![]() The new streamlined inventory and action interface (a change for the worse-the second game’s overhaul’s ring menu is more streamlined).A dev commentary (wasn’t worth it in my opinion).Sure, playing it that way will lock you out of other features of the new edition, such as: Note Guybrush's weird hair style.įortunately, the community came up with a Talkie Edition Builder for DOS that allows you to convert your (Steam) Special Edition to either a DOS-compatible talkie version or a ScummVM-compatible talkie version with slightly higher quality. 'Wanna Buy A Map?' in Special Edition mode. Unfortunately, playing the game in “classic mode” also does away with the high-quality and very welcome voice-overs. Compatibility wasn’t exactly what we were waiting for, but some quality-of-life enhancements were, most notably a “talkie” edition! As with the special edition of its successor LeChuck’s Revenge, here you can also toggle between new and old graphics modes on the fly. If you’re interested in these differences, this educational video compares all different modes between builds on DOS, the Atari ST, the Amiga, and including sound differences:Īnd then we were treated with 2010’s Special Edition: an edition that finally lifts Monkey Island out of ScummVM and into the modern Windows gaming era (hooray?). If you were on a very tight budget in 1990, you might not even be able to afford an EGA graphics card and had to revert to merely four bit colors of the CGA mode-and perhaps also make due without a Sound Blaster. A later 256-color VGA version of course also improved Guybrush’s colors (the skin, the buttons on his trousers) and added more subtle shades on the lights of the houses. Can you spot the difference?ĭid you spot the checkerboard pattern? That’s a way to fool our eyes into thinking there’s more depth to the picture-working with the constraints of EGA. Take a close look at the screenshots below, especially around the curb and into the sky: That’s also one of the reasons that the adventure on Melee Island took place during the night! Yet another clever way to hide its technical limitations, without any compromise to the atmosphere. Adventure games didn’t sell well, even the later ones, and even if they were reviewed well, probably also leading up to the decision to do some housekeeping in Lucasfilm while it transformed into the more corporate LucasArts-up the point where Monkey Island’s father, Ron Gilbert, left, after creating LeChuck’s Revenge.īack in the day, Monkey Island was a prime example of excellent dithering artwork, where you’d make the most of those graphical restrictions that came with EGA that, depending on the mode, only supported up to 16 colors at the same time. In the beginning of the nineties, The Secret’s release, the first in many to come, was still largely ignored. But instead, you’ll find yourself immersed in a goofy but hearty pirate story, full of epic quests, (insult) sword fights, loot, and… undead navigator heads? What is The Secret of Monkey Island anyway? Something you will not discover in this game, that’s for sure. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue Two years after the latest Game Boy installment, Back from the Sewers, Konami gave the TMNT franchise yet another try-third time’s a charm, as they say.Kirby's Dream Land 2 In March 1995, the previously white now turned pink sucking fluff ball named Kirby dreamed up a much improved Land installment for the Game Boy: Kirby’s Dream Land 2.Looney Tunes Carrot Crazy: Eh, What's Up Game Boy Color? In my search for decent Looney Tunes games on the Game Boy (Color) platform, I happen to come across an awful lot of bad games, especially in the year 2000, when Infogames launched their next major Looney Tunes assault called “Games for the next Mil-Looney-Um”, as seen in the following splendid ad:.Two years later, Enix arrived with their own adaptation to the formula: what if you could collect (here called tame) monsters from the Dragon Quest universe? Dragon Warrior Monsters: Gotta Breed Em All When the Pokémon craze hit the West in 1998, it became clear that it couldn’t be stopped.Zombies (Game Of The Year) The most popular PopCap game everybody and their grandmother played back in the day was certainly the tile-matching browser game Bejeweled.
