![]() Many of these mimic the tone found in each sister’s chapter: for example, Five’s Memoirs are a series of orders she made to a speciality store for things like high-end cuisine, art she cares little about, and even a variety of sex toys. These Memoirs are a series of relatively short journal entries from that chapter’s sister that unlock as you level up the sister in question. The rest vary in relevance, some focusing on humor instead of serious backstory, but they are all at least entertaining enough to experience once.įurthering this backstory information are the Memoirs for each sister. The most interesting of these in my opinion are easily Two’s chapter, where you learn how she became catatonic in the events of the main game, and Zero’s prologue chapter, which details how she met her original dragon Mikhail. Also, many of the questions you would probably want to know after playing the main game are answered in these chapters, either indirectly or during the actual events of the gameplay. ![]() Because of this, the DLC does a much better job relating each of the sisters to the player than the main game ever did. The story of each of these chapters is obviously tailored to the sister it stars, exploring part of their life before the events of Drakengard 3 occurred. The DLC handily contrives a reason for dragon levels by having One's dragon, Gabriella, aid each sister. Every chapter also has TONS of in-game VO fleshing out the sister in question and her relationship with her Disciple (including One’s “new” Disciple). There are a few cutscenes for each chapter, most of them in a new pop-up storybook style that works quite well if not appearing a bit cheaply made. You can level up each sister but on a much smaller scale that caps at 10. Each of them also have their own weapon, one of the four types from the original game, with its own stats and attack patterns-these weapons also unlock for the main game after finishing each chapter. You play as Zero’s sisters for the first time, but this isn’t much more than a model swap with many of the same animations. Each of these chapters is four stages (with one of those being a dragon level) that take about an hour or so to complete in total. There is one for each of the sisters, One through Five, and a new prologue chapter for Zero. Since this DLC is quite expensive ($30 for 6 new chapters), and since Drakengard 3 is already a game not too many people have “got around” to playing yet, I thought it would be useful to some if I did a little overview/review of what the DLC entails, to help all of you decide whether or not to purchase them.įirst off, let’s talk about what you get in the DLC chapters. The most recent reason? Its DLC, which I bought a few months ago and just recently got around to finishing. ![]() I’m here yet again to talk about Drakengard 3-is anyone tired of it yet? All humor aside, it’s a game I think has been tragically overlooked by many, even with its rough edges, and I can’t stop thinking about it for a variety of reasons. A prequel to the original Drakengard, Drakengard 3 is set in a medieval world where six sister goddesses hold dominion, but the world is thrown into disarray when the eldest sister attempts to murder the others with the help of her dragon companion.The new "pop-up" style for cutscenes-likely cheaper and easier to render than the other ones. If you don't fancy it, pre-ordering the game ahead of time through the PSN Store also nets you the Japanese Voiceover DLC. The Collector's Edition is set to cost €69.99 and only 2,000 units will be produced, available exclusively through the Square Enix Store. All of the items will be encased in clamshell packaging. Alongside the digital code will be a hardback novella, soundtrack CD, double-sided poster, and four items of DLC: the Caim costume, Prequel stage, Giant Baby hat and the option to have a Japanese Voiceover. Square Enix has also clarified that it "is producing a similar Collector’s Edition in North America". It's worth noting a physical version still won't be available and the Collector's Edition will only contain a PSN download code. ![]() The Collector's Edition, details of which can be found below, has been created in direct response to complaints that a physical version of the upcoming action-RPG is only planned for release in North America.
