I don’t remember exactly when I first dreamed of an online Grand Theft Auto game, but I’m certain it wasn’t too long after I played GTA 3 in 2001. Around that time, my friends and I started asking the simple question, “What if we could play that with each other?” That question grew more complicated as the GTA games did the same. Vice City‘s real estate mechanic inspired dreams of online wars for the control of the city, while San Andreas’ greatly expanded the scope of GTA’s sandbox from a size and activity standpoint....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Barton (Jeremy Renner) has taken his share of licks over the years — that’s what happens when you battle armies of invading Chitauri or legions of Ultron robots — and as a result of being around massive explosions and catastrophic battles, we discover in the new series Hawkeye that he now wears a hearing aid. Asked at a press conference promoting the show what it means for his character to go through hearing loss and how it affects him, Renner responded, “I grew up with it…my cousin’s deaf, and a lot of that’s in my life — the idea of being differently abled....

While HBO’s initial Game of Thrones prequel attempt never bore an official title, reports revealed it to be a story of ancient proportions, set thousands of years earlier, which—based on the elaborate history in creator George R.R. Martin’s literary lore—earned it de facto names such as “The Long Night” and “Bloodmoon.” Yet, its rejection remains a shocking development, notably because the pilot was headlined by Oscar-winning actress Naomi Watts. However, an insider interview in James Andrew Miller’s book, Tinderbox: HBO’s Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers (via Insider), reveals that the network was alarmed by the project’s tonal contrast from the original series, and, more practically, the obscene price tag for just the pilot....

It’s shocking, then, how quickly the film’s dreamy nature changes once Howie and the audience discover what this is all about. In one of the most genuinely terrifying shots in film history, our dear detective finally meets the Wicker Man: an enormous colossus of weaving and ancient pagan superstitions that’s been erected for one purpose. On this pyre, our well-meaning copper will be burned alive. Before the shot finally revealing the Wicker Man, Summerisle has explained in the abstract that these smiling villagers intend to sacrifice Howie to their Celtic gods, but not until the Wicker Man is onscreen does the full impact of the concept strike us like a lightning bolt....

Masters of the Universe: Revelation is a true love letter to He-Man fans. Crafted in part by filmmaker Kevin Smith, a longtime fan of all things geeky, the first part of the Netflix series was filled to the brim with references, deep cuts, and a reverent treatment of its source material, the original 1980s He-Man and the Masters of the Universe animated series. It 100% succeeded in what it set out to do but it wasn’t afraid to take risks....

The Beginning of Rise of Bangtan The Rise of Bangtan creator Aneesa first had the idea to create a video project encapsulating what makes BTS special back in 2017, when the Korean band was first starting to garner mainstream attention in the U.S. “I was so angry at the constant media manipulation that was going on around them,” Aneesa recounted to Den of Geek, via Zoom earlier this year. “There were a lot of reporters trying to find a way to undermine them in the States, to try to not pay attention to them, and I was like, ‘No, you should be paying attention to them....

“I think the biggest challenge this season is that we had split book six, A Breath of Snow and Ashes over two seasons,” Davis said. “Since we cut this season short, we’re actually going to continue some of that material in Season 7. So when it first seemed daunting, actually, it completely worked out in the end.” “In Diana’s [Gabaldon’s] books, so many things happen and they’re so spread out,” Davis explained for Outlander fans who haven’t read the book series source material....

According to game director Ljubomir Peklar, the game’s visual style is meant to challenge what we generally consider to be beautiful. “Human beings are conditioned to like the external beauty of their bodies and see the internal organs, bones, and tissue as something repulsive. It’s a reflex,” Peklar said of the game’s art direction in an interview with Rock.Paper.Shotgun in 2016. “Our existence as a living organism is at the core of the game and human anatomy is the primary subject....

Within horror films, curses are caused by the bite of a werewolf or a boy who willfully passes along a demonic STD, or a shamed elderly woman who utters an incantation over the button she’s torn from someone. Perhaps it is not a leap then that the production behind a movie about Satan’s offspring would likewise attract bad juju and itself become an entry of paranormal pop culture. These are the ideas behind Cursed Films, Shudder’s original five-part documentary series helmed by filmmaker Jay Cheel, which premieres today on the streaming service....

