![]() ![]() Teases him gently, though, and who is there because taking care of your family is what you do. A tense failed ritual is interrupted by a visit from Sean's cousin who regularly brings our main character supplies, who teases him for being quite obviously around the bend. We piece it together.Īs the film progresses, the experiments escalate, veering further from science and dangerously close to dark-magic. Nothing is is outright explained, but everything is there to be understood. There's something exciting and rare about a movie that trusts its audience, trusts its actors, trusts itself. We hear the threats he hollers at something in the lake, standing in the boat and dropping heavy stones to deliver his words down into the water. We hear the promises he makes his cat about a mansion they'll share, full of doritos. From the film's title we suspect he's trying to make gold out here in a cramped trailer deep in the woods. ![]() We see burners, smoke, an old tape-deck, chemical reactions. We watch him saw the copper-top off a battery, dripping its innards into a test tube. So much of this feeling is sustained by the film's complete confidence in Ty Hickson's now-careful and now-unhinged performance as Sean, our back-woods science/dark-magic obsessive. Words aren't missing from the scenes, they were never meant to be there. That feeling of "when are they gonna talk?" impatience never develops. That wordlessness becomes almost electric, wrapped in the sound of machinery operating, the sawing and clink of science apparatus, and dark, funny music from Detroit's underground music scene. The Alchemist Cookbook (2016) is structured around long, largely wordless sections. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I couldn’t justify spending a decent amount of time doing this stuff. I was like, yeah right, what a dumb idea, it’s already free-why would anyone pay for it?Īs time went by and it kept getting more popular, I thought about things I’d like to reprogram, stuff I’d like to improve and innovate on. I was emailing to ask about something else and they mentioned that they think it’d sell well. GN: It was about a year before we started selling it. It’s been cool to see it happen over the past 15 years for Garry and his team. Reducing the friction between the creator of interesting content and the consumer of it has a number of really positive side effects. Garry being able starting at building a product that he thought people would like, to where he is today, is the kind of story we’re always trying to make happen. ![]() It was clear that it was a perfect example of a product that would benefit from this, and so we reached out and asked him if he was interested. Our philosophy back then was the same as it is today, which is that we wanted a platform that connected the people who created valuable content with the people that consumed it. When did the idea to start selling GMod on Steam come along? Was it Valve's idea or Garry's?ĮJ: It was the early days of getting Steam built, and it was pretty clear that Garry’s Mod had a big (and growing) audience. Paid mods are (still) a great source of ire among (some) players. It will be fun to watch what people build with the editor we’re releasing along with Half-Life: Alyx next year. ![]() Part of the process for us in shipping any of our games, but especially the single player ones, is letting go of them once they are released, and letting the community take bits and pieces of them in whatever direction they want to. What's it like to see the beloved characters from Half-Life and other Valve games being used with Garry's Mod for machinima and comics and videos?ĮJ: It’s pretty cool. ![]() Garry has always been about as good as it gets at picking the right direction to take his game. It’s a more difficult process than it sounds, because it really comes down to navigating a constant stream of feedback, but being limited in the amount of time to get everything done. We’ve always been impressed by Garry’s ability to iterate on the game and roll feedback from his community into the game so well. That said, it would have been pretty hard to predict the Garry’s Mod of 2019 back in 2004. So, on one hand, it wasn’t surprising that Garry started in a similar place that we did. Even in the early days of development, most of the experiments that people were running had the physics engine at its core. It felt like Garry’s Mod grew right out of that community after Half-Life 2 shipped.ĭid anyone at Valve have any idea the Source engine could be used the way it is in Garry's Mod? Are there any tools in GMod that surprised you to see?