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![]() If you really want to splurge, you can get enthusiast-level gamepads from companies that offer a wide range of customization options. It's free third-party software that tricks your PC into thinking the DualShock 4 is a much more common (for PCs) Xbox controller, like the Steam configuration mode and 8Bitdo USB adapter do. It even supports 8Bitdo's Ultimate Software for extensive mapping and customization.įinally, for the most roundabout setup, you can use a DualShock 4 through a program called DS4Windows (Opens in a new window). You can also use the 8Bitdo Wireless USB Adapter (Opens in a new window), a $20 dongle that connects to your PlayStation gamepad (and many other kinds of controllers) and properly maps it to work in Windows. Steam offers a PlayStation Configuration Support option in its controller settings menu that should get either controller to work like an Xbox gamepad, and even supports button remapping. The PS4's DualShock 4 and the PS5's DualSense controllers (and the third-party Scuf Reflex Pro) also work with your PC through a USB or Bluetooth connection, at least with most Steam games. Here are some options to help pick the best one for you. There are countless gamepads and other types of controllers you can hook up to your PC. There's nothing wrong with playing Fortnite with your current mouse and keyboard (in fact, PC purists would say you'll play even better than with a gamepad), but almost every other game you pick up from GOG.com, Humble Bundle, or Steam will feel much better with dual analog sticks under your thumbs. If you mostly want to play games on your PC-for the good reason that it has the largest library of titles spanning the widest range of ages, audiences, genres, prices, and hardware requirements-you should probably invest in a controller. That's why every major game console comes with a gamepad or two, and why they all can be connected to your PC with some tinkering. Most games, though, play best with some form of dedicated controller. Maybe you don't mind using a touch screen for smartphone puzzles. Maybe you want a keyboard and mouse for your shooters and strategy titles. You can't play video games without a good control system. How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad.How to Block Robotexts and Spam Messages. ![]() With a quick-to-install-and-use app like Google Authenticator, you can gain some considerable peace of mind. That's because a phone number can be spoofed and cloned, so a truly determined hacker can still gain your information.įor the average user, that's less likely to happen but it's still possible. Some websites and services encourage the use of codes sent via SMS to keep threats out but this isn't as secure as Google Authenticator. If there's a second level of defense, you're far more protected. A brute force method or some clever social engineering can mean that someone can figure out your password. Passwords are rarely enough to keep your most important accounts safe. However, if you're trying to learn more about how it can help you out, well, it protects your data and identity. If you're reading this, you almost certainly already have Google Authenticator set up. ![]() It is possible to generate new ones though by clicking on Show Codes then clicking Get New Codes. ![]() There are 10 codes and each of them can only be used once. On the next page, scroll down to Backup Codes and click on Show Codes to get your pre-existing backup codes to add to the new device. From there, scroll down to 2-Step Verification and enter your password. Not sure where you put them? Log into your Google Account then click Security. If you have backup codes, you can enter those on your new device and you're good to go. There are still ways for you to regain Google Authenticator and use it on a new device. Lost your old phone or it doesn't work any more? Don't worry. Obviously, that's assuming someone has your phone password. Also, don't forget that the more devices you have set up for Google Authenticator, the less secure it may be. If you're looking to sell it though, delete them. If you plan on using your old device, it could be worthwhile keeping them. Now you can choose whether to remove all the exported accounts or whether to keep them on your old device. Once you've done all that, on your old phone, tap next to move onto one of the last steps.ġ0. You'll need to do this for each account but Google Authenticator simplifies the process by listing each barcode as you go along.ĩ. Tap Scan QR code before scanning that QR code on your old phone. To get to that point, you need to tap Get Started on the new phone before tapping Import Exist Accounts. Scan that code with the Google Authenticator app on your new phone to get it added on. The app offers enterprise features, such as multi-user deployment options and provisioning, and one-tap push authentication, in addition to one-time passcodes. A QR code will appear and your screen will get much brighter. ![]() When a visitor is logged in as an administrator or has visited an infected site within the past two or six hours, the redirections are suspended. The malware takes pains to hide its presence from operators. This ensures that the environment remains infected until all traces of the malware are dealt with.” Sneaky and determined “Since the additional malware injection is lodged within the wp-blog-header.php file it will execute whenever the website is loaded and