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Jigras visuals show a wonderful integration of artistry and the technicality as a whole blended under the auspices of arpan.gaglani and anand. Produced under eternalsunshineproduction and dharmamovies, eternally depicting the depth within the immersive visualizations that do the magic and take the viewer through the scenes.From minor environmental add-ons to complex sequences, each frame of Jigra was creatively constructed with the balance of realism and cinematic magic. In the VFX breakdown by director vasanbalaa, one can easily perceive how modern techniques were used while augmenting performances by aliaabhatt among others. The CGI set extensions, dynamic simulations, and photorealistic renders really brought to life the world of Jigra.The final result is a testament to the dedication and expertise of the VFX and production teams, delivering a visually stunning film that resonates with audiences while pushing the boundaries of Indian cinema.PhilmcgiThe post Philmcgi Presents: JIGRA VFX Breakdown appeared first on Vfxexpress.

Thinking of sprucing up your living room for the new year? Here are 10 living room design ideas taken from Dezeen's archive of lookbooks, featuring suggestions for colours, furniture and lighting.Since 2020, Dezeen has published more than 350 lookbooks that give visual inspiration for all kinds of interiors, based on the stories we publish.Below, we've collected 10 lookbooks into a useful guide that captures key trends for designing and updating a living room.This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring bedrooms with creative lighting solutions, interiors with gold and silver accents and all-white interiors.Photo by Karimoku Case StudyGive it a Japandi makeoverA consistently popular interior design trend is the combination of Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics, known as Japandi.Defined by minimalist design and natural materials, the Japandi style makes for a calming living room setting, as exemplified in our lookbook of 10 elegant living rooms that adopt the style.Pictured above is a home in Tokyo by Norm Architects andKeiji Ashizawa Design, which features wood surfaces and neutral-toned furnishings.See more Japandi living rooms Photo by Nick GlimenakisStorage is keyAmple storage is vital to creating functional, clutter-free interiors, and our lookbook of living rooms with statement shelving gives examples of how to incorporate beautiful storage into the design of a space.The selection of interiors includes custom shelving designed to show off the owners' book collection and units that double as room dividers.The image above shows a renovated factory in New York, where architects Ravi Raj and Evan Watts added built-in storage in an eye-catching pastel yellow.See more living rooms with statement shelving Photo by Giulio GhirardiSupersize the sofaIf you want to make a bold statement in your living room, add a gigantic sofa.Our lookbook of living rooms with giant sofas shows spaces that prioritise ample sitting space, making the couch the focal point of the interior.For his overhaul of a classic Haussmann-era Parisian apartment, shown above, interior designer Rodolphe Parente aimed to contrast the building's original features with contemporary pieces, including a sculptural sofa that dominates the space.See more living rooms with giant sofas Photo by Alice MesguichMake a sculptural coffee table the centrepieceYou could also make a sculptural coffee table the focus of your living room, using it as a centre point to arrange the seating around.Tables ranging in shape from geometric stone slabs to curved and waved forms were featured in our lookbook of eight contemporary living rooms with sculptural coffee tables.In the image above, interiors firm DAB Studio opted for a glass tabletop perched on cuboid and cone-shaped blocks, which complements the other angular furniture pieces in the Dutch house.See more living rooms with sculptural coffee tables Photo by Eric PetschekIlluminate with paper lampsPaper lamps offer a versatile lighting option for living rooms, creating a warm, cosy glow and adding organic textural surfaces.Drawing upon traditional Japanese rice paper lanterns, our lookbook of living rooms illuminated by paper lamps showcases the variety of shapes and sizes they come in.Shown above is a beach house in theHamptons, where a large spherical paper lamp was suspended over a double-height living room to cast its glow on the home's timber structure.See more living rooms with paper lamps Add an eye-catching rugAdding a rug is one of the easiest ways to transform your living room, whether it's to inject some colour