![]() Don’t wear a pony tail or eventually your VR headset will hurt your head.Wear pants with pockets for the battery pack.(We were in the VR headsets extra long because of all the resetting.) Tips For Players It was not a problem to wear them for 90 minutes. On the plus side, our status saved, so we didn’t need to replay too much after each reset. We had to reset a number of times during the playthrough. ➕/➖ The software was glitchy, which was quite frustrating. ➖ The ending of the story didn’t make a ton of sense. ![]() Disappointingly, the boss battle didn’t use our weapons at all. There were missed opportunities to lean into that type of collaborative environmental solving. ➖ We wanted to use the weapons and their powers even more. ➖ The automated hints only reminded us to “work together” or to use one of our weapons. Cutting some of the repetition to shorten the game would have been a good call. In one instance, we had to iterate on the same action 4 times. The Dagger Of Time overused some of the less exciting interactions. It was incredible when we figured out how one weapon impacted the world, and subsequently how this created a stepping stone to the next aha. ![]() ➕ The environmental puzzles and their ahas were immensely satisfying. It would be possible for a less-skilled player to be forced into this weapon with hardly any onboarding, creating a frustrating experience for the whole team. We received The Dagger of Time early in the experience. Then there was a weapon for bashing, which was enjoyable, but not as important… and clearly not memorable because I cannot recall its name.The Sand Sword was the most fun weapon to use, but was a bit finicky to aim.It wasn’t intuitive to use, but once we’d figured it out, it was very powerful, which was exciting. The Dagger of Time was the most complex weapon.We couldn’t trade weapons, which forced collaboration (and participation!) from all the players, but also made the individual player’s experiences unbalanced. That said, the weapons weren’t balanced in challenge or appeal. ➕/➖ The weapons added depth and challenge through their unique magical powers. But on a personal note, it is strange when your wife doesn’t sound like your wife and your father doesn’t sound like your father. This was initially a bit confusing, but once we got used to it, it was cool. ➕ A filter of some sort was applied to our voices when we spoke. It was truly bizarre to climb in VR, with our feet on the ground, but our character way up in the air scaling walls. ➕ We loved climbing through this game world. We had no trouble teleporting, picking up objects, or climbing. ➕ The basic gameplay was pretty simple, even for VR novices. Every direction we looked was detailed, ornate, and captivating. She then gave us the Dagger of Time, which would be essential for completing our mission. We had been summoned to the Fortress of Time by Kaileena to stop an evil Magi. Puzzles that aren’t possible in a real-life escape room.The massive, beautiful, and detailed world.Any experience level with escape rooms or VR, but we recommend you play Escape the Lost Pyramid and Beyond Medusa’s Gate first, to familiarize yourself with the mechanics.I recommend checking out all of their titles. If you’re into VR, this game can be played at roughly 700 locations worldwide. These games are fantastic and there is so much more opportunity within them. I hope that the Ubisoft Escape Games line continues both with new games and ongoing support for the existing ones. Fortunately the ability to reload us to specific points in the game kept this from becoming a nightmare… but it has left me wondering how alive this line of business is for Ubisoft. The hardware was fine, but the software was busted. My second note was that it felt like this game needed a stability patch as we encountered a number of issues where the game would break, but continue running. This was abundantly clear when the special items became essentially irrelevant in the endgame. However, this strength was also the weakness of The Dagger Of Time because it felt like this new direction wasn’t pushed far enough. And all of this was done in a way that (mostly) maintained the accessibility of the Ubisoft Escape Games.
