• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 The Fifth Commandment Side Quest Walkthrough
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    The Fifth Commandment is one of the most complex and troublesome sidequests in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. However, it's a necessary step to reach one of the best possible endings in the game, as well as to romance Katherine. If you're having trouble solving the murder of Katherine's friends, here's a detailed guide on this troublesome quest, including all the information about the investigation, which dialogue choices to pick, and how to catch the Serial Killer.
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  • Great Strategy Games That Deserve Sequels
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    Strategy games are often unique for their complexity, depth, and mechanics-focused approach to design. While this tends to make them more inaccessible than the average game, it often provides players with a rewarding loop that offers long-lasting value. As a result of this focus on systems and mechanics, strategy games are often left with broad design spaces.
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  • Daredevils White Tiger is a living relic of a very different Marvel Comics
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    Daredevil isnt just back in Disney Plus Daredevil: Born Again. Hes bringing more members of the Marvel Comics community with him, with the late Kamar de los Reyes in the role of Hector Ayala, the White Tiger.Born Again skates lightly over White Tigers powers and backstory in its premiere episodes just enough to leave a viewer either tantalized or confused. Hes got superpowers from some amulets? How did he get them? Which superpowers? Whats the meaning behind his tiger theming?The answer to those questions is: Yes, its three amulets; he found them in the garbage; they give him strength, stamina, agility, and instant mastery of martial arts; and hes a tiger because tigers are, you know, a powerful shorthand for Asian themes in Western art.And for that to make sense, you need to know a little more about how Marvel Comics responded to the blockbuster success of martial arts movies in the 1970s.Who is Daredevils White Tiger?There have been multiple White Tigers over the years, but Daredevil: Born Again features Hector Ayala, the first White Tiger and Marvels first Latino superhero. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Hectors family moved to New York City at some point during his adolescence. While attending Empire State University the fictitious Manhattan college most name-dropped by Marvel Comics writers he discovered the three amulets of the Sons of the Tiger in a garbage-strewn alley.Upon donning the head- and paw-shaped amulets, he discovered his new powers and his new destiny as the White Tiger, using them to battle street gangs and crime syndicates.And the tiger motif?Hector was created by legendary comics figures, writer Bill Mantlo (co-creator of Rocket Raccoon) and artist George Prez (co-creator of the New Teen Titans, revitalizer of Wonder Woman, artist of Infinity War), at the very beginning of their careers. And he was created for an audience that was martial arts fans first, and comics fans second.In 1975, the year of White Tigers debut, Mantlo and Prez were working on the comics sections of The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, a magazine for the martial arts fan produced by Marvel Comics then-sister publisher, Magazine Management. Chasing the interest that had propelled films like Five Fingers of Death and Fist of Fury to the top of the American box office, Deadly Hands published interviews, editorials, guides, and reporting (though you probably wouldnt call it a rigorous examination of the martial arts tradition, at least not by todays standards). And it also featured martial arts adventure fiction in each issue, in the form of ongoing comics stories, printed in black and white.Though Deadly Hands left the Marvel branding off its covers in favor of emphasizing its martial arts specificity, its comics naturally featured Marvel characters, both those that had originated in the comics like Iron Fist, Shang-Chi, Colleen Wing, and Misty Knight and original characters like Mantlo and Prezs the Sons of the Tiger. The Sons of the Tiger were a trio of multicultural friends who used three amulets (one tigers head and two claws) to pool their strength, giving each of them the power of three martial artists in one body. Who doesnt love a By our powers combined! kind of adventure?But by 75 Mantlo and Prez felt like theyd kind of done all they could do with the Sons and wanted to move on to something different. So they penned a story where the three friends had a falling out over a girl typical 20-something drama and discarded their magical amulets in the trash. After all, Spider-Man did it with his costume in 1967! This was a fine Marvel tradition!Their new character, Hector Ayala, found the amulets, and the rest was history or at least a brand-new hero for them to work with in the pages of Deadly Hands.Prez, himself