or help zone different areas.Our lookbook of living rooms with statement rugs gives inspiration on how to use rugs to tie together the furniture in a space.New York firm No Architecture used a warm-toned rug in the living room pictured above, which complements a wooden coffee table and contrasts a navy sofa.See more living rooms with statement rugs Photo by Rory GardinerSuspend a fireplaceTo enhance the sense of cosiness in your living room, add a suspended fireplace.As our lookbook of lounge areas with suspended fireplaces shows, ceiling-mounted stoves and log burners create an interesting focal point that hovers above the ground.An example is the fireplace at Marramarra Shack in Australia, pictured above, which is surrounded by tiered seating on one side and a large window overlooking a creek on the other.See more suspended fireplaces in living rooms Photo by Sean DavidsonWarm it up with autumnal shadesAlthough autumn only comes once a year, the red and orange hues often associated with the season make for a cosy living room colour palette all year round.Dezeen's lookbook of living rooms decorated in autumnal shades highlights living rooms with furniture and surfaces in deep reds, rusty terracottas and burnt oranges.The image above shows an apartment inNew York's West Village, where interior designer Olivier Garc added a terracotta-toned upholstered chair, a coffee table with a pink-glazed lava stone tabletop and a floor lamp with a fire-engine red shade.See more autumnal living rooms Photo by Salva LpezKeep it lowFor a relaxed and informal feel, decorate your living room with low-slung furniture.Sofas, tables and storage units that sit low to the ground are featured in our lookbook of eight living rooms where low-slung furniture creates a casual lounge atmosphere.Pictured above is a converted factory apartment in Barcelona, where a slow-slung shelf, table and sofa with deep seats enhance the high vaulted ceilings.See more living rooms with low-slung furniture Photo by Darren BradleyBuild a conversation pitIf you want to go even lower than low-slung furniture, you could build a retro-inspired conversation pit into the ground for an intimate gathering space, as shown in our lookbook of residential interiors with cosy conversation pits.Popularised in the mid-twentieth century, conversation pits have made a comeback in recent years as architects have reimagined the sunken sofa.Purple cushions line the 13-square-metre sunken pit in the living room of Pam and Paul's House in California, shown above.See more interiors with conversation pits This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring bedrooms with creative lighting solutions, interiors with gold and silver accents and all-white interiors.The post Ten living room design ideas from Dezeen appeared first on Dezeen.

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On This Day in HistorySolomon Northups Twelve Years a Slave Came to an End as He Regained His Long-Awaited Freedom on This Day in 1853Northups memoir told the story of his kidnapping and years of enslavement in Louisiana. The book became a national best seller and inspired an Oscar-winning film A sketch of Solomon Northup from his memoir,Twelve Years a SlavePublic domain via Wikimedia CommonsSolomon Northup was a free Black man living in Saratoga Springs, New Yorka married, educated carpenter and musicianwhen two white men asked him to be their fiddle player in Washington, D.C in 1841. Interested, 33-year-old Northup accompanied the men to the nations capital, where they drugged him, tied him up and dropped him in the Williams Slave Pen.Northup was no longer free. He would spend the next 12 years of his life enslaved, until he was finally freed on this day in 1853.It was like a farmers barnyard in most respects, save it was so constructed that the outside world could never see the human cattle that were herded there, Northup later wrote of the slave pen in which his ordeal began. Its outside presented only the appearance of a quiet private residence. A stranger looking at it would never have dreamed of its execrable uses.Northups kidnappers had stolen his freedom papersthe documentation that designated him a free African American in the United States, where slavery would be legal for another two decades. From Washington, he was taken first to New Orleans, then to multiple plantations in central Louisiana. Scenes from Northup's memoir,Twelve Years a SlavePublic domain via Wikimedia CommonsA man named William Prince Ford bought Northup, who had been renamed Platt by the slave traders. Later, Northup recalled that Ford rewarded him for his work and behaved leniently toward him while, under subsequent