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![]() Collaborating with Lucasfilm, we have brought all of the suspense, excitement, and action from the Star Wars galaxy into a one-of-a-kind pinball adventure perfect for any location or home gameroom.” “Stern’s new pinball machine, inspired by The Mandalorian, continues that tradition with an engaging and exciting story for an entirely new generation of fans around the world. “ Star Wars is timeless and our players have enjoyed every pinball machine reimagined by the iconic space saga,” said Gary Stern, Chairman and CEO of Stern Pinball, Inc. In this action-packed pinball quest, players are transported to a galaxy far, far away as they play as the Mandalorian, teaming up with key allies and protecting Grogu, while battling dangerous enemies and forces across their journey. The series follows the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy, far from the authority of the New Republic. 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The game includes the iconic title theme song by Ludwig Göransson and stunning hand-drawn artwork by Randy Martinez, one of today’s most popular comic artists. Success in hitting the target qualifies a center ramp shot on the Pro, Premium, and Limited Edition models.įeatures of The Mandalorian-inspired pinball machines include a large custom sculpture of Grogu, authentic video and audio from seasons one and two, and exclusive custom speech performed by actor Carl Weathers (Greef Karga). Players can navigate their way to multiball mayhem by hitting a unique hanging uplift target attached to a custom molded Razor Crest ship. A dynamic inner loop shot activates an up/down horseshoe scoop ramp for fast, repeatable precision shooting, creating tense experiences on the Premium and Limited Edition models. Watch out for ambushes! Like the Mandalorian seen in the series, players can be ambushed by enemy forces. This innovative, motorized rotating playfield is packed with six stand-up targets, lights, and two full-size flippers for high intensity pinball action. Prepare for battle on the gravity-changing, rotating Encounter upper mini playfield available on the Premium and Limited Edition models. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That evening I walked through the door wearing what must've been a hang dog expression, because my wife picked up on it right away. But now I needed to find a model with the vision to meet me halfway on making it happen, a far more exhausting hunt. In the remaining week I had to not only find my props which consisted of a football helmet and shoulder pads for this shoot, which aimed to deconstruct the male dominated world of pro sports. As far as I was concerned, I was screwed. ![]() That's why I was crushed when my model Lisa called me a week before a shoot we had been planning together to let me know that she had to go out of town on a family emergency. Another wall I running up against was trying to get people on board with a unique concept that really existed only in my mind, which can be hard to do even when relaying your idea to artsy fartsy types suchs as models and other photographers. This meant jumping through the hoops of trying to find models who were not only willing to pose on a time-for-prints arrangement (a deal where the model receives the finished photos for her portfolio as compensation for her time) to meet my limited budget, but also willing to pose for risque, albeit tasteful art photos. I have been shooting freelance for a couple of years now and have generally worked it into my client agreement that I can use photos from a given shoot for my own promotional purposes, but as this was a new concept (both in terms of originality and being new to me) I didn't have any images that I could use to advertise so I had to create them. I had recently expanded my service offerings to include an edgy boudoir concept, and have been sourcing models to pose for promotional shoots. That's exactly the position I found myself in two weeks ago. The names have been changed to protect the horny and shameless.Īs a freelance photographer there are few things more terrifying than finding out that you're going to have to scrap a shoot after you have paid for wardrobe and props and booked studio time because all of a sudden your model can't make it. ![]() He is shown to be strict and harsh in the training of magi within his family and is becoming increasingly frustrated with the thinning bloodline of the Matou family preventing the birth of any natural-born magi. Zouken is a shrewd old man with plenty of knowledge on magecraft due to the several centuries he has been alive. He wears plain robes and is often depicted with a walking stick. ![]() In his current, old appearance, Zouken is completely bald and hunched over, making him shorter than even his grandchildren. In his youth, Zouken was a pale, but handsome man who possessed red eyes and the same blue hair as Byakuya and Shinji. Sakura was implanted with Zouken's magical worms to prepare her as a vessel for Angra Mainyu in the fifth Holy Grail War. Zouken considers Shinji to be a disgrace of a sorcerer, and believes Sakura may have more potential than her brother.