a native Nuyorican, recalled that it was Mantlos suggestion to make White Tiger Puerto Rican. Figuring that we had pretty much dredged the well of ideas for the Tiger Sons, he told Marvel.com in 2019, we wanted to go in a different direction and, since he was working with a Puerto Rican artist from the Bronx, Bill suggested creating a character utilizing my experience and background. And, as simply as that, the White Tiger was born.The artist admitted that Bill was probably more aware of the significance of creating the first Latino Super Hero to star in his own series than Prez was. That said, I did feel a special connection with Hector Ayala whose name was one I chose based on some neighborhood friends since it was a novelty for me to draw from my own life experiences to create Hectors inner city world, both visually and atmospherically, he said, noting that he drew Hectors face after his own brother, and Hectors mother after his own mother.Who else has been the White Tiger?Hector Ayala has had several successors since his debut in the 1970s, notably two of his younger relatives: his younger sister, Ava Ayala, and his niece, Angela del Toro.Any other weird White Tiger stuff in Marvel history?Well for a year or so in the late 1990s, the current White Tiger was let me check my notes here an actual white Bengal tiger that the High Evolutionary evolved into the form of an adult human woman martial arts expert. The tiger did not like this very much, found human emotions difficult, and was eventually returned to her original form and the wild. So thats nice.
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  • How to get a Frost Sac and Freezer Sac in Monster Hunter Wilds
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    The Frost Sac is a monster part youll need to collect to forge several pieces of armor or weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds. But its an elusive part (as is the similar Freezer Sac).In this Monster Hunter Wilds guide, well go over how to get a Frost Sac and Freezer Sac namely, which monsters you need to hunt.How to get Frost Sac and Freezer Sac in Monster Hunter WildsThe Frost Sac is a part from the Hirabami, a flying snake monster found in the ice caves in the second chapter of the main story.It has a 23% chance of dropping the part, so if you dont collect a Frost Sac during the Hirabami story quest, your second hunt should net you one.The Frost Sac is only available from the low-ranked version of the Hirabami; the High Rank Hirabami drops the Freezer Sac. (The Jin Dahaad also drops a Freezer Sac.)Frost Sacs can be used to forge Hirabami armor namely the headpiece along with the Windclaw Blade 1 long sword and the Windpierce Lance 1. The Freezer Sac can be used forge the Hirabami Mail Alpha, and the Windclaw Blade 2. Our Monster Hunter Wilds guides can outline your progress with our main story walkthrough and monster list ahead of reaching High Rank, help you settle on an armament with our weapons list and best weapons explainers, uncover ores, bones, and monster tails, and teach you how to join friends in co-op multiplayer.
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  • Everything I know about UX I learned from my parents
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    Craft and problem solving goes much deeper than the solutions we build; heres mystory.Ken and Jean NeemanMyParentsMy parents didnt use technology muchthey got excited when I bought them an iPad and then bought three more as their primary computing devicesbut they were and still are problem solvers at heart regardless of what theydid.They also had vastly different careers.My father was a refrigeration mechanic for Kraft Foods and Albertsons; my mother was (and still is) a practicing artist and conservator for Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Getty Center and Hearst Castle. Im proud of what theydid.They both fixed things with unmatched craft and precision.Ive been thinking about how their practical approach to solving problems and focus on craft influenced my career. I also thought that writing about it would help influence others to think about user experience differently.I think about it even more because while we are entering the age of AI, its still about people that use our solutions for practical means.Some of this thought is because of my fathers recent passing, but Ive also been thinking about how their philosophy deeply influenced my career. I learned so much just by watching themwork.My practical approach to user experience matches their philosophy of problem solving and craft. I believe we should all be a bit more practical in getting to an outcome like theywere.Here are a few things I learned from both that I carry in my profession to thisday.Focus on theproblemAs a refrigeration mechanic, my father approached each system like a detective at a crimescene.He understood that all systems were about balance and flowpressure, temperature differentials, and mechanical harmony. Hed start by observing, then eliminate possibilities. His hands would trace lines, seeing patterns in what appeared to others as chaos, to gain