![]() Hasbro makes some of them-including Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons-and you can find much more at your friendly local games store, ranging from Settlers of Catan to Takenoko to Munchkin and beyond. There are so many better board games out there. Just do yourself and the kids you know a favor. The purpose of the debate wasn’t to improve the game but to put it in headlines around the nation. The Free Parking rule made the cut, of course, but none of them- not one-does anything to improve the game. About a week ago, they declared five of them the winners and promised to publish a version of the game that contains these rules. Last month, Hasbro launched a debate on Facebook that allowed fans of the game to argue about the best house rules. What should be a two-hour ordeal turns into a four-hour death march with the exact same results. They strive to give players more chances to take the lead, but all they really accomplish is to make a bad game longer. Players tossed these rules in to see if they could improve the game-we’re all amateur designers in this sense-but they do little if anything to solve the snowball effect. The house rules most people use, though-like grabbing all the money in the center of the board if you land on Free Parking-make it worse. It doesn’t make it a better game, necessarily, but it’s faster at least. They often argue that the game isn’t nearly as bad if you play it by the actual rules, the ones that used to be printed on the inside of the box’s lid. Good people work on the game still, and they love games too. They put out new versions of it every year, and some of them are far better than the original. And most of them never go back to Monopoly again.įriends at Hasbro have confessed to me that they don’t care for Monopoly much either, but it’s a bestselling icon they can’t let languish. Everyone gets to feel involved and engaged. Sure, a skilled player will likely have an advantage over the others, but it’s not insurmountable. This gives players who are behind an advantage over the leaders, and it helps ensure that everyone has a stake in the game’s results right up until the end. Many modern games have what game designers call a catchup feature. Even most winners get bored after a while. This is not, however, fun for anyone at the table. Magie hit her design aims out of the park. In this sense, it models the way the US economy works pretty well. And then you have to spend the next four hours watching them pound their opponents into paste. ![]() This is why in most games of Monopoly you know who’s going to win within the first fifteen minutes. That means that those who are in the lead tend to build up larger and larger leads, snowballing their advantages until they win. This happens when being in the lead gives you bonuses beyond simply being the leader. It’s a game that has what game designers call a snowball effect. They are played-get this-an average of less than once.Īfter playing Monopoly, perhaps you can see why. Friends of mine at Hasbro, though, have told me that their research shows that most of their mass-market games are purchased by middle-aged and older women between Thanksgiving and the end of the year as holiday gifts for children. It’s a classic game that gets by on sharp marketing and the fact that it’s become a staple in most households in America. (Parker Brothers later purchased the rights from Magie as well, something Darrow never did, claiming the game was his own invention.) Eventually Hasbro bought Parker Brothers, and it’s been publishing Monopoly ever since. Legendary attorney Charles Darrow (a heater salesman, not the famed attorney Clarence Darrow*) turned it into Monopolyand sold it to Parker Brothers in 1935. She called it The Landlord Game, and she designed it to teach people about certain economic theories. Monopoly was created back in 1902 by Elizabeth Magie. But the creators behind it are all long gone, so I can’t hurt their feelings. This is arguably the world’s bestselling game, stacking up numbers beyond even those of Grand Theft Auto, Magic: The Gathering, or World of Warcraft. Even bestselling authors are people-I count several as friends-and just because someone’s successful doesn’t mean insults don’t hurt them. I appreciate the hard work that any creator puts into their work, and I prefer to encourage that rather than crush their dreams in front of others. ![]() I have a rule against tearing down other people’s creations in public.
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Will public concern over the spikes extend to other less obvious instances of anti-homeless design? Perhaps the first step lies in recognizing the political character of the devices all around us.Īn example of an everyday technology that’s used to forbid certain activities is “skateboard deterrents,” that is, those little studs added to handrails and ledges. But the spikes that caused the uproar are by no means the only form of homeless-deterrent technology they are simply the most conspicuous. It has been encouraging to see the outrage over the London spikes. Then, after a petition was signed by nearly 130,000 people, the spikes were removed from the London apartment building, the Tesco, and downtown Montreal. London’s mayor called the spikes “ugly, self defeating & stupid,” and the mayor of Montreal called similar spikes in his own city “unacceptable!!!!” Protesters poured concrete over a set of spikes outside of a Tesco supermarket. The spikes were intended to discourage homeless people from sleeping in the area, and their presence sparked a public outcry. So much for community spirit :( /Yz8VF7Ryid - Ethical Pioneer June 6, 2014Įarlier this month, someone tweeted a picture of a series of metal spikes built into the ground outside a London apartment building. Results are expected to be made public in the months following the count.Anti homeless floor studs. 