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Botanicula blue seed12/28/2023 I wasn’t kidding about the chicken volleyball either. I’ll admit the art style isn’t my cup of tea as much as Machinarium’s was, but seeing every little reaction of every little bug, seed, twig, or leaf I’d click become funnier and funnier definitely kept it interesting. The visuals are one bizarre work of art after another, and 95% of the audio is made out of vocalizations, snaps, claps, whistles, and the noise you make when you’re pretending to be a plane right before you realize you’re not alone in the room, after which you proceed to name a fictional respiratory disease to mask your inadequacy to act your age. This is nature as heard by a schizophrenic boyscout lost in the woods for two years. This is nature as understood by a child whose parents have a disturbing sense of humour. We’re talking trippy cloud-bubble genius wishing, bizarre larvae band listening, globulous tumor feather dotting, flying goldfish riding, chicken-mounted volleyball playing, bloated ooze-fly squeezing, flabby slug-pig stomping, mumbling afro-mushroom storytelling, cancerous Igor-lookalike city exploring, one-eyed sap jellyfish driving, bug-racing blue peanut cap stealing, pseudo-Buddhist floating-truffle-inhabited fig temple visiting nature. I wasn’t kidding about the flying livers. Like Machinarium, it’s a point-and-click adventure game, with truckloads more easter eggs than anything I’ve seen recently and the ability to enthrall in such ways that you cannot stop wondering whether your brain is being caressed or raped. ![]() I thought Amanita Design would leave surrealism to music videos, but What The Fuck came to prove me wrong. ![]() Now I weep in a corner of the room, repeatedly yelling at deformed, flying livers with eyes to stop humming in unstable chords. Some days ago, if someone had told me that you could make a game about natural life and arboreal harmony terrifying, I would have laughed in their face.
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Renaine belle12/28/2023 And that all persons who also professe to believe in Jesus Christ the Savior of the world shall be capable (notwithstanding theire other perswasions and practices in point of Conscience and Religion) to Serve this Governement in any capacity both Legislatively and Executively. I the said William Penn doe Declare Grant and Confirme… Because noe people can be truly happy … if Abridged of the Freedom of theire Consciences as to theire Religious Profession and worship….I doe hereby Grant and Declare that noe person or persons Inhabiting in this Province or Territories who shall Confesse and Acknowledge one Almighty God the Creator upholder and Ruler of the world and professe him or themselves Obliged to live quietly under the Civill Government shall be in any case molested or prejudiced in his or theire person or Estate because of his or theire Conscientious perswasion or practice nor be compelled to frequent or mentaine any Religious Worship place or Ministry contrary to his or theire mind or doe or Suffer any other act or thing contrary to theire Religious perswasion. ![]() The Charter begins with these sweeping words unparalleled in the world at the time of Penn: Why would anyone care about a 300 year old Charter enough to craft a new Liberty Bell replica to celebrate it?Ĭalled the American Magna Carta of religious liberty, William Penn’s Charter of Privileges, adopted on Octogave to the new world a great liberty – the freedom to worship God according to the dictates of one’s own conscience. ![]() In 2001, Providence Forum sponsored the making of a new liberty bell, named the “Spirit of Liberty Bell”, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of William Penn’s revolutionary document, the Charter of Privileges.