clarity in both refrigeration and electrical systems.My mother creates and restores artwork through a similar systems-thinking lens. She arranges color and form to achieve visual balance, understanding that each element affects the whole. When painting, she observes how light interacts with surfaces and how the eye naturally moves throughspace.They both taught me that mastery comes from understanding relationships. Dads mechanical systems followed physical laws; Moms artistic systems followed perceptual ones.Its about what the viewer experiences and nothingelse.Both require observation before action, pattern recognition, and respect for the mediums properties. Ive learned that whether working with refrigerant or sculpting materials, its all about making precise decisions, and recognizing when to get out of the way and let the system find its idealstate.The solution should be an iterative journeyMy father never saw a broken system as just a problem to fixhe viewed it as a way to understand.Hed trace refrigerant lines with fingers much more calloused than mine, listening to the systems complaints like a doctor with a stethoscope.The solution reveals itself if you pay attention, hed say while dismantling compressors. His diagnostic process was never rushed; each step informed the next as he patiently followed the trail of imbalance to itssource.My mother approaches her canvas with the same mindset. She mixes materials as experiments, not commitments to reach a positive outcome. The image emerges through this dialoguea give and take between vision and execution. Her studio walls display works in various stages, visual documentation of solutions still in progress.Understanding takes patience and learning together, which both embraced. Discovery takestime.Both taught me that mastery isnt about knowing answers immediately but embracing the process of discovery. Dads journey through mechanical systems followed physical clues; Moms artistic journey follows intuitive ones.From them, I learned that whether diagnosing a failed condenser or repairing broken statues and furniture that were hundreds or thousands of years old, the best solutions come from respecting the journeyobserving carefully, acting thoughtfully, and understanding that the path itself holds as much value as the destination.Tools are justtoolsA garage full of tools for anyneed.My fathers toolbox was never a point of pride but a means to an end. Hed grab the cheapest crescent wrench if it did the job right, unfazed by brand names or shinychrome.Its not about having every tool, hed say while improvising with a bent coat hanger to clear a drain line. Its about understanding what you need to accomplish.His relationship with tools was purely functionalextensions of his hands that enabled his true expertise: understanding how systems breathe andthrive.My mother approaches her art supplies with the same pragmatic attitude. She mixes paint on scrap cardboard instead of formal palettes and applies it with everything from sable brushes to cut-up credit cards. The medium is just a vehicle for vision, she says while experimenting with coffee grounds for texture in a landscape.And together, they fought over power tools because, to them, craft meant having the right tools for thejob.Both taught me that fixation on tools often masks insufficient knowledge of fundamentals. Dads mastery came from understanding pressure dynamics, not owning specialized gauges; Moms artistry flows from her grasp of composition and structure, not expensive brushes.From them, I learned that whether facing an industrial boiler or a blank canvas, true expertise lies in your approach to the problemhow you think, not what you hold. Tools are just the interface between vision andreality.Jean Neeman, Teapot on the GoKamm Teapot FoundationCraft matters alotMy father approached refrigeration with a craftsmans reverence fordetail.Hed meticulously clean copper lines before soldering, ensuring no contaminants would compromise the system. Shortcuts become long routes, hed say while precisely calculating refrigerant charges to theounce.What others saw as tediousleveling condensing units, torquing bolts to exact specificationshe treated as sacred rituals. His pride wasnt in fixing systems but in building them to outlast him, invisible excellence that hummed quietly behindwalls.My mother brings this same dedication to her paintings and sculptures. The foundation determines everything that follows, she says while grinding pigments for a specific hue that commercial tubes cantprovide.Her practice involves disciplined routinescleaning tools properly, organizing materials meticulouslythat enable creative freedom. She measures success not by completion but by whether each brushstroke meets her exacting standards.Planning, for both of them, was a sacred exercisekey to achieving a level of craft they were proudof.Both taught me that craft transcends the visible result. Dads immaculate joints would be hidden in walls forever; Moms foundational sculpture work disappears beneath subsequent layers. Yet both insisted these unseen elements mattermost.From them, I learned that whether balancing