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![]() It wasn’t long after Downe met Bay Area guitarist Greg Steele at Retail Slut and subsequently made contact with drummer Mark Michals and guitarist Brent Muscat that Downe’s brainchild began to take shape.īassist Kelly Nickels was the last to join, stabilizing the lineup for a short while. In 1985, when Downe founded Faster Pussycat, the local scene flooded with anticipation. While many like-minded hopefuls prowled the Sunset Strip in those days, few possessed the work ethic and tenacity of Seattle transplant Taime Downe, a well-connected scenester who worked at a popular rock ‘n’ roll clothing store on Melrose Avenue called Retail Slut and moonlighted at The Troubadour as a stage light operator. Three and half decades later, Faster Pussycat is still rocking, and it feels as fresh as it did in 1986.” Look no further than their 2021releases “Nola” and the Johnny Thunders cover “PirateLove”–Faster Pussycat are as virile and tenacious as ever… and won’t have it any other way.By Andrew DiCecco prospective musicians in the 1980s, West Hollywood’s Sunset Strip was hardly perceived as a proverbial boulevard of broken dreams, but rather an inspiration for bullish expectations, unwavering resolve, and boundless enthusiasm.įlavored with the distinctive aromas of cigarettes, Aqua Net hair spray, and leather, Sunset Boulevard’s 1.5-mile stretch often overflowed with aspiring rock stars and eager concertgoers alike lining the sidewalks outside the scene’s most prominent music venues, including the Whisky a Go Go, The Roxy, Gazzari’s, or The Central. “The only number that really matters to me is the number 35. The gold and platinum records are nice, but Taimeconsiders his greatest accomplishment to be longevity. With an attitude and swagger all its own, their self-titled debut featured the instant classics “Babylon”, “Bathroom Wall,” “Cathouse” and “Don’t Change That Song,” and its follow-up ‘Wake Me When It’s Over’ climbed even higher with the radio hit “House Of Pain,” “Poison Ivy” and “Where There’s A WhipThere’s A Way.” Despite their successes, Faster defied the mainstream mold and always followedfrontmanTaime Downe’s underground sensibilities. Those chops are on full display on the band’s two most recent studio albums and the upcoming new album, “Checkered Past,” arguably one of the most vital and exciting releases in the band’s catalog.įaster Pussycat rose from the depths of the mid-‘80s Hollywood rock scene, taking the Sunset Strip by storm with a sound that wasn’t glam and wasn’t punk but blistered somewhere in between. But despite having many songs to back up that image, the band could also write powerful ballads (see the smash hit, “The Ballad of Jayne” for Exhibit A of this argument) that showed there were some serious songwriting chops in the band. Guns never looked like the pretty poster boys that so many of their peers did, but more the band that you would be terrified to bump into in an alley as they would likely be carrying switchblades and ready for a fight. A must hear and listen for all fans of the band, both new and old. This current incarnation of the band has been touring non-stop, with a notable break coinciding with all other touring bands, and the cohesiveness of the unit, not to mention Phil’s stunning and unique vocals andGuns’mind-bending guitar playing, are on full display here. GUNS, led by Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis has always delivered solid rock ‘n roll to their fans. From their self-titled debut in 1988 to the widely praised comeback albums “The MissingPeace” and “The Devil You Know”, L.A. “Checkered Past” shows a band invigorated and ready to bash you over the head, as well as “wow” you with some epic, slower songs, and even make you dance a bit to some rock ‘n roll. When fans absorb the album as a whole, they’ll see that the tracklisting is divided up into ‘sets’ or ‘suites’, where a sonic style is explored across multiple songs before moving on to the next, making for a remarkable listening experience.įeeling inspired and excited like they did when they first started out, but with many years of wisdom and experience under their belts, and most importantly, a renewed and stronger creative and personal relationship, Guns and Lewis are maintaining a creative peak that started with “The Missing Peace”. Heavier songs are mixed with bluesier, boogie-inducing tracks and dark, introspective ballads, often harkening back to the first three albums the band made but also pushing the band forward. Written and recorded during late 2020 and early 2021, “Checkered Past” sees Tracii Guns, Phil Lewis, and company continuing with the darker lyrical tone of the preceding studio albums, “The Devil You Know” and “The Missing Peace” while incorporating their classic rock influences into the mix. Both clumping varieties grow tall enough so they create a greenish blue wall higher than her home, which is built nine feet off the ground. My sister has ringed her New Orleans home with twenty bamboo plants, including Gracilis ( Bambusa textilis) and blue bamboo ( Bambusa chungii). Also, a twelve-volt hacksaw with a pruning blade makes pruning bamboo infinitely easier. ![]() I’ve since learned there are better tools specifically designed for digging bamboo, like one called “The Slammer.” Made up of a sharp metal blade welded to a hollow pipe, the tool is used by inserting a heavy metal rod into the tube, slamming it down and driving the blade into the ground and through the rhizome. When I noticed mine too close to a fence, I spent an afternoon with a pickaxe and a hand saw removing roots and dead canes. “Judge” Edwards III, who is the President of the Louisiana Gulf Coast Chapter of the American Bamboo Society, at his home, which boasts the oldest grove of Moso timber bamboo in the state.