reinfect the website. “These backdoors download additional shells and a Leaf PHP mailer script from a remote domain filestacklive and place them in files with random names in wp-includes, wp-admin and wp-content directories,” Sucuri researcher Ben Martin wrote. The additional injected code works as a backdoor that’s designed to ensure the malware will survive disinfection attempts by loading itself in files that run whenever the targeted server is restarted. Some infected sites also inject obfuscated code into wp-blog-header.php and other files. ![]() ![]() Such files include “index.php,” “wp-signup.php,” “wp-activate.php,” “wp-cron.php,” and many more. Nearly 11,000 websites in recent months have been infected with a backdoor that redirects visitors to sites that rack up fraudulent views of ads provided by Google Adsense, researchers said.Īll 10,890 infected sites, found by security firm Sucuri, run the WordPress content management system and have an obfuscated PHP script that has been injected into legitimate files powering the websites. ![]() While Witch Beam managed most of the game's social media channels, the team recruited Victoria Tran, the community director of Among Us, to help operate Unpacking 's Discord channel and TikTok account. The sound design includes over 14,000 foley effects, with multiple pick-up and placement sound effects unique to each item. The team put a lot of thought into making Unpacking 's accessible: The nearly wordless nature of the game ensures that anyone who may have language or comprehension barriers can still enjoy playing the game, and many additional accessibility features were implemented. ![]() Unpacking is mostly a wordless experience, with the narrative mainly told through objects the player unpacks from boxes. The two participated in the Stugan games accelerator program in Sweden, and the game entered full production in early 2019. She found that unpacking unlabelled boxes, not knowing what is stored inside, was an experience that could be translated into a video game. The game was first conceptualized by Wren Brier when she moved in with her partner, Witch Beam co-director Tim Dawson, in early 2018. The studio was founded in 2013 and had previously released Assault Android Cactus, a twin-stick shooter, in 2015. Unpacking was developed by Witch Beam, an independent game studio based in Brisbane, Australia. The development team accepting Best Audio at the 22nd Game Developers Choice Awards ![]() The whole FossHub team use and highly recommend qBittorrent (just like all the other apps).QBittorrent is developed by volunteers on their spare time. After a few days, you will feel that you have found the perfect Bittorrent client. If you used any other similar client before (uTorrent is the best example) you will need just a few minutes to get comfortable with this program. if your Internet connection has 1 Gbps you should know that you can't reach this speed with an HDD and you will need a solid-state drive - SSD).Ĭonclusion: You don't need a manual to learn how to use this client. If there's any restriction, it will come (in most cases) from your ISP or hard drive (e.g. Apparently, such high-speed transfers are achievable from close locations but what I am trying to say is this: there's no limitation coming from this software. Performance: I (and a few friends of mine) was able to reach the maximum speed provided by my ISP on Windows® 8.1 and 10 (100 Mbps). You can even lock down qBittorrent with a password if you want to keep your activity private. The transfers from all torrents will appear on a left column close to the "Search" feature. You have access to everything you need to customize this client from "Option" area. The first interaction: If you're a fan of the old uTorrent (like me) I am sure that you will appreciate the simple interface. Just remember that although the application itself is clean, you are responsible for the data that you will upload or download through a torrent. It's 100% clean, so the setup process should be easy enough and without any unwanted advertising. Note regarding the installation: There's nothing hidden in this app, no bundles, no unwanted ads or anything like that. Trademark Note 2: Mac and OS X are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. Trademark Note 1: Microsoft®, Windows® and other product names are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. There are many other legit usage examples of how qBittorrent can be used. ![]() A good example of a legit torrent can be found on the official GIMP homepage - the download section OR Ubuntu download section. Do not distribute or redistribute any illegal content. Important: Please be aware that while qBittorrent is a free, open source, clean torrent manager software YOU are responsible for the data you choose to download. detailed torrent info: size, status, seeds, peers, download and upload speed, ratio, etc. IP