refrigerant pressures or repairing intricate sculptures, mastery comes from respecting the processunderstanding that craft isnt about perfectionism but about honoring the work itself and the people itserves.Share knowledge so we can learntogetherMy father never guarded his refrigeration knowledge like some tradesecret.Hed invite me under industrial units, patiently explaining pressure differentials while his flashlight illuminated frost patterns. Hed create teaching momentsintentionally leaving tools behind so wed have to problem-solve by improvising solutions.His greatest satisfaction came not from fixing complex systems but from witnessing the moment when confusion transformed into understanding on someones face.My mother approaches her conservation work as a collaborative laboratory where knowledge flows freely. She invites co-workers to observe as she stabilizes fragile sculptures, discover the history of paintings, explaining material properties and deterioration mechanics.Art restoration isnt about individual brilliance, she says while demonstrating a sculpture technique. Its about collective wisdom for the original intent of theartist.Her notebooks contain detailed process documentationnot for personal reference but to ensure techniques survive beyond her practice.Both taught me that expertise in isolation diminishes rather than grows; we are meant to share knowledge with others so we can all learn together.Dads mechanical knowledge expanded through conversations with older technicians and curious apprentices alike. Moms conservation skills developed through international workshops and mentoring relationships.From them, I learned that whether troubleshooting circuits or reconstructing ancient artifacts, the most valuable systems we build arent mechanical or artistictheyre the knowledge networks that connect us, allowing collective wisdom to surpass any individuals capabilities.True mastery includes the ability to teach and make. We should all embrace that in ourcareers.Patrick Neeman is the author of uxGPT: Mastering AI Assistants for User Experience Designers and Product Managers. Its live, for sale on Amazon at $9.99. Go take alook.Patrick is a Director of User Experience Design at Workday working on Document Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence. Hes also an advisor for Relevvo, an AI-based software platform that helps sales and marketing leaders target their potential customers. He has been head of design for the last 13 years at places Evisort, Knowable, Icertis, Apptio and Jobvite and has over 20 years experience of the User Experience field.Everything I know about UX I learned from my parents was originally published in UX Collective on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.
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  • These Exercise-Friendly JBL Earbuds Are $40 Right Now
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    We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication.If you've been looking for a solid pair of workout earbuds that wont slip out mid-burpee, the JBL Endurance Peak 3 is down to $39.95 on Woot (originally $99.99) this month (or until they sell out). Thats a steal for earbuds that scored an Editors Choice from PCMag for their workout-friendly design and secure fit. This deal includes a one-year JBL manufacturer warranty, and if youre an Amazon Prime member, you get free standard shipping (otherwise, it'll cost you $6). JBL Endurance Peak 3 True Wireless Sports Headphones $39.95 $99.99 Save $60.04 Get Deal Get Deal $39.95 $99.99 Save $60.04 These wireless earbuds come with ear hooks that wrap snugly around your ears, ensuring they stay put even during the most intense sessions. And unlike some other hook-style earbuds, these reportedly dont clash with glasses frames (an underrated feature for anyone who wears specs). That said, the ear hooks double as a power switch, turning off when the tips magnetically touch the body of the earpiecethat's useful in theory, but it can be frustrating if youre just taking them out for a quick break. Also, the touch controls take some getting used to since the panels have a larger surface area than most earbuds.Sound-wise, JBL packs a punch with 10mm dynamic drivers that cover the full frequency range from 20Hz to 20KHz (with fully customizable EQ settings in the companion app), delivering a sound profile with strong bass that stays clear of distortion, even at top volume. If youre an Android user, youll appreciate Google Fast Pair for easy setup, though the earbuds stick to basic AAC and SBC codecsno AptX support here, notes this PCMag review. They do, however, boast an impressive IP68 rating, meaning theyre fully dust-proof and can survive full submersion in water for over 30 minutes. Rain, sweat, or a quick rinse under the tap? No problem. Battery life is another win, with JBL estimating 10 hours per charge, plus an additional 40 hours from the charging case (your mileage may vary depending on usage). So unless youre planning to run an ultramarathon, you should be covered.Note: Woot does not ship these earbuds to Alaska, Hawaii, or PO box addresses.