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Cdxtract samplit12/28/2023 ![]() Ear and eye formation: left whole mount and right cross section (dorsal part oriented to the left here)1 = Myencephalon, 2 = Otic vesicle, 3 = Chorda, 4 = Pharyngeal cavity, 5 = Pharynx, 6 = Optic vesicle, 7 = Lens placode (lens formation), 8 = Optic cup, 9 = Diencephalon a, b, c, d : schematical representation of the eye formation overtime e and f: detail of sectionsġ = Neurectoderm, 2 = Epidermal (surface) ectoderm, 3 = Mesoderm, 4 = Optical vesicle, 5 = Optical cup, 6 = lens, lp = Lens placode (lens formation)B. Embryology in chicken 48 hours after fertilization: stained whole-mount preparationġ Amnion, 2 Metencephalon, 3 Mesencephalon, 4 Optic cup + lens, 5 Prosencephalon, 6 Otic vesicle, 7 Branchial arches, 8 Atrium, 9 Ventricle, 10 Lateral fold, 11 Lateral mesoderm, 12 Vitelline arteria / vein, 13 Somite, 14 Spine, 15 Tail foldĬross section chicken embryo - 48 hoursA. The atrium and ventricle are well distinguishable in the figure. The heart differentiates in to 4 compartiments: the sinus venosus, connected with the veins, the atrium, the U-shaped ventricle and the bulbus cordis. The lens placode (placode=plate) will form the lens vesicle, the optic vesicle will become the optic cup and the auditory placode the auditory pit. The brain divides in to 5 vesicles: telencephalon and diencephalon (both formed by the division of the forebrain vesicle), mesencephalon, metencephalon and myencephalon (both formed by the division of the hindbrain vesicle). A few branchial grooves are already visible. The vitelline (yolk rich) arteries and veins become connected with the extra embryonic circulatory vessels. These folds definitely establish the first extra embryonic membrane (=outside of the embryo): the amnion membrane. The head becomes covered by a double fold. A second flexure appears at the transition of the head and the body just behind the heart region. The cephalic region of the embryo is twisted in such a manner that the left side comes to lie next to the yolk. The outgrowth of the cranial flexure is so strong that the forebrain and hindbrain vesicles become almost located to each other. In addition to the head fold of the amnion, also the lateral and caudal amniotic folds begin to form. The position of the embryo with respect to the yolk changes strongly about 48 hours after fertilization. Whole mount preparation 48 hrsInformation: DIAGRAMS: seven drawing of the chick whole mounts and sections to be made or labeled. CHICK DEVELOPMENT THIS INVESTIGATION REQUIRES: primitive streak stage (18 hr) x-section, 24 hr sagital, 33 hr serial x-sections, 48 or 56 hr x-sections and whole mounts, 72 hr whole mounts and x-sections, and sagital sections, 96 hr whole mounts. The fluid in the amniotic cavity provides a buffer that protects the embryo from high forces. Is a fluid filled sac that is also known as the 'bag of waters' in humans. Thin layer of tissue surrounding the embryo. Cross Section of the 72 Hour Chick Embryo through the head and heart. Through the trunk region of 48 hours chick embryo with lateral body fold Neural tube Notochord Somite Amniotic folds Embryonic coelom Dorsal aorta. At the end of 48 hours chick twisting will reach the cervical flexure. As the development proceeds the anterior end of embryo is turns towards right and hence the anterior part of embryo comes to lie on the left side of yolk. Its ventral surface is in contact with yolk. Torsion: The 24 hours chick embryo is flat. Eventually the rest of the body will twist to the left so that the embryo is lying on its left side atop the yolk. The embryo has turned its head and bent it toward the yolk, so that the left side of its head rests on the yolk sac (like a pillow). A 48 Hour Embryo The chick embryo has almost doubled in length from 33 to 48 hours.
