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Tuesday 15 December 2020

My Hero Academia: Who Is Better Between Overhaul and Shoto Todoroki?

 My Hero Academia has several heroes that are powerful enough to rival the strongest protagonists of Shonen anime. Even the prestigious U.A. school students are so skilled that they are on par with the Pro Heroes and even villains. Although they are still in training, they must not be underestimated. Mirio Togata was one such hero student who was considered better than some top Pro Heroes. Unfortunately, he lost his powers when he fought alone with the yakuza. But there is another student who is sometimes overshadowed by the struggles of the protagonists, even though he deserves much more attention. Son of the current hero no. 1, Shoto Todoroki had a tough childhood, but he has grown up to become a valiant fighter who can challenge any villain.

Despite being in training, Shoto’s skills with his Quirk are exceptional, and he seems like an outlier among his peers. But what if he were to fight with a powerful villain from the series? Who would win? The most challenging villain for Shoto will be Overhaul. He has a strong Quirk that will test Shoto’s unique Quirk and push him to his limits. 



Shoto’s Powers

Shoto is lucky to have inherited the right combination of Quirks from his parents. His mother, Rei, had an ice Quirk, while his father, Endeavor, is the flaming hero. Endeavor married Rei with the expectation that one of their children will get a combination of their Quirk and then fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming the hero no. 1. It turns out that his father’s prediction was right, and Shoto was inherited with the powerful flames from one side of his body while the other side creates ice. The two complemented each other and gave Shoto immense powers that made him a strong candidate for becoming the best hero. 

However, his powers did have their limitations. The fire half of his body can cause heat stroke, while the ice half can cause frostbite. However, he had the option of continually alternating between the Quirks, which would take care of both the downsides. It means that Shoto’s Quirk is also self-regulating if one is mindful of its use.

Whenever Shoto has fought, he has proved to be very skillful in the use of his Quirk. The villains and heroes have struggled to put up with his quick and agile tricks. Not only does Shoto have a powerful Quirk, but he can think on his feet. He also has a great understanding of his opponent’s weaknesses and knows how to exploit them for his advantage. So, overall, Shoto is a powerful future top-hero who might even become the hero no. 1 someday.

Overhaul’s Powers

Overhaul’s Quirk allows him to reshape and rearrange matter with just a touch. He even uses it to heal himself and even regrows his body parts. He can use anything around him for defense by rearranging and reshaping it down to its molecular level. In fact, his power even allows him to fuse his body with someone else’s to become stronger. There are no limits to his powers when it comes to offense. He can use anything and reorganize it to the molecular level in order to use it as a weapon. Overhaul is a dangerous villain who is not afraid of using any means necessary to take on his enemies. His powerful Quirk gives him immense powers to fight with even the top pro-heroes. 

Who Would Win?

The hypothetical fight will probably start like most of Shoto’s fights. He will use a barrage of ice to overwhelm Overhaul, but it would hardly worry him. Overhaul will easily be able to reorganize the ice and attack Shoto right back. Shoto can use either ice and fire half to counter the attack. The fight will likely continue this way for a while until Shoto starts getting tired. Even if any of Shoto’s attacks hits overhaul, he can heal himself in a moment. Shoto’s fire will not be of much use since Overhaul creates a defensive wall to protect him from such attacks. However, Shoto will struggle to deal with Overhaul’s attacks. He can reorganize the entire ground leaving Shoto no solid surface to stand upon while he constantly throws sharp projectiles. A critical blow will eventually hit Shoto, and Overhaul will win. 


Source:-    My Hero Academia

How To Access Hacking Mechanics in Cyberpunk 2077

 Cyberpunk 2077 is already enthralling the gaming market with its highly addictive story, state-of-the-art features, and of course, the cameo of Keanu Reeves as Johnny Silverhand.

But one thing that everyone attending is the hacking part of the game, which consists of a new design in the hacking part of video games. Earlier, we have seen how the hacking of computers, smartphones, and traffic lights in games like watchdogs and call of duty, but the hacking and puzzles in Cyberpunk 2077 are leagues apart, stimulating a more dystopian style of hacking of electronics in the night city.

The night city runs on electronics, and if you know how to hack these electronics, you can master the game and take control over security cameras, vehicles, weapons, and more.

