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Released in 2012 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the original Dragon’s Dogma was an action roleplaying game tailored to a very specific audience. Brutally difficult, the gameplay centered on open-world exploration with a survivalist touch, wherein players and their NPC (non-player character) companions must trek through a “persistent” world that — at the time — felt organic as shifting day-and-night cycles and changing weather conditions imbued its somewhat bland fantasy world with a sense of life. Heavy on…

As he campaigns on a pledge to lead an unprecedented crackdown on legal and illegal immigration, former President Donald Trump has vowed to invoke an 18th century wartime law to help fuel his massive deportation operations. According to three people familiar with the policy deliberations, Trump, his advisers, and allies have been developing legally dubious justifications and theories to give Trump what he would ostensibly need to wield the archaic law as a weapon against the undocumented if he’s elected president…

As an industry known to innovate, it’s time to find other ways to appease Wall Street, improve financials and secure a streaming-first plan Major media and entertainment companies are turning to the 1970s-era tactic of laying off thousands of employees, ostensibly in preparation for a potential incoming recession. Concerns from the wider industry are making these job cuts easier to accomplish, as headcount reductions have become almost expected. But there are more than macroeconomic factors…

Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter has been rocky, to say the least. Since taking over the company on October 28, Musk has made a number of changes to the platform, resulting in widespread chaos and turmoil within the company.Within days of taking over Twitter's operations, Musk fired top executives and half of the company's 7,500 employees, ignored advice to not disproportionately fire employees representing diversity and inclusion and has likely violated employment labour laws and breached employee contracts.Then on…

Researchers excavated LSU Campus Mound B in 2018 by Tiger Stadium. The ancient mounds located at the center of LSU's campus have been a gathering place and destination for people for thousands of years. Credit: LSU The Louisiana State University (LSU) Campus Mounds sit on high ground overlooking the Mississippi River floodplain and have been a gathering place and destination for people for thousands of years. They are some of…

During Intel’s Innovation 2022 event, Samsung had an exciting announcement — a 17-inch rollable screen, the first ever of its type. Moving from folding phones, foldable laptops have been a trend in 2022 with machines like the Asus Zenbook 17 Fold, but Samsung is going with a different design. Instead of folding, you’ll roll the screen out to expand it. Samsung showed a quick demo on stage with Intel’s CEO Pat Gelsinger. The screen is the same size as 17-inch foldable laptops like the Lenovo X1 Fold Gen 2, but you…