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This farming life sim is set around the base of a space elevator
Upcoming farm-o-life sim game Before The Green Moon has an interesting setting: a small community round the base of a space elevator, set in the lead-up to you leaving for the moon. Even more interesting is that it’s coming from Turnfollow, an indie team best known for wonderful little story games like Little Party and Wide Ocean Big Jacket. Huh! Life sims are not my genre but I really like Turnfollow’s games, so I’m in. Check out the announcement trailer below for a small taste of this sci-fi life.
Sons of the Forest building guide – how to build your base
Sons of the Forest building can be a bit tricky, especially for players not familiar with the base-building and survival genres. The building in this game works differently than it did in its predecessor, The Forest, and there’s nuance to it. We’ve been through many cycles of building bases and protecting them from hungry cannibals, so whether you’re a seasoned survival game enthusiast or are new to the genre, we can explain those nuances to you and provide a thorough breakdown of how Sons of the Forest building works.
Note that building in Sons of the Forest has two modes. One , which we’ll call ‘classic mode,’ is similar to construction in The Forest. In this mode, you’ll made ‘ghost’ structures that serve as pre-built templates, allowing you then to drop in the materials needed to complete the build. The other mode, which we’ll call ‘free build,’ is more flexible, enabling players to develop custom bases and fortifications. Both have utility, so you’ll want to experiment with both for different needs.
You can open your build guide with a keypress, which is set to ‘B’ unless you’ve changed it. It will default to the more flexible mode, which is more of a reference to show you how, exactly, to build what you want to build. As you begin to build, the game will offer a number of visual guidelines as you begin your construction. You can then switch to classic mode with a keypress, which defaults to ‘X.’ This will give you a number of options, which we discuss below.
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Samsung Galaxy S23 price, release date, and preorder details: How to get the S23 Ultra, S23 Plus, or the base model
UPDATE: Feb. 1, 2023, 2:16 p.m. EST This story has been updated with the latest availability.
TL;DR: The all-new Samsung Galaxy S23 series smartphones are now available for preorder ahead of their release on Feb. 17.
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SAMSUNG GALAXY S23: Pre-order from Amazon, AT&T, Best Buy, Samsung, T-Mobile, or Verizon starting at $799.99.
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SAMSUNG GALAXY S23 PLUS: Pre-order from Amazon, AT&T, Best Buy, Samsung, T-Mobile, or Verizon starting at $999.99.
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SAMSUNG GALAXY S23 ULTRA: Pre-order from Amazon, AT&T, Best Buy, Samsung, T-Mobile, or Verizon starting at $1,199.99.
True to form, Samsung announced a trio of new flagship smartphones at its Galaxy Unpacked event on Wednesday, Feb. 1 — and you won’t have to wait long to get your hands on them.
Set for release on Friday, Feb. 17, the lineup includes the Samsung Galaxy S23, S23 Plus, and S23 Ultra. (Score one for the rumor mill.) All three feature the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, durable Gorilla Glass Victus 2, and flatter, sleeker designs sans camera bumps.
If you’re due for a phone upgrade and want to lock in a preorder ahead of time, here’s a breakdown of their pricing and availability at major retailers and carriers.
Samsung Galaxy S23: Price and preorder details
Samsung’s latest entry-level smartphone starts out at $799.99 for 128GB of storage, and you can bump that up to 256GB for $859.99. (Both configurations come with 8GB of RAM.) Preorders are available through Amazon, AT&T, Best Buy Samsung, T-Mobile, and Verizon in your choice of four colors: Phantom Black, Cream, Green, and a pinky Lavender.
The Galaxy S23 has a 6.1-inch AMOLED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate, a 3,900mAh battery, and a trio of rear cameras (including a 50MP main sensor, a 12MP ultrawide lens, and a 10MP telephoto lens with 30x zoom). There’s also a 12MP front camera for next-level selfies.
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Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus: Price and preorder details
Also available in Phantom Black, Cream, Green, and Lavender, the upgraded Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus comes with 256GB of storage for $999.99 or 512GB of storage for $1,119.99; you’ll get 8GB of RAM either way. Interested parties can preorder one ahead of launch at Amazon, AT&T, Best Buy, Samsung, T-Mobile, and Verizon.
This model’s a slightly bigger, slightly longer-lasting version of the standard S23 with a 6.6-inch screen and a 4,700mAh battery.
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Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra: Price and preorder details
The most advanced Samsung smartphone to date comes in three different configurations: There’s a 256GB model with 8GB of RAM ($1,199.99), a 512GB model with 12GB of RAM ($1,379.99), and a 1TB version with 12GB of RAM ($1,619.99). All of them are up for preorder at Amazon, AT&T, Best Buy, Samsung, T-Mobile, and Verizon in the standard Phantom Black, Cream, Green, and Lavender finishes. You can also get it in limited-edition Graphite, Sky Blue, Lime, and Red by ordering directly through the manufacturer.
Splurging on the 6.8-inch S23 Ultra gets you a built-in S-Pen and a premium rear camera array with an impressive 200MP main sensor, a 12MP ultrawide lens, and a 10MP telephoto lens with a whopping 100x zoom. Its beefy battery clocks in at 5,000mAh.
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The base M2 14-inch MacBook Pro has an SSD downgrade
The base level 14-inch M2 MacBook Pro reportedly has a slower SSD than its predecessor, according to tests done by 9to5Mac. In BlackMagic’s Disk Speed Test, the 512GB SSD in Apple’s latest flagship achieved read speed scores of around 2,970 MB/s and write speed scores of around 3,150 MB/s, compared to 4,900 MB/s reads and 3,950 MB/s writes that the M1 Pro with a 512GB SSD was capable of.
That means the 2023 base model has around 39 percent slower reads and 20 percent slower writes than the one released in 2021.
The reason for the difference is likely down to chips. According to 9to5Mac, the 512GB SSD in the previous-gen 14-inch had four NAND storage chips, whereas the one on the M2 Pro seems to have two. Those are obviously…