How to use the hack in Cyberpunk 2077

You can access your scanner by holding the tab key on the keyboard, which allows you to scan individuals, places, and quick hacks. Using your scanner, you can detect hackable objects, which will highlight in green color, and those objects that cannot be hacked will highlight in red, and other useful items will highlight in blue color.



As you roam around in the night city, finding a PC will give you temporary access to hacking capabilities to access camera feeds and disable traps.

What are RAMs and Quickhacks

Ram is used to performing quick hacks that give you the privilege of remotely hacking and jamming enemy weapons so that you can defeat them with your weapons. You can distract enemies, upload malware called daemons, and much more. You can buy Quickhacks from vendors, or you can create them using correct blueprints and in-game intelligence.

How to use Quickhacks?

You can use Quickhacks by accessing your inventory and selecting the Cyberware tab. Check your operating system and browse through your available Quickhacks to install them as mods on your cyberdeck. Every Time you use Quickhacks, you’ll lose RAM, so make sure to collect and replenish your RAM every Time you get a chance.

What can you do with Quickhacks?

There are a lot of things you can do with Quickhacks. As you level up in the game, you’ll come across how useful Quickhacks can be, and there are no streamlined ways to use Quickhacks. Meaning you can use any Quickhacks according to your needs and advantage.

Here is a list of things you can do with Quickhacks in Cyberpunk 2077

  1. Find devices and geolocation of enemies connected to the local network.
  2. Electrical damage to robots, drones, and machines.
  3. Jam enemy’s weapons in a fight.
  4. Call for backup
  5. Poison your targets
  6. Wipe combat memory of your enemies
  7. Reset enemies Cyberware
  8. Disable enemy movement with Cripple Movement
  9. Recover RAM using Biosynergy between battles
  10. Make robots temporary blind with Reboot Optics

Earlier, many games incorporated the concepts of hacking into their environment. The most famous open-world game series Grand Theft Auto was one of the best games ever made to use real hacking concepts inside a video game. Almost every First-person shooter (FPS) and stealth game use hacking in one or the other. With Cyberpunk 2077, the idea of hacking just got promoted to a higher level of creativity and real-life hacking mechanisms.

Conclusion

These are just the basics of what you can achieve with Quickhacks, and there are far greater things you can hack and take control over as your progress in the game. Cyberpunk 2077 is a full packed with so many things to do and so many things you accomplish, and mere hacking robots do not feel justified for the most hyped game of 2020.

There are planes, aircraft, giant robots, and weapons that can destroy humanity at will. In the current scenario, players are still figuring out what more they can do except for the basics.

Cyberpunk 2077 will soon receive new updates from CD Projekt, and fans can rest assured that a whole new world is waiting for them to explore, and the night city was only the tip of the iceberg.


Source:   Hacking Mechanics in Cyberpunk 2077

Michael Shamberg Speaks On How The Cinema Business Can Rebound From the COVID-19 Effect

 American movie producer and former Time-Life correspondent Michael Shamberg shared his views on the effects of COVID-19 on the theatrical business.

The producer was involved in different projects like Erin Brockovich, A Fish Called Wanda, Garden State, Gattaca, Pulp Fiction, and The Big Chill. He is connected with many production companies, Jersey Films, with Stacey Sher and Danny DeVito, and in 2015 Shamberg collaborated with Double Feature Movies with Stacey Sher.

He co-founded a video collective called Raindance Corporation that used to publish a magazine newspaper named Radical Software.

A week ago, when Warner Bros. announced that the studio would release some of its big-budget projects in 2021 on HBO Max and in theatres on the same day, the industry was shocked by the decision. Almost the whole of Hollywood sensed that the announcement could change the movie-going culture forever. Disney, one of the industry leaders who have captured 40% of the United States box office, said that theatres are the “legacy medium.” If theatres could not again stand up on their feet, then the tradition of cinema as an art form will die, and the announcement would result as the final nail of the coffin. The studio added that it would end the movie’s essence watching for the Gen Zers and 140 million millennials as they would be growing up watching films on their laptops, big-screens, cell phones, and big-screen TVs.



Shamberg said that he was one of the producers of Contagion directed by Steven Soderbergh. It stars Kate Winslet, Jennifer Ehle, Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, and Sanaa Lathan. The movie’s plot revolves around the spread of a contagious virus transmitted by respiratory droplets. The film received huge popularity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It collected a gross of $136.5 million against a budget of $60 million. Contagion received amazing responses from critics for the performance and its narrative.

It holds an approval rating of 85% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 272 reviews with an average rating of 7.09.