īecause the Matou blood has thinned and no longer produces heirs naturally capable of sorcery, Shinji was incapable of becoming a true sorcerer so Zouken offered to adopt Tohsaka Sakura into the Matou when her father, Tokiomi, decided to train only his older daughter, Rin, to become his successor. He has amassed a large and extensive library of sorcerous knowledge, yet his lessons are strict and harsh. Shrewd, powerful, and ancient, he is known as the grandfather of Shinji and Sakura and the father of Kariya and his brother Byakuya To conceal his status as the Matous' ancestor, he masquerades as a relative to his descendants, though some members of his family have long suspected he is much older than he appears given how Zouken's name has repeatedly appeared in the family tree. However, as the time went on, the frustration due to the incomplete Grail and the deterioration of his body over such long period had slowly caused him to forget his original intention, and had left him only the abnormal obsession about obtaining immortality. He had decided to ensure that her sacrifice would not be in vain by keeping himself alive long enough to witness the moment the Grail becomes completed and reaches the gate. ![]() Justeaze utilized her own body to become the magic circuit of the Grail.Īt the time, Zouken admired and loved her deeply, and was devastated to see her sacrifice. Zouken proposed the system of " Master" and " Servant", while Nagato provided his property Fuyuki City and Justeaze developed the Heaven's Feel system, offered the homunculi vessels for the Grail, and became the core of the Great Grail. He moved his family to Japan under the name Matou, and while it was to hide the family's identity, they needed something tying into their real name and used a play on words. He was around three hundred years old as of the establishment of the Holy Grail War to fulfill his dream along with the Tohsaka and Einzbern families. In order to overthrow his youthful anguish, he came up with that answer even if his life should not be compensated. ![]() He believed it was his reason to exist, all while hoping that his existence would bring about a successor. Though his enemies died, he kept seeking it despite knowing it was meaningless. With a miracle beyond human reach, he sought to eliminate all of the evils of the world, risking his life for an ideal that could not be fulfilled. He sought the Holy Grail to be reborn and reach the ideal utopia, the unimaginable land. Obtaining all creation and knowledge where no human can reach, it was not to make a new world, but to change his human life. Humanity has set limits, so he wished for it to go outside the spiral of the brain and the limits of the body to reach the infinity called the soul. He felt grief upon finding that "paradise" did not exist in the world and its creation was impossible with a human body, and he instead wished to go to a place where it could be accomplished. He wanted to eliminate and cure all hatred and suffering. Zouken had the dream of creating a utopia, having pursued it since he was around two hundred years old. Zouken knew Leonardo da Vinci and Paracelsus von Hohenheim in life. The family gained ties to both the Einzbern and Tohsaka families through his friendship with Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern and Nagato Tohsaka, and he had enough of a relationship with Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg to be considered a potential inheritor of the Jeweled Sword of Zelretch if not for Zelretch appraising the family as fundamentally evil. The family later became known as Makiri when he changed his name to Zouken Makiri (マキリ臓硯, Makiri Zouken ?). They were a noble family that originated in Kyiv WP, later driven out of their homeland. Originally known as Makiri Zolgen (マキリ・ゾォルケン, Makiri Zoruken ?), he was the patriarch of the Zolgen family five hundred years before the Fifth Holy Grail War. ![]() These flavors do not list any of the palm oil ingredients and derivatives commonly found in ice cream. When you click on one of Tillamook’s flavors, the ingredients as well as other information comes up easily. This is for Tillamook’s 1.66 liter size (1.75 quarts). Chocolate Peanut Butter – Now contains palm oil.You can find it at grocery stores, including Whole Foods, Fry’s, Safeway, Kroger, and more. See our delicious chocolate milkshake using Alden’s Organic Ice Cream. Note: Their pint-sized Crushin On Cookies & Mint is palm oil free (which is also rare). They don’t use palm oil derivatives such as monoglycerides. When Alden’s Organic Ice Cream uses palm oil, it’s in the form of “palm kernel oil” and is clearly labeled. They are very transparent in that they list all of their ingredients for each of their products on their website. A representative from Alden’s Organic confirmed these are palm oil free. This is for Alden’s Organic Ice Cream in 1.42 liter / 1.5 quart size. Cookies & Cream (It’s very rare to see a palm oil free cookies & cream ice cream.).We’ve made notes to exceptions where we reached out to them for additional information. These ice creams do not list palm oil ingredients or palm oil derivatives on their labels. Most contained two or more palm oil ingredients and/or derivatives. We researched five store brands, and all of their flavors contained palm oil in some form. Note, we don’t list any store brands here. This list isn’t guaranteed, especially when it comes to Natural Flavors.* Know that ingredients and vendors change. ![]() This list is meant to be a starting point. These are the brands and flavors we found in our local stores that didn’t contain palm oil or palm oil derivatives on their labels. Use these tips to find palm oil free ice cream. (We didn’t include Ben & Jerry’s in the research because we knew they are palm oil free and because we researched ice cream containers larger than one pint.) We researched the labels from these 282 unique brand and flavor combinations. Of those 18 brands, there were 282 flavors that didn’t repeat. We learned all of the store brands contained some type of palm oil ingredient and/or palm oil derivative.īuy name brand ice cream to better avoid palm oil. We looked at all of the ice cream brands with sizes greater than 473.17 milliliters (one pint). To learn about the way palm oil is used in ice cream, we went to four grocery stores.