23 along with the rest of West Los Angeles County. Beverly Hills is now slated to have its count on the night of Feb. The 2022 LAHSA homeless count, scheduled for this week, was postponed until February in light of the omicron-fueled spike in hospitalizations this winter. While numbers on Beverly Hills’ homeless population appear to be improving, a definitive count of the population is overdue after being canceled for the last two years amid COVID-19 concerns. Freeway underpass encampments that block the sidewalk and force pedestrians to walk in a traffic lane are likely to be top enforcement targets. These include libraries and schools, and spaces in the public right-of-way like sidewalks. The ordinance is also narrowly focused on prohibiting camping near what it calls sensitive sites. With that ordinance, a section of Holt Avenue at Burton Way has been proposed as a no-camping zone, and Burton Way medians were recently cleaned up under a separate LA ordinance regulating medians.Įnforcement of LA’s no-camping ordinance has been slow going as it requires an LA City Council vote for each location before camping can be prohibited at a site. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Over the last ten years, homeless advocates have done a really good job with court cases and with laws to try to decriminalize homelessness, which I think is fine,” said Stainbrook.Ī controversial anti-camping law went into effect in the City of Los Angeles in September. Police officers are in frequent contact with homeless residents, but Stainbrook told the commission the homelessness crisis has largely been taken out of police hands. ![]() “If you look at the dividing line between LA and us, you see a very different side of Burton Way on their side, and then you look at our side… What has is common sense policies, common sense resolutions that limit the issues.” “Look at Burton Way,” said Chief of Police Mark Stainbrook at a Jan. While the total population of homeless residents in Beverly Hills is low, Los Angeles encampments, like those frequently seen on Burton Way and San Vicente Boulevard, lie just outside the Beverly Hills city limit. The Ambassadors focus their efforts on the Business Triangle and Beverly Gardens Park.įewer than 20 Beverly Hills residents are homeless, according to the most recent count by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) in 2019, but neighboring districts in the City of Los Angeles are home to thousands of unhoused people. The Ambassadors have increased their outreach and hospitality efforts to connect homeless people with services and housing, he added.Ĭreated in 2015, the Ambassadors are contracted through Block by Block, a specialty security firm that provides this type of service to business districts throughout the U.S. “All in all, looking at the year in the whole, the team has done a great job of dealing with all the changes that the triangle has gone through, and continuing to increase their work performance,” said Hunter. ![]() In another Elseworlds story, Kingdom Come (1996) by Mark Waid and Alex Ross, which functioned as a possible future to the canon of the time, this child of Batman and Talia is named Ibn al Xu'ffasch ( Arabic: ابن الخفّاش), literally "Son of the Bat", and is a member of Lex Luthor's inner circle. Talia and Bruce's son joins the Brotherhood in his father's costume, to destroy it from within. Brotherhood of the Bat features a future in which Ra's al Ghul discovers the Batcave following Bruce Wayne's death, and outfits the League of Assassins in variant Batman costumes based on Wayne's rejected designs. In the Elseworlds story, The Brotherhood of the Bat (1995), a version named Tallant Wayne appears, who crusades against his grandfather Ra's al Ghul. The child from Son of the Demon was used as a backup character in various stories before appearing as Damian Wayne. He is also slated to make his live-action debut in the film The Brave and the Bold, produced by DC Studios. He first worked with Dick Grayson before going to work alongside his father, upon the original's return to the role of Batman.ĭamian appears in the 2023 Christmas-themed animated film, Merry Little Batman, voiced by Yonas Kibreab and will return in the upcoming TV series, Bat-Family, with Kibreab reprising his role. and Batman: Battle for the Cowl, he takes the role of Robin at ten years of age, becoming the fifth person to use the Robin persona. ![]() However, the Dark Knight does care for his lost progeny. He is violent, self-important, and was trained by the League of Assassins, learning to kill at a young age, which troubles the relationship with his father who refuses to kill. Damian Wayne is the fifth character to assume the role of Robin, Batman's vigilante partner.