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Dec 13 updated: The difference between an RPG, Action-Adventure, and an ARPG - and why Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3 and 4, and Witcher 3 are not RPGs

December 13th, 2020 addition:   In the first comment underneath the OP, I've added some quotes by Gary Gygax, who coined the phrase "role-playing game", where he says linear narratives aren't RPGs, that combat shouldn't be fixated on in an RPG, and that combat and levelling-up just for the sake of combat and levelling-up doesn't constitute an RPG.   October 8th, 2020 addition with January 3rd, 2021 edits:   Let's start with what the creators of the RPG genre say an
Delicieuxz

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Cloaked’s Indie Game Dev Blog!

Day I don't know anymore!

Hey! This will be my last blog post because I'm terrible at blogging, so it's time to tell you all what I've been up to! I got movement working outstandingly, and am now wrestling with an assault rifle that refuses to shoot at the set fire rate! I'm going to check Stack Overflow later today to see if they have anything, but until then, it's crap.   In other news, my new PC parts arrived, so I'm going to be moving all my files over there soon!   Other than that, I've noth
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operation badger: The Log to End All Other Logs (of mine of this build)

Parts | All Have [Been] Order[ed]

First day writing about my newest (and most expensive) (and first) project: operation badger. Let's not make it the last one.   This article is about the parts of operation badger, which ones I have, and which ones are coming.   HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE: PART NAME | NICKNAME/TITLE | ESTIMATED ARRIVAL (Optional due to arrived parts)     PARTS I HAVE ALREADY   AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | The Part Which I Can Flex Sapphire NITRO+ RX 470 4GB | The Part Which Mig
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Cloaked’s Indie Game Dev Blog!

Day 6 (Yes, I skipped some days, I'm aware)

So after changing my idea for like the 100th time, I had an idea, and the beginning and relative end of a story spanning 100s of millennia. The basic plot for this game is you're a U.S. army soldier that has been assigned to help fight alien invaders in the year 2036 (There's more backstory, but I don't feel like typing it all out right now). The gameplay will be very DOOM-like, except for one thing; a portal system that can also harm any enemies that walk into it. Anyways, all I've done so far
Cloaked

Cloaked

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NZgamer's Tech Blog

Fixing up an old laptop..

I used to run a Toshiba Satellite L650D with a Phenom II P960 and I think it is a Mobility Radeon HD 5450? Well today I got very mad at my ProBook X360 G1 EE  which has a Pentium N4200 and Intel HD Graphics 505. It can be quite slow at times. Anyway, I was thinking maybe throwing an SSD, new battery and some more memory in the Toshiba and using that. I'm not currently at home, but when I get home, I'm going to benchmark the two systems. I'd also like the laptop to be capable of lighter gaming. W
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Reality News | Your Daily Briefing

Trump tries to drive America back on a very different July 4th, 11,099,332 is the number of 8:22AM EST

TL;DR Trump tries to drag America backward on a very different July 4th (CNN) Hamilton is out and you should watch it (Reality News)   Black Lives Matter might be the Largest Movement in American History (NYTimes)   The US is in chaos. But it's a great time to be an American (CNN)     COVID-19 The Numbers WORLDWIDE CASES: 11,099,332 (Up ~60K from yesterday) WORLDWIDE DEATHS: 525,554  (Up ~2K from yesterday) USA CASES: 2,795,163 (
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Cloaked’s Indie Game Dev Blog!

Day 1: Why did I start this now?