![]() In Final Draft, they call this a ScriptNote, and in Arc Studio, it is called a Comment. ![]() Notesīoth apps offer a system to take and keep notes as you write. This can be a helpful tool for organizing long character arcs and plot lines that extend beyond a single script. Season OutlinesĪ unique feature of Arc Studio Pro is that it offers the ability to create season outlines for television (or web, YouTube, etc.). Final Draft calls this the “beat board,” and Arc Studio calls it the “plot board.”įinal Draft’s beat board is more free-form, starting with an empty space, while Arc Studio’s plot board offers the ability to start with a blank board or to use one of several templates, including a standard three-act structure and Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat structure. And each has its own unique take on this process, but in general terms, they are similar, and for each writer, it will be a question of taste.īoth offer the standard outline view, where you can view all of your scenes at a glance and drag and drop those scenes to rearrange them.Īnd they both offer a more free-form “board” outline that allows you to organize your ideas. Outlining / Planningīoth apps deliver tools to help you outline and organize your story structure. Likewise, if you start a project in Arc Studio, you can finish it in Final Draft.Īdditionally, Arc Studio offers the option to export in Fountain and PDF, while Final Draft offers PDF and a variety of text (.txt) options. This means that if you have used Final Draft in the past, you can easily open and continue working on any of your projects in Arc Studio Pro. ![]() Compatibility and Import / Exportīoth Arc Studio Pro and Final Draft are able to import and export scripts in the Final Draft (FDX) file format. If those templates aren’t what you are looking for, you can customize any elements to your liking. Additionally, it has the ability to customize the formatting, which can be handy for screenwriters.įinal Draft offers a wide variety of templates for everything from alternative screenplay formats (for example, BBC and Warner Brothers) to TV to broadway musicals and even podcasts. Both Arc Studio Pro and Final Draft are up to the task, offering many options for formatting screenplays according to industry standards.Īrc Studio Pro has built-in industry-standard templates for feature film screenplays and television. The most important factor for any screenwriting software is whether or not it can produce a properly formatted screenplay. Try Final Draft Comparison of Key Features: Script Formatting So, how does Arc Studio Pro compare with Final Draft? Let’s have a look. When it comes to screenwriting software, Final Draft is one of the oldest and is often seen as the default choice of screenwriters. Both are excellent tools that can help a screenwriter write faster and more efficiently, but which one is right for you? In this article, we take a look at Arc Studio Pro and Final Draft side-by-side. You can read our full affiliate disclosure in our privacy policy.Ĭhoosing the right screenwriting software can make a big difference in the overall quality and efficiency of your work. Disclosure:Some of the links in this article may be affiliate links, which can provide compensation to us at no cost to you. ![]() Why We Love It: Resort town with calm waters and plenty of wildlife.Also included on your itinerary should be a trip to the Titanic Museum-where there’s tons of hands-on exhibits and hordes of Titanic artifacts- Promised Land Zoo, and Ripley’s Believe It Or Not located in the Branson Theater District. Not only can you find thrilling rides and entertainment, but the park has a 19 th century vibe to it and offers an array of shops selling souvenirs and homemade candies. Silver Dollar City is a rousing amusement park, popular with both locals and visitors. It is filled with tons of options for things to do with the kids. Where to Stay: Boho Gated Condo (from $84/night, sleeps 7) Loft Condo (from $100/night, sleeps 8) Branson Home (from $95/night, sleeps 9)ĭon’t let the drama of Netflix’s Ozark dissuade you from exploring this lovely city.Getting there: One hour from Springfield-Branson National Airport.Free Things to Do: Grand Village, Historic Downtown, hiking in the Ozarks, Branson Landing.Why We Love It: Diverse entertainment acts in historic theaters, amusement park and outdoor, kid-friendly activities.And for some truly vacation-appropriate eats, head over to Mama's Boy Burgers where you can fill up on