This Sunday I put together some wallpapers from some of our favorite movies. Let us know what you think.
John Wick
The Dark Knight
The Avengers
Lord of the Rings
Avatar
So we have all played Halo or at least know what it is. For us diehard fans Chief will always have a place in our hearts, no matter what happens. I unfortunately, have a hate love relationship with Halo like I'm sure a lot of you do. I have played every Halo that has come out and spent countless hours playing the campaigns with our other writer Justin. The campaigns get you so involved that by the time its over you can not wait for the new one to come out, unless you play multiplayer arena.
I am talking about Slayer specifically. You're doing great racking up kills having solid games on and on win streak and then BAM! Your team drops, and you play Master Chief himself. This is where the frustration comes in, you put every round and grenade you have into the enemy his shield is down but somehow he looks at you the wrong way and you die. Then you think maybe you just suck at the game but then it happens again and you went from the top to the bottom of the scoreboard. I would say it was just that one game but it happens every time we play and I can hear my team screaming in their mics. Yet, I always come back to play Halo no matter how mad I get because no matter how many bad moments you have there will always be 100 more moments that you'll enjoy and have a great time talking about. I love Halo, I always will and I can not wait for the new one.
IN MEMORY OF CORTANA
I couldn't have been more excited when I received my AirPods in the mail! New technology is awesome and makes for great experiences when it is done right. The AirPods are a great example of that. To connect them to my iPhone I simply opened the case next to my phone and they were magically paired. This simple and unique pairing is done with the help of the W1 chip that Apple has made specifically for their wireless headphones. I have also found during my use that it is easiest to control the AirPods with my Apple Watch. I am able to adjust the audio and change songs via the watch. This is when an ecosystem of products can really shine and you can see what Apple was trying accomplish with the AirPods and the simplicity of all its features.It is hard to imagine a day where I don't use my AirPods. I start my day with the AirPods in my ears while walking to the bus stop. I don't need to worry about them moving or falling out of my ear while I walk because they fit very well in my ears. They don't shake or even seem loose. I ride the bus into the city for work and I prefer to have headphones during that ride. I keep my AirPods in and on during the entire bus ride and for the first bit of my work day. They sound quality is good for their size and they are very convenient. They also work with all of my Apple devices so there isn't any issue with moving from device to device. When I'm at work and I want to switch to listening to something on my iPad, I just select the AirPods on the iPad. Then once I'm home and I want to use the AirPods with my Mac, I just select them from the drop down menu. Overall the AirPods have been a very seamless product and have created an enjoyable experience for me as a user.
Just as a recap from the last episode, there will be spoilers to follow. We saw Bird Person get betrayed and sadly killed. Squanchy tried to save Rick and the family was on the run until Rick turned himself in. This all lead to the brutal ending of Rick, cuffed to the wall in prison, with the best dramatic song to go with it, Hurt by Johnny Cash, which left you in shock. Those are a few other things that need to be explained.
So it happened as it normally does every year, Apple held thier iPhone event and this year they had a few small surprises that added up to make for a pretty good overall conference.
To open the event Tim Cook was doing some Car Karaoke and to be honest it was just an ad for the show, seeing how it will be avaible to subscribers of Apple Music. Once Tim Cook hit the stage he went over numbers and so on.
Tim then had a few surprises up his sleeve for the start of the event and the first of which was that live collaboration is coming to iWork apps across the devices. For myself, this was a really pleasant surprise. The next surprise that Apple had for us, was that Mario is coming to iOS and the iPhone. The game is called Mario Run and there was no price information revealed though the game looks really fun. You can currently sign up to get notified about the games release on the App Store.
After those small surprises Apple rolled in to the hardware and they started with the Apple Watch. They called the new Apple Watch Series Two and it saw a few updates. The Watch is now water proof up to 50 meters. They also put in a larger battery, GPS, and of course a faster processor. The new Watch looks to be a nice update and something that can move Apple in to a fitness tracking category. Another note is that the new processor will also be in the Series One Apple Watch. They will have both watches available to purchase with the Series One being at $269 and the Series Two at $369.
Apple, next revealed the iPhone 7. The new iPhone that is now available for preorder. The new iPhone has has a few new feature and they make for a pretty decent upgrade. The most obvious change is that they have two new colors, black and jet black. The jet black look polished adn really high end while black is matte and very nice looking as well. The new phones are also water and dust resistant. They also udated the speakers so that when the phone is in landscape it will play audio through both speakers in stereo. While we are on audio, yes, Apple removed the headphone jack. They are giving people Lightning headphone and an adapter for 3.5mm headphones.
Overall the event was solid and even though Apple didn’t do anything too revolutionary, they made enough changes to make the iPhone 7 a worth wild upgrade as well as the Apple Watch. Now lets just hope we get to see some MacBook upgrades soon… Well here’s hoping.
I have been able to play The Division since the launch day, on the Xbox One, and to be honest, launch day was not a pleasant experience. There were plenty of server and network issues that caused frustration and inconsistent gameplay. As we know though, you can't judge the game on day one only.
So lets start with the visuals. I played on the Xbox One and though Ubisoft had to tone down the SnowDrop engine for the consoles, The Division still looks great. The developers did a really good job of immersing you in the environment with weather changes and day to night changes that are all so seamless. There are points of the game that you can see building broken down and beat and other times you know you're in a better area just based on the quality of the building and your
For the gameplay, you really need to break it down in to two different parts. Since the game has the normal zone or area and the Dark Zone, you need to play differently in both. As a whole, the gameplay is enjoyable and a tremendous amount of fun.
