In: Proceedings of the IEEE conference on computer vision and pattern recognition, pp 2187–2194 Guo X, Cao X, Ma Y (2014) Robust separation of reflection from multiple images. In: Computer graphics forum, vol 38, pp 253–263. In: IEEE Conference on computer vision and pattern recognitionįu G, Zhang Q, Song C, Lin Q, Xiao C (2019) Specular highlight removal for real-world images. Springer, ChamĬhen L, Lin S, Zhou K, Ikeuchi K (2017) Specular highlight removal in facial images. The results show that the calculation speed of this method is faster, and it can effectively enhance the information in the reflection image, and simultaneously effectively improve the clarity of the image.Īkashi Y, Okatani T (2014) Separation of reflection components by sparse non-negative matrix factorization. Finally, we compare the algorithm in this paper with the existing algorithms in subjective vision and objective evaluation. Then, it uses an improved guided image filtering algorithm to enhance the image, introduces adjustment parameters based on local variance information in the cost function of the guided filtering algorithm, and introduces an adaptive magnification factor in the detail layer. This method uses the dark channel prior algorithm to process the specular image, in which the moving window minimum filter is used to estimate the global illumination component of the specular image, and a weighting function based on local pixel chromatic aberration is introduced under the boundary constraints. Aiming at the problems of image quality degradation and information loss in images affected by reflections in real scenes, this paper proposes a fast and effective specular reflection image enhancement algorithm.
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It sounds exactly like I would expect a fantasy score to sound in a game filled with magic. It’s interesting, but not overcomplicated. The obvious and well-executed choice was to keep the music in the background during the game.īorislav Slavov evidently ensured that the music in Divinity: Original Sin 2 is light and pleasant to listen to. I don’t know why, but at times I had an impression that the pieces are resemblant to those from The Witcher III: Wild Hunt. Even during the fight, despite the soundtrack’s intensity, it didn’t tire me, complementing the game. The obvious and well-executed choice was to keep the music in the background during the game. I’m talking about curiosity and expecting an undiscovered story. For example, during my time with exploration, listening to the delicate sounds of cello or flute really made me feel similar emotions that I had felt in the main menu before starting the story. It’s also great to use the same theme in other pieces. The main theme has a very nice, characteristic melody, what tied me closer to the nature of Divinity: Original Sin 2. This has so many positive, noticeable effects for the gameplay experience. It is absolutely remarkable that we can choose which instrument we identify with the most. I decided to listen to the cello during the game, but I also had to play a few hours with the flute and both choices add a lot of character to the music we hear. Oud, in turn, is considered to be the ancestor of lute and is still popular in Arab countries. The composer is Bulgarian, hence the choice. Tambura is a traditional Indian instrument, but it is here most likely because of its strong connotations with Balkan music. The second and third instrument belong to the group of plucked strings. Unique, brilliant idea! We can choose between a flute, a tambour, an oud and a cello. Nothing less likely – when creating a character in Divinity: Original Sin 2, we have an opportunity to decide which instrument will be in the foreground of the game’s score – both in music for exploration and for combat sequences. You will ask: why was such an option there? At first a thought comes to mind that this is a selection for a bard. One of the most interesting things I’ve ever seen when creating a character is choosing a musical instrument. Later in the game you can switch points arround anyway with the mirror.Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Original Soundtrack by Borislav Slavov I would suggest just start with a point in telekenis, get a strenght companion. Or start with lone wolf and put massive points in strenght only. Either start a game with one point in telekenis and drag the barrels arround on the ship until you can leave. I just put one point in telekinesis from start on my main char (you can move stuff arround despite their weight) So yeah if you do not have that at start or not enough strenght you might not able to take them at all. I have 2 deathfog barrels at the moment and about to leave act1 (used the first on alexander outside the main gate of the fort) I tried, but it is too heavy, i can't even pick them up. Then put them in my inv -> click ladder to go up -> watch cutscene-> and on the beach i threw them out my inventory again until I had an companion with strenght to carry them arround. I just put one point in telekinesis from start on my main char (you can move stuff despite their weight) I just dragged the deathfog barrels arround on the ship until i was ready to leave it. Then put the barrel in your inventory as soon as that happens try run trough the wall of the room. Drag a normal barrel to the deathfog barrel room and stand in corner near the door. Originally posted by Weasels Ripped My Flesh:use the trick to grab an object with telekinesis form a distance. If you’ve got it do NOT upgrade to v4 because that is how it gets disabled, stick with v3.Popular note-taking app and PDF editor GoodNotes has received its first major update in four years, introducing new AI-powered handwriting recognition features, a marketplace for digital stationery, new pen gestures, and more. So, give it a try… If you like it, keep using it, or upgrade to the Pro version to help support my small company. You’ll also see a small little dialog at startup (only) and you click past it with one click. It is entirely free to use indefinitely except that some advanced features will disable after 14 days. Forget the German site, that is my German reseller and they aren’t as a nice as me □ So if you’ve got it and it works, all well and good as long as you stick with v3.8 but if it stops working you either have to fix it yourself or the developer suggests you can do the following:ġ. So the crux of it is that although the giveaway was not authorised the developer is letting it go ahead with absolutely no guarantees that the serial number will work, and if it does work no guarantees as to how long for, plus there will be no support at all for the giveaway serial number and no updates and no upgrades. So, I recommend only correcting them to say it is ONLY for version 3 – not the new version 4″ I’m happy to give away version 3 if people want the older version for some reason. I figure, at this point, it is best to just let people have this give-away of version 3 (the old version). It likely works now, but I won’t guarantee that. However, the v3 activation system was different than the v4 activation system. I discovered a larger problem with the activation system that persisted for the last 10 hours. I was shocked to find out about it myself when I started getting emails similar to yours I’ve ‘let it slide’, but I can not support the unauthorized give-away. I do not know what to say except that NOBODY authorized that give-away. They sent people to my German reseller to sign up for their newsletter, then gave them that old v3 key. “The give-away where you found that key was unauthorized. However because the developer of Process Lasso JEREMY COLLAKE is a nice guy he has said the following (and I quote): So I contacted Bitsum Technologies who replied that the original giveaway by PC PRAXIS.DE on their advent calendar had not been authorised by them (BITSUM)Īnd that they had not given permission for SOFTWARE BUTLER to host the giveaway of the license key eitherĪnd therefore BITSUM TECHNOLOGIES cannot support the giveaway or give any free support to it or updates or upgrades either. Shortly afterwards I kept getting the request to re register the program, but it wouldn’t re register. I heard that the serial number for this giveaway application v3.8 could be used to upgrade to v4, so I did it and it worked! This is a heads up for all about this giveaway. Although the free version of this software is available, the Pro version has many advantages over the free edition, below screen-shot will give an overview of the difference between these two versions. Installation of the program is quick and the file size is just around 1.98 MB, it’s available in both 32-bit & 64-bit version. There is also an ‘Actions log’, which records all your stopped and started processes and a real-time graph that shows your system statistics. The main window of the software lists all your PC’s running processes and it automatically stops memory hogs. It can also adjust the priority of programs and help your system runs as efficiently as possible. This software automatically stops programs hogging system resources and slowing things down. You can shut down any unwanted or misbehaving system processes using TaskManager, but Process Lasso is the far better tool for the job. Process Lasso also manages how much power your PC consumes when active or idle. Process Lasso prevents programs from hogging all your system resources, which can cause problems on your PC and slow down other things you are doing. The software will be very useful for systems with low memory. It allows programs to monopolize your CPU without restraint – leading to freezes and hangs. It isn’t a task manager, instead, it has a fleet of algorithms designed to dynamically boost the performance of your PC. One can call this nifty software as a real-time PC optimization and automation utility. Process Lasso by Bitsum Technologies will improve your PC’s responsiveness and stability with its unique new technology. Ke圜ue offers a flexible new way to define a wide variety of triggers, which can be combinations of modifier keystrokes and mouse clicks. Gone are the days when Ke圜ue was nothing more than a menu shortcut viewer. But Ke圜ue contains a bunch of new features that take Ke圜ue to a whole new level. With a simple keystroke or click, Ke圜ue displays a table with all available keyboard shortcuts, system-wide hotkeys, as well as key combinations for triggering macros in Keyboard Maestro, QuicKeys and iKey. I’m not often bowled over by a utility like this, but that’s really cool.Ke圜ue has always been a handy tool for learning and remembering keyboard shortcuts. The defined shortcut