grass-fed black angus beef burgers and top it off with your choice of 26 flavors of frozen custard and yogurt or Jane’s homemade ice cream. You can also get up close and personal with the tigers, bears, alligators, camels, ostriches and farm animals housed at Bailiwick Ranch and Animal Park. While you won’t be able to go skiing or anything like that, you can still get your adrenaline pumping at Hunter Mountain's New York Zipline Adventure Tour where you can fly through the air on the longest, fastest and highest zipline canopy tour in North America. Where to Stay: Modern Townhouse (from $188/night, sleeps 6) Lakeside Round House (from $148/night, sleeps 4) Tannersville Mountain Retreat (from $194/night, sleeps 7)Īnother destination mostly popular for its cold-weather festivities, the Catskills can be equally amusing during the summertime. ![]()
![]() Additionally, there are tools for adding signatures to documents that are similar to those available with Apple's Preview application on a Mac. All of this is available with no file-size limitations, but Smallpdf lets you process only two documents per day. ![]() You can also convert each of those file types to PDF.īasic as it may be, Smallpdf can add pages to or compress existing PDF documents. These include tools for converting PDF files to Word, Excel, PowerPoint and JPEG. Smallpdf's free online PDF editing offering is super-basic, only making it possible to add minor changes to documents.īut you may find Smallpdf's other free features more compelling. All the other tools work as expected, including a signature tool that lets you sign a document using the keyboard, your mouse or an uploaded image. You can add a new text field to your document, enter new text and adjust the text, placing it anywhere you want on the document.īut there is no way to make changes to existing text, other than by redacting it. You have four fonts to choose from, but you can resize those fonts to almost any level you want, and you can also make changes to text colors and styles. Drag a file to your browser - there's a 10MB max size - then use FormSwift's tools to add new text and images highlight, redact or erase existing text and sign documents.įormSwift's text tools are limited. Or you can download blank versions of the documents and enter information locally on your computer.įor PDF editing, the process is simple. We found FormSwift's offerings to be excellent and well worth a look if you need basic business documents such as 1099s, lease agreements and business meeting minutes.Īll of these forms can be filled out online and downloaded once you've added the pertinent information. While it gives you the option to upload and edit PDF files, it also offers a large library of legal and other business forms you can fill in online and download as a PDF file or Word document. ![]() Preview is a solid option for basic PDF editing, and if you own a Mac, accessing Preview's powers is as simple as launching the app.įormSwift offers a slightly different twist on PDF editing. Those markup tools include text-selection options drawing tools you can use to add freehand drawings to a document a text tool for adding additional text to a document a tool that adds shapes and notes and a signature tool that you can use to capture your signature using your Mac's camera, a tablet or your trackpad. Preview's full set of markup tools appears when you click a small markup button that looks like a pencil tip located next to the search tool in the Preview toolbar. The bulk of Preview's markup capabilities aren't obvious when you first open the app, although you'll find a few basic tools for rotating pages and highlighting text on the basic toolbar. It is the multitool of the image-editing universe, capable of opening virtually any image file you may encounter. Not only is it capable for working with PDF files, but it also offers a number of other image-editing features. Users who want to keep electronic back-ups of important letters and documents can also use this PDF scanner application.Apple's Preview application is built into every version of macOS. This one works with a number of scanners, thus making it by far controllable and handy-to-work with for a variety of users.