masters, there was no prompter to extra effort but the overseers lash. Fords lenience came to an abrupt end when he sold Northup to a carpenter in 1842. The carpenter, in turn, sold him once more to plantation owner Edwin Epps for $1,500.Epps turned out to be an especially sadistic master. He developed a twisted, pathological attachment to his female slave, Patsey, notes educator Laurel Sneed. Northup later wrote that Epps rarely went a day without whipping at least one of the people he enslaved.It is the literal, unvarnished truth that the crack of the lash, and the shrieking of the slaves, can be heard from dark till bed time on Epps plantation, any day almost during the entire period of the cotton-picking season, Northup recalled. To speak truthfully of Edwin Epps would be to sayhe is a man in whose heart the quality of kindness or of justice is not found.In the summer of 1852, Epps hired a white Canadian carpenter named Samuel Bass to do some work for him. Bass was opposed to slavery and compassionate to Northups plight; he agreed to write a letter to two white storekeepers back in Saratoga, New Yorkfriends of Northupstelling them of Northups enslavement and whereabouts.12 YEARS A SLAVE - Official Trailer (HD)Watch on The shopkeepers, William Perry and Cephas Parker, in turn told Northups wife, Anne, and his attorney, Henry Bliss Northup, a relative of the former enslaver of Northups father. The attorney gained permission from New Yorks governor to go south and rescue Northup, and on January 3, 1853, he arrived at Epps house with the local sheriff. They escorted Northup off the plantation and legally obtained his freedom at a local courthouse the next day.Epps regarded Black people as chattel, as mere live property, Northup later wrote. When the evidence, clear and indisputable, was laid before him that I was a free man, and as much entitled to my liberty as he he only raved and swore, denouncing the law that tore me from him, and declaring he would find out the man who had forwarded the letter that disclosed the place of my captivity, if there was any virtue or power in money, and would take his life.Northup was reunited with his family on January 21, 1853. Over the next few months, Northup and editor David Wilson wrote a book detailing his story. Titled Twelve Years a Slave, the memoir was published that summer. It sold 17,000 copies in four monthsnearly 30,000 by 1855. A 2013 film adaptation of Northups story won the Academy Award for Best Picture.After his best-selling book was published, Northup became an active member of the abolitionist movement, giving speeches throughout the Northeast, staging plays based on his story and likely helping enslaved people on the Underground Railroad. He disappeared from the historical record after a final public appearance in Ontario, Canada, in August 1857. The time and circumstances of his death are unknown.Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.Filed Under: African American History, American History, Based on a True Story, Books, Movies, On This Day in History, Slavery

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware called PLAYFULGHOST that comes with a wide range of information-gathering features like keylogging, screen capture, audio capture, remote shell, and file transfer/execution.The backdoor, according to Google's Managed Defense team, shares functional overlaps with a known remote administration tool referred to as Gh0st RAT, which had its source code publicly leaked in 2008.PLAYFULGHOST's initial access pathways include the use of phishing emails bearing code of conduct-related lures or search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning techniques to distribute trojanized versions of legitimate VPN apps like LetsVPN."In one phishing case, the infection begins by tricking the victim into opening a malicious RAR archive disguised as an image file by using a .jpg extension," the company said. "When extracted and executed by the victim, the archive drops a malicious Windows executable, which eventually downloads and executes PLAYFULGHOST from a remote server."Attack chains employing SEO poisoning, on the other hand, seek to deceive unsuspecting users into downloading a malware-laced installer for LetsVPN, which, when launched, drops an interim payload responsible for retrieving the backdoor components.The infection is notable for leveraging methods such as DLL search order hijacking and side-loading to launch a malicious DLL that's then used to decrypt and load PLAYFULGHOST into memory.Mandiant said it also observed a "more sophisticated execution scenario" wherein a Windows shortcut ("QQLaunch.lnk") file, combines the contents of two other files