ĮJ: A lot of the identity of the gameplay of Half-Life 2 centered around physics. While having the code for Half-Life 2 out in the wild before the game was finished wasn’t a super positive experience for the team finishing the game, it's pretty cool to see what the mod community could get working with that unfinished codebase. I do remember there being a pretty significant, and somewhat underground, mod community that was working off of the Half-Life 2 source code leak from 2003. What's it like being a citizen under the oppressive thumb of the Combine on a Garry's Mod roleplaying server? We went undercover to find out.Įrik Johnson: The specific point in time is a little tricky to pin down. ![]() ![]() ![]() It doesn’t help that the youngsters who have this essential but unenviable task are difficult to distinguish from each other. “…the entire globe is still littered with mines even though the conflicts that led to their use have ended decades ago.” While it’s easy to see why the lads burst into tears often, 100 minutes of it can get redundant quickly. Nonetheless, Zandvliet has trouble getting the story to move. The stakes in Land of Mine are certainly high, and the situation is urgent. If one of the boys doesn’t deactivate the mine quickly enough or works on one with fragile components, it detonates just as easily as if they had stepped on it. Most of these lads simply want to go home to their moms.Įven the training for de-mining is lethal. Rasmussen’s watch have barely hit puberty and have little idea how to undo the damage their predecessors have done. If the quantity of the weapons weren’t intimidating enough, the fellows who have the task of removing them are ill-suited for it.īy the end of the war, Hitler sent teens and sometimes mere boys to fight because the trained soldiers had almost all died on the front. Rasmussen supervises the remaining German soldiers who are in Denmark to remove all the mines their army had left behind. “If Germans had not only invaded your country but also buried countless mines along the beaches, you’d be violently angry as well.” ![]() If Germans had not only invaded your country but also buried countless mines along the beaches, you’d be violently angry as well. Carl Rasmussen (Roland Møller) verbally and physically abuses German soldiers as their wearily retreat. While writer-director Martin Zandvliet has the decency not to end the film with the now obligatory footage of real participants during the closing credits, it might have been more worthwhile to simply let a filmmaker like Ken Burns recount the facts, which in this case are more intriguing than fiction.Īs World War II ends in Europe, the irate Dane Sgt. We can only hope, just like those Germanįrancisco Bay Area on Friday, March 3rd, 2017.Despite having an inherently fascinating subject, Land of Mine, Denmark’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Oscars, plays more like a dry history lesson instead of a movie. Is to learn from the past and not let the evil episode There is no winner in a war, except hatred. Moment without sentiment, we have to wonder how humanīeings could do such horrible things to each other Keep up their hopes and dreams about their future,ĭespite the inhumane treatments while performing aĭaunting task. Outstanding performance as the battered teenagers who The fine group of young actors also give an Transformation in Carl's mindset and the awakening of his Møller subtly and convincingly depicts the Its intensity is almost unbearable at times. Straightforward, the film is incredibly suspenseful and Is miserably treated after the devastating war expungesĪny compassion one might have. We normally see theīrutality of Nazis in World War II movies, but in thisįilm, he turns the table around and shows us how the POW Zandvliet superbly creates a thrilling atmosphereįollowing every step of these boys. Remain hopeful of returning home after they are done,Īlthough the hostile Helmut Morbach ( Joelīasman) seems more realistic about the outlook. Through the terrible ordeal, some of them Offers some comfort to a dreamy Wilhelm Hahnīelton). Hofmann) emerges as a natural leader of the bunch and Survive, provided that they have not been blown away by ![]() The boys have little experience or knowledge aboutĭefusing land mines, and they are given little food to He locks them upĪt night and herds them to the danger zone during the day. Heinous crimes that the Nazis have committed. Not hesitate to take his vengeance on these youngīoys, even though their innocent looks may not reflect Get rid of 75000 land mines on a deserted beach, he does When he is given a group of German teenagers to Møller) has nothing left but hatred toward the Old, were forced to clear the land mines on the sandyīeaches and half of them were killed or injured.