Filtering (compatible with eMule and PeerGuardian) and IPv6 compliant. bandwidth scheduler and sequential download. support for UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding. advanced control for trackers, peers, and torrents (torrent queueing and prioritizing). support for all BitTorrent extensions: Magnet/BitComet, Peer Exchange, DHT, etc. integrated and customizable search: on most famous BitTorrent search sites. similar user interfaces with µTorrent (for a smooth transition). The primary purpose of this Bittorrent client is to offer an alternative to other similar torrent managers. WINDOWS: NSIS: Update Turkish, Uzbek translation (Burak Yavuz, shitcod3r)ĭownload qBittorrent a free, open source application based on Qt toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar that runs on all major OS such as Windows®, Linux, Mac® OS X®, OS/2 or FreeBSD (including support for over 25 languages). RSS: Prevent RSS folder from being moved into itself (glassez) WEBUI: Reject requests that contain backslash in path (glassez) WEBUI: Allow to set read-only directory as torrent location (glassez) WEBUI: Allow only TLS 1.2+ in the server (sledgehammer999) WEBUI: Blacklist bad ciphers for TLS in the server (sledgehammer999) WEBUI: Migrate away from unsafe function (Chocobo1) BUGFIX: Be more likely to allow the system to use power saving modes (glassez) ![]() BUGFIX: Update the cached torrent state once recheck is started (glassez) BUGFIX: Don't unexpectedly activate queued torrents when prefetching metadata for added magnets (glassez) It seems to affect only v4.5.0 and v4.5.1. This affects users that have enabled the WebUI/WebAPI. The bug allowed for any file on the user's filesystem to be served without any authentication. V4.5.2 contains a security bugfix in the web server. Like Google Photos, the iOS service automatically organizes your photos by date. On PCs, you can manage your photos and videos from in your browser, or with the Windows iCloud app. To find the service, you'll need the Photos app on Mac or iOS. ![]() The service has a paid version that offers 100GB for $2 a month or 1TB for $10 a month.Īpple's cloud-based photo service is part of the company's larger iCloud storage system, and is compatible with iPhones and Macs. If your media is larger than that, you get up to 15GB of free space. While it's a solid option for automatically uploading photos you take on your phone, you can also manually upload photos from a digital camera, or those that you've scanned to your computer. For context, an average photo taken on my Pixel 3 is 12.1 megapixels. You should be able to adjust settings in your phone, for example, if you want videos to record at a lower resolution and take up less storage. Google Photos offers a free plan with unlimited storage for photos smaller than 16 megapixels and videos 1080p or less (however, this plan is ending in June, and you may have to sign up for Google's storage subscription service, Google One). ![]() Every so often, Google will ask if you want to free up space on your phone by backing up the images to your Google Account, which is accessible through Gmail, as well. Either way, you can conveniently manage your Google Photos library from your phone or desktop. The backup and sync function should be on by default when you download the app, but you can also turn it on manually in your settings. I have photos backed up all the way from 2014, when I first made the transition to Android. The Google Photos app - available on iOS and Android - can back up your photos to your Gmail account. Google Photos is a great resource for both organizing and editing photos that requires little to no work on your part. Here are a few different apps and services you can use to safeguard your memories for little to no cost. For example, Photobucket has a Bill of Rights for its users. Research how the company handles photo retention and what rights you have to the photos once they're on that site. But before you entrust precious memories into any service, make sure to read through the terms of service. Think of those black and white snaps of your grandparents as kids, the silly photos you took on a disposable camera and more. Plus, your photos will be compressed to a lower resolution - they won't look as good if you want to print them out.īetter yet, there are dedicated services to preserve shots, whether they're from your phone, a digital camera or that film camera you used years ago. Though Facebook and other social media platforms can hold your photos, not everyone may be comfortable making them the keepers of your memories. Even if your computer is lost, you can still access a cloud-based account with your photos attached.