įor those who wish to scan pages into PDF with first-rate, unbeatable, 100% professional results, this is an excellent program. Secondly, version 1.0 of this PDF scanner works at lightning speed whereby excellent quality PDFs are delivered post scanning in quick time, with images, text layouts and graphical elements maintained as desired in the end product. The program is compatible with several Windows OS platforms like Windows Me/XP/Vista/7/8 and hence can be used by users of different browsers. You can also choose to straightaway send it to a recipient via e-mail. Your document will be easily saved as a PDF file in the destination folder that you designate. There is handheld guidance provided in every step and apart from placing your documents/photos in the scanner and tapping the ‘scan page’ and ‘save as PDF’ pin in the scanner window, you might just need to select the ‘type’ of scanner that you are using for the purpose. There is not much in the procedure too and it’s just a matter of clicking a few buttons on the computer keyboard to have the job accomplished. ![]() The free Scan to PDF is a program that allows the users to scan the desired images and /or documents into the PDF format straightaway at no cost. ![]()
![]() A rebuild temporarily requires a not insignificant amount of additional free space – it is impossible to quantify, but if the rebuild runs out of space, it will fail (and sometimes horribly, with a crashed disk). The final step before starting the rebuild is to ensure that you have sufficient free space on the volume to accommodate the new database files. This will ensure that applications are correctly recognised as such, and during the rebuild they will be examined properly to see if they define custom icons. If you have a third party utility such as TechTool Pro or Norton Utilities, check the Finder information of the files on the volume in question. If any problems are found, be sure to fix them before you rebuild, otherwise you can turn a flakey disk into a completely broken one. It is best if you can run Disk First Aid (and any third party utility you have) to ensure that the volume whose Desktop you are going to rebuild is in good health. The Desktop files are hidden on each volume, and depend on your hard disk being sound and uncorrupted. ![]() This is because the database files that the Finder uses to look up file types and the icons to be associated with them have fallen out of date, or become corrupted, and need to be rebuilt. ![]() This is the principal reason for needing to rebuild your Desktop: instead of the documents (and even applications) being shown with their correct custom icons, they are displayed with these generic icons, or possibly even inappropriate ones. Restart, holding down the Command and Option keys until the dialog appears.Ensure there’s sufficient free disk space.Check your disk with Disk First Aid and perform repairs.Most Mac books describe this, as does the built-in help system for Mac OS, accessible from the Finder’s Help menu. If you don’t carry out disk checks first (as recommended here), minor errors can readily grow into serious ones and cause crashes. Missing applications can leave document icons still in their ‘generic’ form, for which the only solution is to install an application which can open them. Insufficient disk space to build and save new Desktop database files causes fatal errors, as will a write-protected disk. Mac OS, Disk First Aid, optional third party disk tool such as TechTool Pro. Maintaining those databases ensures that icons remain properly recognised – a task you should do from time to time. The Desktop files are hidden database files used by the Finder to create the icons that make up the illusion of your Mac’s Desktop. It’s a faithful account of routine maintenance we had to perform then on Mac OS. ![]() While macOS thankfully no longer uses this mechanism, but has UTIs and LaunchServices databases instead, those old type and creator codes are still recognised, and macOS can use them to work out the UTI of a file using them, when there’s no other way.īefore you accuse me of April Foolery, the article below has been reformatted from an original first published in MacUser volume 17 issue 07, 2001. You then had to maintain and rebuild those databases before the Finder worked properly again. Periodically, this would break down and all your document icons were replaced with generic forms, and the links between documents and apps broke. In those days, Mac OS maintained hidden databases that matched your apps to the documents they could open, using two four-character codes on every file setting its type and creator. In the last few weeks, a few have mentioned an old procedure used in classic Mac OS to ‘rebuild the Desktop’. |
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