The producer said that the power of storytelling brought the movie back from 2011 no matter where we see it.

Until the vaccines reach everywhere globally, it would not be safe to go back to the cinema halls, and the theatres in the United States can only survive by the dramatic downsizing. Before the pandemic hit, around 1,000 theatres were collecting 65-70% of the opening weekends gross of a blockbuster. During the lockdown, the theatre industry has undergone bankruptcy. It would not be able to reopen the full capacity without any mega release like Fast and Furious or Spider-Man.

The streaming platforms, including Amazon Prime, Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, and Apple, are the new theatre chains attracting the audiences toward them. Big stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron, and Ryan Reynolds are also working with them. Oscar-winning directors like Steven Soderbergh are making a movie in collaboration with the streaming platforms.

A monthly subscription to these streaming networks is like the cost of one movie ticket. And the studios like Legacy Studios are also moving closer towards the streamers as they are more profitable for them to do the business.

Imagine, where does this leave the cinema? The viewers who used to love watching movies in theatres have to move on. The big screen has a different cinematic experience that one never can get on small screens at home.

Shamberg said the industry needs movie critics now more than ever. So they can make people understand the importance of big screens and cinemas. The National Society of Film Critics must come forward and coordinate nationwide to start the campaign “what is cinema.”


Source:-    Cinema Business Can Rebound From the COVID-19 Effect

Game Awards 2020: Ghost of Tsushima Vs The Last of Us Part II

 Two video games competed against each other in the Game Awards 2020. Fans of Ghost of Tsushima and fans of The Last of Us Part II were confused as both the games were equal in popularity and fandom following, but who will win?

As this particular award is based on fans voting, The Last of Us Part II bagged the first few rounds, and ‘Ghost of Tsushima’ was nowhere to be found because of low vote counts in the initial rounds.

Surprisingly in the last few moments, a few ‘Ghost of Tsushima’ warriors woke up in the middle of the night and pushed Lord Jin Sakai to first place of Popular Player’s vote in the Game Awards 2020 category.

In the last part of the Popular Player’s vote, three games received the voting, and most of these titles are new to the gaming industry. In phase three of voting, ‘Ghost of Tsushima’ gained 42% of the votes, The Last of Us Part II bagged the second position with 36% of votes, and the last runner up was Hades by Supergiant Games that gained 11% of famous player’s vote in Game Awards 2020.



The Game Awards organizers confirmed that other runner-up games were equally good as the Top three video games. The runner up for the Popular Player’s vote was Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales and id Software’s DOOM Eternal.

Even if ‘Ghost of Tsushima’ gained the first spot on the Popular Player’s vote doesn’t mean it’ll drive away with the best game of the year trophy. Two of the most successful and legendary actors and directors will be paneling the year 2020 session’s game award. Keanu Reeves will be the official presenter of the gaming awards 2020, and Christopher Nolan will present the awards to the best games that came out in 2020.

Fans of ‘Ghost of Tsushima’ can rest assured that their favorite game is a strong contender for the Game of the year 2020 list, and hopefully, it’ll win the award. However, other video games come with a par on ‘Ghost of Tsushima,’ and they also have the chance to bag this award as anything can happen in these game awards at the very last moment.

The top games of the year 2020 award list are DOOM Eternal by Bethesda Softworks/id Software, Final Fantasy VII Remake by Square Enix, Ghost of Tsushima by Sucker Punch Productions, Hades by Supergiant Games, Animal Crossing: New Horizons by Nintendo, and The Last of Us Part II by Naughty Dog/SEI.

Conclusion

‘Ghost of Tsushima’ was undoubtedly the best Game of 2020, but other games are equally deserving of the award. The competition is high, and all the respective fandoms are looking forward to the result. As we already know, the God of War: Ragnarok is coming out in 2021, and most probably, it’ll win every award out there.


Source:-    Game Awards 2020

Google Invites Public Developers for Its Fuchsia OS

 Google is like the charm that Princess of Wales Diana used to carry with her every time she interacted with the public. The platform that Google offers lets its users expand the horizon ever imagined. Google uses open platforms to let the users collaborate with the project to develop something unique. These projects later appear as new products. Google has announced the same with its Fuchsia OS. It has invited public developers to support its Fuchsia OS. Fuchsia’s idea is to be open-source for external developers to enter the public portal and contribute with their code.

