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The Weather Company revolutionized the concept of localized weather forecasts being offered 24/7. John Coleman, a veteran meteorologist, designed the Weather Star. On Sunday, May 2, 1982, The Weather Channel launched with an introduction to the channel from Coleman and Batten.Today, the branding of “The Weather Channel” and weather data belong to IBM. The History of The Weather Company: What to Know Today, we take for granted many of the prolific abilities given to us through our smartphones and computers....

The entire Witcher series developed by CD Projekt Red is, in the end, all about Ciri. Geralt’s quest to find her and then protect her from the Wild Hunt takes center stage in the final outing, and this last game also sees her appear for the first time in any of the Witcher titles. There’s more to the Lady of Space and Time than is readily apparent, however. Ciri has a rich history, full of interesting stories and tales that are not conveyed in the video games....

The annual Summer Games Done Quick speedrunning marathon returns this year, but will be held as in-person event alongside being streamed on Twitch when it begins this weekend. The charity events for SGDQ and Awesome Games Done Quick have been online-only due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the last in-person event being Awesome Games Done Quick 2020. SGDQ 2022 begins on Sunday, June 26 with a short pre-show then beginning with NTA Bossrush Random run of Shadow of the Colossus....

Back in 1996, a Japanese guidebook to accompany the launch of Super Mario 64 was released. What made this book stand out against other guides of the time was its inclusion of 3D diorama models of each Super Mario 64 level. Copies of this book can still be found online for those who wish to collect some Mario memorabilia. But those less concerned with owning physical items but still have an interest in Nintendo’s history are now in luck, as Dave Shevlin from Video Game Comfort Food has uploaded the entire book to the internet (thanks, Kotaku)....

Nintendo sure was pumping them out a fair lick during its Nintendo E3 Spotlight this evening. Super Mario Odyssey saw some new gameplay footage, along with a confirmed worldwide release date of October 27, 2017. In the trailer we see Mario traversing a variety of terrains and different level types, including another look at New Donk City. In this globe-trotting adventure we’ll see Mario in a variety of locales as he collects Moons to power his airship, The Odyssey....

A Smash Ball appeared on the screen and the entire internet lost its collective mind. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate‘s sneaky debut at the end of a Nintendo Direct in 2018 loaded the entire Smash Bros. community onto a hype train that wouldn’t stop until the game’s release the following December. Twitch chat freaked out, grown men wept and many, many memes were crafted. But this sort of passion for Smash Bros....

This Supergirl review contains spoilers. Supergirl Season 5, Episode 3 This is the second week in a row I am tempted to start my Supergirl review off with the sentiment: “Poor, J’onn.” I know it is necessary, in the pursuit of drama, to keep one’s characters at least a little bit miserable, but J’onn seems to take a disproportionate brunt of it on this show. Supergirl loves to dredge up a devastating discovery from J’onn’s past (the better to explore Martian culture with, my dear!...

Tales of Arise is a Japanese game, so, yes, the PC port is barebones in some ways. It’s not exactly as focused on features as, say, Ys IX is, but this one both looks and runs a hell of a lot better than that one. Still, you’re almost certainly going to be able to run the game and have it look quite nice, regardless of what your specs are. That being said, the textures are quite high resolution and there was a bit more attention to detail than I had expected, even if need to talk about the way the game handles controllers....

The recent Temtem spring update added one of the game’s most anticipated features, Ranked Matchmaking. This mode gives players the chance to test themselves against one another, with the best tamers rising to the top. Ranked Matchmaking has been in Temtem for a week now, and so Crema has released some interesting stats about the mode. It’s also added a key new feature. Player versus player battles is one of the major, arguably even the main, endgame pursuit for players....

Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has attributed the recent El Paso, Texas mass shooting to video games and violent media in a statement made on Fox News. Immediately after condemning the shooting as “evil,” Patrick shifts and says, “How long are we going to let, for example, and ignore at the federal level particularly, where they can do something about the video game industry?” The Lt. Governor doesn’t provide any specific examples of change that he’d like to see....

Denon makes some excellent home theater receivers for a range of uses and budgets, so it can be a little confusing to figure out which one is right for you. We’ve put together a list of our favorite receivers and what makes them great. Each one has its own pros and cons that should help you narrow down the search. © Denon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Currently, Denon is in the process of releasing its newest line of receivers, such as the X2800H and X3800H....

Plenty of real-time strategy games have come out over the years, but some have stood out above other titles in this genre. So, if you’re looking for a great PlayStation Portable RTS game that captures your imagination and lets you experience what it’s like to command an army on the battlefield, then this article is for you. In this article, we have assembled a list of the best real-time strategy titles released on the PlayStation Portable....

This article originally appeared on Den of Geek UK. When the credits rolled on 1986’s Aliens, the inevitable question from many moviegoers was, “What happens next?” For 20th Century Fox, and writer-producers David Giler and Walter Hill, it took nearly six years to figure out an answer to that question. Certainly when Aliens was in production, director James Cameron had some ideas about a sequel; he once spoke about the prospect of Ripley, Hicks, and young Newt – a makeshift family thrown together by that film’s events – meeting up again for a second sequel to Alien....

Sometimes, DMs need help. This is why there are adventure modules; to provide ready-made campaigns to play. Most of these are playable, but some of them are beyond epic in scope. Lord of the Rings…that’s for brand-new players. The Dragonlance Chronicles…not epic enough. Most of the following campaigns are fairly recent creations, but a couple of them are classics from the earlier days of D&D. Every one of them, though, provides an incredible adventure for players old and new....

This The Good Place review contains spoilers. The Good Place Season 3 Episode 12 “Time means nothing. Jeremy Bearimy, baby. We’re gonna get through this and then you and I can just chill out on the dot of the I forever.” One of my earliest TV watching memories (yes, you have these when you’re a TV nerd turned TV critic) is asking my mom why the couples on all the sitcoms I watched were constantly breaking up....

Following months of speculation and with just a week to go until the service rolls out in Japan I’d love to be able to say we finally know exactly what the new PlayStation Plus is all about. After a partial reveal of what’s coming to the revamped service we’re a step closer to finding out, yet looking at the list of games available across the three tiers the precise shape isn’t any clearer....

During Xbox’s E3 media briefing we got another look at Obsidian Entertainment’s The Outer Worlds. As announced in the trailer, the game will be playable with Xbox Game Pass from launch. Isn’t that lovely? The blurb under the trailer says, ‘Lost in transit while on a colonist ship bound for the furthest edge of the galaxy, you awake decades later only to find yourself in the midst of a deep conspiracy threatening to destroy the Halcyon colony....

Valve’s Steam Deck has been in the hands of developers for some time now, but it recently made its way over to content creators and outlets. Since then, said parties have been diving deep into the mobile gaming platform to really put it to the test. While it’s rather impressive for the most part, there seems to be one area where the Steam Deck falls short and that’s its battery life....

This article originally appeared on Den of Geek UK. “We need superheroes!” says a radio phone-in caller in The Tick pilot, a demand TV and film could scarcely be catering to more fully right now. Superheroes of all stripes — gritty, damaged, ironic or R-rated — aren’t something we lack for. That wasn’t the case 30 years ago when Ben Edlund created satirical comic book hero The Tick, nor when the character appeared in a 1994 Fox animated series or, briefly, a 2001 live-action comedy....

We’re approaching the end of the biggest decade that mobile gaming has ever seen, and during that decade, one game was downloaded more than any other: Subway Surfers. Although the title might not have made the most money, Subway Surfers was clearly one of the most popular games of the last ten years, beating out the likes of Clash of Clans, Candy Crush Saga, and Temple Run 2 in downloads....