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The raid redemption streaming12/28/2023 It is a film franchise ostensibly tied together by story but more firmly tied together by a common and utterly novel film style. These are two different narratives that Evans didn’t initially intend to connect, but because The Raid’s strengths were never in its plot or characters but rather his direction and editing of action, it does. That movie was constructed as a standalone action film, which gives The Raid 2 many story elements we traditionally associate with the first film in a series - think Batman Begins versus The Dark Knight - and, in retrospect, makes The Raid: Redemption feel more like a prequel than the launch of a larger story. As hinted at before, the film is based on Berandal, a script Evans penned in 2009 and was unable to find funding for prior to the success of The Raid. If this all sounds like more of an origin story than a sequel, your instincts are good. The two men get out of jail, and Rama effectively infiltrates Bangun’s syndicate - that’s when things really start getting messy. He heads to prison, befriends Bangun’s son, Uco (Arifin Putra), and sets about the long con. When Rama’s brother is killed by gangster up-start Bejo (Alex Abbad), Rama agrees to go undercover to bring down Bangun (Tio Pakusodewo), one of the two crime lords who control the city. ![]() Quickly, he is pulled into a new, much bigger, Infernal Affairs-esque dilemma that proves Redemption’s Tama was merely a medium-sized fish in a very, very big pond. In The Raid 2, we catch back up with Rama hours after the events of the first film. Like that smash hit of a series, The Raid 2 is a contemporary crime saga- but, while Gangs of London is about the clashes between rival gangs in, er, London, The Raid 2 expands out past that Jakarta apartment block to the city’s larger criminal underworld. ![]() What did Evans want to make originally? A story much wider in scope, and much more similar in narrative sensibilities to the British TV show Evans would go on to co-create alongside Matt Flannery: Gangs of London. ![]() “When I did the first film, I was getting offered a lot of stuff to go off and do something in America, but I was like, ‘Are you kidding me? I can now secure the funding to make the movie I wanted to make originally.’” “Before The Raid, I tried to get another film set up that was a much bigger budget thing, which became The Raid 2,” he told Forbes in 2021. (Sure, people who loved The Raid: Redemption were eager to see what Evans would do next, but the intentionally limited scope and setting of the film’s scenario didn’t particularly inspire heated discussions about the fates of these characters or this world.) But Evans apparently was gunning for a sequel-or at least an excuse. Because of the nature of The Raid, fans were not necessarily gunning for a sequel.
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Alter ego band vegas12/28/2023 However, if you ask Wu about Hopkins he’ll deny they are the same person. Miley ceased performing under her alias after the show’s end, and she went as far as to say in 2013 on the sketch-comedy show Saturday Night Live that Hannah Montana had been “murdered.If you begin to research Wu you’ll probably discover it’s an alter ego for the Irish-born singer-songwriter David Hopkins, who was the original keyboard player for the Irish rock band LiR for more than a decade before moving to the United States and launching a solo career in 2001. Whereas most alter egos develop after the initial stardom, Miley Cyrus seems to have done it backwards, allowing her guise to earn the fan base and then coming out as herself more and more as time passed. The first album, Hannah Montana¸ went on to sell more than 3 million copies, and the second, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus (2007), was issued as a double album, the latter half featuring songs under Miley’s own name. As the show’s, and character’s, mass appeal became apparent to Disney, soundtracks and tours ensued. ![]() It’s sometimes hard to believe that the notoriously outlandish Miley Cyrus was originally thrust into the limelight on the wholesome Disney television show Hannah Montana (2006–11), in which she starred as a teen leading a double life as a pop sensation. Miley Cyrus Frazer Harrison-Getty Images/Thinkstock Barnes explained that, though Georgie was so different from him, he was able to oddly connect with his more-arrogant, less-compassionate alias, freeing him to be more liberal (to say the least) in his onstage performances, which included performing in only makeup and galloping onstage on the back of a white stallion. We’re speaking of course about Kevin Barnes’s alter ego Georgie Fruit, who made his debut on the band’s most-personal album Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer (2007) and stuck around for the creation of the more schizophrenic album Skeletal Lamping (2008). Part of the responsibility of this drastic transformation can be credited to a late-40-year-old black transgender man who had undergone several sex-change operations (from man to woman and back to man) and led a ’70s funk band appropriately named Arousal. Kevin Barnes’s brainchild Of Montreal has developed from its quirky folk roots into a full-blown psychedelic funk-pop fusion over the course of its career. All three alter egos were used in such a way as to magnify the growing ills caused by mass consumption that had come to dominate the developing world. In the middle was the Mirrorball Man, a self-absorbed Texan televangelist in a sparkling silver suit and cowboy hat. Of the three-the Fly, Mirrorball Man, and Mister MacPhisto-Mister MacPhisto was by far the most outlandish, an aging glam-rock Devil equipped with red horns, a gold suit, and caked white makeup, whereas the Fly, Bono’s take on a stereotypical rock star, was far more recognizable as he draped himself in leather and sported his iconic wrap-around glasses whilst he paraded around stage like a megalomaniac superstar. Adored for his success as a lyricist and vocalist as well as for his work for human rights and developing impoverished cultures, Bono is less remembered for his experimentation with alter egos, which he assumed during the band’s early ’90s Zoo TV Tour.