Įnraged by the German occupation, hot tempered Sgt. 2600 Germans, many of them as young as 13 years German POWs to defuse the land mines during May-Octoberġ945. The British and the Danish decided to use Germany had buried in order to fend off possible Allies Was left with more than two million land mines that However, under the sand of its coastal beaches, Denmark The story is based on little known events that people Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, and it Profoundly emotional film definitely deserves its Mine" (Under sandet | Denmark/Germany 2016 | inĭanish/German | 101 min.). ![]() Zandvliet terrifically demonstrates in his World War II But despite theĪmount of demons war might bring out of people, there is War does not only destroy lives and infrastructure, but itĪlso provokes hatred and wipes out empathy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Keri Hilson Songs: Waptrick Keri Hilson Ft Kanye West Ft Ne Yo - Knock You Down, free Stonebwoy feat Keri Hilson - Nominate, download Sean Paul Ft Keri Hilson - Hold My Hand, listen Chris Brown feat Keri Hilson - Super Human, mp3 Keri Hilson Ft Nelly - Lose Control, music mp3 T I Ft Keri Hilson - Got Your Back, mp3 download Keri Hilson ft Akon - Change Me, song Keri Hilson - Energy, Waptrick Timbaland feat Keri Hilson D O E - The Way I Are, free Keri Hilson - Make Love, download Nas Ft Keri Hilson - Hero, listen Keri Hilson - Beautiful Mistake, mp3 Keri Hilson - Slow Dance, music mp3 Keri Hilson - Breaking Point, mp3 download Keri Hilson Feat Lil Wayne - Turnin Me On, song Keri Hilson - Turning Me On, Waptrick Keri Hilson - SuperHuman, free Anthony Hamilton Ft Keri Hilson - Never Let Go, mp3 download. ![]() ![]() ![]() Plus, I have talked to gamers on their forum and in my circle and they have been using these hacks for over a month without any issue.īut what if my hack gets detected? How am I protected?įirstly, Battlelog has a strict vetting process so only tried and tested hacks are released. I used the Warzone hack for 1+ months and the Modern Warfare hack has been running undetected for over 20 days. This was a welcome surprise considering replies on most websites took hours or days due to the ticket system. I contacted them two more times at different hours (once at 2 am) and I got connected quickly again with the responses being quick and efficient. They even gave me steps to take for safe installation and to maintain undetectability. I was connected in less than 2 minutes and replies were instant. I contacted them for a link to the Modern Warfare hacks page. On most sites, you could end up paying $80 to $100 for the same hacks (no more burning holes in your pocket for hacks).Ībsolutely not. Modern Warfare hacks range from a mere $1 to $49 only. They are the most pocket-friendly website I came across. 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Inhale for 5 counts and exhale for 5 counts. Now place your right hand over your left hand. Try it: Place your left thumb in your belly button and rest your left palm over your lower belly. You'll get red in the face and scare your roommate.īreathing should be done from the lower belly, which should get bigger when you breathe in. Tightening up your muscles can also lead to tightening up your breathing, but don't do it. When doing isometric exercises, the natural tendency is to forget to breathe. Isn't that a relief for anyone sick of hearing "go beastmode!" before every set? Research shows that benefits can occur at about 60 to 80 percent of your max effort. Yet when doing isometrics, you don't need to give 100 percent of your maximum effort each time. The technical term for this is "maximal voluntary contraction," which means you should tighten up your muscles as much as you can. Since you're not relying on movement to fatigue your muscles, you've got to squeeze them hard. 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There-you just did an isometric exercise. You'll feel tension in your chest and arms, yet your arms didn't move at all. Say what? Imagine pressing your hands together in a prayer position as hard as you can for 10 seconds. In these exercises, your muscles tense up, but don't actually move. But believe it or not, you can build serious strength-without even moving a muscle. Some fitness trends make it seem like in order to get in shape, you have to bounce around like crazy, throw tires into the air, or leave a pool of sweat on the ground after every workout. ![]() ![]() ![]() You have all the brutal stealth kills you remember from previous entries, as well as that robust, improvisational crafting mechanic that always made the combat visceral. You have these “fear arrows,” doused with psychoactive toxins, which cause enemies to hallucinate and turn on their allies. You can pick off a wandering idiot from a mossy tree branch, and leave him dead and hanging by a tuft of rope as a strong deterrent for any other enemies on patrol. You can, for instance, cover yourself with mud, guerilla-style, which will make you harder to spot. The game takes place in the dense foliage of the Amazon, and Crystal Dynamics leans into that sense of the primal with glee. Mastery, in the “Shadow of the Tomb Raider” sense, is apparently what happens when Lara Croft becomes The Predator. ![]() “She’ll need to realize that protecting history and protecting artifacts, not just gaining reputation.”