About Fuchsia

Fuchsia is an open-source operating system developed by Google. One of the fascinating things about Fuchsia is that it does not have a Linux kernel. Many can consider it strange after Google’s Android OS, which has a Linux-built platform. Fuchsia uses a microkernel, Zircon, that renders lesser basic inherent features with independence for Google to customize the operating system environment from time to time. Hence, it ensures to expand the potential of the Fuchsia along with its capability upgradation. Google considers it an operating system that can work smoothly with many Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. Google has already tested its Fuchsia on Google smart speakers by embedding the operating system program into it. However, Google has not laid any plans to release any hardware that is compatible with Fuchsia OS. According to GitHub, Fuchsia is highly portable and compatible to run on several platforms, like embedded systems, tablets, smartphones, and personal computers.



Advantages of Fuchsia OS

  • Under Flutter, Fuchsia’s user interface gets cross-platform accessibility and availability.
  • The modular system architecture present in the Fuchsia OS helps Google deliver security updates much faster than its Linux-based flagship Android.
  • The hardware manufacturers can replace the microcontrollers and other standard electronic hardware with their modules – without compromising the functionality. But, the productivity of the hardware and software then depends on the integration of the configuration.

Latest Updates

Google has announced plans to increase the development outreach of the new operating system Fuchsia. Google believes that with this step, they would come closer to realize the actual tenets of Fuchsia. The IT giant has provided the link for the other coders to download the source code and emulator to run the code in a simulator, which to date, Fuchsia is offering. The emulator would also help the coders to run the source code and check the logic and running status. Google is hoping that the coders who will contribute to it will enhance the code’s optimization and add new features by increasing its capacity. Google has already published a technical roadmap for the Fuchsia OS project that focuses on very low-level tasks. These include Fuchsia Interface Definition Language, driver framework for updating the kernel independently of the drivers, etc.

Conclusion

Considering Google’s roadmap, Fuchsia will work at the micro-level by enhancing the hardware drivers and software simulation and integration. But, to customize the IoT capability, Google should start building IoT hardware and test the compatibility with the users. Hence, Google needs to bring more devices into the public domain so that the contributors can test and verify the same with what they will add. Otherwise, the external coders would work with current controllers in the market like Raspberry, Arduino, Sparkfun, etc. Google’s belief that these outside coders and contributors can enhance the capacity building measures that can solve and provide optimistic solutions for the controllers’ audio and video streaming end.


Source:-   Google Invites Public Developers 

Friday 13 November 2020

Successful Actors Who Debut In Horror Films

 The elite audience does not appreciate horror movies. And it is very rare to see any slasher movie to make its place at award ceremonies like the Oscars and the Golden Globes.

Only six horror movies are so far nominated for the Academy Awards for the category Best Picture Oscar. The Silence of the Lambs is the only film that has won the award in 1992. Some great actors and actresses have worked in this genre, and some have also started their careers with horror movies.

Leonardo DiCaprio – Critters 3 (1991)

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is an American producer, actor, and environmentalist. He is known for his quirky characters, particularly in periodic and biopics. DiCaprio has ranked as the highest-paid actor in the world.

The brilliant actor achieved Academy Awards, Golden Globe Award, and BAFTA for his mind-blowing performance in The Revenant. And two Golden Globe Awards for The Wolf of Wall Street and The Aviator. DiCaprio was also listed as the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.

The Oscar-winning actor made his debut in the film industry from the film Critters 3 as a stepson of an evil landlord. He played the character of Josh, who joins Charlie McFadden in his fight against alien creatures. However, DiCaprio prefers not to remember the film as he considers it one of his career’s worst films. The film has not saved his career, but it gave him a start.



Leonardo DiCaprio later featured in some masterpieces: The Departed, Blood Diamond, Revolutionary Road, Inception, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Revenant, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Johnny Depp – A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

Johnny Depp is an American musician, producer, actor, and one of the notable film stars. He got a nomination for ten Golden Globe Awards and won one among them for Best Actor for his performance in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Depp has also been nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Actor.

The actor started his career in 1984 with the most successful horror A Nightmare on Elm Street. Depp played the role of Glen Lantz, opposite the famous villain Freddy Krueger. The movie is directed and written by Wes Craven. The plot follows four teenagers living on one street in a fictitious town, Springwood, in Ohio. The killer Krugger invades his victims’ dream and kills them.

A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the financially successful films that collected $57 million against a $1.8 million budget. The film got a terrific response from the audience and got an approval rating of 90% based on 53 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 7.77/10.

