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Weekly Time Waster - ‘Ailment’
Science-Fiction is my favorite genre, and one of the greatest aspects of that genre, is the pop-culture entertainment media from that genre is limitless. My favorite game derived out of the genre as of late, is a mobile game called “Ailment.”
“Ailment” is a rogue-like shooter with a plot similar to that of the movie “Pandorum.” In “Ailment,” you play as the main character Jonathan, who is a crew member of the space transport Frontier-16. Frontier-16 has 67 robots and 975 other crew members on board. As the transport makes its way to its mission destination, an unexplained event happens. Three days later, your character wakes up, with no recollection of what happened. The only thing you know is that the crew has turned on you for some reason and you end up in a fight for your life onboard the ship. As you progress through the gloomy red-lit corridors and floors of your ship, the answers to what happened start to become clear.
The game has a great story and the pixel-art style gives it a gorgeous aesthetic. There are tons of weapons to use as you progress, such as plasma rifles, rail guns and just about anything else you can think of from a science-fiction movie. Your character Jonathan also has a lot of personality, as he is always talking to you as the player, making small quips and one-liners during the heat of battle. There are also friendly characters you meet along the way.
With fun gameplay, very atmospheric visuals and sounds, and a deep story to uncover, “Ailment” is the time-waster you need on your phone. “Ailment” is free to download on the Android and IOS stores!
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Scientists take a peek behind those puppy dog eyes
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NEW YORK — What’s behind those hard-to-resist puppy dog eyes?
New research suggests that over thousands of years of dog domestication, people preferred pups that could pull off that appealing, sad look. And that encouraged the development of the facial muscle that creates it.
Today, pooches use the muscle to raise their eyebrows and make the babylike expression. That muscle is virtually absent in their ancestors, the wolves.
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UMaine study to focus on Gulf of Maine temperature changes
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ORONO — Gulf of Maine temperature trends and variability during the past 11,000 years will be the focus of a five-year study led by a University of Maine paleo-oceanographer to enhance long-term environmental prediction and planning.
Katherine Allen, a UMaine assistant professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, and the Climate Change Institute, has received a more than $584,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award to study Gulf temperatures from the early Holocene to the present. The award follows an NSF-funded collaborative research project led by Allen in 2016 that focused on Pacific Ocean stratification since the last ice age. -
Weekly Time Waster - ‘WWE Universe’
WWE has been around for a long time, and sure enough, it has seen its share of video games depicting what goes on inside the ring. The newest mobile iteration in the world of WWE gaming is “WWE Universe.”
“WWE Universe” lets you take all your favorite wrestlers, new and old, and put them on a roster. You then have them engage in various storylines and matches. With over 240 superstars, the possibilities of your roster are endless. It’s great to see lots of vintage superstars in the game, icons such as Roddy Piper, The Ultimate Warrior, Andre the Giant and more. Once your rosters and storylines are set, you then participate in the actual matches, choosing the superstar you would like to control.
“WWE Universe” makes use of as much real material as it can; each superstar has real moves, finishers and even voices. The music and chants during matches in the stadium are authentic as well, the game truly makes you feel like you are watching a televised WWE match.
During the matches themselves, the fights are fluid and quite simple. The fights are turn-based as you and your opponent take turns doing moves. The game lets you pick from light, medium and heavy attacks. The light attacks always land, but the medium and heavy attacks have a chance of failure. Once you land enough hits on your opponent, you can use your signature move and deal copious amounts of damage to your opponent. The first wrestler to have zero health points at the end of the match loses.
If you’re a fan of the WWE, then “WWE Universe” is definitely the time waster for you. Heck, even if you aren’t, give it a try – it’s a fun game in its own right! “WWE Universe” is free to download from the Android and IOS stores.
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Google’s challenge to game consoles to kick off in November
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NEW YORK — Google will kick off its Stadia streaming service to challenge the video game industry in November — but initially only as part of a $130 bundle that includes hardware and a pass for a friend.
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