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World of Tanks Modern Armor celebrates its 10th anniversary with new tanks, challenges, and more
Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig reflects on 10th anniversary of Modern Vampires Of The City
“These moments and many more are why this album still means something to people ten years later”
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How Enter The Matrix And The Animatrix Helped Create The Modern Cinematic Universe
Enter the Matrix is celebrating its 20-year anniversary today, May 14, 2023. Below, we take a look at how the game broke new ground for interconnected, cross-media storytelling.
Nearly 25 years later, the original Matrix’s legacy as a stone-cold classic film is secure. Arguably, it was pretty much a done deal the second Neo flew off into orbit while Rage Against The Machine did their thing. Everything about action films changed afterwards, from the way fights were choreographed to the way it opened the door for action movies with loftier ideas. But while the legacy of the original film is undeniable, and more prescient than ever–for both good and ill, given how its iconography’s been co-opted in recent years–we don’t often talk about the legacy of The Matrix Reloaded in the same hallowed tones. It’s understandable to an extent. Everything audiences thought was cool about the original Matrix in 1999 had been stripmined for parts by a legion of movies immediately after, with diminishing returns every single time. Given carte blanche to avoid their creation from treading the same ground, Lana and Lilly Wachowski chose to expand the universe they created in ways that resembled an Eastern philosophy-flavored Star Trek more than, say, Blade or Underworld.
That’s not a comment on quality–time has smiled on all four Matrix films much more kindly than most of their contemporaries–but it is a comment on how a classic had transitioned to becoming a big-budget all-encompassing megalith of a property, constantly in danger of losing what was special about the original. This was the subtext of the still-underrated Matrix Resurrections, in fact. But to this day, even the biggest megablockbusters on the planet have failed to even attempt what the Wachowskis pulled off in the wake of Matrix Reloaded to keep its power despite capitalism needing to wring it dry. Ancillary media is nothing new altogether, but before The Matrix Reloaded, anything that didn’t happen on-screen during the film was just a cool, non-canon “what if.” Because the Matrix sequels had such a muted reaction compared to the original, it’s easy to forget just how much of an absolute multimedia circus surrounded The Matrix Reloaded before its release. Sponsorships were everywhere, songs from the soundtrack were ubiquitous on rock radio, books were being written about the philosophy of the original film. All of that was there, and it all only touched the fringes of what The Matrix actually was or where it was going. But The Matrix was far too important and far too intricate to let any serious work bearing its name cheapen it in any way. And so, in the middle of an absolute marketing blitzkrieg, we got two pieces of media that changed how stories could be told in the 21st century.
Medieval, Goth, or Modern? Vote now for the next two Kit expansions to The Sims 4
Want a say in the next Kit expansion for The Sims 4? Well, now you can have one.
Maxis has opened voting for the next Kit expansions for the game.
One of the Kits you will vote on relates to fashion. You can choose between the colorful Rainbow Core or Goth Fashion. We went with the latter, personally, due to one of the building theme choices.
Leak points to surprise 2023 Call of Duty, and it’s Modern Warfare III
CoD: Modern Warfare 2 – How To Beat Raid Episode 3
Season 3 Reloaded launched on May 10, continuing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2‘s post-launch narrative with the arrival of the third Raid episode. Our full walkthrough will show you how to complete the Raid and score this episode’s unique mission rewards.
What are Raids in Modern Warfare 2?
Raids continue the story of Modern Warfare 2’s campaign, and this is a three-player mode with a mix of stealth, action, and puzzle-solving objectives. Here’s our full Episode 1: Atomgrad guide if you still want to experience the story and unlock a Gaz operator skin. Episode 2’s guide will help you complete the second mission and unlock a Captain Price skin.
How to complete Episode Three
Find Hadir and the warhead
Descend into the unfinished silo
After the cinematic intro, your trio is tasked with descending into the unfinished silo and basically picking up exactly where Episode 2 left off. Follow along your given path until you reach a door at the end of the tunnel, and you’ll be able to grab your own custom loadout. We have a recommended MW2 loadout guide, if you need weapon build suggestions.
Modern Day Data Centres Explained
With the number of tech developments that have emerged in the last few years, it might seem that data centres…
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CoD: Modern Warfare 2 Season 3 Reloaded Trailer Highlights New MP Map
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2‘s Season 3 Reloaded update is set to arrive on May 10, bringing new game modes, additional weapons to unlock, and more. Activision has released a new mid-season trailer, which focuses on the upcoming Alboran Hatchery map.
This Season 3 Reloaded trailer gives players a brief look of the action that can be expected on Alboran Hatchery, which is a standard 6v6 multiplayer map set at a hatchery in Galicia, Spain. This is a medium-sized map, where players will battle in and around the hatchery’s main entrance, a fishery warehouse, nearby containers, and a storage building.
How Exp Share Has Evolved In Modern RPGs
I first heard of Exp Share–a mechanic where all party members gain experience points regardless of if they’re in battle–in Pokemon. Many RPGs have some level of it. Sometimes, it’s just for members of your current party. Sometimes, it’s for the entire roster. Its absence or limited implementation especially stands out when revisiting older games like Persona 4 and comparing them to newer ones like Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Despite what might seem like a minor quality-of-life feature at first, its presence–or lack thereof–can have a big impact on a game, causing you to play much differently than you otherwise would.
I’m calling it Exp Share because that’s what it’s called in Pokemon, and it doesn’t seem to have another widely recognized name. In Pokemon’s case, Exp Share started as an actual item that you could give to an individual Pokemon so that it would gain experience even without being involved in a battle. It was especially convenient for raising low-level monsters into regular party members. Exp Share eventually turned into an item that distributed experience points to your entire team. Starting from Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu and Let’s Go, Eevee, it was built into the game as a default mechanic rather than an item that you needed to obtain.
It wasn’t an addition that stayed unique to Pokemon, though. Just in the past year, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and One Piece Odyssey both offered their own version of Exp Share. These games have multiple characters with distinct abilities, enough to encourage players to experiment with them. In Xenoblade 3 especially, it felt almost criminal to ignore your Heroes (seventh party member) when there were so many character classes to try. All members of your main party are there to stay, but it would’ve been a daunting task for even the most diligent player to level up each of the Heroes separately. By allowing Heroes to accumulate experience points even when they’re not in battle, it opens up opportunities for experimentation and variety that would otherwise be untenable.