Last Thursday VideoGamer hosted its first ever live event – the ingeniously named ‘VGLive’ – and, if we do say so ourselves, had a damn good time in the process. As well as support from Miller’s band (MG & The Juggernaut), we came together for a live podcast/Q&A complete with insults, two idiots and all the usual nonsense you may have expected. A huge thanks to everyone who came down and made it a very special night....
Whether referring to today’s holiday as ‘Remembrance Day’ or ‘Veterans Day,’ we hope that at some point in the day each and every one of us will take a moment to remember those who left our shores to serve our countries, never to return home. There is no doubt that many millions will be paying tribute to past wars by spending some time with the recently released Call of Duty: Black Ops....
This Voltron Legendary Defender review contains spoilers. Voltron Season 7 Episode 13 Let’s recap for a moment. Voltron, a giant robot made up of five lion bots, gets owned by an Evangelion looking mecha, which then gets PUNCHED FROM SPACE by a giant SDF-1 style battle fortress. And that’s only a FEW MINUTES of the episode. People, Voltron is the best show on TV. That fight scene was… have they invented a word to describe that knock down brawl?...
COD Warzone 2.0’s DMZ mode has a plethora of faction-based missions and secrets to uncover. As you progress through the DMZ mode, you will collect several keys without knowing where to use them. You can get these keys as random drops from different enemies. One of these keys includes the Al Bagra Officers Quarters key. Quite obviously, it unlocks the Officers Quarters at the Al Bagra POI. But players are pretty confused about how and where to use it....
What Does Cloud-Native Application Mean? A cloud-native application is designed to take full advantage of distributed cloud resources and the software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery model. This type of application is typically composed of microservices that are packaged as lightweight containers to improve speed, agility and scalability. Techopedia Explains Cloud-Native Application Cloud-native applications are typically developed by DevOps teams, governed by policy and are usually highly automated. Typically, back-end communication is managed through a service mesh layer....
What Does Composite Key Mean? A composite key, in the context of relational databases, is a combination of two or more columns in a table that can be used to uniquely identify each row in the table. Uniqueness is only guaranteed when the columns are combined; when taken individually the columns do not guarantee uniqueness. Techopedia Explains Composite Key Any column(s) that can guarantee uniqueness is called a candidate key; however a composite key is a special type of candidate key that is only formed by a combination of two or more columns....
What Does Cyborg Mean? A cybernetic organism or “cyborg” in IT is defined as an organism with both biological and technological components. In some definitions, a cyborg is described as a hypothetical or fictional creation. However, in a technical sense, humans can be seen as cyborgs in various types of situations, including the use of artificial implants. Techopedia Explains Cyborg Part of the diverse use of the word “cyborg” revolves around how humans see their interactions with technology....
What Does Data Mart Mean? A data mart is a subject-oriented archive that stores data and uses the retrieved set of information to assist and support the requirements involved within a particular business function or department. Data marts exist within a single organizational data warehouse repository. Techopedia Explains Data Mart A data mart is basically a condensed and more focused version of a data warehouse that reflects the regulations and process specifications of each business unit within an organization....
What Does Directory Server Agent (DSA) Mean? A directory server agent (DSA) is type of software agent that accesses and manages the authentication, connections and services within an X.500 communication network or environment. It is used in the X.500 messaging system to manage and control all connected directory user agents (DUA) and directory client agents (DCA) with the X.500 directory services. Techopedia Explains Directory Server Agent (DSA) A directory server agent is primarily used in directory services environments to manage users and connections to the directory services....
What Does Finite Field Mean? In mathematics, a finite field is a field that contains a finite number of elements. In other words, a finite field is a finite set on which the four basic operations – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (excluding division by zero) – are defined and satisfy the field axioms/rules of the arithmetic. Finite fields are an important area of mathematics and computer science and are widely used in geometry, finite geometry, algebraic geometry, number theory, coding theory and cryptography....
What Does Histogram Mean? A histogram is a type of graph that is widely used in mathematics, especially in statistics. The histogram represents the frequency of occurrence of specific phenomena which lie within a specific range of values, which are arranged in consecutive and fixed intervals. The frequency of the data occurrence is represented by a bar, hence it looks very much like a bar graph. Techopedia Explains Histogram A histogram is a graphical representation of the distribution of data, which is an estimate of the probability distribution of a continuous variable, usually in bar graph form, and was first introduced by Karl Pearson in 1891....
Return to the fog-drenched town of Silent Hill in Fallout 4. Designed and released by Mangaclub, the newly updated Whispering Hills 2 Definitive Edition mod brings a whole long setlist of horrific additions to the RPG, from gruesome foes to VR capabilities. It may not be the welcome sign all Silent Hill fans have been longing to once more bear witness to, yet it’s as close to a modern reimagining as they will get and will keep them well-occupied in the hopeful anticipation for Konami’s rumored resurrection of the franchise....
This is the Police 2 is promising more of the adventure management experience that appeared in the first game but with improvements. This time there will be new game mechanics to bolster the strategic and tactical parts of the game. No the police you control are more than just resources and have their own personalities, strengths, and weaknesses. This is the Police 2 is set in the cold northern border town of Shapwood and it’s unfortunately been populated by smugglers, gangs and screaming populists....
When starting up any Witcher game by CD Projekt Red, the first thing you may notice is a caption that says “Inspired by the work of Andrzej Sapkowski.” Many gamers do not know that the award-winning game series was originally a long-running series of novels. Sapkowski praised CD Projekt Red’s work but has no interest in actually playing them. He believes the games took attention away from the novels, but the reaction from gamers was the opposite....
Respawn is working on multiplatform sequel to Titanfall, the developer has confirmed. While exact platforms have yet to be announced, IGN states that the game will arrive on PS4, Xbox One and PC. A title for the game has yet to be formalised, too, but let’s be honest, it’s going to be called Titanfall 2. Or 2tanfall. Nah… “I guess EA announced a sequel, so I could play coy and pretend I don’t know anything about it, or… yeah....
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Zynga, best known for publishing social mobile games, is looking to expand into the console and PC space with the acquisition of Echtra Games. It will look to leverage Echtra’s cross-platform expertise to grow its iconic licenses and brands. The Torchlight 3 developer has only produced one game to date. However, Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau believes that the team at Echtra Games has been “responsible for some of the most legendary properties ever created” in gaming....
The latest update for Torchlight III, Snow and Steam, drops today. We got a chance to speak with Shawn Stone, the senior game designer at Echtra Games about what it will bring to the game. The update is named as such, because of the two elements it focuses on. The Snow side represents all of the holiday and winter-themed loot that accompanies the update. On the other hand, Steam focuses on a huge rework of the Forged class....
Twitch managed to survive 2019, ringing in the New Year by leaving behind another hectic month in its wake. December was filled with plenty of unfortunate drama for the streaming platform and certainly the company will be hoping for a fresh start in 2020. In case you missed some of the craziness, take a look through some of the highlights from Twitch’s final month of 2019. Alinity Sparked Chaos With A Headstand And Her Dog Somehow, Alinity and her pets managed to set the internet ablaze yet again this past month....
The war on loot boxes has raged onward in the UK over the last twelve months. Building on the now heavily memed “surprise mechanics” interrogation held last year, the British government is now set to request evidence of loot boxes being a form of gambling. The United Kingdom’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport is finally making its move after years of public outcry. Loot boxes have been under fire for years....
