Matteo Wasescha, Actor and Writer, Wraps Up a Stellar Year in Hollywood and Looks Ahead to an Incredible New YearHappy holidays from Bad Bunny , who announced Thursday he will release a new album Jan. 5. “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” which translates to “I should have taken more photos,” is his sixth studio album and follows in his tradition of releasing new music on unexpected dates. His debut album, 2018’s “X 100PRE," arrived around Christmas and 2020's “El Último Tour del Mundo” near Thanksgiving. The January release date is just before “Día de Reyes,” or Three Kings Day, and is a Sunday — unlike the industry's standard Friday release date. The Puerto Rican musician announced the news on Instagram in a short video featuring filmmaker Jacobo Morales. He also released a new single, “PIToRRO DE COCO.” A day before, Bad Bunny teased a 17-track list on social media, with each song titled “BOMBA,” perhaps in reference to the Puerto Rican musical style and dance. “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” follows 2023's “Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana” (“Nobody Knows What Will Happen Tomorrow”), which was met with mixed reviews. On that album, Bad Bunny's reggaeton offerings were limited, returning instead to the Latin trap of “X 100PRE” in songs like “MONACO” and “GRACIAS POR NADA.” The announcement caps a busy year for El Conejo Malo. Bad Bunny made headlines after he threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris shortly after a comedian at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally made crude jokes about Latinos and called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” He also canvassed North America on his “Most Wanted Tour,” which made The Associated Press' list of the best concerts of the year. Maria Sherman, The Associated Press
Numerology Horoscope 2025 for Root Number 1As a post-Christmas present, Lenovo finally got the 8GB model of the new Chromebook Duet 11′′ in stock just yesterday. That model is the one we reviewed and is absolutely the version to get if you plan on keeping this device around for a few years. The added RAM and included pen just make for a better all-around experience, and even at $399, it is the version I always recommend. Having it back in stock was nice to see for sure, but I know many of you were likely also hoping for a little bit of a discount. If Lenovo is moving enough of these things to end up with a few weeks of it being completely out of stock, they might not need to reduce the price too much at this point. Still, it’s nice to get a deal on any ChromeOS device, and right now, you can save a little bit at checkout with the 8GB Duet 11′′. 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COMMENTS: STEVE SOSNICK, CHIEF MARKET STRATEGIST, INTERACTIVE BROKERS, GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT "I’ve heard anecdotes that pension funds are rebalancing ahead of year-end, selling stocks and buying bonds. Unfortunately, I can’t verify that, but it would explain the sudden sell-off on no news. And of course, if large funds are selling stocks en masse, the megacap tech stocks would bear the brunt because of their heavy weighting in major indices." "If nothing else, today is a reminder that just because a 'Santa Claus' rally is a statistical likelihood, it is far from guaranteed." “We’ve seen an attempt at a buy-the-dips rally smacked back, which seems to confirm that this is some selling or rebalancing underway by a big investor.” JAY WOODS, CHIEF GLOBAL STRATEGIST, FREEDOM CAPITAL MARKETS, NEW YORK "What people are doing is they're raising some cash. They're taking some profits right now as we go into the end of the year and getting ready for an opportunity if it presents itself in the beginning of next year. Tech, which has had a tremendous run, is starting to pull back. I think this is the beginning of a healthy correction that will get focused over the next four to eight weeks as we switch administrations." ROBERT PAVLIK, SENIOR PORTFOLIO MANAGER, DAKOTA WEALTH, FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT “Any kind of selling pressure sort of spirals a little bit out of control when you have a thinly traded market. And I think the selling pressure is really just people looking for direction.” “It’s not a lot of institutions. I think a lot of non-professionals are looking seeing the market’s direction and they just go with the flow. There’s concerns that maybe the first part of this year can involve some repositioning and reallocation of funds and those that are trading today and next week are probably just trying to get a little bit ahead of that.” “There’s uncertainty about the direction of interest rates and inflation, and the fact of all this is sort of coming together at one time. What is the Federal Reserve going to do in the first part of next year?” “And then there’s a new administration coming in with new policies and (there are uncertainties as to) what those policies will actually be, which policies will actually be implemented. There's a lot of talk about new and many changes, but what's really going to happen?” “And because of the big run that you've had in 2024, portfolios are not exactly positioned correctly for 2025 and I think a lot of people are expecting a lot of changes in the early part of the year.” “You're seeing some of that today and that will lead to more selling pressure because people just want to capture the gains before they go on into 2025.” PETER TUZ, PRESIDENT, CHASE INVESTMENT COUNSEL, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA “This is end of year stuff going on people have had a pretty good year, and it’s typical year-end selling pressure caused by people taking profits, not a lot of buyers out there and not a lot of volume.