Today, I started working on my first indie game that I actually have a plan to publish on Steam, and boy it couldn’t have been a worse time to start.  I began the scripting at 10:00PM during a staycation at a local hotel on a 10 year old Acer Aspire One netbook. Not only was the hardware bad, (Don’t worry, I have an actually decent computer that I do most of the work on) but I was so tired that even copy-pasting was a pain in the butt to do. Anyways, I barely did anything today, so I’ll upd
Cloaked

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Genetics and Technology: A Foreseeable Future

exosome miRNA for prostate cancer (PCa)

Prostate Cancer (PCa) is the second most commonly diagnosed malignancy in males globally and is the fifth-highest cause of death worldwide (Rawla, P. 2019). In New Zealand, survival rates are particularly bleak, with PCa often being diagnosed at admission as metastatic (Brown, K. 2015), leading to a poor prognosis.   Bone metastases occur in a significant number of prostate cancer cases at diagnosis causing an increase in the risk of pathological fractures and nerve root compression (
RorzNZ

RorzNZ

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Reality News | Your Daily Briefing

Trump's Mt. Rushmore Party 'Won't be social distancing', How to convine people to stop a pandemic, and The Year in Review

I am playing around with the format of this, and the timing of article posting. Please take sometime to fill out the servery   Tl;DR Trump's July 4th Party at Mt. Rushmore 'Won't be social distancing' (NYTimes) The year in review (From July) (CNN) Convincing people to stop a pandemic (FiveThirtyEight) 'We need to live with it' White House prepared COVID statement (NBC) Hamilton is out and you should watch it (@wall03)   COVID-19 WORLDWIDE CASES:
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handymanshandle's Blog of Blogginess

handymanshandle's VeggieTales VHS Collection

Back when I was a kid, I really loved VeggieTales. Honestly, I still do to this day. No, not every episode has aged well, but the ones that have still REALLY hold up to this day.  This blog entry covers the VeggieTales tapes I own. Where's God When I'm S-scared? - ✓ (1995 print and 1998 Lyrick Studios reprint) God Wants Me to Forgive Them?!? - ✓ (1995? print and 2001 Lyrick reprint) Are You My Neighbor? - ✓ (1997 Lyrick Studios print and 1998 Lyrick print) Rack,
NZgamer's Tech Blog

Finally getting round to undervolting my 290X!

If you didn't already know, the R9 290x is a card that loves to run hot. I've replaced the thermal paste, put new fans in, and it still manages to thermal throttle. A few weeks back I asked for advice on undervolting my card, and @TofuHaroto replied and said to undervolt to -50mV and work my way down.   Actually Undervolting My Card So, I put -50mV into MSI Afterburner and... my display went absolutley crazy. Luckily I was able to revert that.   -20mV! No wacky display c
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Summer Folding Sprint! 2020

Award Ceremony

Alright guys, sorry that this took so long, but find below the sheet link with the final ranks and prizes. You have one week, until Sunday 28th, 23:59BST to claim your prize, if you miss this cut off then the prize will be added to the community pool for future events.    To claim the prize you need to message me with the Subject line, 'Gimme dat sick prize' Also please include your rank from the sheet to make it easier for me to find you and confirm you are a winner of a prize. 
GOTSpectrum

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circleTech's Blog

The Steel Mill

One of my close friends recently got a job Working in a Steel Mill in Rural Ohio right before the pandemic hit. He starts work on July 6th, and his starting Salary is 70K a year with full dental, medical, and health insurance benefits. He has no college degree, with his only higher education experience being 2 years in the Navy before being Honorably Discharged. He's planning to buy a house right in the middle of this current Pandemic in February. Houses in the part of Ohio he is working in go f
CircleTech

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Summer Folding Sprint! 2020

Day Two - If you can't stand the heat...

Sigh, It's been a long two days(and that doesn't even include the event. I was hoping to have a full blog post for you than this, but damn am I pooped!   Find the ranks below, this is all you're getting lol.   Oh and, Stay safe folks.   Rank LTT Forum Name Todays Points Event Points Days Percentage Event Percentage 1 Macaw2000
GOTSpectrum

GOTSpectrum

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Summer Folding Sprint! 2020

Day One - It's getting hot in here... Ahem...

As many of you know, I am still recovering from my recent medical issues so I will keep this brief.    I'm going to pass on my usual commentary, instead I am once again going to talk about the importance of what we are doing here. I think sometimes we can forget, getting lost on all the competition and events that we are assisting with medical research. The time that we spend here, suffering from the heat could help many people some day, be that cancers, neurological issues, COVID or a
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