Īs I had learned from my experience with clumping bamboo, the groves do, in certain locations, require containing. Reaching down to dig up a creeping rhizome in our pathway, he seemed just as impressed with the plant’s powerful growth as frustrated by its invasiveness. The new species is beautiful, he said, so he is working on ways to contain it and control its spread. He shook his head, saying “It slept, crept, then leapt right out of the pots!” referring to an oft-noted pattern in bamboo’s growth habits. He pointed out a few barely visible pots hidden within the unwieldy patch of purple-caned temple bamboo, which his cousin had gifted him a few years ago. I wasn’t a fanatic, but you get infected, you know." - W.P. I passed the beautiful, golden, green-striped canes of Alphonse Karr ( Bambusa multiplex), learned about the well-spaced nodules of Bambusa textilis-which makes great catfish poles-and listened to Judge’s story of the temple bamboo ( Semiarundinaria fastuosa) that got away. The honking goose greeted us near a workshop sided with split bamboo canes. I wasn’t a fanatic, but you get infected, you know,” he told me as we toured his collection of fifteen different bamboo species spread out over about three acres. Judge remembers playing in the historic Moso grove as a child, surrounded by the tall canes that once reached as high as seventy-five feet and as wide as seven inches in diameter. He is currently employing a small excavator, bagged leaves, a flock of chickens, and a large goose to help improve the soil-loosening it while adding in natural materials. He attributes its sparse culms to poor soil quality and compaction from when the grove was cleared with heavy equipment in the 1980s. The grove has been struggling since Judge acquired it. “Judge” Edwards III, the President of the Louisiana Gulf Coast Chapter of the American Bamboo Society, bought his great uncle’s Victorian-style home in Abbeville, it came with the oldest grove of Moso timber bamboo ( Phyllostachys edulis) in the state, planted by Dr. ![]() Modern day agricultural and cattle grazing practices have reduced the canebrakes in South Louisiana drastically, but recent efforts by Chitimacha leaders have resulted in the re-establishment of the river cane on the Chitimacha Reservation-ensuring a supply of material for basketweaving, which remains an integral part of the Chitimacha culture.īamboo, both native and imported varieties, is notoriously hardy in South Louisiana, but it can and does suffer when the land suffers. ![]() ![]() River cane is a running bamboo which grows in thickets referred to as canebrakes. Arundinaria gigantea, or river cane, remains integral to the tribe’s basket weaving traditions, as well as those of other native peoples in the region. Like most people, I knew bamboo had origins in faraway places like Asia and South America, but a Chitimacha basket weaver recently pointed out to me that the people of Louisiana have been nurturing and utilizing native bamboo for thousands of years in the low-lying lands of the Chitimacha people around Charenton. I have since learned much more about growing bamboo in South Louisiana, encouraged along the way by local bamboo enthusiasts who have shown me how to maintain it, love it, and even eat it. From my rudimentary knowledge of bamboo, I knew there were two kinds-clumping, which was “good,” and running, which could break through your neighbors’ fence and take over the yard in the middle of the night. Twelve years ago, we moved to a home that came with two well-established clumps of bamboo at the back fence. “Judge” Edwards III, who is the President of the Louisiana Gulf Coast Chapter of the American Bamboo Society, at his home, which boasts the oldest grove of Moso timber bamboo in the state-as well as Edwards’ own collection of various bamboo species. These are the six new characters in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. It's not going to be easy and you're going to have to put in the effort, which makes us hope that it's going to be a powerful character. You have to win all the 200cc cups in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to unlock Gold Mario, making this the only character that’s not available off the bat. How to unlock Gold Mario in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo Switch: A Complete List of All the Upcoming Games Unlike the other five characters, you can't play with Gold Mario from the very start. We’re not sure if the changes to Gold Mario are simply cosmetic but we’re very sure that unlocking Gold Mario is going to be a daunting task for many players. Gold Mario is a variant of the Metal Mario character from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. We’re not sure how good a driver Dry Bones is, but as long as he doesn’t let Mario crush him, we won’t mind trying the character out. Remember the tortoise-like Koopas from the Super Mario series? Dry Bones are the skeletal versions of these Koopas, usually seen underground in the Super Mario games. We’re actually quite excited to race as King Boo because driving a racecar around a track is probably the last thing we thought he’d be doing. He was first seen in the Luigi’s Mansion series. His magic amplifies itself if several other Boos are nearby. King Boo is a ghost villain who relies on other Boos (ghosts) for his power. Just as Bowser is Mario’s biggest enemy, King Boo is the nemesis of Luigi. ![]() Why Nintendo Switch's Game Release Schedule Is a Masterstroke Both can turn into squids when they’re performing tricks, and have their own battle course in the game. In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe you can play as an Inkling boy or an Inkling girl. They can transform themselves into squid form at will. Inklings are a race seen in the game Splatoon and soon to be released Splatoon 2. Bowser Jr is likely to be a light class character so expect better handling stats than his father’s character, at the cost of speed and acceleration. He also helps Bowser carry out all his evil plans. In the mainline game series, Bowser Jr is seen helping his father kidnap Princess Peach. Bowser Jr is his son, and he’s a playable character in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Here’s a quick roundup of the new characters.