named "h" and "t" to construct the rogue DLL and sideload it using a renamed version of "curl.exe."PLAYFULGHOST is capable of setting up persistence on the host using four different methods: Run registry key, scheduled task, Windows Startup folder, and Windows service. It boasts an extensive set of features that allow it to gather extensive data, including keystrokes, screenshots, audio, QQ account information, installed security products, clipboard content, and system metadata.It also comes with capabilities to drop more payloads, block mouse and keyboard input, clear Windows event logs, wipe clipboard data, perform file operations, delete caches and profiles associated with web browsers like Sogou, QQ, 360 Safety, Firefox, and Google Chrome, and erase profiles and local storage for messaging applications such as Skype, Telegram, and QQ.Some of the other tools deployed via PLAYFULGHOST are Mimikatz and a rootkit that's capable of hiding registry, files, and processes specified by the threat actor. Also dropped along with the download of PLAYFULGHOST components is an open-source utility called Terminator that can kill security processes by means of a Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attack."On one occasion, Mandiant observed a PLAYFULGHOST payload being embedded within BOOSTWAVE," the tech giant said. "BOOSTWAVE is a shellcode that acts as in-memory dropper for an appended Portable Executable (PE) payload."The targeting of applications like Sogou, QQ, and 360 Safety and the use of LetsVPN lures raise the possibility that these infections are targeting Chinese-speaking Windows users. In July 2024, Canadian cybersecurity vendor eSentire revealed a similar campaign that leveraged fake installers for Google Chrome to propagate Gh0st RAT using a dropper dubbed Gh0stGambit.Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post.

What we've been playing - Loot fountains, Indy delights, and layers of game trifleA few of the things that had us hooked this festive season.Image credit: Eurogamer/Bethesda Softworks Feature by Robert Purchese Associate Editor Additional contributions byKatharine Castle, and Tom PhillipsPublished on Jan. 4, 2025 4th JanuaryHello and Happy New Year! Did you have a nice break? I hope so.This is our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing, in this case, over the festive break. This time, we gorged on loot in Diablo 4 and Path of Exile 2, we were pleasantly surprised nay delighted by Indiana Jones, and dug into the trifle-like layers of genius that make up Animal Well.Catch up with the older editions of this column in our What We've Been Playing archive.Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred, PS5I've been ping-ponging between Diablo 4 and Path of Exile 2 during the Christmas break - I've been filling my ARPG cup, you could say. What surprised me, doing this, is how complimentary the games can be. Path of Exile 2 is frugal. It doesn't give up anything easily. You inch through zones and then try multiple times to beat bosses, and when you do, they don't give you much, the stingy bastards. Path of Exile 2 certainly doesn't shower you in rewards like Diablo 4 does.Treasure Goblins everywhere!Watch on YouTubeNever was this more apparent than during Diablo 4's festive Slay Ride to Hell celebration, which spawned Treasure Goblins around the map seemingly everywhere - those scurrying Santa-like carriers of bottomless bags of loot. The spawns were particularly potent in the new Vessel of Hatred expansion zone, Nahantu, which it turns out I hadn't been to yet because I hadn't played the expansion yet. Cue, then, the perfect storm for me: catching up on a year of loot changes and expansion content, while also being drenched in fountains of loot along the way.It did get old eventually, but not before I'd romped through the standard character levels with the new Spirit Warrior class and redeemed literal bags full of some of the best loot in the game. I even had time to re-equip a few other characters. It's an embarrassment of riches that couldn't be further away from the Scrooge-like approach of Path of Exile 2, and I loved Diablo for it - I gorged on it.Now, though, I'm back to Path of Exile 2, as if to purge the excess of Diablo. It's fitting for January, I feel.