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Did anyone survive the tower collapse12/28/2023 ![]() "A lot of my colleagues are not gonna get any votes out of this. State Senator Jason Pizzo, who represents the area, pushed for the law but says the state must now devote resources and funding to make it work. The law requires condo associations to set aside money for repairs and certain condo buildings to be inspected and recertified at 30 years old or 25 years if they are within three miles of the coast. A final conclusion on the cause is likely years away.Īfter initially failing to pass a condo safety law, Florida lawmakers did so during a special session last month. They are still waiting to find out exactly what caused the collapse. Loved ones of Surfside victims held a private vigil in the early morning to mark the moment the building came down. ![]() Langesfeld grew up in Doral before moving to Surfside. Andrea Langesfeld, center, and her husband Pablo, right rear, parents of Nicole "Nicky" Langesfeld, who died in the Surfside, Fla., condo collapse, are hugged as they attend a ceremony to unveil a sign for "Nicky Langesfeld Place," Wednesday, June 22, 2022, in Doral, Fla. First Lady Jill Biden is expected to attend a ceremony in Surfside on Friday. There are a series of public events scheduled to mark the one year of the collapse. It's a bright spot in what has otherwise been a painful year for victims' families. "From a traumatic perspective, it's like I didn't lose everything," she said. Deven's injuries included a compound leg fracture-which has stopped her from playing volleyball, a sport she loves.īut step by step, Deven grows closer to her return to the court, a place she considers her second home.
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Release date sugar sugar archies12/28/2023 The fictional band was inspired by the success of the 1966 TV series The Monkees in particular, Don Kirshner, who had managed the initially-fictional band, wanted a musical act that he could fully control: as The Monkees were fictional but still used the real musicians' names, the musicians themselves became increasingly irritated at being micromanaged, leading to a dispute that culminated in Kirshner being fired. The Archies first appeared in a comic book, Life with Archie #60 (April 1967). Īn Indian feature film adaptation of The Archies directed by Zoya Akhtar is currently in production for Netflix. However, the band continues to appear with the five original members in the comic books published by Archie Comics. In 2020, a new version of the band was introduced in the television series Riverdale, with Kevin Keller replacing Reggie Mantle. Their most successful song, " Sugar, Sugar", became one of the biggest hits of the bubblegum pop genre that flourished from 1968 to 1973. The recordings were released as a series of singles and albums that achieved worldwide chart success. The music featured in the series was recorded by session musicians, including Ron Dante on lead vocals and Toni Wine on duet and backing vocals. In the cartoons, Veronica is shown playing a large keyboard instrument styled after the X-66, a then-current top-of-the-line organ made by the Hammond Organ Company. In the context of the series, the band was founded by vocalist/guitarist Archie Andrews, bassist Reggie Mantle, drummer Forsythe "Jughead" Jones, vocalist/keyboardist Veronica Lodge and vocalist/percussionist Betty Cooper. They are best remembered for their appearance in the animated TV series The Archie Show. The Archies is a fictional American rock band that features in media produced by, and related to, Archie Comics. Calendar / Kirshner / RCA / WaterTower Music
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Not equal to sign12/28/2023 ![]() | book_name | dt_of_pub | pub_lang | no_page | book_price | > WHERE pub_lang!="English" AND book_price IN(100,200) Sample Output: mysql> SELECT book_name,dt_of_pub,pub_lang,no_page,book_price WHERE pub_lang!="English" AND book_price IN(100,200) The following MySQL statement will fetch the rows from the table book_mast which contain books not written in English and the price of the books are 100 or 200.Ĭode: SELECT book_name,dt_of_pub,pub_lang,no_page,book_price Query('SELECT pub_name,country,pub_city,estdĮxample : MySQL not equal to (!=) operator with AND using IN operator List of publishers those who don't belong to USA, along with their country, city and date of establishment: | India | New Delhi | |Įxample-not-equal-operator - php MySQL examples | w3resource | New Harrold Publication | Australia | Adelaide | | And in example 4(b), the first input is an array of words which is compared with a single word, so not equal operator will compare all the words from the first input with the word ‘hello’, and it will also give output in the form of an array.Mysql> SELECT pub_name,country,pub_city,estd ![]() ![]() The not equal operation will compare each element from a word with a single letter ‘m’, and it will give a result in the form of an array. In example 4(a), first input is the word ‘hellomatlab’, and the second input is ‘m’, which is a single letter. In this example, we will consider input in forms characters and strings. On such type of dataset, not equal operator compares real and imaginary parts of every element and gives results accordingly, illustrated in example 3. Here the input is multidimensional as well as each element is a complex variable. Previously we have