Įveryone knows Bowser, the chief antagonist from the Super Mario franchise. For the last one, there's a little extra that needs to be done, as we've mentioned below. ![]() The first five are unlocked from the get-go, so you can start racing with them right away. There are a total of six new characters in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo Switch: Everything You Need to Know If you were wondering what to expect from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's six additional characters, we have you covered. It adds another layer of depth to the fan favourite franchise, making your character choices in the games many modes and racetracks all the more meaningful. This makes the inclusion of new characters in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe an interesting move. Every character class has a different driving experience and that makes the game all the more fun to play. The differences are more than just cosmetic, as some of them are great at handling, while others offer better speed or acceleration. ![]() Nintendo has ensured that swapping between them isn't just for show. Much like its predecessors, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is a racing game featuring some of Nintendo’s most iconic characters such as Mario, Luigi, and Bowser. This is an improved version of the game with a quite a few big changes when compared to Mario Kart 8. Mario Kart 8 was one of the best games on the Nintendo Wii U and now it's released for the Nintendo Switch as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Nice and subtle April's Fools, Tweetdeck, i like it /jIbYEMMwaM ![]() “Ad-free experience” being marketed as the selling point :P /fRc0ujZ7o2 A link for “the legacy version of TweetDeck” (even though it might be deprecated at some point in the future)Ģ. Twitter is filling in the new signup page that they’re working on. SEE ALSO: Twitter Users Can Co-author A Tweet Soon Here's HowĪccording to The Verge, this selling feature suggests that an ad-free version of TweetDeck is on the way, but that may not be the case, since Jane Manchun Wong previously claimed to have uncovered code inside Twitter indicating that access to the alternative client requires a Twitter Blue membership. Jane Manchun Wong, a security researcher, recently claimed on Twitter that Twitter was working on a new registration page for the TweetDeck service, which touts an "ad-free experience" as a key selling feature. While this alternate Twitter customer has been free since its inception, it now looks that this will not be the case in the future, as Twitter is said to be considering making TweetDeck a feature available exclusively to Twitter Blue customers.Īlthough Twitter has yet to confirm this vexing intention, there is a growing body of data pointing in that direction. ![]() TweetDeck, which was first released in 2008, has long given a means for Twitter power users to view various timelines, users, and trends in readily managed columns, saving you from having to open a slew of tabs and/or web browsers that would clog up your desktop.
![]() Open "System and Preferences" on your Mac. Here's a step-by-step process to first confirm, and then enable screen recording permissions. Many people don't enable screen recording permission that restricts applications from recording. It is one of the most generic reasons behind this problem. Confirm Discord Has Screen Recording Permission Disable Screen Capture Using High Technologyįix 1.Confirm Discord Has Screen Recording Permission.Apply the following practices, and you would surely be able to fix this problem. Without further ado, let's dive into the details of some practical fixes. There could a couple of reasons why it happens. Many Mac users face this issue while using the Discord application. Discord Screen Share Not Working Mac Fixes Further, we will share all the workable methods to fix the Discord screen sharing not working on Mac problem. The windowed mode would probably not be enabled, or it may not have permission to record screen activity while Discord is running. There could be a few reasons why screen share Discord not working on Mac. Now, millions of people around the world use Macs, and many of them face discord screen sharing not working on Mac. It's an easy way to share games, manage projects with ease, and access other things quickly. You can share voice and video, and chat with your friends and fans directly or by creating a server.Īpart from this, most people share their screens with others while using Discord. FAQs about Discord Screen Share Not Working on Macĭiscord is one of the leading communication apps that comes with plenty of intriguing features to attract millions of users around the world.Share Discord Screen with a Screen Recorder.Discord Screen Share Not Working Mac Fixes. ![]() Kids play this game and i dont see 18+ noten. While playing i got an pop-up from an ad containing Porn.