appears in that item now, and survives Ke圜ue being quit. An arrow with an embedded countdown timer appeared, and when the graphics indicated it was done…well, it was. I simply invoked the menu item and left it open, then pressed and held the keyboard combo I wanted for the new shortcut. Ke圜ue was able to set up a shortcut without any additional steps. The customizer not only does not “know” about it, but it also appears to block the system-level application keyboard utility from customizing it. There are several items that only appear under certain conditions, like “Save Text Selection” (which leads to a submenu with two different formats rather than a dialog). The developer built in a keyboard shortcut customization system, which works well for all the menu items that are programmed. It is highly technical and scholarly, and it has a complex dynamic menu system. I have a scripture reference application, Accordance, that I use regularly in my work. Ke圜ue has always been the least useful of the Ergonis utilities to me I liked being able to pop up a full selector sheet of emojis, but other than that I guess I’m just a really good shortcut memorizer. Keyboard shortcut and emoji cheat sheet enables you to assign keyboard shortcuts on the fly. (€19.99 new with a 25% discount for TidBITS members, €9.99 upgrade, 5.4 MB, release notes, macOS 10.10+) Ke圜ue 10 is free for anyone who purchased a license for Ke圜ue on or after owners of older licenses can upgrade for €9.99. Now a universal application with native support for Apple silicon Macs, the release also adds support for the F20 function key, disables itself when Universal Control is active, works around an issue where some shortcuts were missing in Microsoft Outlook, and fixes cosmetic alignment issues in the Settings window. You can add or modify existing menu shortcuts by simply pointing at a menu command and pressing the desired key combination-Ke圜ue will define your desired shortcut so it’s available instantly. #1670: Arc Web browser hits 1.0 release, “Do You Use It?” polls about Apple featuresĮrgonis has released Ke圜ue 10, a major new release of the keyboard shortcut and emoji cheat sheet utility that not only shows existing shortcuts but also now enables you to assign your own keyboard shortcuts on the fly.#1671: Apple Q3 2023 earnings, new Beats headphones and earbuds, Stage Manager adoption rate, do you use Spotlight?.1672: The hidden power of Google Sheets, Launchpad usage levels, Emergency SOS via satellite in the Maui fires, do you use proxy icons?.1673: macOS 13.5.1, watchOS 9.6.1, copy data from Web tables, what Spotlight is used for, do you use Apple’s Weather app?.1674: Proxy icons boost productivity, Arc 1.5 tab syncing, Backblaze price increase, which iPhone weather apps do you use?. The Word is Murder, which is planned to be the first in a ten-book series, was the natural extension. How are whodunits constructed? Why do we read them? Are modern trends-cultural appropriation, political correctness-changing the way we approach literature both as writers and readers? I had already written Magpie Murders in which the author of a series of bestselling crime novels was himself killed. As the author of almost fifty books, I wanted to examine my own craft. It was influenced by two wonderful books that have had a huge influence on me in my career: Stephen King’s On Writing and William Goldman’s Adventures in the Screen Trade. And he calls me Tony.Īs the title suggests, The Word is Murder is as much about writing as it is about murder mystery. I find some of his attitudes questionable in the extreme. I do not particularly like Hawthorne, at least not to begin with. The twist is that the writer he has chosen is the author of Foyle’s War and the Alex Rider series…me! I am therefore a character inside my own book, commenting on the action as well as (reluctantly) participating in it. He needs the money and they will split the profits fifty fifty. He has decided to hire a writer to produce a book about his investigation. It concerns a detective, Daniel Hawthorne, who has been called in as a consultant to solve a particularly complicated murder in West London. My latest murder mystery, The Word is Murder, has just been published in the USA. It’s either entertaining or infuriating, depending on your point of view but I have to say that I’m finding it a wonderfully refreshing way to reappraise the whodunit. Here I am on my side of the computer and there are you on the other side of the Atlantic and I have broken down the wall between us, making you aware of me as the writer, questioning my own technique. At least that kills the first few lines of your essay with the added bonus that if it’s in the OED it must be right.