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UK’s finance watchdog defends ‘too tough’ on crypto stance
22.10.2024
The FCA has defended its rigorous crypto regulations, countering claims that its high standards stifle innovation and hinder the UK’s global financial leadership
Get A Perfect Visions Of Mana Team With These Class Picks
1.10.2024
Visions of Mana is one of the most friendly RPGs you could ask for, but its class system can still feel overwhelming if you don’t specifically enjoy maximizing your damage numbers. With a total of five characters and eight unique class options (not counting each character’s default classes), you’ll...
There's No Wrong Way To Tackle Visions Of Mana's Bosses, But There's A Right Way For You
24.9.2024
Visions of Mana is a predominantly linear game, but Chapter Seven throws a curveball. With three boss fights against the Benevodons down and only five to go, you can choose to take on the next four elemental demons in any order you like. It’s a vaguely Mega Man style structure, since each boss will...
Here’s The Deal With Those High-Level Ruins In Visions Of Mana
12.9.2024
Has this ever happened to you? You’re playing Visions Of Mana, learning to swing your sword around, wondering why Val seems okay with sacrificing his girlfriend, and then BAM! Level 53 enemies!? At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely outside...
10 Crucial Tips To Get The Most Out Of Visions Of Mana
4.9.2024
Visions of Mana is one of the cutest RPGs Square Enix has ever created, but it houses some fascinating secrets underneath its cheerful surface. I’m not talking about its story, though you will see some dark turns before your journey in Fa’diel ends. Instead I mean that underneath the bright...
Visions Of Mana: The Kotaku Review
27.8.2024
There’s no outfit in gaming with a stronger history of telling tales about picking fights with God than Square Enix. Literally or metaphorically, from Final Fantasy Legend/SaGa and Star Ocean to Xenogears and even some Final Fantasies, a foundational narrative in which our heroes push back against...
Star Wars: The Acolyte Fans Worry The Entire Show Might Disappear After Disney Takes Down Store Merch
22.8.2024
For fans of Qimir, Osha, and their twisted journey along the dark side of the Force, Star Wars: The Acolyte not getting renewed for a second season was disappointing enough. But now some are worried the first season might disappear from Disney+ as well after the show’s merch was removed from...
Everything You Need To Know About The Visions Of Mana Demo
13.8.2024
Visions of Mana is the first new mainline entry in Square Enix’s Mana series in over 15 years, so naturally it has attracted huge attention from modern-day RPG fans and retro game enthusiasts alike. As is tradition with Square Enix games, a demo for Visions of Mana was released ahead of the game’s...
From Star Wars Outlaws To Visions Of Mana: 18 Cool Games To Check Out In August
1.8.2024
August has arrived. That means a fresh new calendar of game releases, from massive AAA titles to potential new indie darlings. Read more
10 Unforgettable Cult Movies You Can Watch On Netflix Today
25.5.2024
Netflix is a go-to for must-watch series like 3 Body Problem and Stranger Things, but it’s not really a cult movie destination. If you dig deep, though, you can turn up some offbeat sci-fi and horror gems. With io9's previous Netflix cult-movie guide now mostly outdated, here’s a fresh list culled...
Blizzard Just Fixed A 15-Year-Old Bug In World Of Warcraft Classic
29.3.2023
If you ever suspected that your version of the legendary weapon, Val’anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings, could trigger shields that would absorb more damage than seemed normal, Blizzard’s QA department might have just proved you right. As it turns out, Val’anyrs’ stats contained an extra zero. Whoops!...
Crypto Pokémon Clone’s Currency Plunges To Less Than A Penny
13.5.2022
Crypto markets are bottoming out and nothing’s immune, not even the potions critters use to breed in the Pokémon-style collectathon Axie Infinity. Called Smooth Love Potions, the currency has been trending down for some time now as players flood the market with it. For the first time in...
God Panel From Val Kilmer Gets ChainLink VRF Support
13.4.2022
We have seen people financially connect with the crypto space. But such an outlook is changing as the industry keeps breaking the barriers of human connectivity through its innovative offerings. Val Kilmer plans to take his initiative to the next level with help from ChainLink VRF. Kilmer is...
Value Locked in Defi Slips 5% in 24 Hours, AMM and Rebase Tokens Take Double-Digit Losses
5.12.2021
Since mid-November the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) has slid from $257 billion to $250.55 billion and during the last 24 hours it lost a touch more than 5%. Over the last seven days, defi tokens like uniswap, pancakeswap, curve dao token, 1inch and sushi have lost...
Gay Road Trip RPGs Are A Thing Now, And I'm Into It
30.9.2021
Not many hero’s journey games lean into the journey part occurring from the back seat of a convertible, where you talk about how you had a crush on your best friend while their partner drives, but then, Get in the Car, Loser! isn’t afraid to get awkward, while also gaying up the place with all...
World-Famous DJs Paul Oakenfold, Carl Cox, Paul Val Dyk Spin and Crossfade Into the NFT Universe
28.9.2021
While celebrities and athletes have been jumping into the non-fungible token (NFT) scene headfirst, a large quantity of music acts have also entered the NFT industry. On Tuesday, a lineup of world-famous DJs are being represented in a newly launched NFT collection called Djenerates. The...
'Intelectual Posturing' Highlights Ethereum's Extractable Value Vulnerability
12.7.2021
A "personal project" by a developer might bring even more controversy into the so-called Miner Extractable Value (MEV) practice on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, possibly tempting some miners to extract all the value they can from Ethereum before it moves to a proof-of-stake consensus...
DeFi Helps Ethereum Surpass Bitcoin in Adjusted Transfer Value
10.9.2020
The 7-day average adjusted transfer value of Ethereum’s native ETH token has for the first time since early 2018 surpassed that of bitcoin (BTC), a new report from crypto analytics firm Coin Metrics showed.
According to the report, the ‘flippening’ is due to ETH increasingly being used...
Revisiting prefers-reduced-motion, the reduced motion media query
30.4.2019
Two years ago, I wrote about prefers-reduced-motion, a media query introduced into Safari 10.1 to help people with vestibular and seizure disorders use the web. The article provided some background about the media query, why it was needed, and how to work with it to avoid creating...