“ “(There’s) no reason to jump in and buy these things at these valuations, and tax planning is on peoples’ minds this week and will be on Monday and Tuesday. I don't attribute it to, you know, any changing outlook in anything right now.” “The Santa Claus rally is one of those historic statistics that bears watching, but because of the change in administration and the potential change in policy you're probably seeing more action now than you would ordinarily. There's the potential for a lot of disruption in 2025.” BRYCE DOTY, SENIOR PORTFOLIO MANAGER, SIT FIXED INCOME ADVISORS, MINNEAPOLIS "Today the market has really been reacting to the implications of taxes coming up. Tax positioning is overwhelming the other factors. But the more the Fed looks out of touch (with economic realities), the worse it is for equities...Tax trading will continue for the rest of the year." (Compiled by the Global Finance & Markets Breaking News team)
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' third bid to be released on bail won't be decided until next weekNASSAU, Bahamas — Scottie Scheffler brought a new putting grip to the Hero World Challenge and felt enough improvement to be satisfied with the result, a 5-under 67 that left him three shots behind Cameron Young on Thursday. Young was playing for the first time since the BMW Championship more than three months ago and found great success on and around the greens of Albany Golf Club, chipping beautifully and holing four birdie putts from 15 feet or longer for his 64. He led by two shots over Justin Thomas in his first competition since his daughter was born a few weeks ago. Thomas ran off four straight birdies late in his round and was a fraction of an inch away with a fifth. The big surprise was Scheffler, the No. 1 player in golf who looked as good as he has all year in compiling eight victories, including an Olympic gold medal. His iron play has no equal. His putting at times has kept him from winning more or winning bigger. He decided to try to a claw putting grip from about 20 feet or closer — the putter rests between his right thumb and his fingers, with his left index finger pointed down the shaft. “I’m always looking for ways to improve,” Scheffler said. Scheffler last year began working with renowned putting instructor Phil Kenyon, and he says Kenyon mentioned the alternative putting grip back then. “But it was really our first time working together and it’s something that’s different than what I’ve done in the past,” Scheffler said. “This year I had thought about it from time to time, and it was something that we had just said let’s table that for the end of the season, take a look at it. “Figured this is a good week to try stuff.” He opened with a wedge to 2 feet and he missed a 7-foot birdie putt on the par-5 third. But he holed a birdie from about the same distance at the next par 5, No. 6, and holed a sliding 6-footer on the ninth to save par. His longest putt was his last hole, from 12 feet for a closing birdie. “I really enjoyed the way it felt,” he said. “I felt like I’m seeing some improvements in my stroke.” Young, regarded as the best active player without a PGA Tour victory, is treating this holiday tournament as the start of a new season. He worked on getting stronger and got back to the basics in his powerful golf swing. And on this day, he was dialed in with his short game. He only struggled to save par twice and kept piling up birdies in his bogey-free round on an ideal day in the Bahamas. “The wind wasn’t blowing much so it was relatively stress-free,” Young said. Patrick Cantlay, along with Scheffler playing for the first time since the Presidents Cup, also was at 67 with Ludvig Åberg, Akshay Bhatia and Sahith Theegala. Thomas also took this occasion to do a little experimenting against a 20-man field. He has using a 46-inch driver at home — a little more than an inch longer than his regular driver — in a bid to gain more speed. On a day with little wind, on a golf course with some room off the tee, he decided to put it in play. “Just with it being a little bit longer, I just kind of have to get the club out in front of me and get on top of it a little bit more,” Thomas said. “I drove the hell out of it on the back, so that was nice to try something different and have it go a little bit better on the back.” Thomas said the longer driver gives him 2 or 3 mph in ball speed and 10 extra yards in the air. “It’s very specific for courses, but gave it a try,” he said. Conditions were easy enough that only four players in field failed to break par, with Jason Day bringing up the rear with a 75.
