![]() ![]() Let's be clear I'm not saying that we should allow monstrous thoughts to go unchecked or that that we should somehow find cruel, murderous, behaviour normal. But for us, we see ourselves as ‘monsters’. We don't see animals as vicious instinctive killers, as ‘monsters’. But if, myself, as a human, has a cruel or murderous thought, then I see myself as evil, rather than just an instinctive thought that no longer serves me. We don't see their murderous traits as evil. We see animals as a functioning part of nature. If I can't admit that I'm an animal then I cannot admit that I share those traits. They see themselves as something 'other’. The men running things do not see themselves as an integral part of nature. And I think that's one of the big problems we're having as a world right now. When I'm not an animal then I'm no longer part of nature. When I can't associate with something then I separate myself from that something. ![]() That we still have the instinct of animals. Only when I look at my darkness, only when I look at the monstrous part of me, the part that can kill, that wants to have this power over you, that does want to take everything and keep it to myself, only then can I take that poison and start to turn it into medicine.Īs humans, I judge, one of the hardest things for us to admit is that we're still animals. I won't see it, but you will, because it will come out in my actions, it will still be there. I can't control a part of myself that I hide, repress and deny. We know that we have to go in and look at it and try and understand it to make it better, to get some control over it. So, does it help us to just pretend it isn't? We know it doesn't. Right now, somewhere in this country some of the worst things you can imagine are taking place. If we look at our society now, which on the surface is presented as a civilised, privileged, modern place, we don't have to scratch much below the surface to see that every hideous act that we can think of, has been done, or is being done. Our society shows us that what isn't in the light still exists in the darkness. I believe that what isn't in the light grows in the shadows and spills out whether we want to see it or not. Now we have a choice to do something different, but that doesn't mean that it goes away. This darkness, this will to control, and to have power over, in many ways, got us where we are now. We lock away a force that kept us going for 100,000 years, that, one way or another, kept our bloodline moving forward, that forced innovation and creativity. When we hide our monsters, when we try to hide, repress and deny, we lock away a very powerful tool. “For what I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved optimism of the middle classes, this fat and prosperous brood of mediocrity.” ![]() Well, as Herman Hesse said in his classic book on the subject of the monstrous side of humanity, Steppenwolf: Why do I believe we should embrace it rather than lock it away? It's a theme that I've been interested in most of my life, in fact I even wrote and directed a film about it nearly 20 years ago called 'Monster' which was based on the story of Frankenstein. I believe it's better to embrace it rather than lock it away. Well, I believe it's better to acknowledge the malicious part of me. We've long since known that we have this monstrous part of us but what do we do with it. So we hide, repress and deny them, but when we do that they become the stuff of myth, they become the stuff of legend, they become the part of us that we don't want to see but project everywhere. So it's no wonder, as we've evolved, that as we tried to move into being more civilised beings, that we have found it hard to come to terms with this darkness, these murderous, animalistic, instinctive parts of us. ![]() Our humanity has endured and thrived in brutal times. That’s really no surprise when you think of our history, when you think of our roots and origins, when you think of the animalistic elements we had to exhibit and embrace merely to survive. "That's why they're monsters.” ― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Laneįrom the earliest myths such as werewolves through to works of fiction like Frankenstein and Jekyll and Hyde and up to more modern classic stories like Star Wars and Batman, we've been interested in that monstrous part of us that lurks within the darkness of our own humanity. ![]()
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![]() The issues that plagued Versus's development were endemic to the company as it existed and it caused an immense amount of frustration, burnout, and departures. I think any telling of this that involves singling out any single team or staff member as incompetent is incomplete and misleading. After roughly a year of co-direction between Hajime Tabata and Tetusya Nomura, Nomura had to step down as Square Enix wanted him developing Kingdom Hearts III and to begin pre-production on VII Remake. The Type-0 team was brought in to assist development of Versus at this time and executives had decided that the game would need to be a PS4/XBO title. #Forspoken wiki full#After 14's release in 2010 the team was finally able to begin full production in 2011, only to have A Realm Reborn siphon team members away again in 2012. The team that Nomura and Kitase assembled to develop V13 was largely unable to work on Versus for years as they were tasked with assisting development on problematic titles like 13, 14, and 14 2.0. It's worth remembering that Versus 13 was announced alongside 13 and the two teams competed for resources. They're both action RPGs and more similar in gameplay than you think. #Forspoken wiki plus#Plus they're totally different games so I don't see how that would cause Forspoken to be DOA Not to mention, SE tends to put their marketing towards one AAA game at a time, and if Forspoken gets delayed again closer to FF16's launch, their marketing budget will be almost non-existent as that budget would instead be allocated towards FF16 instead. Their last title, FF15, was not their best work, at least on release. Not to add in that the Forspoken dev team Luminous doesn't have the best track record. ![]() ![]() And has zero following due to it being a brand new IP. So far, it's making people have hope that FF16 will bring back some decency to the FF franchise.