The Guardian's pick of the games for this year

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/jan/02/best-video-games-2018-preview-jenny-leclue-ni-no-kuni-2-red-dead-redemption

Far Cry 5

"Running around in an extremist America that feels on the brink of some kind of apocalypse barely qualifies as escapism in 2018, but at least in this version you have the power to fix it."

LOL

Every other country in the world is moving away for physical currency and we get a R10 coin…


https://www.news24.com/Columnists/GuestColumn/the-introduction-of-a-r10-coin-is-long-overdue-20171229

SERIOUSLY?

20 Greatest Spaceships Ever To Appear On Screen

http://whatculture.com/film/20-greatest-spaceships-ever-appear-screen

They obviously know what they are talking about with but kudos for no 11, 9 and 6.

It's a bit more than a telephone box Trekkie

I would actually give the TARDIS as better rating.

The TARDIS is a truly amazing ship, it would even take out a Star Destroyer.

TARDIS stands for - Time And Relative Dimension In Space.

It’s a spaceship and time machine.

First of its got the appearance of a Blue 1950’s British Police Box which were used to phone the police and to keep criminals locked up till the police car arrives. All TARDIS’s comes with a chameleon circuit that allow it to morph into any object to blend in with its time and surroundings. Sadly the Doctor’s chameleon circuit was damaged with an encounter with the Cybermen and got stuck as a blue box.

The most remarkable characteristic of a TARDIS is that its interior is much larger than it appears from the outside.

It can also recorded and played back from the Matrix, the Time Lord computer network that is the repository of all their knowledge, as well as the memories and experiences of deceased.

The TARDIS has been shown to be incredibly rugged, withstanding gunfire, temperatures of 3000 degrees without even scorching atmospheric re-entry, falls of several miles and sinking into pooling acid. The TARDIS falls down the side of a cliff, the Third Doctor remarks that it "may have its faults, but it is indestructible." This does not apply when facing certain extremely advanced weaponry such as Dalek missiles.

The TARDIS interior has an unknown number of rooms and corridors, and the dimensions of the interior have not been specified.

Apart from living quarters, the interior includes rooms such as: a swimming pool and bathroom, a sick bay, an ancillary power station disguised as an art gallery, and several brick-walled storage areas; a "cloister room", an observatory, a library, a greenhouse, a baby room, and several squash courts.

One of the main TARDIS defences is a force field.
Another defensive feature is the Hostile Action Displacement System (HADS), which can (if switched on by the ship's operator) teleport the ship away if it is attacked or in great danger. The Hostile Action Dispersal System can, if the TARDIS is threatened, scatter its components so that it appears destroyed,
If required, the TARDIS can become temporarily invisible, but this is a significant power drain.
The TARDIS also grants its passengers the ability to understand and speak other languages.

The TARDIS is able to tow other objects like a neutron star, a space ship caught in a Black hole or follow a ship or a transmission through space and time.

The TARDIS is able to tow the Earth across space.

At times the TARDIS is shown to have a mind of its own. It is heavily implied in the television series that the TARDIS is "alive" and intelligent to a degree and shares a bond with those who travel in it.

The TARDIS is also able to place particular areas of the ship in "time stasis".

I'm sure we all know this by now, but just in case...

So no OSCAR nomination for Wonder Woman, but Logan (best adapted screenplay) and GotG Vol2, visual effects.

https://www.channel24.co.za/Movies/News/wonder-woman-is-left-hanging-and-8-other-oscar-snubs-and-surprises-20180124-2

The last Jedi also got a lot of nominations…

http://oscar.go.com/#!/nominees/writing-adapted-screenplay

Seems the movie everyone is rooting for is The Shape of Water.

Some light reading ....

Remembering Far Cry 2, the open-world game that wasn't afraid to break the rules

http://www.techradar.com/news/remembering-far-cry-2-the-open-world-game-that-wasnt-afraid-to-break-the-rules

Far Cry 2 is one of the most important games ever made, it just took a little bit of time for anyone to realise.

Why Far Cry 2 Is Still The Best In The Series

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/11/20/why-far-cry-2-is-the-best-in-the-series/

Looking back: why it's time to return to Far Cry 2

https://www.pcgamesn.com/far-cry-2-review

It’s a single-player survival game, then. It just came out half a decade before people had developed a taste for them.

Retrospective: Far Cry 2

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-01-08-retrospective-far-cry-2

http://www.mweb.co.za/games/view/tabid/4210/Article/31647/Hawaii-to-prohibit-sales-of-games-containing-loot-boxes-to-under-21s.aspx

So the state of Hawaii is the first to implement laws about loot crates in online games….seriously…

Not really and article, but found this pic...


Two bundles of South African banknotes, totalling Twenty Thousand Rand

So each bundle is R10k...
Kinda thought it would be more impressive

@Teb Like in the movies, when the guy asks for a million dollars in a briefcase.
& gets this...



But in reality it actually looks like this...

Trying to think what the biggest wad of CASH I ever had on me was... Pretty sure it was R5000.

40 bills... wow
Makes you wonder what it feels like to have a $100 bill. That's R1200 on one piece of paper.
Now a wad of THAT I can appreciate

Interestingly a $1 million in $100 bills would be one suitcase of cash, $100 bills are tracked in circulation by banks.

Weight of S1 million:

For $1 million comprised of $1 bills: 1 million grams or 1000 kilograms

For $1 million comprised of $10 bills: 100 000 grams or 100 kilograms

For $1 million comprised of $20 bills: 50 000 grams or 50 kilograms

For $1 million comprised of $100 bills: 10 000 grams or 10 kilograms

The saga carries on...


http://www.mweb.co.za/games/view/tabid/4210/Article/31672/US-senator-calls-on-ESRB-to-take-action-against-loot-boxes-US-Government-might.aspx

@Scottie

@KF500

Agree with the dumbing down of subsequent games even if many find them more fun.

Quantum Computers Go Silicon

Absolutely fascinating

So Iron Man’s net worth is more that Batman’s worth according to Forbes

So, while you're scuttling to get your federal and state forms in on time, we're wondering what it'd be like for a superhero. For the purposes of this article, we're going to use Forbes' estimated net worth and holdings of Bruce Wayne ($9.2 billion) and Tony Stark ($12.4 billion) within the Dark Knight trilogy and MCU films, respectively, and delve into the ways both heroes could get jobbed or write off their superhero and philanthropic efforts.

However Stark pays less tax than Wayne, do the Stark’s various charities…


http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/what-would-batman-and-iron-man-pay-in-taxes