![]() Some more features that are worth mentioning: While Sequel Pro is still overwhelming with the requests for MySQL 8 support, TablePlus has it already. They are also very responsive to the feature request and bug report. TablePlus releases a new update every week with a lot of new features and bug fixes. However, you can not edit your personal keyboard shortcut for now as it’s locked. TablePlus assigns every function with a combination of shortcut keys so that you can navigate and take action faster. This feature works perfectly well in TablePlus, you can open as many filters as you want (I’m using the happy version, for the starter version, it’s limited to only 2 filters) and run them at the same time.Īvoiding using mouse or trackpad and keeping your hands always on the keyboard is vital to boosting my productivity. Sequel Pro users have been requesting multiple filters feature since 2013 but there’s no sign of implementation until now. In Sequel Pro, you can only use one filter at a time. Type my keyword in and TablePlus will automatically lookup from the database, table, schema, view, function… You can expect something like a Spotlight Search of macOS. One of the features I love the most in TablePlus is the ability to quickly open anything with the shortcut cmd + P. It’s also easier to navigate in the app than in Sequel Pro. Just in my feeling, the UI set for TablePlus is nicer than Sequel Pro. For me, TablePlus provides exactly what it means for a quick edit. In Sequel Pro, if you want to edit a data cell, it will pop up an editing box, and that takes a little more time. The spreadsheet-like view allows you to edit the table directly without having to write queries. One of my favorite examples is the inline edit. ![]() TablePlus just takes into account so many little things that happen when you work with databases, which means, the team really pay attention to the details and the experience is very intuitive. You can see clearly while browsing the database, switching between two tables would take a couple seconds for Sequel Pro with a loading sign. It’s fast to launch and doesn’t leave much memory footprint. TablePlus was built on top of Swift, Objective-C, C/C++, Perl for OSX allowing the app to take advantage of the native elements of the system to provide a very fast experience. I can use it to manage databases, tables, structures, indexes… For me, it provides a well-rounded solution to work with MySQL. It’s very easy to set up and get direct access to the MySQL databases on local and remote servers. It’s fast, easy to use, stable, and open source. I work with MySQL a lot, and I indeed need a really good client for MySQL. So I gave it a try and to my surprise, TablePlus is such a brilliant app that boosts my productivity so much. But recently, one of my friends recommended to try out TablePlus and he referred it as the best MySQL GUI Tool. I’ve been a loyal fan of Sequel Pro for almost 7 years and that was a fantastic experience. Because if I change nothing, I will learn nothing, or if I change too much at a time, that can potentially be a mess. Why I looked for an alternative?Įvery once in a while, I try to change a couple things when I work, that can be a new tool or a new technique. TablePlus is a modern, native SQL client with intuitive GUI tools to create, access, query & edit multiple relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon Redshift, MariaDB, CockroachDB, Vertica, and Redis. Blaze a trail alone or team up with three fellow intergalactic thieves to form a formidable fortune-hunting foursome. The publisher of the game is Jagex Partners. In the game we play as a group of space adventurers traveling through distant planets in pursuit of money. Although Sony doesn’t publish games exclusively on Epic, many PS5 console exclusives have already shown up on Epic over Steam. Summary: Space Punks is a living, evolving, online co-op action RPG space romp that will see you shootin' and lootin' your way across the galaxy. Space Punks is a twin-stick looter shooter developed by Warsaw-based studio Flying Wild Hog, known for its Shadow Warrior series. We’ll likely see a continued tread of PS5 games on Epic, too. Plus, enjoy the Season 1 Battle Pass and 25 Tier Skips 49.99. Enter Hoardspace in style Deck your misfits in Premium Skins, and grab bonus exclusive items including a companion that does all the loot-grabbing leg work for you. ![]() Additionally, Remedy Entertainment (developer of Control) announced that its next two games would be exclusive to the platform, and Playdead and GenDesign have exclusives coming, as well. Space Punks Founders Pack: Splendor Edition. ![]() Space Punks was previously in a closed beta, and developers Flying. Ubisoft is continuing to support the platform, which means we’ll likely see upcoming releases in the publisher’s popular franchises released on the platform. You punks, get off my lawn Space Punks, the online co-op action RPG will be available to play for free in open beta on April 20.
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