But what will that foundation look like? Which alien races and planets will be a part of it? We got a glimpse of an answer to those questions in the trailer for Season 4, which shows the Federation leadership around a table. In the group, we see some familiar characters, including Ni’Var President T’Rin. We also meet some new characters, including the already much-discussed Federation president, whom we know from promotional interviews has a mix of Cardassian, Bajoran, and human ancestry—the main races involved in the struggle at the heart of Deep Space Nine story....

Look, we know Eddie Munson, the Stranger Things character played wonderfully by actor Joseph Quinn, already sports the magnificent hair of an ‘80s guitar player, so his bat-distracting guitar solo in the season 4 finale is completely believable on its own. However, it turns out that hints about his shredding ability were only able to be dropped into earlier episodes because of production delays relating to COVID-19 according to co-showrunner Matt Duffer, making Eddie’s Metallica homage that much more epic....

The Flash Season 8 Episode 20 The Flash season 8 came to an explosive conclusion with “Negative, Part Two,” an hour that saw hero Barry Allen face off against the newly assembled Negative Forces alongside his children from the future, reunite with Iris, and survive what may well be his last battle with Eobard Thawne’s Reverse Flash—by choosing not to fight at all. “This final graphic novel was all about closure,” The Flash showrunner Eric Wallace tells Den of Geek....

Superman & Lois Season 2 Episode 15 The Superman & Lois season finale is so jam-packed that it has multiple post-scripts for nearly every major character on the show, just to wrap up everyone’s emotional journeys. But in the case of John Henry Irons, his story takes a new turn, one that will have major implications for Superman & Lois season 3. We see Irons meet up with a surprise guest star: David Ramsey’s triumphant return to Smallville as John Diggle....

APT is the program that Debian and Ubuntu Linux distributions use to install and update their software. In their out-of-the-box configuration, when you use apt to install a program, e.g.: APT will download the software archive from the distribution repository servers and install it. This works great when the software package is small, there are only a few files that need downloading, and your internet connection is fast. However, if you have a lot of software to install and have an office full of machines that all need updating and you have a slow internet connection it can take a long time to get everything downloaded and installed on every machine....

K2 is great but if you are in the mission of removing a dependency on any third-party extensions and migrate K2 items to Joomla articles then this article will help you. 1. Migrate K2 categories to Joomla Access phpMyAdmin and go to SQL Query box of the respective database Enter the following queries in the query box and click on Go Note: you got to change from geek to your database tables prefix....

The address of each device in an IP subnet (a kind of subset of complete IP range) should always be unique means no two devices on the same subnet can have the same IP address, otherwise, it will cause an IP address conflict. For IPv4, its format can be 4 octets like x.x.x.x where each octet is 8 bits or 0 to 255 in decimal. Eg. 201.112.192.230. IPv6 addresses support a much larger range and are formatted like y:y:y:y:y:y:y:y where each y is a segment that can range between 0 and FFFF in hexadecimal like 2001:0db8:0001:0000:0000:0ab9:C0A8:0102....

The advent of technology has brought smartphones, computers, and other mobile devices. Consequently, digital marketing has become the main approach for companies, especially for SMBs with limited budgets. Digital tools like email, websites, and social media are cost-effective to generate substantial marketing results. But it does not mean print marketing is dead. Contrary to the belief, print marketing methods like flyers, leaflets, brochures, etc. continue to evolve and, in fact, are backed by technology....

What is DISM Command? Are you experiencing issues with your Windows operating system 8, 8.1, 10, or 11, such as blue screens, unexpected application crashes, or utilities or functions that don’t work? DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) is the windows inbuilt command-line tool to fix corrupted or damaged Windows operating system files and features directly from Windows online servers. It is used for both online (currently running operating system) and offline Windows images in a ....

And if you are working with Python, then you may have tried to automate things. That’s a way to save time. You may also have some bash scripts to automate things. Python is handy to write scripts than bash. And managing Python scripts are easy compared to bash scripts. You will find it difficult to maintain the bash scripts once it’s growing. But what if you already have bash scripts that you want to run using Python?...

Specifically, we will be covering using the Geekflare API with the file_get_contents function, Guzzle, HTTPful, and Symfony’s HTTPS client. What is the Geekflare API? Geekflare provides a set of free tools that you can use to monitor the performance of your website. These tools include a broken link analyzer, time to load, and a DNS checker. These tools can be accessed online via the web interface or the API. The API is based on HTTP and can be accessed from any programming language with an HTTP client library....