ĭamian, as a preadolescent, was left by his mother in the care of his father, who had been unaware of his existence. In 2006, the character was reinterpreted as Damian Wayne by Grant Morrison, and introduced into the main continuity in Batman #655, the first issue of the " Batman and Son" story arc. Following this, various alternate universe stories dealt with the character's life, giving him various names. ![]() Ī prototype of the character originally appeared as an unnamed infant in the 1987 story Batman: Son of the Demon, which at the time was not considered canon. In turn, the character is revealed to have originally been intended to "kill and replace his famous father," as well as serving as a host body for Ra's al Ghul, thus, in theory, unifying the Wayne and Demon factions as intended by the al Ghuls. With the al Ghuls citing Bruce Wayne as the optimal successor to their empire, after faking a miscarriage to his father and calling off their marriage, Talia has kept his existence hidden from Batman until Batman #656 (2006). ![]() He is the son of Batman and Talia al Ghul, and thus the grandson of Batman villain Ra's al Ghul and the potential inheritor of Wayne Enterprises. Uses high-tech equipment and weapons (similar to his father's)ĭamian Wayne is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, created by Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert, commonly in association with Batman.Trained computer scientist and security hacker.Expert martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant.Art by Ivan Reis, Oclair Albert, and Sula Moon. Damian Wayne as depicted on the variant cover of Nightwing vol. ![]() Since the plot relies heavily on Amaia Salazar, El Guardian Invisible (2017) elicits little emotions – even despite its textbook exposition. However, Spanish actress Marta Etura channels none of that, and as a matter of fact, she’s the dead heart of El Guardian Invisible (2017).Įtura’s insipid performance causes troubles on the frontline for director Fernando Gonzalez Molina. And as she delves into the maze of lies in her Basque hometown, Amaia discovers a plot that should leave her shattered. For a person who reminisces traumatic childhood and abuse from her mother’s side, Amaia neglects the emotional imprint that those events should have had. Given her personal weight in the plot, Amaia Salazar is a chillingly bland and lifeless lead. What’s the case with El Guardian Invisible (2017) then? The cast is the fleeting pulse of El Guardian Invisible (2017) Arguably, we wouldn’t stand Nic Pizzolatto’s over-the-top narrative if not for Rust and Marty, and their riveting performances. No matter how inventive, and twists-packed the plot gets, people constitute the heart and emotional connection between the audience and the actual drama. Now, the old wounds open again, which jeopardizes the clear thinking of Amaia.Īt the foundation of every brilliant crime drama – from Heat (1995) and Mystic River (2003) to True Detective (2014-) – lie compelling, full-fledged characters. Upon her arrival, detective Salazar meets her family, whom she left years ago. What is El Guardian Invisible (2017) about?Įl Guardian Invisible (2017) follows a young police officer Amaia Salazar, who is assigned to solve the mystery of a teenage girl found dead in Salazar’s hometown. Alas in most cases, less skilled filmmakers tend to butcher the efforts made by the writers.Īnd while I’m a stranger to Dolores Redondo’s novels about detective Amaia Salazar, El Guardian Invisible (2017) seems to fit the above pattern too well. Every now and then, an adaptation happens which surpasses its literary kin – like in the case of David Fincher’s super Gone Girl (2014). Literature and cinema coexist in symbiosis, with the latter sourcing a lot of material from the first. An exercise in below-average crime drama, El Guardian Invisible (2017) finds itself trapped between too many characters, local fables and soap opera particles, messily clustered into one movie. The Macro Pro, Core, and Active Lens Sets are all made primarily from a lightweight black plastic, which unfortunately doesn't quite match well with the Rose Gold, Silver, Gold iPhones, but pairs well with Jet Black and matte Black versions. Olloclip does make its own cases that work with the lenses if you prefer to have a case on at all times. I don't use a screen protector, but if you do, it should work fine with the Olloclip so long as it isn't thicker than 0.5mm. Olloclip's lenses do not work with third-party cases, so I had to remove my case every time I wanted to use it, something that's definitely a hassle. This means all of the lenses can be paired with the standard wide-angle lens or the telephoto lens on the device, but based on my experience, you're going to want to use these mainly with the wide-angle lens, which I'll explain a bit later. On the iPhone 7 Plus, the spring can also be used to pop the lens out and swap its orientation, which allows it to line up properly with the telephoto lens on the back of the iPhone. With the springs, lenses can be swapped out, a handy feature if you're going to buy more than one Olloclip lens set. The enclosure is sized so one lens can fit over the front-facing camera and one lens can fit over the rear-facing camera, with the ability to pop it off and flip it over at will, so you can change lenses in just a few seconds.