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Review: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey isn’t the Greek drama it wants to be

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by on October 1, 2018 at 11:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming, Opinion


Another year, another Assassin’s Creed. The series made a triumphant comeback from a year-long break in 2017 with Origins. Now it’s aiming to duplicate that success with Odyssey, yet another jaunt through Classical Antiquity starring a tragic hero. While it does duplicate the formula in some ways, and improve on it in others, there are sadly many places where Odyssey doesn’t living up to its dramatic promise. Theogony Odyssey is the 11th (main) game in a series which has been around for 11 years. Its timing has been consistent, if nothing else — though I do wonder how hard the…

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Review: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey isn’t the Greek drama it wants to be

Oct01
by on October 1, 2018 at 11:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming, Opinion


Another year, another Assassin’s Creed. The series made a triumphant comeback from a year-long break in 2017 with Origins. Now it’s aiming to duplicate that success with Odyssey, yet another jaunt through Classical Antiquity starring a tragic hero. While it does duplicate the formula in some ways, and improve on it in others, there are sadly many places where Odyssey doesn’t living up to its dramatic promise. Theogony Odyssey is the 11th (main) game in a series which has been around for 11 years. Its timing has been consistent, if nothing else — though I do wonder how hard the…

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The LG V40’s five cameras include both super-wide and telephoto lenses

Oct01
by on October 1, 2018 at 8:10 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


There’s been no shortage of news around LG’s upcoming V40, including confirmation from LG that the phone would spot three cameras on the rear. What we didn’t know was what each of those cameras actually did; leave it leaker Evan Blass to be the one tell us. As with previous LG flagships, there are both standard and super-wide-angle cameras on board, but this time around there’s a telephoto lens as well. This camera arrangement is significant because not only is it one of the few phones with a triple-lens shooter (Huawei was first), but it’s also the only one to combine…

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The blockchain can’t change the world, but it’s a good start

Oct01
by on October 1, 2018 at 6:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


It’s hard to find a tech news site that doesn’t have at least one article in the headlines about how blockchain is going to change the world. The decentralized technology behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has been credited with the potential not only to disrupt our modern banking system, but to completely revolutionize industries like healthcare, investing, messaging, and even voting. The way I see it, the blockchain has been completely overhyped. This is a marvelous technology, and one worth using for some important applications, but it simply doesn’t have the potential to change the world, nor can it be…

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Red Dead Redemption 2 looks cool as hell in first person

Oct01
by on October 1, 2018 at 5:48 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


After months of giving us only brief glimpses of Red Dead Redemption 2, now Rockstar can’t stop showing us gameplay. The latest gameplay trailer shows a myriad of in-game activities, and also finally teases what first-person mode will look like — and I know I’m going to have to give it a try when the game comes out. We’ve known RDR2 would be getting a first-person mode for a while, and it’s not a surprise after the same feature was so well-liked in Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V.  The footage is near the end of the trailer, and only lasts for a…

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