WHEN Brendan Rodgers talks football, I could listen to him all day. Ditto when he offers a peek under the hood at the mental side of winning trophies, as he did after Saturday’s 3-0 Premiership win over Hibs . 11 Brendan Rodgers Credit: Kenny Ramsay 11 Celtic fans' pyro show during the League Cup semi with Aberdeen last month Credit: Kenny Ramsay 11 Rangers were also charged Credit: Kenny Ramsay 11 As were Motherwell for flares let off during the same match Credit: PA But now and again, he goes off on the kind of tangent that makes you rewind and replay to make sure he’s actually said what you thought he did. Which is when you feel like telling him to give it a rest. I’m thinking in this instance of his press conference last Friday. In the middle of addressing charges brought against Celtic , Rangers and Motherwell after pyro-mania at last month’s League Cup semis , he drifted away into a riff. READ MORE FOOTBALL STORIES NEW BALL GAME Postecoglou told he's not playing 'Kilmarnock or St Mirren' by pundit FIRM OFFER Football free bets for Rangers and Celtic games PLUS bonuses and sign-up offers Away grounds, he said, have too many empty seats when Celtic visit. He laughed: “We must have the richest league in the world if they don’t want people filling the stands.” The inference being that his club don’t get enough tickets on the road, and that home clubs should play fair by moving their own fans aside. To which all I can say is, chase yerself, Brendan. Most read in Football CRY BHOY CRY Ex-Celtic star suffers cup final heartbreak as teammates left in TEARS MAN IN THE MIDDLE Ref who was suspended for taking bribe put in charge of Celtic UCL clash DIFFERENT LEAGUE Rangers boss Clement told 'don't make excuses' after surprising admission STRICKEN STAR Michail Antonio undergoes surgery on broken leg after horror car crash Apart from anything else, ticket allocations have hee-haw to do with the subject of his own fans trying to set fire to the world. Still, it he wants to deal with it, let’s deal with it. By reminding him that the reason Celtic, and Rangers , have had their numbers cut by the likes of Hearts , Hibs , St Mirren and Kilmarnock is the same reason both halves of the Old Firm are currently facing these charges. Moment Celtic vs Rangers Scottish Cup final half-time restart delayed due to wild pyro display from Gers fans- Namely, the inability of too many of their travelling fans to behave like decent human beings. Supporters, stewards and police at every other ground in the land will testify to this anti-social trait running through our two biggest clubs like sweary words in a stalk of rock . As, for that matter, will plenty Celtic and Rangers diehards themselves. Speak to anyone who goes to their away games for the old-fashioned pleasure of watching the football . Ask them what happens if they try to stand where the ned-mobs choose to plonk themselves. Get them to repeat the abuse they take should they ask members of these mobs to sit down/cut the bile/remember that there are weans in the crowd. When the day comes that either of the Old Firm deal with this, when they grow a pair and bring their own supporters into line, then MAYBE the rest of us will listen to their arguments about being hard done by over tickets. As it stands, the pair of them can’t even trust their own fans to visit each other’s stadiums. Worse than that, they can’t even keep a lid on things at their own stadiums, seeing as they are both on Uefa’s naughty step for repeated offences over fireworks , flares, banners, flags and sectarian garbage. 11 So here’s what I’d ask Brendan Rodgers — would you want people like these in your house ? Because I wouldn’t. I’d rather have a few mates round who don’t pee in the sink and swear at the neighbours , than pack the place out with wallopers who leave it looking like a warzone. That’s why allocations have been slashed at Tynecastle and Easter Road, at Paisley and Killie. The locals have quite simply got sick and tired of their home being treated like a cross between a firing range and an outdoor toilet . This criticism doesn’t apply to every fan of Celtic and Rangers, far from it. But every week of the season, we all see and hear just how unpleasant enough of them are to reflect horribly on the rest. Sure, it was only an aside from Rodgers and he didn’t actually come out and demand extra seats for his supporters. But he was clearly playing to the gallery, drip-feeding what the hardcore wanted to hear. 11 From a man with so much to say that’s both interesting and informative, that kind of stuff is deeply disappointing. As for the pyro stuff itself? Well, as with those recent warnings dished out by Uefa , you get the feeling both Celtic and Rangers are quietly relieved. Relieved that someone else — in this case the ever-courageous blazers of the SPFL — have read the riot act, as it spares them from any personal responsibility. To be fair, both Rodgers and Philippe Clement said all the right things about the dangers of fireworks in a crowded area. About how big games already have enough natural atmosphere without all this disruptive, time-wasting nonsense. The bit they miss, however, is the fact that this is a monster created by the clubs themselves, both of who have basically handed matchdays over to gangs of attention-seeking, self-entitled trouble-makers. Yet they both now wring their hands over how to tame them. How? Simple. Refund their season books, and don’t give them away tickets until they realise what being a proper fan is all about. 