Īctually, what I have just given you in these first two paragraphs is my own take on meta-fiction. So you pluck a word out of the title and reach for the dictionary. You haven’t got the faintest idea where to start. Your despotic teacher has forced you to write five hundred words on something you know nothing about. I hate articles that begin with dictionary definitions. The dictionary defines meta-fiction as “fiction in which the author self-consciously alludes to the artificiality or literariness of a work by parodying or departing from novelistic conventions and traditional narrative techniques.” Many of them suggested that Max might have had a love affair with Chrissy Lampkin, Jim’s current fiancé. This led to a wave (ironic) of diss records towards Jim Jones. (Here is a bonus nugget: Max wrote the hook for We Fly High.) Two years go by, something happened and Max left Byrdgang. Unlike Stacks, Max was found on, maybe, 60% of Jim’s third album. Max began releasing mixtapes, notably his Public Domain series. He appeared on the songs G’s Up/ Baby Girl and Confront Ya Baby. Max appeared on The Capo’s second album Harlem: Diary of a Summer. Before I go on, let me clarify that I will not go into detail about any of his legalities he is still fighting his appeal, you feel me? So, he met Jim around ’04 through Bruno, a mutual friend. Now Max B, also know as Wavy Crockett, Silver Surfer and Biggaveli (a Biggie, Jay-Z, and Makaveli hodgepodge) was an alien. What made matters worse was that STACKS WAS KILLED IN THE HOOD HE CAME UP IN!!!! *Wipes tears and moves on* Underground hip-hop fans were hurt and shocked. After a slew of collaborations and mixtapes, Bundles chance of success was cut short June 11, 2007, when he was murdered for his chain. Stacks‘ popularity rose and fans were eager to hear his new material. I will be honest, Stacks murdered the hook but his verse felt out of sync with Wayne and Jim. Nevertheless, the song bangs. Shortly after, Jim Jones dropped his fan favorite album Hustlers P.O.M.E., which boasted some of the Capos best material ( Bright Lights Big City, Emotionless Love of my Life, and of course BALLLLINNNNNNNNN) Amongst these songs was Weatherman, which featured Stacks and Lil Wayne. All my true Jim Jones fans can catch them on the Day In the Fast Life DVD in Miami. Around ’05 Stacks met Jim and joined the Byrdgang roster along with Max B. Check the video below to see what I am saying. On this DVD, Stacks performed the classic “ Look Nigga You Food.” This video was special because Stacks expressed his affiliation and allegiance to Bloods and Crips in NYC. On Smack DVD’s, local NY artists with a buzz got a chance to shoot videos and share the platform with major artists. Stack Bundles hailed from Far Rockaway, Queens where “ they don’t get along with anyone.” My dawg Stan introduced me to Stacks on a Smack DVD in 2006, the same Smack DVD that had the infamous Murda Mook vs. The previous three get my utmost respect for what they contributed to Byrdgang’s growth but Stacks and Max were the chosen ones. Last, but not least, the two greats, Stack Bundles and Max B. I mean, he yelled Su Woo at the end of every verse), and Sandman (I remember him from Smack DVD’s, dude is dead nice). Byrdgang was an interesting collective of artists such as Noe (Baltimore Native who sounded like Jay-Z), Mel Matrix (Brooklyn blood who was more of a Goon than a rapper. Besides the update about the issues with Cam and Dipset, I was eager to hear about his short-lived label Byrdgang records. Last week, I tuned into Elliott Wilson and B Dot’s Rap Radar podcast for their interview with, my guy, Jim Jones. Not only can I have to get into the mind of those who have read the first hundreds of pages, I have to try and find a target audience for such a huge series that seems gently reluctant to be a fantasy. So this book becomes harder and harder to rate. And to tie the slow-to-arrive information with these facts, it is only by reading up online do I find we have been speaking of some dwarven populations. We might not commonly read non-fantasy books about royal princesses, urged to learn knife-fighting techniques, squandering their days in merchants’ houses, but beyond the discovery of a near-dead fairy for the prince Barrick to grudgingly converse psychically with, it is quite jarring to come across a talking crow. What’s also immediately noticeable is that the series seems to try and go as close to non-genre writing as possible. Any errors are therefore the fault of the reviewing gods giving me this doorstopper of a book without any prior information that this most un-self-contained book does not reveal. There are far too many plot strands of this fantasy to go into, and I have to admit I don’t want to say any more than these few bare bones, as so much of the volume relies on the first part of the trilogy, which has not fallen my way. He too is accompanied, but has a very different journey than she has.Įlsewhere concubines get chased by secret agents, with a chastening reason of their own to complete their mission, parentless children get succour from strangers scrying into mirrors, and a court poet just falls further and further in love. Barrick meanwhile has fled towards the evil beyond the Shadowline, where lurk faceless nasties called fairies, and worse. Briony has left behind faked signs of being kidnapped, and escaped the besieged royal citadel of Southmarch, scene of their older brother’s recent death, with the help of a loyal but hard-done-by older family servant. The mammoth undertaking of all 2,000 pages might suit some readers, but this book alone is not to be recommended.