Ĭhoosing the right option is critical. But a digital backup is the best way to safeguard your memories. You also can make a photo book as a backup of your all-time favorites and store it somewhere like a fireproof safe deposit box. ![]() Portable hard drives can store your memories and they fit nicely in a bug-out bag. I learned this lesson the hard way when my family's Dell took a turn for the worse in the early 2000s, and took countless pictures with it. If your computer crashes, or you fall victim to a virus or a nasty data breach, you can still lose them. Scanning your prints and saving them on a computer isn't enough. Even more so if all you had were prints of your family's old pictures. This is true to some extent - you can easily buy furniture, curtains and kitchen appliances again. When a natural disaster hits and your possessions are lost or destroyed, people sometimes offer the phrase "things can be replaced" as comfort. This story is part of Road Trip 2020, CNET's series on how we're preparing now for what could come next. Both ends the hallway open up into the main area. You can take the stairs and follow along them to reach the area, which is directly above the dining area door. In the main area of the castle, you have sets of stairs. ![]() Here, you can go straight for several screens, in order to reach the dining area. If you go up the stairs by the entrance, you can go through the doors to reach the main part of the castle. Without going up the stairs, you can go inside the gift shop and meet Anja. Here, in the entrance area, you can find Lukas. The Castle Finster is kind of big, so let's start off by figuring out where things are. The only place Nancy can go inside is the Castle Finster. We have a small village here, but everyone is scared, so they have locked their doors. He asks her to meet him in his office, on the second floor. ![]() Nancy sends this puzzle back up to Lukas, and Karl appears. Select the matches, then check the "check match" box at the top to see if you got it right. ![]() Senior Mode: The second-from-the-left in the top row and the second-from-the-left in the bottom row. Junior Mode: The leftmost monster in the bottom row, and the second-from-the-right in the top row. He forces Nancy to solve a matching puzzle first. Press the doorbell on the right, and Lukas answers the door. The game begins with Nancy Drew arriving at Castle Finster. A video of a girl being attacked by a monster plays. 004-Walkthrough - Click on the plane ticket, choose either Junior or Senior Detective, and the game starts. She can call him in this game, and the two of them have a fight. His brother Joe gets mentioned, but he doesn't have any speaking lines. Frank Hardy: Nancy's friend and fellow detective. She worked with Anja, at Anja's previous job. She is the one who does most of the work in the castle. Anja: The castellan, who works at the gift shop. Renate: An old woman who is staying at the castle. Lukas: A boy whose father is the head of security. ![]() He is in charge of the castle, but he is more concerned with playing games than running the castle properly. 003-Characters - Nancy Drew: Our hero! She's a super mystery solver, and she's off to Germany to solve the mystery behind the monster sightings at Castle Finster. The video comes complete with my commentary and such. 002-Video Guide - Hey! Want to see how to beat the game instead of reading about it? Well, I've got a video walkthrough, and you can see it at. If you want to reproduce this guide in some fashion, you should contact me before doing so. If you want to contact me, e-mail but make the subject blank if you do. This is the twenty-fourth game in the Nancy Drew series. This is an adventure game, in which Nancy Drew goes to Germany and solves a mystery at a haunted castle. Credits 001-General Information - This is a walkthrough for the PC/Mac game called Nancy Drew: The Captive Curse. 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The law makes historic investments in manufacturing and research to accelerate the industries of the future and set America up to win the economic competition for the 21st century. The CHIPS and Science Act will help us compete with China by bringing manufacturing jobs back to America. President Biden signed the landmark CHIPS and Science Act into law to help lower the cost of everyday goods, strengthen American manufacturing and innovation, create good-paying jobs, and bolster our national security. Since the President took office, the United States has created hundreds of thousands of new manufacturing jobs and companies have announced more than $300 billion in manufacturing investments across the United States. President Biden is leading America through a manufacturing boom. President Biden’s actions on student debt will save the average borrower more than $1,000 a year and make sure that working people have a shot at a college degree without the fear of being saddled with insurmountable debt. Critically, the Biden-Harris administration’s plan will cover unpaid monthly interest, so a borrower’s balance will never grow as long as they make their monthly payments. The President is also taking action to make the student loan system more manageable for current and future borrowers by cutting monthly payment rates in half for undergraduate loans. Through targeted action, President Biden is building on his promise to grow the economy from the bottom up and middle out. ![]() Under the President’s student loan debt plan, nearly 90% of relief dollars will go to borrowers earning less than $75,000 a year. Up to 20 million Americans would have their loans fully canceled. For Americans in that group who received Pell Grants during college, President Biden’s plan would forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt – providing relief to those who need it most.