The normal zone has less stress involved since you are primarily fighting the CPUs. There are a fair amount of missions that allow for multiple possibilities as to what you do every time you play. The game offers a ton of customization options for your character's appearance and for the guns and customization. The story in the main game is not especially long but it is still interesting. The action in each mission makes for an enjoyable experience and it is even more fun when you have your friends fighting right by your side.
Now where the game really does things different is the Dark Zone. The gameplay in the Dark Zone changes a bit because you are now not only fighting the CPUs your are running in to the general populous or other network players. If you are to attack someone that is also playing the game you will become a rogue. Once a rogue you are marked on the map and you and expect people will be coming to find you. The weapons and rewards you get for fighting in the Dark Zone are much greater since y
In an overall look The Division the game is really enjoyable and fun to play. The game has many options and customization that you will not be left board waiting for a DLC, even though there are some coming already. You can move freely from the normal zone to the Dark Zone at anytime, which allows for a variety of situations and gameplay experiences. Ubisoft did a great job with delivering a quality experience for the game.
Apple recently pushed updates across many of its platforms and there are some really quality changes and fixes.
To start with the updates Apple updated iOS to 9.3 and it has many nice new features. The first and probably most discussed feature is Night Shift. The feature will adjust the hue or tone of the display at night to help with your eyes in the dark. There is research that has suggested that the harsh blue light can give you issues when you are going to try to sleep after looking at a bright blue screen like your phone. The Night Shift feature can be controlled manually or you can have it turn on at sunset and sunrise.
There are also many bug fixes in iOS 9.3 that just add to the speed and stability of the overall experience and operating system.
The next update to contain surprisingly nice features in the update is TV OS 9.2. The OS is still technically young but it has been gaining missing features rather fast. Apple is making sure that features that were in the previous Apple Tv are in the 4th generation.
The update adds the ability to pair bluetooth keyboards, dictate searches and requests, and probably the most requested feature, make folders. As before the update also added bug fixes and improves the stability of the OS.
To start with the updates Apple updated iOS to 9.3 and it has many nice new features. The first and probably most discussed feature is Night Shift. The feature will adjust the hue or tone of the display at night to help with your eyes in the dark. There is research that has suggested that the harsh blue light can give you issues when you are going to try to sleep after looking at a bright blue screen like your phone. The Night Shift feature can be controlled manually or you can have it turn on at sunset and sunrise.
The next update to contain surprisingly nice features in the update is TV OS 9.2. The OS is still technically young but it has been gaining missing features rather fast. Apple is making sure that features that were in the previous Apple Tv are in the 4th generation.
The update adds the ability to pair bluetooth keyboards, dictate searches and requests, and probably the most requested feature, make folders. As before the update also added bug fixes and improves the stability of the OS.
The Watch also received and update to Watch OS 2.2 and it really just focused and improve the Maps app on the watch. The app now supports recent places just as like with iOS maps.
All of the updates are available now if you check for them in System Settings on their appropriate device and in the Watch app on iOS for the Watch.
We have been waiting for what seems like a very long time for this release, does it live up to everything we have been wanting. Fallout 4 has one of the largest feature lists we have seen in a game in a long time and with all those features comes a lot of bugs.
The game by itself is fantastic! There is an expansive map and you are able to go anywhere you would like to go unfortunately there some invisible walls. Fallout 4 has improved a ton of things from the previous game. The way that guns handle is a huge upgrade. You are able to design and build anything with the new building system. You can spend endless hours just building your fort and trying to get more people to live in your base. You can lose yourself trying to discover more areas of the map and see all the things you can stumble upon. The Power Armor now feels like it is actually powerful where as in previous games it was more like just a suit. One draw back to the new changes though is that the emphasis has shifted a little more towards a first person shooter then an RPG style game.
The graphics have have been upgraded as well though there is no new engine. The game looks beautiful and detailed but there is an occasional poor texture here and there. The world you are in has so much to see and discover and it all looks gorgeous. You are able to just get lost in all the attention to detail that Bethesda has put in to the game. The environment overall is done really well for a post-apocalyptic Boston.
Next, I am a huge fan of the building features. I love being able to build my own fort its amazing, but putting up walls without them going wherever they want is extremely frustrating. Sure it’s a good feature so you can continue to build easily but if you have to angle it a certain way or do whatever you need it to do and it will snap into the wall you just set up and not do what you need it to.
Now to some of the bugs that I am hoping get fixed soon. I don’t know if its just me or if you guys have the same problem but what is wrong with the companions? I get that its cool to have a sidekick with you while you explore the Commonwealth but come on! They are absolutely useless, I think I have died more times due to glitched companions than I have been killed by creatures, raiders, and just plain old radiation. Here is one example of what happened to me. I am walking through a tunnel underneath the lonely chapel going to the military stronghold and Dogmeat gets stuck in the door way trapping me while a Molotov cocktail burns me alive. Maybe it wouldn’t of been a problem if it only happened once but three times this happened. I like the fact that they give you Dogmeat and other companions but they need to prove themselves useful.
I am sure that my complaints are small compared to others who have issues with things such as the dialogue or getting stuck in an elevator. I just hope that Bethesda is listening to the Gamers and working on fixing the issues. Fallout 4 is a great game all we can complain about are minor issues that every game has.
The Commonwealth has so much to explore and can keep you entertained for hours. That’s why even with my small gripes I will rate this game as a platinum. I'd love to hear everyone else's problems so please comment and we can all chat about them together as gamers.
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