seen simple integers now we will consider a complex variable as elements. In this example type of input, arguments are different. In example 2(b), we can see data is multi-dimensional (matrix) it has three rows and four columns, so not the equal operation will work on every element of the matrix, and it will give result in the form of three rows and four columns. In the previous example, input data was in a single element(single dimension), but if the data has multiple elements then not equal to operation will compare every element from the database and gives output individually for each element, which is illustrated in example 2(a) by using both the methods. In example 1(b) and 1(d), elements are the same therefore, we will get the result as 0 by using both symbolic and syntax methods, respectively. In this two examples, elements are different therefore, we will get the result as 1. In example 1(a), not equal operator used by the symbolic method and in example 1(c), the same problem illustrated by using syntax ‘ne’. The first element ‘11’ is declared as ‘var 1’, and the second elements ‘29’ is declared as ‘var 2’. Let us consider one simple example of one element. Given below are the examples of Matlab not equal: Example #1 If the result is true, it will be represented as ‘1’, and if the result is false, it will be represented as ‘0’.True and False are represented in the form of once and zeros.If both the elements are the same, then not equal to operation fails, and it gives the result as false similarly if both the elements are not same then not equal to condition satisfies then will be true.Not equal to operator compares two quantities or elements at a time and gives result in the form of true or false.Ne(first variable name ,second variable name) How not equal Operator Work in Matlab? ![]() First variable name ~= second variable name
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Green anaconda12/27/2023 While they are carrying eggs inside, females usually do not eat. At birth, a membrane surrounds them, which breaks at delivery and allows the young to move away from the mother. ![]() Anacondas are ovoviviparous (they retain eggs internally until the young hatch). Sexual maturity is reached between two and three years of age (males reach sexual maturity earlier than females). ![]() Litter size averages 20-40 young, but as many as 100 are possible. Several males will cluster into a “breeding ball” by twining around the much larger female (which may continue for two to four weeks). Females emit pheromones to attract males. Reproduction: Courtship and copulation takes place during the rainy season, typically in the water. Defensive communication by young anacondas is believed to involve curling up in a ball and making hissing sounds. An anaconda’s hearing is limited, but it may detect sounds and vibrations.Ĭommunication: Communication to attract a mate involves emitting scented pheromones by females and tactile stimulation by males. Roof of the mouth deciphers the chemical clues collected by the snake’s flicking tongue. Jacobson’s organ, a special smelling organ on the Senses: Anacondas have heat-sensing pits along the lips that can detect the body heat given off by warm-blooded animals even in dark conditions. Using constriction to subdue their prey, they may capture large animals such as tapir, deer, capybara, caiman, crocodiles and Jaguars. ![]() They eat almost anything they can manage to overpower – fish, birds, mammals and other reptiles. Known as the “water boa”, they are capable of surprising speeds both on the surface of the water and under water, but slow on land.ĭiet: Green anacondas are primarily aquatic. Anacondas are the heaviest snake, but the Reticulated python may be longer.īehavior: They are nocturnal and spend much of the time in the water. Females are significantly larger than males. Size: They are among the largest snakes in the world, with recorded measurements of 27-32 feet (8-9.8 m), with average size being 18 feet (5.5 m) can weigh as much as 500 pounds (227 kg) with a diameter of 12 inches ( 30.5 cm). The eyes and nostrils are positioned on the top of the head, enabling them to breathe and to see without exposing their body. Their narrow head (as compared to the rest of the body) has an orange-yellow striping on either side. To the west of anaconda island is a Bamboo forest.Description: The primary color of Green anacondas (Eunectes murinus) is olive green, with black blotches running down the body. The surrounding rainforest has a high density of useful plants and animals, allowing a player to successfully forage and hunt. The fishing rod which can be found leaning against a tree in the camp will also unlock notebook entries for the Fishing Rod Trap. To assist the player with fishing these waters, a prawn trap can be found in the shallow waters on the edge of the island. Take care as Black Caiman swim these waters and can often be seen on the banks across from the island. The waters provide a rich supply of fish, making this spot ideal for fishing. A number of tools, weapons and various items can be found around this camp. A large dead anaconda can be seen propped on a stand. The camp consist of two pre-made unfinished modular shelters, a small bamboo shelter, three beds and a campfire. The camp can be accessed by crossing bamboo logs which are placed on the west and east side of the island. ![]() Anaconda island is a small island surrounded by a large body of water.