-BertieAnimal Well, PC (Steam Deck)This video features the maker of Animal Well: Billy Basso.Watch on YouTubeI swallowed the Animal Well pill along with my Christmas dinner this holiday season and cor, what an absolute gem of a game. I know it's been said a million times already, but Developer Billy Basso has cooked up something really very special with this debut, and Metroidvania likers owe it to themselves to get this played if they haven't already. This is an ingenious interpretation of the genre, not just in the way it changes the rules around traversal and discovery (swapping double jumps for frisbees and bubble wands, for example, and dashes for yo-yos and spinning tops), but also because it's just so gosh-darned clever. It does that thing that a lot of my favourite games do, in that it plops you into a world and then simply gestures towards the open door, leaving you to discover it for yourself with next to no guidance whatsoever. It's so, so thrilling, and the kind of game that occupies every waking thought while you're playing it.Case in point: I loved discovering all the different 'layers' of Animal Well the more I played it. The first one is the six-odd hour jaunt you'll experience to simply get to the bottom of the well, completing the main thrust of its story quest and conquering its 'final' boss. The second layer, however, is where Animal Well really comes alive, which is a 64-strong egg hunt that actually lets you leave the well altogether, leading to what I'd consider its proper ending. This is what I was able to finish over the holidays, expanding my playtime closer to 20 hours. But there's also a third layer that riffs on all manner of Tunic/Fez/ARG-style 'deep' secrets involving hidden bunnies, bar codes, community puzzles that - hands up - are probably beyond me (or rather, beyond the amount of available head space I have for that kind of stuff alongside also having a job).But man alive, that egg hunt layer was properly great, if only because the tools and gadgets you need to obtain to find them all go way beyond what's required to beat the first layer of Animal Well. It really fires up your mind about what's possible in this strange environment, and what other secrets might have been hiding in plain sight all along. And some of those eggs are so well hidden! An absolutely insane achievement for a solo developer, and very deserving of its spot in our Top 50 Games of 2024.-KatharineIndiana Jones and the Great Circle, Xbox Series XTo see this content please enable targeting cookies. Watch on YouTubeWhat a joy it's been discovering Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Eurogamer's 2024 Game of the Year. I'll happily admit to some initial scepticism about it. Indiana Jones is a franchise that has not always been well looked after, and while MachineGames is undoubtedly a talented developer, it is not known for handling licensed action adventure games. How wrong I was! I'm having more fun than I've had with pretty much any other game launched last year.But it goes beyond Indy simply being a fun game to play. MachineGames consistently demonstrates an understanding of the essence of Indy - his half-mumbled deductions, mildly snarky humour, and the subtle movements and facial animation that make me feel like I'm watching a fresh performance mo-capped by Harrison Ford himself.Then there's the attention to detail. Surely I wasn't the only one who teased out the arrival of the game's first villain even longer by reading up on all the fossil exhibits in the college library? And hopefully I'm not the only one to notice MachineGames finally solving something that irks me in so many games I play: that you explore a cave/dungeon/some catacombs supposedly left undisturbed for hundreds of years, except for the fact that all the candles are still burning.Indiana Jones, I should have known some day you'd come walking back through my door with a brilliant new chapter. I just didn't expect it to be this.-Tom

New hardware smellEverything about the "Switch successor"Ollie Reynolds, Staff WriterI've just finished a playthrough of Still Wakes the Deep on Xbox, and flippin' Nora, it was so enjoyable, I'm kinda tempted to just go right back to the start and do it again!On the Switch, I've decided to kickstart 2025 with a fresh playthrough of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury; something reasonably lighthearted to keep me busy (and sane while I await the Switch 2 reveal!).Gavin Lane, EditorIve managed to spend a few hours with Arco so far and it blends mechanics and narrative beautifully - looking forward to playing more. Ive also been polishing off some of Loreleis trickier puzzles - its such an intricate game, easily the most impressive thing I played last year.Beyond that? Oh, the backlogss brimming but I picked up Lego Star Wars on sale, so I might dip back into The Phantom Menace with the kids ordering me about. My compulsive collection of shiny studs sucks the fun out of most Lego games, but having the kids there to stop me mindlessly destroying every last plant pot improves the experience immeasurably.Have a good one, folks.Jim Norman, Staff WriterAfter a holiday break of playing not all that much, actually, Im looking forward to spending a bit of time with something chilled this weekend. Ive been playing through Pokmon Emerald again recently and only have a couple of gyms left before I polish it off. Im also completely in love with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami at the moment, so Im hoping to wrap that up too talk about a hidden gem of 2024 (Duck Detective, not Pokmon Emerald)!Ill also likely be playing a spot of Marvel Rivals after a couple of weeks off, but dont tell my Switch that.Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube790kWatch on YouTube Kate Gray, ContributorI'm still travelling this weekend, and I also forgot it was the weekend because I don't know what day it is, so... lots of train journeys. That makes it the perfect time to play something new, don't it?I downloaded 1000xRESIST because every single one of my friends won't stop talking about it, and I played through the first hour with my partner (thinking it was an "experience this together" sort of thing), but I think I might restart it on my own. I hear excellent things.I also bought a ton of thinky-type puzzle-type games in the Steam Sale, so I should give those a go, but I've mostly been playing Fields of Mistria. I don't usually play Early Access games, and I'm reminded why: I don't like to feel like I'm eating a meal before all the constituent parts are on the plate. It's a very polished and enjoyable game, for sure, but I can see the empty spaces where the sides are supposed to go, and it's a bit of a bummer!Nile Bowie, ContributorHowdy, folks. I received a late X-Mas gift from myself in the mail this week: a shiny new Analogue Pocket. Ive got an extensive collection of physical cartridges for the original Game Boy and finally decided the Pocket and its gorgeous display were worth shelling out for. Ive started a new playthrough of Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, a game I have fond memories of playing as a 90s kid at summer camp. Ill be giving other my Game Boy puzzler favourites like QIX, Quarth, and Tetris a go this weekend! I really should restart and finally finish Mole Mania too, an overlooked Miyamoto classic.Speaking of, I also grabbed the playable documentary-style Tetris Forever during the holiday sale and will finish it up this weekend. Im quite familiar with Tetris' origins story, that infamous glasnost-era licensing debacle in the old USSR, but its retold by those involved with particular candour and detail here. The new Tetris Time Warp mode is a real kicker too! Ill also be chipping away at Antonblast. Itll be a retro-fueled doozy of a weekend in gaming for me.Gonalo Lopes, ContributorTurning into chapter nine of Yakuza Kiwami thanks to very solid progress during the holidays. Would probably be further up in the main story had I not spend an insane amount of time collecting cards of ladies dressed up in insect outfits and parts for the miniature car racing customization kits. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Ritas Rewind is back in rotation after the latest patch made the sprite scaling sections more manageable and will probably give Cho Aniki Collection a spin since Ive always been a fan of this zany series.Game of the week is Under Defeat. The physical Switch remastered version arrived just in time for the holidays and it is glorious. For the first time in full 16:9 and with a new twin stick control scheme this is the definitive way to enjoy G.Revs Naomi board classic.Ethan Zack, ContributorHappy 2025! For better or worse, I have officially boarded the Switch 2 hype train and my brain is just about fully occupied by excitement for hardware leaks I dont understand, rumors that are probably fake, and daydreams about games that arent even announced.Unfortunately, the looming reveal of the Switch successor has the side effect of making me reluctant to start any new games on the off-chance that they might look nicer or run better whenever that shiny, new piece of tech releases. As such, Im dipping back into the legacy stuff, starting with my first-ever playthrough of Super Monkey Ball on GameCube. I knew that Monkey Ball is supposed to be an ultra-replayable, learn-the-level sort of experience, but I was not prepared for how difficult the advanced and expert stages can be. Some of these floors are downright evil, man.That's what we have planned for the weekend, but what about you? Let us know in the following poll which games you're planning on booting up over the next couple of days.What are you playing this weekend (4th/5th January)? (19 votes)Related GamesSee Also