11 As I’ve written and said a million times, the Green Brigade, the Union Bears and all their copycat spin-offs have the potential and power to be wonderful for the game. They have it in them to be positive influences, to sing football songs , to make the watching world admire and maybe even envy them. It would be nice if they got their head around this before Sunday at Hampden. And if we could have peace in the Middle East by then too, my work here is done. 11 James Tavernier Credit: PA TWO goals and an assist this past week have proved there’s life in James Tavernier yet. He hassled Jason Holt into the own goal that beat St Johnstone , he started the ball rolling in Wednesday night’s 6-0 home hounding of Killie , and his outside-of-the-boot finish for the third at Dingwall on Sunday was unstoppable . But does the Rangers captain’s input against bottom six opposition earn him a start in two huge games over the next six days? It’s a massive question for Philippe Clement to answer. And, for me, that answer has to be NO. When Spurs come calling on Thursday, you can bet your boots Ange Postecoglou — if he’s still in charge after their latest calamity — will be praying Tavernier starts so he can overload down that side and expose him. The Aussie’s been there, seen it and worn the t-shirt. He wrote the textbook on how to take the Rangers right flank apart. As for next Sunday’s cup final? Well, everyone’s seen what happens when Tavernier is up against Daizen Maeda . He can’t get forward because the Japanese winger stays so high up the park , and he gets drawn out of position way too easily when Greg Taylor makes darting runs infield. Of course, Clement’s issue is that Dujon Sterling — the one natural replacement in his squad — has been carrying a knock that stops him playing 90 minutes. 11 He’s still a more solid option, though, especially in a double-header where solidity is the best chance Rangers have of coming through with their heads held high. Get it right and they might not be too far away in Europe or at Hampden. Get it wrong, though . . .? 11 Gemma Fay Credit: Getty Images - Getty FAIR play to Gemma Fay — the one female pundit with the minerals to tell it like it is about our permanently under-performing national team. Plenty of former team-mates mumbled the usual platitudes in the wake of last Tuesday’s second- leg defeat to Finland in the Euro play-offs. The stock lines about how “the girls couldn’t have given any more”, and how “they will be heartbroken”. Fay gave them it straight. Our key players aren’t a big enough influence, she said. You struggle to see an identity, she continued. It’s hard to understand what coach Pedro Martinez Losa’s trying to achieve, she added. Bang on, Gemma, bang on. As the 203-times-capped keeper put it on a BBC podcast, our women’s game simply isn’t evolving at elite level. Why it’s so difficult for others to say baffles me. Big names like Leanne Crichton and Rachel Corsie have shouted from the rooftop about women’s football deserving more airtime, more finance , more respect. Now they’ve got it, it seems they have settled into a comfort zone where no boats are to be rocked. 11 Dan Ashworth Credit: PA MANCHESTER UNITED paid £3million to nick Dan Ashworth from Newcastle United as their new sporting director. That was just the transfer fee, by the way. His wages were £1.5m-a-year. He took over on July 1, oversaw a £200m summer transfer splurge, then the sacking of Erik ten Hag at a cost of £10m, then the hiring of Ruben Amorim , plus entourage, at £11m. Then, on Saturday night, he quit because of what’s been described as a personality clash, stopping only to collect another lorryload of cash in compensation . Read more on the Scottish Sun 'vicious circle' I live in Scotland's benefits hotspot -I've only worked 4 years of my life SPLIT THE PACK I'm one of the best ever snooker stars but I wouldn't be if I was born later All this, remember, after they brought in billionaire tycoon Sir Jim Ratcliffe to turn them into a lean, mean business machine. A decision that’s currently making Rangers look like the best-run club on the planet. Keep up to date with ALL t h e latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
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The Chicago Blackhawks fired coach Luke Richardson on Thursday with the team sitting at the bottom of the NHL standings. Anders Sorensen, coach of the Blackhawks' Rockford IceHogs team in the American Hockey League, was named interim head coach. The move happened with generational player Connor Bedard going through a sophomore slump and unhappy with his production. He had a recently ended a 12-game goal drought and didn't make the Canadian roster for this season's 4 Nations Face-Off . "As we have begun to take steps forward in our rebuilding process, we felt that the results did not match our expectations for a higher level of execution this season and ultimately came to the decision that a change was necessary," general manager Kyle Davidson said in a statement about the coaching move. Richardson, 55, was hired before the start of the 2022-23 season. The Blackhawks finished 30th overall, moved up three spots in the draft lottery and chose Bedard, considered the NHL's best prospect since Connor McDavid. All things Blackhawks: Latest Chicago Blackhawks news, schedule, roster, stats, injury updates and more. He was coach for Bedard's first NHL season, when the center won rookie of the year despite missing 14 games with a broken jaw . But the Blackhawks finished with the league's second worst record and a .317 points percentage. It has been more of the same, even with Chicago adding veterans Tyler Bertuzzi and Teuvo Teravainen to complement Bedard. The Blackhawks' record is 8-16-2 and they're in a 2-7-1 slump. Richardson leaves Chicago with a 57-118-15 record and won't get a chance to coach in this season's Winter Classic. Richardson is the third NHL coach to be fired this season, following the Boston Bruins' Jim Montgomery and the St. Louis Blues' Drew Bannister . Sorenson, 49, a native of Sweden, has been with the Blackhawks organization since 2013-14 and become Rockford head coach in 2021-22, making the playoffs in all three seasons.
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TORONTO, Dec. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Profound Medical Corp. (TSX: PRN; NASDAQ: PROF) (“Profound” or the “Company”) today announced that it intends to offer and sell common shares (the “Common Shares”) in an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”). In addition, Profound expects to grant the underwriters of the Offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the Common Shares sold in the Offering. All of the securities in the Offering are being offered by Profound. The Offering is subject to market conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the Offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the Offering. The net proceeds of the Offering are expected to be used: (i) to fund the continued commercialization of the TULSA-PRO® system in the United States, (ii) to fund the continued development and commercialization of the TULSA-PRO® system and the Sonalleve® system globally, and (iii) for working capital and general corporate purposes. The Offering is expected to be completed pursuant to an underwriting agreement to be entered into between the Company and Raymond James Ltd. and Lake Street Capital Markets as co-lead underwriters and joint bookrunners, and a third underwriter. The Offering is expected to take place in each of the provinces and territories of Canada, except the province of Québec, and in the United States. The Offering is expected to close on or about December 10, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions including, but not limited to, the receipt of all necessary approvals including the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange. Profound will notify the Nasdaq Capital Market in accordance with the rules of that exchange. In connection with the Offering, the Company has filed a preliminary prospectus supplement (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”) and intends to file a subsequent prospectus supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement”) to its short form base shelf prospectus dated July 10, 2024 (the “Base Shelf Prospectus”) in each of the provinces and territories of Canada relating to the proposed Offering. The Prospectus Supplement will also be filed in the United States with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as part of the Company’s effective registration statement on Form F-10 (File no. 333-280236), as amended, previously filed under the multijurisdictional disclosure system adopted by the United States. Access to the Base Shelf Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, and any amendments to the documents will be provided in accordance with securities legislation relating to procedures for providing access to a shelf prospectus supplement, a base shelf prospectus and any amendment. The Base Shelf Prospectus is, and the Prospectus Supplement will be (within two business days of the date hereof), accessible on SEDAR+ at and on EDGAR at . The Common Shares are offered under the Prospectus Supplement. An electronic or paper copy of the Base Shelf Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement (when filed), and any amendment to the documents may be obtained without charge, from Raymond James Ltd., Scotia Plaza, 40 King St. W., 54th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5H 3Y2, Canada, or by telephone at 416-777-7000 or by email at by providing the contact with an email address or address, as applicable. Copies of the Prospectus Supplement and the Base Shelf Prospectus will be available on EDGAR at or may be obtained without charge from Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Attention: Equity Syndicate, 880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, Florida 33716, by telephone at (800) 248-8863, or by email at , and from Lake Street Capital Markets, LLC, 920 2nd Ave S – Ste 700, Minneapolis, MN 55402, , (612) 326-1305. The Base Shelf Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement contain important, detailed information about the Company and the proposed Offering. Prospective investors should read the Base Shelf Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement (when filed) before making an investment decision. No securities regulatory authority has either approved or disapproved of the contents of this news release. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any province, territory, state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such province, territory, state or jurisdiction. Profound is a commercial-stage medical device company that develops and markets customizable, incision-free therapies for the ablation of diseased tissue. Profound is commercializing TULSA-PRO®, a technology that combines real-time MRI, robotically-driven transurethral ultrasound and closed-loop temperature feedback control. Profound is also commercializing Sonalleve®, an innovative therapeutic platform that is CE marked for the treatment of uterine fibroids and palliative pain treatment of bone metastases. This release includes forward-looking statements regarding Profound and its business which may include, but is not limited to, the Offering, including the Offering’s timing, pricing, underwriters, size, terms, selling jurisdictions, closing, over-allotment option, and use of proceeds; the availability and timing of the final prospectus supplement; and, the expectations regarding the efficacy and commercialization of Profound’s technology. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “plans”, “is expected”, “expects”, “scheduled”, “intends”, “contemplates”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “proposes” or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved. Such statements are based on the current expectations of the management of Profound. The forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this release, may not occur by certain specified dates or at all and could differ materially as a result of known and unknown risk factors and uncertainties affecting the Company, including risks regarding the medical device industry, regulatory approvals, reimbursement, economic factors, the equity markets generally and risks associated with growth and competition. Although Profound has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Additional information about the risks and uncertainties of forward-looking statements and the assumptions upon which they are based is contained in the Company’s filings with securities regulators, which are available electronically through SEDAR+ at and EDGAR at . Except as required by applicable securities laws, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and Profound undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, other than as required by law. Stephen Kilmer Investor Relations T: 647.872.4849
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For my money, there isn't a better horror monster than The Thing's shape-shifting alien organism. Even 42 years later, Rob Bottin's practical effects are still incredible, capturing each freakish amalgamation of tentacles, sharp teeth, sinew, and traces of malformed humanity with ghastly clarity. I've seen The Thing dozens of times, yet seeing Norris' decapitated head contort and grow arthropod-esque legs will never fail to twist my stomach in knots. These are the everlasting images of The Thing, but it's the alien's ability to perfectly imitate anyone that genuinely terrifies, permeating each scene with an unnerving sense of dread and paranoia that affects both its characters and the audience watching. Who do you trust when anyone could be a clandestine threat? Back in 2002, developer Computer Artworks attempted to translate this feeling into an officially licensed video game for The Thing. The now-shuttered studio came close to succeeding, too, creating a third-person horror-action game with a unique squad system that ensured you could never entirely trust the person fighting by your side. It's become somewhat of a cult classic since then, leading to this remaster from Nightdive Studios--a developer known for faithfully restoring myriad games, including Shadow Man and Star Wars: Dark Forces. The Thing: Remastered is a similarly authentic experience, albeit with a number of key improvements to the game's visuals, controls, and some quality-of-life mechanics. Beyond this, it's much the same game as it was in 2002, for both the good and the bad. The game's setup is one of its better aspects, acting as a direct sequel to John Carpenter's iconic 1982 film. You play as the bland, one-dimensional Captain Blake, leader of a U.S. Special Forces rescue team sent to investigate Outpost 31 in the isolating tundra of Antarctica. Of course, we know what transpired when MacReady and the rest of this research facility encountered the shape-shifting alien life-form, and it doesn't take long before Blake is fighting off all manner of horrific entities. He's rather nonchalant about the whole thing, though, anchoring a relatively thin story that feels distinctly 2002 in all the worst ways. While it begins as a more action-oriented facsimile of the film it's ostensibly a sequel to, the narrative quickly delves into predictable territory with the military experimenting on the Thing to use the alien for its own gain. It's all very stereotypical, with melodramatic voice acting and--aside from a fun cameo from John Carpenter himself--an inherently disposable cast of characters. Most of the people you meet are potential squad members. To survive The Thing: Remastered, earning and maintaining the trust of the surviving crew is paramount. By killing enemies and supplying each squadmate with weapons, ammo, and healing, they'll happily fight alongside you. The twist is that this is The Thing, so you could be handing a weapon to an enemy interloper or someone paranoid enough to suspect you of being one yourself. Not only can your squad members be a Thing in disguise, but they also have the capacity to turn on you if their trust diminishes or they're overcome by fear. They regularly experience anxiety, which spikes when witnessing traumatic events, such as seeing a dismembered corpse or a particularly grotesque alien. If they suffer from enough stress or lose your trust--because you accidentally shot them, didn't take part in combat, and so on--they'll crack and run away, kill themselves, or start shooting everyone around them, attempting to kill both you and your colleagues. It's a thoughtful implementation of the film's tenants of trust, paranoia, and deception, with the potential to generate nail-biting tension through friend and foe alike. Suddenly, your squadmates are more than just simple NPCs; they're people displaying real human behavior. It was an innovative concept back in 2002 when this kind of trust and fear management was unheard of. Even