ĭestiny has split a couple of royal twins apart, and left them ignorant of the other’s suvival. Summary: A complex and leisurely telling of far too many fantasy plot strands to summarise. " '03 Bonnie & Clyde" Featuring Beyoncé ( The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse, 2002).Top – 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U W Y External links Remixes and live versions of songs are listed as bullet points below the original song, but clean, explicit, a cappella and instrumental variations are not included. Next to the song titles is the album, soundtrack or single on which it appears. The songs on the list are all included in official label-released, albums, soundtracks and singles, but not white label or other non-label releases. In 2014, the films's English Wikipedia article gained attention in Slate for having the longest film plot summary on the English-language version of the site.The following is a list of songs by Jay-Z organized by alphabetical order. Cathy McLemoreįilming of Alley Cats Strike began on October 25, 1999. Alex and his friends decide to compromise and name the new school Appleton Central. Todd tells his father that it does not seem fair for a school to be named over a game of bowling. Using her knowledge of physics, Delia rolls a spinner slowly down the lane and spares, winning the competition, to everyone's surprise. At the end of the competition, Todd's bowling results in a 7–10 split, which he could never master during his training. Kevin tells Alex to not let a dispute end a friendship.Īlex rejoins the bowling team for the competition the next day. Kevin later tells Alex that he used to be friends with Jeff when they were younger, but ended their friendship after accusing the other of losing a baseball game, which they both believe resulted in the city losing The Mighty Apple. Todd attempts to convince Alex to rejoin the bowling team, and reveals new shirts with the team's name, Alley Cats, on it. The team is also told about the wager between the mayors, after which Alex quits the team out of anger. From the city, the West Appleton bowling team receives low-quality team shirts for the bowling competition. Hanburger hires Whipsaw McGraw, a bowling champion, to train his bowling team. Jeff McLemore, Todd's father and the mayor of West Appleton, makes a wager with mayor Hanburger of East Appleton: the winning team, in addition to receiving The Mighty Apple, will also get to choose the name for a new school that is under construction. After the party, Alex overhears Todd's friends talking among each other and discovers that they are only pretending to be friends with Alex to increase the chances of their school winning back The Mighty Apple. Delia, Elisa, and Ken leave the party early, as they feel betrayed by Alex now frequently hanging out with Todd and his friends. Todd uses his popularity to convince various businesses to donate supplies such as paint and flashing lights for the bowling alley, where a party known as the "Bowling Ball" is held and attended by dozens of people. The children later redecorate Kevin's bowling alley to bring in customers. Todd's bowling improves, while Alex's bowling becomes worse as he continues to spend time with Todd. Alex later attends a party with Todd, rather than train at the bowling alley with his friends, upsetting them. He criticizes Alex and his friends for not demonstrating a strong willingness to win, which they deem as overconfidence. Alex Thompson and his friends, Delia, Elisa and Ken, are in West Appleton Junior High School's bowling club they discover that Todd McLemore, a popular basketball player, is also a member of the club, as his friends Leo and Flip had signed him up as a prank.Īt a bowling alley operated by Alex's father, Kevin Thompson, Todd reluctantly trains for the upcoming bowling competition with Alex and his friends. The two cities, both vying for a trophy known as The Mighty Apple, must determine the winner through a bowling competition. It premiered as a Disney Channel Original Movie on March 18, 2000.Ī junior high school basketball game between the cities of East Appleton and West Appleton ends in a tie. Pincus, and starring Kyle Schmid, Robert Ri'chard, and Kaley Cuoco. Alley Cats Strike is a 2000 sports comedy-drama television film directed by Rod Daniel, written by Gregory K. He then repairs the scooter of the police officer who had shown up.ĭr. In Dragon Ball, Bulma introduces Goku to her father, who at first confuses the young Saiyan for Bulma's boyfriend, frustrating her. Main articles: Red Ribbon Army Saga and King Piccolo Saga Brief and his family visit Tights on Omori's Island, where he reveals that he knew of Omori for his reputable work in space-time research. Main article: Jaco the Galactic Patrolman Until Dragon Ball GT, he is the representative director and president of his company. He later established Capsule Corporation after inventing the revolutionary technology of the Dynocaps Capsule. He completed his doctorate through the department's graduate program. Brief graduated from West City College's Department of Science and Engineering, where his major was physical science. Brief is merely the brains behind his company's creations while relying on others to market and advertise for him.