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The rival trainer is someone introduced early in every Pokemon game. While later games had groups of friends and sometimes villains acting as rivals, the earliest Pokemon games had a single, seasoned rival each — and that seasoning tended to be quite bitter. Gary/Blue Oak and Silver had mean streaks a mile wide, and felt largely ambivalent towards most of their Pokemon (with a few humanizing exceptions). Much of their character arcs were learning to set aside their arrogance and connect with their fellow humans and Pokemon....

A weekly Reuters/Ipsos Core Political Survey carried out March 17 to 18 put Biden’s approval rating at 59 percent. That is up five percentage points from 54 percent in a similar survey carried out March 10 to 11. This has been buoyed by a boost among independent voters whose rating went from 48 to 56 percent. Republican’s approval went to 23 percent from 20, while Democrats went from 91 to 92 percent....

The “Jennifer Aniston neuron” has kicked around for years. It’s not new. It’s relevant, though, because it helps explain why anyone cares about stuff like a “Friends” reunion in the first place. Specifically, it provides something of a scientific explanation for nostalgia — and nostalgia is everywhere. People, maybe now more than ever, really, really like feeling nostalgic. MORE: The best sports photos of 2015 | Historic baseball photos...

The KODA dog can be used as a companion or a guard dog, its manufacturer claims. It’s one of a growing number of high-end robot dogs. But the KODA dog is different from competitors because it uses AI to get to know its owners. “The robot dog is meant to serve a multitude of purposes: family companion, seeing-eye dog, a vigilant guard dog, or a powerful supercomputer capable of solving complex problems,” Emma Russell, CEO of KODA, said in an email interview....

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When people ask about how ‘safe’ or how ‘secure’ Bitcoin is, a few different meanings can come to mind. What is Bitcoin? Can Bitcoin be stolen? As with almost every other asset, it is possible for Bitcoin to be stolen. However, if you are diligent and store your coins properly, you can make them incredibly secure – far more secure than the average set of credit card details, for example....

As you cope with the symptoms of a salmonella infection, following your treatment plan is key to a prompt, successful recovery. This article discusses the treatments typically used for salmonella, including home remedies, over-the-counter therapies, and prescriptions. Home Remedies and Lifestyle Most people recover from salmonella infection with a combination of rest and maintaining adequate fluid intake. Try to take it easy until your symptoms subside so your body can heal....

For the early Spider-Man games, fans likely already know what to expect. Less powerful hardware meant graphics and gameplay needed to be simpler than they are now. While Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales has some of the most stunning visuals of any Spider-Man game, the first title released on the Atari 2600 used a simple red character that was able to swing on a 2D screen. Since then, games have been able to take advantage of every new generation of hardware with increasingly complex worlds for players to explore as Spider-Man....

And it’s a darn good thing that Star Ocean is getting another shot, because after the disaster that was Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness, fans were worried that Star Ocean hadn’t performed well enough to merit any further entries. The main Star Ocean games since the third main entry, Till the End of Time, have all been controversial in some way. Whether it’s due to unpopular story decisions, poor localization, screwing up systems that were once good, or just generally failing to live up to the second entry, Star Ocean has been a mire of disappointment for over a decade....

Celia Rose Gooding as Nyota Uhura Rebecca Romijn as Number One Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. M’Benga Jess Bush as Christine Chapel Dan Jeannotte as Sam Kirk Its two-minute-long trailer promised a return to form with the Enterprise crew charting the stars and pushing boundaries. Along with color uniforms, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is arguably the most similar to Star Trek: The Original Series – just with more advanced special effects....

However, few of these games have captured the hopeless, melancholy, cyclical feel of Miyazaki’s trilogy quite as well as Steamforged’s board game adaptation. The Dark Souls board game is an essential experience for any Souls fans looking to slake their cravings for more challenging combat and punishing boss battles ahead of the release of Elden Ring in the new year. RELATED: Borderlands Board Game Kickstarter Smashes Fundraising Goal How Dark Souls Was Made into a Board Game Like a lot of video game to board game adaptations, Dark Souls – The Board Game was successfully crowdfunded, and released in April 2017 by British-based Steamforged Games....

With a focus on squads, boss battles, and loot mechanics, it was inevitable that gamers from all walks would note some similarities between the two titles. Fortunately, during a recent trip to New York City, I was given the opportunity to speak with the associate creative director on The Division, Julian Gerighty, about what he thought of the dots gamers were connecting between his project and Destiny. Evidently, he sees quite a few things that separate the two....

In Skyrim, the Dark Brotherhood was one of the best factions and provided a memorable storyline as well as an incredible armor set to boost stealth and combat skills. So, it stands to reason that in The Elder Scrolls 6, fans will be eager to join the Brotherhood once more, especially to see the impact that the Skyrim storyline has had on the group. With all the anticipation, Bethesda may need to seriously improve the missions and the way the Brotherhood functions to give players an enjoyable experience that was worth the wait....

First, just locating those buildings is not as obvious as it sounds. Objects look very different from the air, plus the planes would have had to be properly positioned to hit the towers. The regular pilots would have known how a plane’s trim-essentially its balance-changes as it increases speed. But I don’t believe any power or threat could make them fly into a building, and I have no doubt that the two cockpit crews were killed or disabled before the planes hit those towers....

Apple’s Clean Energy Charging works by accessing a forecast of the carbon emissions on your local energy grid and then only charging when those emissions are lower. This may sound like an esoteric change, save for two factors: it’s enabled by default on all iPhones running iOS 16.1, and hundreds of millions of iPhones are in use worldwide, all of which require charging. “There are 16 billion mobile devices worldwide that need to be charged on a daily basis....

The scoring tool is often used in the hospital setting, as these individuals are often quite sick when they reach the disease state that necessitates the use of the Maddrey Score. In short, the Maddrey score helps determine how badly damaged the liver is, so that a plan of care can be developed. Who Needs a Maddrey Score? Individuals with alcoholic hepatitis are the patients for whom the Maddrey Score is used....

Priced $749.99 and available to buy in America as of 6 May, the Dyson Purifier Formaldehyde uses solid-state formaldehyde sensing tech, “designed to capture ultra-fine dust and allergens, even destroying potentially dangerous VOCs including formaldehyde.” Formaldehyde is much smaller than particles the size of 0.1 microns, so it’s very tricky to capture. But if left undetected, formaldehyde can lead to prolonged exposure due to continuous release of airborne chemicals (off-gassing)....

The Resident Evil franchise has become synonymous with the survival-horror genre after the first game arrived in 1996. The games have spawned a successful film franchise as well as plenty of spin-offs. Although Resident Evil has managed to maintain its reputation as a franchise, the remake of Resident Evil 2 really re-established the games as one of the best in the genre it helped create. Since then many have been eagerly awaiting a Resident Evil 3 announcement....

Although Shatner’s flight is likely to be less dramatic than the space journeys experienced by his Trek character, Captain James T. Kirk, the 90-year-old actor is set to make history by becoming the oldest person in space. Shatner is expected to blast off during Blue Origin’s second human spaceflight—the first took place in July, carrying billionaire founder Jeff Bezos and three others—on Wednesday morning, after weather conditions forced a one-day delay to launch plans....