer as well as a portable application. Privacy Eraser Free provides many premium features to users including all those features provided by CCleaner. CCleaner scores full marks on both fronts. The two most important things in disk cleaning the Selection of files to delete and the Speed of scanning. Once it has finished analysing, you can click on the Run Cleaner button to clean your computer. You can start the cleaning process by clicking on the Analyze button, which will start looking for the junk files on your system. The default settings by CCleaner are pretty safe and optimal. Various options are available for the user to clean under both of these categories. The Cleaner component is sub-divided into two categories – the first one titled Windows includes all of the programs by Microsoft, and the second category titled Applications includes programs by other companies or developers. It is the first item on the program sidebar. The main component of CCleaner is the Disk Cleaner. CCleanerĬCleaner is the most popular, the most trusted, and the most recommended Windows Disk and Registry Cleaner and Optimizer. Here are some of the Best Free Disk Cleaner Software for Windows 1. What are Windows Temporary files? How are they created? How to Find and Delete Temporary Files? User – In addition to the above mentioned two options, a User creates temporary files in many other ways such as the Web Browser Cache, Installing programs that are not used at all, Duplicate files, Setup files, Recycle Bin, etc.Ī Disk Cleaner program aims at finding and removing all these temporary or junk files from the PC.Some of them are Windows upgrade files, Memory Dumps, and Program Cache. Windows – Windows creates temporary files in many ways.Software – A Software creates temporary files in all four phases of its life – Install, Update, and Uninstall.Temporary or Junk files are created in the following three ways – Software, Windows, and User. ![]() Whatever you do on your Windows, the Temporary Files will be generated. Best Free Disk Cleaners / Junk Files Cleaners / Temporary Files Cleaners Software and System Optimizers for Windows ![]() This helps us aggregate only the best of decks to display to everyone.ĭo you have a strategy that works well for you or maybe just a deck you have fun with? Submit your own and you just might help others along the way. Yu-Gi-Oh - The Phantom Knights of Ragged Gloves - LEHD-ENC03 - Common - 1st Edition - Legendary Hero Decks - Phantom Knights Deck. If you find one that works well for you, go ahead and give it a vote so it moves up for others to see as well. The decks submitted on Noff have been submitted by a whole bunch of different people with a bunch of different gameplay styles. To get the most out of their deck, you want to make sure you read the guide they have with it so you can conquer as many opponents as possible. Users may submit a guide on how to use their deck properly and how to place their units. Keep an eye on the guide section of the decks. Look at the layout to see if there's a general idea of how to place them, then feel free to move them around yourself when actually playing with the deck. When looking at the position of units from decks, remember that there isn't always a one-size-fits-all for placing your units. The deck's counters section can be a life saver when facing against the specific Minis or Heroes they're trying to counter. The counters may list a way for the deck to counter a Barbarian King or Giant Skeleton by arranging your units differently on the field to protect Archer Queen. Look out for the counters when making your strategy so you can try and stop yourself from being conquered by some other deck.įor example, an Archer Queen deck might be exceptional but can be easily countered by a Barbarian King deck or any deck with a Giant Skeleton. In addition to decks that are just good on their own, Noff also offers the ability to add Counters to decks. Some of the best Clash Mini decks will rely heavily on placement which means they can sometimes be easier to counter. ![]() Another strategy is using a Hero and Minis together that will work well regardless of where you place them or where the opponent places theirs. Are you going to draw the right Minis or are you going to draw them early enough to enhance them? Then there's some guessing you have to do with placement because you don't know where your opponent is going to place their units.Ī superior strategy can often be trying to use Minis that are good without being upgraded. Matches in Clash Mini have some randomness involved. Your strategy can change depending on what Hero you're facing as well as what Minis you're facing. Whether or not you win may be due to what Minis you bring along with you and how you strategically place them. Each Deck has 5 Ultra Rares and 45 Commons.There are so many ways to play each Hero in Clash Mini. Almost all of their monsters, Spells, and Traps have additional abilities you can use once they're in the Graveyard, creating opportunities for huge comebacks! This Deck includes a new Trap Card and a brand new "Phantom Knight" Link Monster that Sets Trap Cards directly from your Deck and can destroy any card on the field when a DARK Xyz Monster is Special Summoned to a zone it points to! Each Legendary Hero Decks box set contains 150 cards: Three 40-card Decks with 10-card Extra Decks. Now, a new "Nordic" Link Monster makes it easier to assemble the Synchro Materials needed to Summon an "Aesir" monster, and this Deck's Extra Deck also comes with more high-powered Level 10 Synchro Monsters, including the legendary Ascension Sky Dragon! The Phantom Knights Strike Back! Phantom Knight Decks focus on Xyz Summoning and using Trap Cards to turn the tides of battle. ![]() Like Jaden's Elemental HERO