![]() ![]() As with standard alcohol, the options are entirely up to you. Depending on your choice, you can drink them neat, mixed into mocktails, or straight from the can. No, but they can be! Many of these beverages are inspired by existing wines, spirits, beers, and more. (If they actually do is a separate question.) Wait.are they just mixers? But instead of tipsy, these drinks are designed to make you feel energized or relaxed. Some non-alcoholic beverages are made with adaptogens and CBD, and, like alcohol, they’re intended to alter your mood a bit. Some are distilled like typical booze (but the alcohol is removed) and some are fermented, such as kombucha (which does have trace amounts of alcohol given that it is fermented in a similar process as beer, but not enough to be considered an alcoholic beverage). Just like regular alcohol, the exact process and flavors will vary, but many non-alcoholic drinks get their unique, alcohol-esque flavor thanks to herbal extracts, spices, roots, barks, and juices. ![]() ![]() Whether you’re, underage and hanging out with your 21+ friends at restaurants, in recovery, sober-curious, or trying to avoid alcohol and its negative health effects (read: hangover), this round-up of the best 22 zero-proof brands have all of the refreshing flavor and party fun with none of the alcohol. The goal of this trend - whether it’s referred to as zero-proof, spirit-less, non-alcoholic, soft drink, or 0% ABV - is simple: to create drinks that mimic qualities of alcoholic beverages, with no alcohol content. Now, there’s a variety of non-alcoholic options that can pick-you-up mid-work day or fancify your night out, from the more prominent sparkling seltzers and kombuchas to “euphoric” sips and booze-less spirits. Any of Seedlip's nonalcoholic spirits would be a fun addition to your bar cart. Up until recently, a fancy soda, a non-alcoholic beer, or a watered-down “ mocktail” was about as close to an alcoholic beverage (sans the actual alcohol) as you could order at a bar. In addition to Spice 94, Seedlip has two other tasty offerings that our testers enjoyed, Seedlip Garden 108 (which has peas, spearmint, rosemary and thyme) and Seedlip Grove 42 (which has blood orange, lemon, ginger and lemongrass). Non-alcoholic beverages are all the rage recently, which means that the current market for booze-free beverages is diverse, fresh, and doesn’t skimp on the flavor. By adding your email you agree to get updates about Spoon University Healthier ![]()
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![]() ![]() The game was a financial success and received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised the graphics and tower upgrades, with many considering it a standout tower defense game. A later release for Nintendo Switch was published on July 30, 2020, and versions for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S were released on January 24, 2023. Versions for iOS devices were released in December 2011, followed by ports to Android on May 17, 2013, and Windows and macOS on January 6, 2014. ![]() Kingdom Rush was first released on July 28, 2011, as a free browser game. After seeing the success of tower defense games, the three decided to replicate the basic strategy of the genre, combining it with elements of other games they played in their youth. The studio was founded in 2010 by Álvaro Azofra, Pablo Realini and Gonzalo Sande, who conceived Kingdom Rush as their first major project after working on a number of minor flash games. Kingdom Rush was developed over the span of six months by the Uruguay-based developer Ironhide Game Studio. Slaying enemies gives the player gold, which they can use to buy new towers or upgrade existing ones to improve their capabilities. Each level is composed of a number of pre-set roads, which the player can place defensive towers around to fight off the approaching monsters. In the game's medieval fantasy setting, players take control of a general serving under King Denas of Linirea, who must defend the land from an onslaught of evil monsters. ![]() It was released on July 28, 2011, as a browser game, followed by ports for iOS in December 2011, Android on May 13, 2013, and Windows and macOS on January 6, 2014. Kingdom Rush is a tower defense game developed by Ironhide Game Studio and published by Armor Games. ![]() ![]() ![]() It has been thoroughly checked for viruses, and none have been found. It has been in existence for a long time. For times when you can't be in front of the computer, they allow you to play beats you have already recorded or use the intuitive automix that will continue playing similar music. This feature, along with the high-quality audio performance, means this software can be used professionally. You can create or customize from hundreds of performance pads. Naturally, within the app, it provides a strong ability to regulate and smartly store all your music in a variety of curated files Along with this, there is a cloud library with a catalog where you can get professional music including Soundcloud. For this, they have also added an intuitive event scheduler allowing you to control what saved files will stream when.