Īs a result of President Biden’s bold action, up to 43 million Americans would benefit from targeted relief. President Biden announced a plan to forgive up to $10,000 of debt for individuals making less than $125,000 a year. Student loan debt relief for working and middle class Americans The President also initiated a review process into how marijuana is scheduled under federal law and urged governors across the country to follow his lead by pardoning state level convictions of simple marijuana possession. ![]() In doing so, President Biden removed a burden to employment, housing, and educational opportunities for thousands of Americans. President Biden took action to end our failed approach to marijuana by pardoning all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession. Changing our failed approach to marijuana In his first two years, President Biden signed executive orders to reverse the discriminatory ban on transgender service members and strengthen LGBTQ+ non-discrimination protections. In signing this historic legislation, President Biden built on his work to advance full equality for LGBTQ+ Americans. The bipartisan Respect for Marriage Act provides security to millions of LGBTQ+ and interracial couples by guaranteeing that the federal government will recognize and protect their marriages. In December of 2022, President Biden signed landmark legislation that enshrined marriage equality protections into federal law. ![]() In order to overcome the limitations in the first approach, I introduced two lists that each installation of the client uses for accounting when synching. Approach #2 - Hybrid server state and queued client state I wasn’t happy with the fact that this wasn’t truly sync. These limitations prevented me from publishing this solution. If two clients were synching, one client could delete a photo then another would simply re-upload it when synching.Ad hoc deletion requests that failed would result in re-downloading the next time a sync occurred.This worked very well and didn’t require any complicated state accounting, but it had two major limitations. Whenever a photo was deleted, an ad hoc deletion request would be kicked off. Whenever a new photo was taken, a sync would be kicked off and the (Local File Exists, Remote File Doesn’t Exist) state in the above matrix would upload it. When kicking off a sync, first the contents of a user’s Dropbox/Apps/Close-up directory are listed, then the following steps are applied for each file in the merged set of local and remote files. The first approach I took was very simple. Files containing sync metadata could break if different versions of the app changed formatting or if a user was to open a file and monkey with it. Only photos are stored to Dropbox - Only the photo content from Close-up would be stored in Dropbox, not other metadata or files. ![]() Thumbnails are not uploaded to Dropbox and clients won’t show photos from Dropbox until they’re fully downloaded. Files must exist in all locations - In order to show a file in the Close-up client, it must be downloaded locally and thumbnailed.Files are not versioned - Once a photo is taken it cannot be modified, only deleted.Constraintsīefore starting, I laid down a couple constraints that allowed me to simplify how sync would work. The Sync API is way cool, and insulates developers from basic operations, but it was still several months from being announced. The act of synching is left to the developer. The Core API has a few fundamental operations like listing directory contents, uploading files, downloading files, and deleting files, but as Drew Houston put it during DBX it’s a “batteries not included” solution. I chose to use Dropbox before their super simple Sync API was introduced, so I had to come up with a synching system of my own that wrapped their basic Core API. Not to mention Dropbox is awesome and I’m a supporter of their product. I settled with using Dropbox since it gives users ownership and access to their content outside of the Close-up app, the SDK was very friendly, and because it was a free solution. I really wanted to use iCloud, but after several false starts I felt it wasn’t worth the effort. |