Tom Hanks – He Knows You’re Alone (1980)

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks is an American filmmaker and actor. He is one of the industry’s A-listed actors right now known for his dramatic and comedic roles. Hanks is known as an American cultural icon. The actor has won two Academy Award for his fantastic performance as a below-average IQ young man in Forrest Gump and a gay lawyer who has AIDS in Philadelphia.

Hanks has collaborated with the fantastic filmmaker Steven Spielberg in many projects, including Catch Me If You Can, Bridge of Spies, Saving Private Ryan, and The Post. The Oscar-winning actor started his career with a low budget slasher film, and He Knows You’re Alone. The 1980 movie is directed by Armand Mastroianni, starring Don Scardino, Tom Hanks, Caitlin O’Heaney, Elizabeth Kemp, and Tom Rolfing. The plot of the movie follows a would-be bride. A killer stalks her before her wedding. The film collected a gross of $4.9 million against a budget of $250,000.

Hanks played Eliot’s character, who was supposed to be killed at the end of the film. The director liked his performance so much that he cut the death scene from the movie.

Jennifer Aniston – Leprechaun (1993)

Jennifer Joanna Aniston is an American producer, businesswoman, and actress. She has gained international fame from her role in a sitcom TV show Friends, Rachel Green. The actress won Golden Globe, Primetime Emmy, and Screen Actor Guild awards. She has appeared in some big blockbuster films, including Marley & Me, The Break-Up, Horrible Bosses, Bruce Almighty, and We’re the Millers. Aniston featured in numerous magazines’ in the lists of the world’s most beautiful women.

Jennifer started her career with the 1993 movie Leprechaun. Mark Jones directed the film in 1993; he also wrote the screenplay of the film. The film stars Warwick Davis, Mark Holton, and Jennifer Aniston.

The movie got terrible reviews, and it must be one of the films the actress wants to forget. Despite the unsuccess in the box office Jones made six more movies in the franchise. However, Aniston did not appear in any of those.

The above are a few successful actors and actresses who started their career with horror films.


Source:-    Successful Actors Who Debut In Horror Films

Sailor Moon: The Mystery of Usagi’s Family

 Usagi’s family on Sailor Moon makes very few appearances, and it is hard to get to know them because they don’t get appropriate screen time. The viewers never truly get an opportunity to get to know them better. What is even more surprising is that it is unclear for most fans what happens to them beyond the series. Usagi’s mother, Ikuko, used to look after children and chores. Since she wants the best for her children, she sometimes becomes too strict with them. On several occasions, she punishes Usagi quite harshly. But, deep down, she loves Usagi; unfortunately, she never knows about her daughter’s secret identity. 

Usagi’s father looks after his family in his way and is not as strict with the children as his wife. Kenji is a magazine editor and does not hold back when he thinks that children deserve to be scolded. He is open-minded; when he gets to know that her daughter is dating Mamoru, he does not interfere, even though he does not like him much. It is unfortunate that the viewers only get to see him only a few times on the show as he makes an appearance in Season One and Two only. 



Shingo is Usagi’s younger brother, who loves to irritate her. Although he is not shown often in the manga, he makes a few appearances in the anime. When Luna comes to live with the family, it creates many problems for him because of his fear of cats. However, he gets used to her and gradually learns to treat her better. After Usagi’s ascension as Neo-Queen Serenity, the power of Silver Crystal keeps everyone near her healthy and young. But it is not unclear whether the same applies to his family or not. She became the queen at 22 and never gets old.

However, the manga hints at a tragic end for the family. The family is never seen again after Usagi gives her mother injured Artemis. The manga/anime does show cats killed by Sailor Lethe, and it appears that Usagi’s mother was probably murdered to get to them. Even Chibi-Usa says that she has no uncles or grandparents, which might mean that none of Usagi’s family saw her ascend to the throne.

Usagi’s family might be revived in a few scenarios, but there is no conclusive evidence to prove that. It’s hard to accept that such a happy family had a gruesome end. But, most of the clues in the hints on anime/manga point to this grim outcome. 


Source:-  Sailor Moon: The Mystery of Usagi’s Family

My Hero Academia: Who Is Better Between Overhaul and Shoto Todoroki?

  My Hero Academia has several heroes that are powerful enough to rival the strongest protagonists of Shonen anime. Even the prestigious U.A...