Deck, the Destiny HERO Deck also Summons powerful monsters through Fusion! This Deck also includes 2 new "HERO" Link Monsters you can use in any HERO Deck: A Link-2 monster that retrieves your Fusion Summoning Spell Cards from the Graveyard and a high-ATK Link-3 monster with Link Arrows that all point towards your field, giving you space to Summon 3 Fusion Monsters at once! Return of the Aesir! Thor, Loki, and Odin once again descend upon the Dueling world! Boasting some of the highest ATK values among all Synchro Monsters, Team Ragnarok's ace monsters from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's hold a special place in the hearts of Duelists. Target 1 Level 8 or higher 'Destiny HERO' monster, or 1 'Destiny End Dragoon', you control destroy it, and if you do, your opponent skips their next Main Phase 1. Get ready to dispense some Dueling justice this holiday season when the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME presents Legendary Hero Decks! This box set comes with 3 unique Decks featuring the kind of monsters you'd want on your side if the fate of the world depended on the outcome of a Duel! Fulfill Your Destiny! Aster Phoenix's Destiny HERO Deck excels at driving opponents into a corner with effects that inflict damage or pierce through defending monsters. The larger cannabis grinders may be better for at-home sessions or for people who like the second chamber's convenience and the ability to collect kief to enhance their next joint or bowl.It’s also lovely when grinding up cannabis for making edibles, as it will preserve more resin with the flower material. A two-piece chamber is light and straightforward, making it excellent for sessions on the go.Which grinder is suitable for you may depend on the scenario you’re using it for. Five-piece grinders offer an additional kief catcher. Here, the grinder collects the high-THC crystal resin (it looks like light green dust). The most popular option is the four-piece ginder, with an additional chamber known as the kief catcher. Three-piece cannabis grinders are almost the same as the two-piece ones, but they have a second lower chamber to catch and store the ground nugs, making three-piece grinders more user friendly. Then you’ll open it up and empty the ground cannabis onto a rolling tray. It’s as simple as placing a few smaller nugs in between the top and bottom and rotating the pieces back and forth until it slides easily. The basic – and often the cheapest – type of grinder is a two-piece tool with a top and bottom piece, each with teeth that match up and allow you to glide and twist them back and forth. So, how do you choose the grinder that’s right for you? We share pro tips and some of our favorite options to explore. When you know what features to look for and what to consider, choosing a grinder can be a straightforward process. Some designs are cheaper and basic, while others are more expensive and somewhat complex. However, finding the right grinder can be overwhelming with so many options to choose from. Grinding your weed is a fast and easy process. As a result, there’s less chance of your bowl clogging or joint burning unevenly. It also allows your pipe, joint, or bong hit to burn quickly and evenly, resulting in a smoother smoke. 1Ī grinder allows the cannabis to break into a fine grind, exposing a consistent surface area to the flame when smoking. Using a weed grinder is the most efficient method since it preserves the maximum amount of resin and trichomes. Even basic handling of cannabis nugs will leave behind a sticky residue on your fingers. While there are several ways to go about this process, like using scissors, some methods may result in losing many of the beneficial trichomes. Whether you're smoking, vaping, or baking, breaking down your weed properly will ensure you get the best experience possible. Before consuming it, you’ll need to break that material down. ![]() When you purchase your cannabis, it most likely will come in a package filled with nugs – tightly clumped cannabis flowers. Our streaming studio lets you go live straight from your browser and broadcast to multiple channels simultaneously. Is there a way to go live from a computer without downloading encoding software or purchasing a hardware encoder? Yes, you can use a cloud-based encoding solution like Restream Studio. Although you don’t have to install encoding software on your phone for this process, Facebook is still taking care of the encoding for you. If you’re not using an encoder, you might be using an app like Facebook, which lets you live stream directly from your smartphone to your Facebook profile. ![]() Live streaming can’t happen without encoding. □ Do you always need an encoder to live stream? The streaming encoder can either be a piece of software that you install on your computer or a piece of hardware that sits on your desk and connects to your computer. Usually, those digital formats are H.264, H.265, VP9 or AV1. □ What is a live streaming encoder?Īn encoder takes raw video data from your camera and microphone and converts it into a digital format that you can stream on platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Twitch and LinkedIn. In this guide, we cover what an encoder is, explain the difference between software and hardware encoders, and review the top 10 streaming video encoders. If you want to stream from a laptop or desktop computer - which affords you more control over your stream than broadcasting from a smartphone - you’ll need a live streaming encoder. ![]() ![]() Without a way to encode your raw video data into a digital format for the web, you can’t go live on any platform. An encoder is one of the key components of your live streaming setup. |
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