įorspoken is a brand new IP published by a japanese company who has a history of treating their western IPs like crap. ![]() And FF16 is being developed by the FF14 team that people tend to see as the only sane part of SE at the moment. FF as a whole is a franchise that has existed since 1987, and has a good following to it like you said. ![]() ![]() Hence, the problem of random number generators plays a fundamental role in the field of information technology, in particular, of information security. Information technology in many key aspects requires taking into account in algorithms the generating of random variables. The turn of the 20th and 21st centuries can be considered the beginning of the currently observed rapid development and spreading of information technology in almost all areas of economy and science and in the sphere of utility. Quantum numbers generator#We also shortly discuss our former concept of an entanglement-based quantum random number generator protocol with unconditionally secure public randomness verification. Finally, we present our new prototype of fully operative miniaturized quantum random generator JUR02 producing a random bit sequence with velocity of 1 Mb/s, which successfully passed standard tests of randomness quality (like NIST and Dieharder tests). ![]() ![]() In the experimental part we apply such tests to assess and compare two quantum random number generators, PQ4000KSI (of company ComScire US) and JUR01 (constructed in Wroclaw University of Science and Technology upon the project of The National Center for Research and Development) as well as a pseudorandom generator from the Mathematica Wolfram package. We also present a variety of tests utilized to assess the quality of randomness of generated bit sequences. In the present paper we discuss the idea of the quantum random number generators. Hence, the physical hardware methods are intensively developed to generate truly random number sequences for information processing and electronic security application. Quantum numbers software#Software produced pseudorandom bit sequences, though sufficiently quick, do not fulfill required randomness quality demands. Both, the quality of the randomness and efficiency of the random numbers generation process are crucial for the most of these applications. Generation of random numbers is a central problem for many applications in the field of information processing, including, e.g., cryptography, in classical and quantum regime, but also mathematical modeling, Monte Carlo methods, gambling and many others. ![]() ![]() The Lost are essentially zombies, but there’s a lot more to them than just that. Early on, you’ll run into enemies like the priests who can mind meld with other troops to make them more dangerous.Ī completely new enemy class comes in the form of “The Lost”: Humans affected by the alien machinery used in Enemy Unknown. ![]() First off, new enemy types have been integrated into the basic battles. War of the Chosen has also improved the alien side of things as well. However, this is still XCOM, and Firaxis has some new “treats” to share with you. Having one of them at the start greatly gives you a leg up on the opposition especially on legend difficulty. Because AP is shared in a pool, you do need to be mindful of whom to upgrade. Performing tactically on missions will earn you AP that can be used to unlock new skills. XCOM 2 VS WAR OF THE CHOSEN UPGRADEThe new classes also upgrade differently compared to the other classes. The new hero classes add some much needed variety and firepower at the start Templars have access to powerful psionic abilities even greater than your own psychic troops. Skirmishers can grapple up buildings and grab enemy units, while having the ability to attack twice or shooting then moving. Reapers have enhanced stealth options and long range sniping. With the story mission off, you’ll have one of the three given to you at the start, and you’ll have to make contact with the other two.Įach faction provides you with a new unit class to take into battle. ![]() If you play with the story mission on, you’ll get a linear mission that introduces two of them along with a new enemy class, but more on them in a minute. Joining you on your mission to save the earth are three new resistance factions: The Reapers, the Templars and the Skirmishers. There is a lot to cover here, and we’ll begin with the big stuff. For fans who bought the original three DLC (or the season pass), WOTC integrates them into the campaign. War of the Chosen is a top to bottom iteration on the original game’s content. Now with War of the Chosen, XCOM 2 gets even closer to perfection than the first game.įor more about the basics of XCOM 2, you can read my original review. XCOM 2 was another amazing title this time with Firaxis having complete freedom to grow it. The main reason was with the addition of the Enemy Within expansion that just made everything better. ![]() Starting with version 1.0, Long War of the Chosen is no longer in Beta and is now available on Steam Workshop! Balance changes and other gameplay tweaks may still come in the future, but new versions will likely be released less frequently than while LWOTC was in Beta.XCOM Enemy Unknown is the closest a modern game has gotten to being the perfect game for me. XCOM 2 VS WAR OF THE CHOSEN MODIf you're looking for the original mod for XCOM:EU/EW, see Long War. If you're looking for the original mod for XCOM2, see Long War 2. If you want to discuss the mod with its creators and community, please use the Long War of the Chosen Discord server. Please use the Talk button to discuss any aspects of this wiki. This wiki is meant to explain the main changes from both the Long War 2 and vanilla War of the Chosen experiences and it is a work in progress - everyone can contribute by creating an Ufopaedia account and editing the pages. It is longer and more complex than the vanilla version but gives you many more tools to combat the alien threat. As Long War 2, Long War of the Chosen introduces many changes, large and small, to the vanilla version of the game. Long War of the Chosen (LWOTC) is a mod primarily focused on porting Long War 2 to work with the XCOM 2: War of the Chosen expansion, but includes several important changes from Long War 2 as well. Welcome to the XCOM2: Long War of the Chosen wiki, a part of. ![]() ![]() ![]() #NARITA BOY GUIDE SOFTWARE#Narita Boy’s story mixes digital elements with the memories and everyday situations of the software creator, creating an intriguing and mysterious world (Image: Screen capture / Felipe Demartini / FreeGameGuide) The software in operation, here, is also the internal world of its renowned Creator, who has already appeared on the cover of magazines and is professionally respected, at the same time that it spills an ocean of insecurities in his work. ![]() ![]() The literal keys that open the paths of the Digital Kingdom, obtained through fierce fighting or enigmas whose clues are given by almost mystical beings, appear in the midst of the Creator’s memories of this entire universe, which speaks of a familiar environment and refers to parents, friends and spouses. After all, on top of everything, there is a creator, and before typing and programming, came memories, experiences and, mainly, bad memories.Īmid the flashing lights, the vibrant color and the air that we can do anything, Narita Boy is a melancholy game. After all, as the whole game is keen to demonstrate, we are inside a simulation, which does not make the acts witnessed, the enemies faced and, especially, the journey presented to be less intimate and personal. To speak in palpable and technical terms, however, would be to underestimate Narita Boy and, also, to create a paradox with his own proposal. ![]() ![]() ![]() I.e., the bigger the tree the more you can zoom in. ![]() The maximum extent of zooming is now proportional to the number of tips in the tree. If you dont see your product number, select New Label and configure a custom. 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