today, it's not something I've seen implemented in other single-player games; typically, it's reserved for social multiplayer experiences like Among Us instead. For the game's first couple of hours, the way these ideas are executed is compelling. The Thing: Remastered immediately establishes an unsettling atmosphere as you begin exploring the dilapidated remnants of Outpost 31. Your teammates are already on edge even before you discover a flying saucer buried under the ice, with the howl of the Arctic's bitingly cold wind and Ennio Morricone's haunting score punctuating certain moments with another alluring layer of unease. Nightdive has done a fantastic job of updating the original game's visuals, too, with improved character models, textures, and animations, as well as dynamic lighting and shadows to really spruce up the 22-year-old game. It still maintains the somewhat blocky look of a game from the PS2 era but smoothes over its rougher edges with modern techniques that make the visuals more palatable for a modern audience. As you progress further into the game, you'll come up against all manner of enemy creatures, from small four-legged scuttlers to more humanoid monstrosities with deadly claws and exposed innards. These larger enemies need to be damaged with small-arms fire before being set alight with either a flamethrower or incendiary grenade. Fortunately, Nightdive has altered the flamethrower so that it doesn't burn you if you're holding the trigger while simultaneously moving forward. Ammunition is also much more plentiful, preventing those instances in the original game where you would be forced to reload a save from hours before to try and conserve enough ammo for later. Aside from these welcome changes, combat in The Thing: Remastered feels much the same, utilizing a generous lock-on system that makes it easy to clear out rooms without much thought. It's fine but hardly compelling. Your teammates aren't too shabby in a fight, at least, though their main purpose is often to open doors for you. The game's level design is commonly built on gating your progression with broken junction boxes that prevent things like doors and computers from working. While you're able to fix some of this damaged equipment, most of them require a specialized engineer, creating one of the first issues with the game's notion that "anyone could be an alien." If you require an engineer to progress, then their death or transformation simply results in a game over screen, removing the potential for the type of randomness that makes the game's concept so enticing. The more you play, the more it's revealed that The Thing: Remastered is essentially struggling under the weight of its own ambition. Certain squad members will become aliens at pre-determined points, no matter how carefully you've managed their trust and fear. Even if a blood test reveals that they're still human mere seconds before, this is quickly rendered moot by the game's rigid scripting. As a result, The Thing: Remastered falters as a squad-based game because you're never incentivized to care about anyone's survival but your own. With the story dictating when certain characters will transform--and most teammates disappearing at the end of each level anyway--forming any sort of attachment to them is futile. There are no repercussions for trusting your teammates, either. Any weapons you give them are dropped when they transform, and keeping their trust up and fear down is a simple task, so I never felt like anyone would crack, which gradually chips away at the game's tension. By the halfway point, Computer Artworks seemingly struggled to take the concept any further, turning the game into a boilerplate run-and-gun shooter that sees you fighting aliens and mindless human enemies alike. It's a far cry from the game's opening and makes for a banal slog towards a disappointing ending. I have fond memories of playing The Thing back in 2002 because there wasn't anything else quite like it. It was inventive and exciting, and even today, no one else is trying to do what Computer Artworks attempted in the single-player space. I commend the studio for what it achieved, but the limitations of the technology--and its design constraints--are much more apparent now, even with nostalgia-tinted glasses on. Nightdive has done a fantastic job of restoring this flawed but intriguing game, continuing its crucial work with game preservation. All of the changes it's made are positive, resulting in a better game, both visually and mechanically. Nonetheless, this is a case where a complete remake would've been much more appealing, allowing for the trust and fear system to be fleshed out with less rigidity and more dynamism. As it is, Computer Artworks' vision might never be fully realized, and that's a shame.Target Corp. stock underperforms Thursday when compared to competitors