Įach lens is attached to a base with springs to fit snugly into the lens enclosure. The lenses fit into opposite sides of a black plastic enclosure that's meant to slide over the top of the iPhone. Lens DesignĪll of the Olloclip lenses share the same two-sided design. Olloclip also sent me its Pivot Mobile Video Grip, which can be used to capture steady video while filming with the lenses attached. Each one is interchangeable, so if you own multiple lens sets, you can create your favorite combination to have on-hand at all times. ![]() ![]() The Active Lens Set, Olloclip's most expensive, offers a 2x telephoto lens and a 155 degree ultra-wide lens.Īll of the lenses are compatible with both the rear and front-facing cameras of the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus, snapping right on for quick access. The Core Lens Set features a fisheye lens, a 120 degree wide-angle lens, and a 15x macro lens, while the Macro Pro Lens Set includes three macro magnifications at 7x, 14x, and 21x. Olloclip sent me its Core Lens Set, priced at $100, its Macro Pro Lens Set, priced at $80, and its Active Lens Set, priced at $120. I've been using Olloclip to spice up my iPhone photographs since the iPhone 5, so I was eager to try out Olloclip's latest products with the iPhone 7 Plus, which has two rear cameras instead of one. For the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus, Olloclip has redesigned its product lineup, offering the same lenses in a new package that better fits the latest iPhones and provides more utility, like a stand. Olloclip has been making lenses for the iPhone since 2011, expanding the range of tools at an iPhone photographer's fingertips. ![]() Silence should be maintained in the library. Group study and discussions are not allowed in the library.Photography is allowed with the prior permission of the librarian however, flash photography is prohibited in all areas.Mobile use is restricted in reading areas. 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Whether you’re into larger-than-life triple-A games or intimate, offbeat indies, you can keep up with all things SGF here. ![]() Kotaku is covering everything Summer Game Fest, from the main show on Thursday to other events happening throughout the next week. There will be no physical release of Alan Wake 2. The gameplay trailer focused on a new playable character, FBI agent Saga Anderson, as she explores an environment very much in keeping with the original game’s PNW vibes, though it did little to shed light on the narrative mysteries at the heart of the game.Īs previously announced, and as Max Payne and Alan Wake creator Sam Lake reiterated while talking to Geoff Keighley onstage, players will be able to switch between the characters, and their individual stories and levels will be intertwined.Īlan Wake 2 launches on Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC on October 17, 2023. However, this new Summer Game Fest gameplay trailer for Alan Wake 2 shows a spookier game of just the sort that fans (like myself) have been hoping to play for nearly 13 years. While we did get a small spin-off game in 2012 - Alan Wake’s American Nightmare - that wasn’t the big sequel fans dreamed of. It was critically acclaimed and garnered a cult following with its eerie Washington-state atmosphere and creepy story that felt very inspired by Twin Peaks. That game starred Alan Wake, a writer, jacket lover, and collector of coffee Thermoses who has to investigate his wife’s disappearance in the small town of Bright Falls. It’s been over a decade since the original Alan Wake game was first released on Xbox 360 in 2010. Your comments are valuable, and we will share them with the relevant departments to address and improve the areas you highlighted.We understand your disappointment with the entertainment options and the access to certain facilities. 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You will have an injection of a radioactive substance (radiotracer) into an area close to the tumour or where the tumour was removed. ![]() On the day before or the same day as the SLNB, you will go to the nuclear medicine department of a hospital. Researchers continue to study how an SLNB affects a prognosis and survival compared to other diagnostic tests or surgeries. Clinical trials look at new ways to prevent, find and treat cancer. It may be offered for other types of cancer, sometimes through a clinical trial. It also reduces the risk of swelling from the buildup of lymph fluid when lymph nodes are removed, damaged or blocked (lymphedema).Īn SLNB is mainly used for breast cancers and melanoma skin cancers. An SLNB is not usually done if the doctor can feel an enlarged lymph node or if tests show that the cancer has already spread to lymph nodes.Īn SLNB is safer and has fewer side effects than removing all the lymph nodes in a specific area of the body (called a complete or therapeutic lymph node dissection). This helps your doctor stage the cancer, plan treatment and determine a prognosis. There are groups of lymph nodes under the arms and in the neck, chest, abdomen and groin.Īn SLNB is used to find out if cancer has spread to lymph nodes near where the cancer started. Many types of cancer can spread through the lymphatic system to the lymph nodes. |
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