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Speedrunning Refs: Rapid Fire OK In Metroid Dread
10.1.2022
In a small but significant win for accessibility advocates within speedrunning, it was announced last Thursday that the Metroid Dread leaderboards on speedrun.com will now allow runners to make use of rapid-fire assists, commonly referred to as turbo, during their runs, and that those runs will...
Fire At Super Nintendo World, But Thankfully No One Was Injured
25.11.2021
On Tuesday, a maintenance worker discovered at fire in the indoor area of the Yoshi’s Adventure attraction at Super Nintendo World in Universal Studios Japan. Fire trucks and emergency vehicles were called, but thankfully no one was injured as the park was already closed for the day. Read more
Report: Activision Took Years To Fire Someone Who Signed Emails '1-800-ALLCOCK'
20.11.2021
A California lawsuit earlier this year alleged sexual harassment, discrimination, and a pervasive “frat boy culture” at Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard. At least in one instance, that culture included an employee signing all of his work emails as “1-800-ALLCOCK.” Read more
Man ‘Tried to Set Himself on Fire’ at S Korean Crypto Exchange Upbit Customer Center
4.11.2021
A man who police claim was ready to set himself on fire at the South Korean crypto exchange giant Upbit’s flagship customer service center has been taken into custody and charged with attempted arson.
Per iNews24, as well as SBS and the Hankyoreh, at 4:20 PM local time on November 4, police...
YouTuber Valkyrae Under Fire Over Skin Care Line
22.10.2021
After streamer Valkyrae’s skincare line RFLCT drew criticism for its promises to help offset the negative effects of computer light,” the YouTube has issued a statement. Yesterday, Valkyrae posted a voice note acknowledging the pushback and promised to answer questions in a future stream.Read more
NBA Top Shot On Fire - Sales Up by 146% in a Week
18.10.2021
NBA Top Shot, an NFT marketplace for trading NBA moments, is witnessing feverish sales volumes after the platform dropped a new series of digital collectibles.
The new booster pack collection, dubbed "Run it Back 05-06," was released on Friday and features the 2005-2006 NBA season, a pivotal...
Republican Political Consultant Under Fire For Trolling About Burning Kid's Pokémon Cards
15.10.2021
On Thursday, former Republican National Committee communications strategist Liz Mair expressed disappointment that fetid hellhole Twitter had gotten pretty boring recently. “I’m starting to consider tweeting deliberately crazy and offensive stuff just to try to spice it up again,” she wrote. Lo...
Straight Fire Connects Chainlink VRF Helping to Support Dynamic NFT Collections
14.10.2021
Straight Fire has announced that its NFT player has integrated Chainlink Verifiable Random Function (VRF) with Polygon Mainnet. With this integration, Straight Fire now has access to the auditable resource of randomness to help users get on-chain evidence that it developed underpinning distribution...
Slovenské RPG Sacred Fire vyjde již příští měsíc
29.9.2021
Pale Fire Capital vydá dluhopisy za půl miliardy, chce investovat do e-commerce a IT
27.9.2021
Tuzemská investiční skupina Pale Fire Capital se chystá vydat dluhopisy, které mají podpořit další expanzi v technologickém sektoru a e-commerce
What players wish Nintendo would fix for Switch discovery
20.9.2021
[The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is written by ‘how people find your game’ expert & GameDiscoverCo founder Simon Carless, and is a regular look at how people discover and buy video games in the 2020s.] It’s a brand new week in the neighborhood, game discovery fam....
Salvadoran Court of Accounts to Investigate Government’s Bitcoin ATM Buys, Chivo Kiosk Construction
17.9.2021
According to reports stemming from the Salvadoran Court of Accounts, the regulatory body is planning to investigate the government’s bitcoin automated teller machine (ATM) purchases and Chivo kiosk construction. The investigation follows the recent protest in El Salvador against the adoption...
Thousands Joined Anti-Bitcoin March in El Salvador, BTC ATM Torched
16.9.2021
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Twitch Streamer Under Fire By Genshin Impact Fans Over Anti-Chinese Tirade
9.9.2021
A Genshin Impact streamer recently drew public criticism after using anti-Chinese language against an ethnically Korean streamer in a disagreement about gameplay.Read more
Fire SVG animations (SMIL) when the SVG is visible
7.9.2021
When requirements read “when visible” your brain should go straight to IntersectionObserver. That’s exactly what Zach is doing here to kick off an animation when it scrolls into view.
Except this animation is an SVG SMIL animation: an <animate>…
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Fire Emblem Switch Fans, Here's Your Next Tactics RPG Obsession
31.8.2021
When I saw Dark Deity pop up during the ceaseless outpouring of Gamescom streams, I wrote it off as a competent-looking if somewhat uninspired turn-based RPG. Well, here’s a cool thing I learned today: Dark Deity is actually a tactics game. And based on the latest trailers, it looks perfect for...
Fire Emblem's Gatekeeper Is Playable Now, And He's Powerful
24.8.2021
Of all the characters I expected to be added to the mobile gacha game Fire Emblem Heroes, the Gatekeeper from Fire Emblem: Three Houses was not the first person who came to mind.Read more
Arson Suspected After House Of Twitch's Biggest Female Star Catches Fire
17.8.2021
Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa, the most-watched woman on Twitch, said in a Twitter thread that her house caught fire last Friday. According to Siragusa, investigators haven’t pinpointed a specific cause but “strongly suspect arson.”Read more
Alex Saunders again under fire after virtual HQ in Decentraland fails to launch
17.8.2021
Controversial crypto influencer Alex Saunders is making headlines again, with followers claiming he raised $57,000 in NFT from them to launch a virtual community headquarters that hasn’t materialized
[aktualita] Pale Fire Capital kupuje službu Rouvy, virtuální trenažér pro běžce či cyklisty
4.8.2021
Investiční skupina Pale Fire Capital (PFC), která je mimo jiné většinovým vlastníkem aukčního portálu Aukro.cz, hlásí další akvizici. Koupila českou firmu Virtual Training, která vyvinula aplikaci na domácí virtuální trénink jízdy na kole či běhu Rouvy. Noví majitelé chtějí s aplikací porazit...