Turkish Baykar takes over the historic Italian company Piaggio AviationThe new, 12-team brings with it a promise to be bigger, more exciting, more lucrative. Perfect or 100% fair? Well, nobody ever believed that. The first expanded playoff bracket unveiled Sunday left a presumably in favor of that finished with a better record after playing a schedule that was not as difficult. It ranked undefeated Oregon first but set up a possible rematch against Ohio State, the team that came closest to beating the Ducks this year. It treated underdog Boise State like a favorite and like a world beater at No. 2. It gave Ohio State home-field advantage against Tennessee for reasons it would take a supercomputer to figure out. It gave the sport the multiweek tournament it has longed for, but also ensured there will be plenty to grouse about between now and when the trophy is handed out on Jan. 20 after what will easily be the longest college football season in history. All of it, thankfully, will be sorted out on the field starting with first-round games on campuses Dec. 20 and 21, then over three succeeding rounds that will wind their way through traditional bowl sites. Maybe Oregon coach Dan Lanning, are the favorite to win it all, put it best when he offered: "Winning a national championship is not supposed to be easy.” Neither, it turns out, is figuring out who should play for it. The Big Ten will lead the way with four teams in the tournament, followed by the SEC with three and the ACC with two. The lasting memory from the inaugural bracket will involve the decision that handed the ACC that second bid. Alabama of the SEC didn't play Saturday. SMU of the ACC did. The Mustangs fell behind by three touchdowns to Clemson before coming back to tie. But they ultimately lost 34-31 on a 56-yard field goal as time expired. “We were on pins and needles,” SMU coach Rhett Lashley said. “Until we saw the name ‘SMU’ up there, we were hanging on the edge. We're really, really happy and thankful to the committee for rewarding our guys for their total body of work." The Mustangs only had two losses, compared to three for the Crimson Tide. Even though SMU's schedule wasn't nearly as tough, the committee was impressed by the way the Mustangs came back against Clemson. “We just felt, in this particular case, SMU had the nod above Alabama,” said Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel, the chairman of the selection committee. “But it’s no disrespect to Alabama’s strength of schedule. We looked at the entire body of work for both teams.” Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne was gracious, up to a point. “Disappointed with the outcome and felt we were one of the 12 best teams in the country,” he said on social media. He acknowledged — despite all of Alabama’s losses coming against conference opponents this season — that the Tide’s push to schedule more games against teams from other major conferences in order to improve its strength of schedule did not pay off this time. “That is not good for college football," Byrne said. Georgia, the SEC champion, was seeded second; Boise State, the Mountain West champion, earned the third seed; and Big 12 titlist Arizona State got the fourth seed and the fourth and final first-round bye. All will play in quarterfinals at bowl games on Dec. 31-Jan. 1. Clemson stole a bid and the 12th seed with its crazy win over SMU, the result that ultimately cost Alabama a spot in the field. The Tigers moved to No. 16 in the rankings, but got in as the fifth-best conference winner. The conference commissioners' idea to give conference champions preferable treatment in this first iteration of the 12-team playoff could be up for reconsideration after this season. The committee actually ranked Boise State, the Mountain West Champion, at No. 9 and Big 12 champion Arizona State at No. 12, but both get to skip the first round. Another CFP guideline: There’s no reseeding of teams after each round, which means no break for Oregon. The top-seeded Ducks will face the winner of Tennessee-Ohio State in the Rose Bowl. Oregon beat Ohio State 32-31 earlier this year in one of the season’s best games. Dec. 21. Clemson is riding high after the SMU upset, while Texas is 0-2 against Georgia and 11-0 vs. everyone else this season. The winner faces ... Arizona State in the Peach Bowl. Huh? Dec. 21. The biggest knock against the Mustangs was that they didn't play any big boys with that 60th-ranked strength of schedule. Well, now they get to. The winner faces ... Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl. Yes, SMU vs. Boise was the quarterfinal we all expected. Dec. 20. Hoosiers coach Curt Cignetti thought his team deserved a home game. Well, not quite but close. The winner faces ... Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. The Bulldogs got the No. 2 seed despite a throwing-arm injury to QB Carson Beck. But what else was the committee supposed to do? , Dec. 21. The Buckeyes (losses to Oregon, Michigan) got home field over the Volunteers (losses to Arkansas, Georgia) in a matchup of programs with two of the biggest stadiums in football. The winner faces ... Oregon in the Rose Bowl. Feels like that matchup should come in the semifinals or later. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up . AP college football: and
Watch the latest Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 trailer to learn more about the story of Henry of Skalitz, and dive into the medieval world of this upcoming RPG sequel. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 follows Henry, a young man seeking justice for his murdered parents, as he embarks on an epic journey where his morality and integrity are tested. With blood feuds and political conspiracies unraveling, Henry’s choices will ultimately shape his destiny. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 will be available on PC, PS5 (PlayStation 5), and Xbox Series X|S on February 4, 2025.None
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