Īdds Arne Ingo Gregor of Square Enix: “The first game is about being hunted and surviving, the second game is about setting out on your own accord, and the third game is about mastery.” Having the noble goal to of wanting to stop Trinity she kinda goes too far,” says Jason Dozois, narrative director at Eidos. ![]() “She’s getting so capable, so powerful, and when you don’t know how to use that power, even a hero can become dangerous. Croft pauses for a moment before drawing her knife – eager to carve up some fresh revenge. The presentation the company showed me at the E3 booth for the upcoming “ Shadow of the Tomb Raider” in development by Eidos Montreal with assistance from Crystal Dynamics, ended with Lara popping her head out of a lake, silhouetted by the gassy, apricot flames of an oil refinery she just destroyed. And you know what? I think we’re finally here. Crystal Dynamics wanted to slowly ramped up the tension – to layer the scars onto the mercurial Tomb Raider – until the woman morphs into the icy, endlessly confident explorer we first met on the original Playstation. In that game, called simply, “ Tomb Raider ,” Croft suffers a mental breakdown when she’s first forced to take the life of one of the mercenaries attacking her, in a good-faith effort to show that we, the player, were truly starting from the beginning. We were first introduced to Crystal Dynamics’ reincarnated version of Lara Croft in 2013, when she was a mourning, recalcitrant daughter, straying as far as she possibly could from her father’s legacy with a steadfast belief that the myths and legends he believed in were all phony. ![]() ![]() ![]() OpenVR support is also promised, though the extent of this support is not currently clear. There will also be proper graphics settings, like in an actual PC game. Publisher Square Enix recently came under fire for releasing a remaster of Chrono Trigger to PC, only for that to turn out to be based on the mobile version, which caused the game to actually lose its visual charm in places.Įven if it doesn’t live up to your expectations visually, however, at least you will be able to play the first three Tomb Raider games with a modern controller. Less excitingly, the remasters are based on the mobile versions of the original three Tomb Raider games. These prettied-up versions of the three adventure gaming classics are being tackled by a company called Realtech VR, and they will run in 1080p and at 60fps. Therefore, you will have to own the originals if you want to play them anyway. ![]() These remasters will work as mods for the original games, essentially. Best of all, they’re free if you already own the originals. Luckily, there are remasters coming for each of the three games. You can already play the first three Tomb Raider games on Steam, but they only exist because of some emulation wizardry - they are not proper ports, and they don’t exactly run great. Original Story: Tomb Raider Trilogy remasters are coming to PC. We are thrilled about the future of Tomb Raider, and cannot thank fans enough for their continued support and excitement for the brand.” “Ensuring fans receive high quality gaming experiences is at the heart of our mission as a company, which requires all projects to go through proper channels. As such, they were never officially sanctioned. “While we always welcome passion and excitement for the Tomb Raider franchise, the remasters in question were initiated and advertised without seeking approval. Manage cookie settingsĪdditionally, Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics had this to say, via DSoGaming: To see this content please enable targeting cookies. We are not more committed on third party license anymore. Here is the only tweet from the developers on the matter:Īfter this episode, we are refocusing on new projects involving Augmented Reality on iOS and VR on PC. Square Enix has taken down all videos associated with the remasters, and developer Realtech VR has announced that work has halted on the project. 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