ĭr. Along with this, his love of mechanical tinkering and research into his various fields of expertise merely monopolize so much of his time and attention that he never simply thought to consider how much wealth he and his company accumulated over the course of monetizing and marketing his inventions. His ignorance of his absurd wealth can be attributed to his love of his lifestyle, which revolves mostly around his various experiments and other engineering projects, tending to his expansive menagerie of common and exotic pets, and general puttering about his home. In Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, it is revealed that neither he nor his wife was aware that he was the richest man in the world, a fact they discover only after overhearing Chi-Chi point it out to an oblivious Mr. Brief was depicted as a little bit of a pervert, even going so far as to stash dirty magazines inside random capsules, much to his daughter's chagrin. His favorite pet is a small black cat named Scratch (or Tama, in Japanese), which is usually perched on his shoulder. He can often be found tinkering on a number of complicated gadgets while surrounded by his beloved pets. Like his daughter, Bulma, he possesses a great technical intellect, being able to fix or operate on virtually anything. However, it may just be that his constant smoking helps him cope with the many extraordinary events in his life. Brief's ability to take extraordinary events in stride, such as the threat of Cell and Vegeta's angry and threatening demeanor, as well as his ability to create faster-than-light speed engines in a matter of days, may simply be due to his immense intelligence, with his almost superhuman brain power allowing him to adapt to these stressful situations with little wear and tear on his sanity. He also has no problem providing technology for Trunks and Vegeta to train in enhanced g-forces, gladly developing technology for whatever purposes his family finds.ĭr. Brief's amicability allows him to deal with his son-in-law's antics and rage without much surprise or fear, though he has cautioned Vegeta against overtaxing his body in enhanced gravity on at least one occasion. This is probably due to the fact that they know they can always be wished back with the Dragon Balls.ĭr. He rarely leaves his home, even if it means almost certain death, as when in the Majin Buu Saga he and his wife, Bikini, refuse to leave their pets even after Capsule Corporation has been specifically targeted for destruction. He is almost always seen smoking a cigarette and wears a pair of large, (usually) rectangular glasses.ĭr. He dons a white lab coat with a blue undershirt and black pants. His hair is very similar to that of his daughter but is bluish-gray instead of turquoise. All of Epic’s investors our friends and partners. “We have a number of outside investors now. “I’m the controlling shareholder in Epic Games, and have been since 1991,” Sweeney continued. But please help separate facts and opinions from the lies about foreign control. ”Epic’s store, with exclusive games and a spartan feature set, is a fine target for ire. “I support everyone’s right to complain about tech industry stuff,” Sweeney wrote April 4 on Twitter. He’s also a big fan of the original Unreal Tournament, says Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney. Tencent CEO Pony Ma is one of the wealthiest men in the world. No doubt emboldened by the United States’ government’s ongoing trade disputes and vituperous anti-Chinese rhetoric, some are alleging that Epic isn’t in control of its own affairs.Įpic says that’s not true. Many consumers are using that significant investment as a bludgeon against Epic on social media. (Tencent also has significant investments in companies like Ubisoft and Riot Games.) According to CEO Tim Sweeney, that gave Tencent a 40 percent stake in his company, and the right to elect several members to its board of directors. In 2012, Chinese megacorporation Tencent invested some $330 million in North Carolina-based Epic Games. Theory 1: Epic Games is funded by a Chinese corporation and can’t be trusted. Let’s take some time to examine the claims being made against Epic, and narrow in on the ones that actually hold water. It’s an act of capitalism, a drama in which both Epic and its customers both will play a role. But it’s not an active conspiracy, like many have made it out to be. The team behind it has said they stumbled out of the gate, making a number of unforced errors. Others have convinced themselves that Epic, its CEO Tim Sweeney, and its Chinese investor Tencent are up to something sinister.Įpic itself admits that the storefront launched in a half-baked state. Some blanch at Epic’s comparatively thin store software and how the company is using its Fortnite windfall to lock up store-exclusive games. Some PC gaming fans are grousing at having to navigate a new store and install new software if they want to play certain games. What has followed in the wake of those exclusives is a fresh wave of outrage. The announcement was followed by a flurry of store-exclusive game announcements, many of which angered fans used to playing new titles exclusively through Valve’s Steam platform, the leading PC games marketplace. In addition, here is a backup of this post in raw text.In December 2018, Epic Games, makers of Fortnite and the Unreal game development engine, launched the Epic Games Store. See the attached image at the bottom of the post for reference. There is a note assigned to each that provides the necessary explanation. Note: To find out what the colors or stars in the spreadsheet mean, simply hover over the GG or Games field (or do the equivalent on your mobile device).
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