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Driver for gamecube controller sixtyforce12/27/2023 ![]() The current version has built-in IPS patching, palette and tilemap viewers, a memory tracer, a debugger, and more. Get it from the ScummVM download page.Ĭontinue reading for more updates, including GBA on Bizhawk, loads of FS-UAE development builds, new Hatari, and more.Įmulicious, a Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Sega Master System, and Sega Game Gear emulator written in Java 1.6, is now available. You can read a full breakdown of the changes in the release notes. Changes include "many" improvements to the UI, an OpenGL backend and enhanced AGOS engine, and updated MT-32 emulation. Five new games are supported, including 1996 claymation The Neverhood. It's been a long time coming, but ScummVM 1.7.0 was released in July. If you're after new builds, there's a steady flow of automated development versions appearing every day. They've also got a review up on the Dolphin blog for the Mayflash DolphinBar, which is a USB sensor bar designed to work with Dolphin and as a mouse replacement. Read the typically-fascinating Progress Report for a rundown of the most notable changes. Nintendo Wii and Gamecube emulator Dolphin apparently received hundreds of code optimisations in July, resulting in big performance improvements, fixes to long-standing bugs, and even a few new features. ![]() Mac builds are still not officially supported, and the angelXwind site that normally hosts unofficial builds seems to be down, but PPSSPP forum-goer slavezeo put together a script that can be used to compile the emulator with only a little modification. This fixes a few issues discovered in the 0.9.9 release, which added support for the mp3 and aac codecs and PMP video format, fixed a number of graphical issues by adding CLUT/paletted texturing from framebuffers, improved vrot CPU instruction emulation, and much more. PlayStation Portable emulator PPSSPP has been updated to version 0.9.9.1. There are new supported apps as well, including Terraria, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Cube World, and Path of Exile.Ĭontinue reading for more emulator updates, including back-from-the-dead JOYCE and double updates to Stella and VirtualBox, among others. Besides Yosemite compatibility, this release overhauls the user interface - with shortcuts in the dock and the CrossOver app for individual Windows apps drawing particular attention in the announcement. As is MAME Launcher.ĬodeWeavers has released version 14.0.0 (since updated to 14.0.1) of its commercial Wine-based Windows application/game wrapper tool CrossOver. And if you want a proper frontend and launcher, QMC2 is all synced up with the latest builds. For everyone else, the OS X SDL ports are still available here. Would-be contributors and those of you who compile from source note that the code repository is now on GitHub. As always, the list of changes is huge for MAME and slightly less-huge for MESS. Speaking of MAME and MESS, they're now at version 0.155. While I'm sending you off to read interesting articles about emulation, I might as well throw in David "Haze" Haywood's blog, which always picks out notable changes and discoveries in MAME and MESS development (or UME, if you're running it through Wine or virtualisation) - both in terms of emulation and hardware preservation. New development builds are flying out of the compiler. If you've been holding out on Dolphin for any reason, now's the time to dive in. They've got posts up on August, September, and October. The Dolphin team put together its own progress reports to highlight the gains, and also the new features and bug fixes. So big, in fact, that Wes Fenlon saw fit to write a cool feature article over at PC Gamer on the massive performance boosts brought on by Fiora Aeterna's contributions. Nintendo Gamecube and Wii emulator Dolphin has made some big progress in the past few months. (It's just struggling to stay true to its descriptor.) Fear not, emulation fans: my monthly news roundup is not dead yet. |