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  • Acclaim is back from the ashes to support indie games and revive its own classic franchises
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    Acclaim was one of the biggest gaming brands in the '80s and '90s, but the company ran into trouble in the the early 2000s. It filed for bankruptcy in 2004 and it was sold off in parts. Now, more than twenty years later, a group of industry veterans has revived the publisher with the aim of supporting indie developers and revitalizing its own gaming franchises.The company will help indie studios on the funding, marketing and PR fronts. That's very welcome news, especially at a time when funding is tougher to come by.Acclaim's plan to revive its own catalog of gaming IP is pretty exciting too. The company, which was founded in 1987, published the console and PC versions of the NBA Jam and Mortal Kombat series, as well as a string of licensed games, including WWF titles, The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare, Spider-Man games, Alien 3, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Space Jam and many more. Acclaim also published the first games in the Burnout and Turok franchises.CEO Alex Josef said in a press release that Acclaim has already signed some indie games and it plans to reveal those soon. But here's hoping the publisher gives the people what they really want: a modern take on NBA Jam.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/acclaim-is-back-from-the-ashes-to-support-indie-games-and-revive-its-own-classic-franchises-165005620.html?src=rss
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  • Shures MoveMic 88+ is the first wireless direct-to-phone microphone with selectable polar patterns
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    Shure just revealed the MoveMic 88+ wireless direct-to-phone microphone with four selectable polar patterns. The company says this is the first-ever microphone of its type to offer this feature. For the uninitiated, polar patterns dictate where a microphone picks up sound. Most of the mics in this category offer just an omnidirectional polar pattern, which records equally from all sides. Some companies swap that out for a cardioid pattern, which picks up audio from a single direction. The MoveMic 88+ offers access to both of the aforementioned polar patterns, in addition to bi-directional and raw mid-side. Why does any of this matter? It increases the versatility of the microphone. The cardioid pattern is perfect for, say, a TikTok video or an acoustic performance. The bi-directional pattern would be the go-to choice for a two-person interview and the omnidirectional pattern is the one to select for a field recording. The microphone also offers a bevy of mounting options. It attaches to most popular tripods and mic stands with included mic clips and can be used as a handheld microphone. It pairs directly with a mobile phone via Shures MOTIV app, without the need for the companys MoveMic Receiver. It can, however, integrate with the receiver if you want to use it with a regular camera or a computer. The app also gives users controls over the audio signal, with settings like gain, EQ, high pass filter and more. The wireless range maxes out at 100 feet and the battery lasts around eight hours per charge. The MoveMic 88+ is available right now for $299 and comes with a cold shoe mic clip, 5/8 mic clip and USB-C charging cable. Shure Shure introduced another wireless direct-to-phone microphone last year, but that one didnt feature selectable polar patterns. It also recently unveiled a pretty nifty condenser mic that includes a built-in two-channel audio interface. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/audio/shures-movemic-88-is-the-first-wireless-direct-to-phone-microphone-with-selectable-polar-patterns-164052767.html?src=rss
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  • The company formerly known as HTC is doubling down on immersive worlds, AI, spatial computing and ... 6G?
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    HTC VIVE expands spatial computing with AI-driven tools, making virtual world creation and filmmaking more accessible and interactive.
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  • This is the smallest AMD PC I've ever seen: mysterious manufacturer uses Ryzen 3 APU with surprising results
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    The GenMachine Zhi is an obscure mini PC, but with an AMD Ryzen 3 5425U APU and tiny compact design, it packs a mighty punch.
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