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Here’s an hour of discussion on Jagged Alliance 3’s combat
Jagged Alliance 3 continues to roll out more looks at the game over the last month, and this week’s was a long chat with developers and community about combat in the upcoming sequel to the legendary late-90s tactics franchise. The stream had Boyan Ivanov and Brad Logston, both of developer Haemimont Games, talking about some of their favorite bits of Jagged Alliance 3’s combat.
Your band of mercenaries trying to do their mercenary thing in the war-torn country of Grand Chien have a lot of interesting tactical options, it seems, very much in line with the games of the past. There’s lots of granularity to mess around with, like stances, movement, and more. An early example is putting a bipod on your weapon so that it’s more effective when you’re prone. The video then goes on to talk about destructible terrain, weapon types, melee, and more.
We got a real look at Jagged Alliance 3 last month, with our Fraser Brown sitting down last month to mess around with an early build. He called it “a chaotic action movie homage where all of your plans will go up in flames.”
“Jagged Alliance 3 might be a dense, flexible tactics game where planning and precision are demanded, but it absolutely loves to throw those plans into disarray. Mines, a hidden enemy, a jammed gun, some foul weather or some misfortune courtesy of the gods of RNG ensure that you won’t get too comfortable. You can play the same battle multiple times and have dramatically different experiences, even if your plan remains unchanged,” he said.
If you’re curious about what other Jagged Alliance-related stuff has happened recently, they’ve also done a stream on Character Development and worldbuilding.
You can find Jagged Alliance 3 on its official website and on Steam. It’s listed as “coming soon” from developer Haemimont Games and publisher THQ Nordic.
I make £75 an HOUR in bizarre job you’ve probably never heard of… my clients all love it
AN ENTREPENEUR has told how he makes £75 an HOUR in a bizarre job you’ve probably never heard of.
Trevor Hooton is a professional cuddler and runs Embrace Connections which offers punters hour-long hugging sessions.
Trevor Hooton has made a name for himself in the cuddling world[/caption]
One popular option is referred to as a cuddle puddle[/caption]
Trevor – who refers to himself as Treasure – said he’s seen a boom in business for his cuddle therapy.
Trevor told The Mirror: “I built a business based on my passions for building human connections.
“Many people struggle to make those and that’s where I step in. It’s more than just cuddling – it’s giving people the things they need, whatever that might be.
“The parties have been great, and I think it’s a really great way to provide value to lots of people at once. I want it to have a really big impact on the world.
“I’ve done four parties so far and each one has been unique and special in its own way.
“We have a very mixed group – some people are single and unfamiliar of touch but want to develop comfort.”
Trevor offers an array of services, ranging from cuddle parties to connection coaching.
He also offers cuddle therapy, which is a one-on-one cuddle session.
Trevor said: “I’m challenging the unspoken rules of society and think by challenging the rules we can reach something better for ourselves.”
One attendee of Trevor’s sessions said it made him feel more honest with his feelings.
He said: “Stress can be hard to deal with without the support of another human being – so I wanted to try something a bit more intimate.
“It was personal issues, family issues and stress from study. Having someone to listen to you is nice.
“It’s hard to be open about my problems unless I have that trust with a person but cuddle therapy really helped to build that trust and made me feel more comfortable to talk about my issues.”
Another woman told how she charges £190 per hour to cuddle clients craving human touch.
With many of her clients having suffered trauma or abuse, Shoup cuddles, spoons and comforts her customers in platonic displays of affection to help combat symptoms of depression, loneliness and anxiety.
“Cuddle therapists are professionals that give access to platonic touch through boundaries of consent education for the purposes of comfort, validation, and alleviating loneliness,” Shoup, the Director of Development at Cuddlist, explained to The US Sun.
“We give access to platonic touch, but that doesn’t mean it’s mandated or expected. It’s just the access to it.
“I have lots of clients who are working through various stages of grief or trauma and actually touching isn’t something that we can do for quite a while until we work together for a long time,” she added.
According to Shoup, hugs increase the production of the love hormone oxytocin, which is known to help keep feelings of loneliness at bay.
He offers one on one services[/caption]
He helps those with PTSD, depression and anxiety[/caption]
The sessions will cost you £75 a pop[/caption]
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84 Amazon Delivery Drivers Just Won a $30 an Hour Union Contract
An anonymous reader shared this follow-up report from Vox:
[T]hey unanimously ratified the contract, which will bring their wages from around $20 currently to $30 by September and would allow them to refuse to do deliveries they consider unsafe. But that victory is a bit complicated… They wear Amazon vests and drive Amazon-branded vehicles, have schedules dictated by Amazon, and can even be fired by Amazon. But they’re technically employed by Battle Tested Strategies (BTS), one of approximately 3,000 delivery contract companies that make up Amazon’s extensive delivery network. BTS voluntarily recognized the union after a majority of workers signed union authorization cards and negotiated the union contract.
Amazon has told Vox that its contract with BTS, which exclusively delivers for Amazon, was terminated “well before” workers notified the tech giant Monday, but that the contract hasn’t expired yet. The union said that the delivery people are still working for Amazon and that the contract goes through October, when it typically would auto-renew. What happens next depends on Amazon, the workers, and the interpretation of outdated US labor law… At the crux of the delivery driver issue is whether Amazon controls enough of what the workers do to be considered a joint employer. “If Amazon is able to get away with ignoring the workers’ decision and hiding behind the subcontractor relationships, then I’m afraid we’ll have yet another story of the failure of American labor law,” said Benjamin Sachs, a labor professor at Harvard Law School. “If this leads to a recognition that these drivers are Amazon employees, joint employees, then this could be massively important.”
One element of note: These workers organized in California, which has a lower bar for who is considered an employee, and by extension, who enjoys union protections… Another element that the National Labor Relations Board will likely have to decide is whether Amazon terminated the contract with BTS in order to avoid working with a union, something that would be illegal if they were considered employees.
The article also notes that elsewhere, 50 YouTube contractors also voted to unionize this week.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
The Little Mermaid remake is nearly an hour longer than the original — so what did they add?
Disney’s live-action redux clocks in at two hours and 15 minutes and we have theories
Netflix cancels ‘Love is Blind’ livestream after technical issues and hour delay
Netflix had some serious issues with the livestream of its “Love is Blind” reunion episode. We always knew the livestream would be messy, as reality show reunions always are — but after a 75 minute delay, Netflix pulled the plug on the live show. “We are sorry we’re late. We are no longer live, but […]
Netflix cancels ‘Love is Blind’ livestream after technical issues and hour delay by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch