The president’s wild night at a town hall took an unexpected turn.
Nintendo Direct Mini Announced, Will Showcase Upcoming Switch Games From Partners
Nintendo has announced that it will host a mini Direct event, with the focus being on showcasing Nintendo Switch games from its partners. The Nintendo Direct mini will take place on September 17 at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET / 3 PM BST.
In a press release, Nintendo invites viewers to tune in “for a live-streamed Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase, featuring information on upcoming Nintendo Switch titles exclusively from Nintendo’s publishing partners.” No further information has been provided on the games or companies that will be part of the showcase.
Nintendo has held these mini Directs numerous times in the past, showcasing projects from third-party partners.
Trevor Noah Sees Common Theme On Trump’s Approach To Climate Change, COVID-19
Trump’s advice to California during a record-breaking wildfire season was: “It’ll start getting cooler. You just watch.”
Coronavirus: Trump denies downplaying severity of virus
The president said in an interview earlier this year he minimised the virus’s severity to avoid panic.
Road To Guangdong Review – Journey To Nowhere
There are only two radio channels in the slice-of-life driving simulator, Road to Guangdong–one plays some blend of milquetoast “oriental” music, while the other broadcasts more upbeat and decidedly modern synthwave-inspired melodies. It’s this gulf between the two genres that also seems to inspire one of the few highlights behind Road to Guangdong: the light-hearted ribbing between you and your Guu Ma–the Chinese honorific for aunts–as you embark on a road trip together. The elderly Guu Ma’s disdain for the pulsating grooves of electronic music means she will always try to change the radio channel back to the vaguely Guangdong-esque music she’s more familiar with, after much grumbling about the unrefined state of modern music. You can, of course, flip the channel back again, if only to annoy her–and cackle at her exasperation as she reaches out to change the music once again.
While this small interaction is mildly amusing, it doesn’t sustain the game’s novelty for long. Road to Guangdong is a long-winding, exhausting ride–and I don’t mean in terms of hours. Not only is its pacing extremely sluggish, its characters’ minimalist expressions are also overly mechanical and too limited in their range to convey any emotion–an unfortunate design choice that only brings more attention to the game’s flat, lacklustre dialogues. This is made more apparent when Guu Ma occasionally sprinkles some canned advice over the course of your endless drives, one of which is a recurring suggestion to change your radio channel. But why would you suggest that, Guu Ma, if the only other option is these trance-like bangers you hate so much?
Civilization 6 Announces New Byzantium And Gaul DLC Pack
Civilization VI’s latest DLC is the Byzantium and Gaul Pack, marking the third of six new DLC packs coming as part of the game’s New Frontier Pass. Launching on September 24, the pack adds two new civilizations and leaders, one new game mode, new World Wonders, and one new map.
The new civilizations added in the DLC will be, as the name suggests, Byzantium and Gaul. While the leaders for those new civs won’t be announced until closer to the DLC’s launch, the developers have shared some information about how the new civilizations will play–as well as a look at some of the animation references recorded for new leaders. The new map is called the Highlands, with a fittingly mountainous terrain for the name.
The pack will also add a new game mode called the Dramatic Ages, a mode that guarantees civilizations will always enter either a Dark Age or a Golden Age every era, with more dramatic bonuses and penalties on offer. “Dark Ages in particular are more dangerous than ever,” the developer warns. “Players in Dark Ages will have a portion of their empire immediately fall into Free Cities, and Free Cities can exert pressure on other cities.” The Dramatic Ages requires either the Rise and Fall or Gathering Storm expansion to play.
Laura Ingraham Gives Trump’s Disastrous Town Hall The Full Fox News Treatment
The Fox News host put her own conspiratorial spin on the tough questions that voters posed to the president on ABC News.
Slow-Moving Hurricane Sally Pummels Florida Panhandle, Southern Alabama
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Xbox All Access Has A $20 Fee To Upgrade The XB1SAD To Next Gen
Xbox All Access is gaming’s answer to a phone plan, where you can pay off your console month-by-month with a bonus Game Pass Ultimate thrown in. Most Xbox All Access users will get a good deal on upgrading to next gen, but those who bought the budget Xbox One S All-Digital (XB1SAD) console will find they owe an extra $20 fee.
Xbox All Access users upgrading from an Xbox One S or X will be able to trade in their old console after reaching 18 monthly payments on their contract, then swapping immediately over to a new contract for an Xbox Series X or Series S. Customers upgrading from the All-Digital will have to pay an extra one-off $20 upgrade fee, which will be included on their first payment towards a Series X or Series S, as mentioned in Xbox’s upgrade FAQ.
The fee will be in addition to a monthly price hike for users switching to a next-gen contract. Where the monthly repayment for the budget All-Digital Xbox One console is just $20, the Xbox Series S will cost $25 per month, while the Series X will be $35.
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Star Liam Neeson Defends The Movie
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace released in 1999, and the response has been fascinating–it received mixed reviews and a sour response from older fans, but is now looked back on with a mix of derision and nostalgia. Liam Neeson, who played Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn in the prequel, has now reflected back on the movie–and how one of its other stars was treated by fans.
Talking to SiriusXM show Radio Andy (as picked up on by IndieWire), Neeson talks about Ahmed Best, who played the controversial Jar Jar Binks in The Phantom Menace. Neeson recalls thinking that Best could be “the next Eddie Murphy,” and he was upset by how much criticism the actor drew.
“I know a lot of fans and critics didn’t like it, and my lovely friend Ahmed Best, who played Jar Jar Binks, came in for a lot of criticism,” Neeson says. “To the point where it really hurt his career.”