įor getting music they have added Beatport streaming library services. Also, the app allows you to connect to live radios. One of the newest elements in Virtual’’s toolbox is the ability to stream directly to various sources like Facebook and Youtube whatever you are making. What are some of the features of VirtualDJ? For audio-only tracks, the application has visualization effects that stay in beat with the music. Furthermore, you are also able to do 4k and HD video mixing. Once you download VirtualDJ on your device, you can sync it to any of your other devices that you have the application downloaded. Over three hundred DJ controllers can be used with VDJ. In the attempt to make sure you can play anywhere you go, VDJ is able to synchronize with most hardware especially Pioneer, Numark, Reloop, Denon, Hercules, Rane and so on. They do allow you to customize this with their emphasis on customization and even have a day mode that has more color, so it is easier to use when using this outside. Now the interface is intuitive and easy to use to find the key elements of mixing. ![]() With their newest editions, they have brought a modern feel to the interface and de-cluttered the screen. There are many things that you can do in mixing music, and VirtualDJ always had the problem of too many options in a cluttered interface. One of the things they have improved is their user interface. ![]() However, there are so many options in helping you do that. VirtualDJ does a variety of things, but all it does is essentially helping you to mix your music. ![]() This focus does mean that while you will have a great variety of things to do, the VDJ isn’t going to do them as well as some of their competition like Serato. This really sucks, now my primary system is totally out of commission.One of the things that is different from the other software is the fact that VDJ has a heavy emphasis on new features. Right now, whenever, i open up sax n dotties, it plays just fine, but when i open up VDJ 4, it knocks out the audio to saxndotties. I use sax n dotties on chls 1/2-I have to, there is no option to select outputs.Īt this point I can only run one program at a time. Got my backup system fully installed and operational with 4.0, did a gig just last night with absolutely no problems-however, now that i'm trying my primary system, that soundcard selection leaves a lot to be desired!!! I need to select channels 3/4 and 5/6 ONLY on my gigaport. ![]() ![]() ![]() Elevations here range between 1,200 feet at the Wind River Work Center, 12 miles north of Carson, WA and 12,276 feet at the summit of Mt. Oklahoma Campground is located in the Mt. Helens National Volcanic Monument established by Congress in 1982. Located in southwest Washington State, the Gifford Pinchot National Forest encompasses 1.3 million acres and includes the 110,000-acre Mount St. You can make a difference by obtaining and burning your firewood near your camping destination. Firewood can carry insects and diseases that can threaten the health of our western forests. Don't Move Firewood: Please protect Pacific Northwest forests by preventing the spread of invasive species.Click here for more information about Gifford Pinchot National Forest.The campground offers amenities such as picnic tables, fire rings and potable water. Parking spurs are unpaved and may be lumpy. Site 12/13 is a double site and must be reserved as such and can accommodate up to 16 people. This campground offers some tent-only sites as well as sites for RVs up to 40 feet. The campground is flat and is ideal for smaller groups to camp in clusters. Oklahoma Campground is nestled in a lush grove of large hemlock, cedar, maple and fir trees alongside the Little White Salmon River, near the Columbia River Gorge. ![]() ![]() ![]() Here you have, among other things, wipers, sliders and drags in various directions at your disposal. To insert cross-fade effects, click on the lightning symbol in the right menu bar and select the desired effect. Video parts can be duplicated in the same way. If you want to remove a part from a video, you place the scissors at the beginning and at the end of the scene to remove the part, mark it and remove it via the waste-paper basket symbol. To do this, place the time marker at the desired position and click on the scissors symbol. You start by importing the clips, then you can change the order via drag & drop and also trim the individual clips. Since the projects are stored in the cloud, you can edit them across platforms at any time. With Adobe Premiere Rush you can quickly and easily create long videos from individual clips, add transitions and effects, and add an audio track to the finished work. ![]() Newcomers can also look forward to numerous tutorials. Each brush stroke is created on a new layer so that you can edit them easily afterwards. Please note: The comic and FX brushes are only available with a paid subscription. The vector brush, which consists of solid-coloured vectors with sharp edges, can be scaled as desired and is available with jitter, in manga style or as an outline in various designs.Here, too, options such as round or soft watercolor brush, watercolor splash or oil paint flat or round, cat’s tongue brush or glaze are available. The interactive brush can be used as an oil brush or as a watercolor brush where the colors run into each other.For example, you can choose the pixel brush, which shows the individual pixels when you zoom in, as charcoal, marker or ink pen, and each of these types also offers other choices (for example, charcoal pen and charcoal, marker brush and marker crescent or wet ink and stained ink).You have a choice of three brush types - pixel brush, interactive brush and vector brush - which you can customize in terms of color, size, ink flow, and smoothing.įor each type of brush, you have different options: ![]() ![]() ![]() What the Jotun typically lack in speed, they make up for in power, where being in the wrong place at the wrong time during a fight will mean your end in two hits. A blacksmith giant has you fighting in a neverending firestorm. Halfway through the frost giant’s fight, the playing field turns into a sheet of slippery ice when it’s down to a quarter bar of life, a white-out blizzard starts. A terrifying shield-swinging giant can summon a legion of dwarves out of the ground to rush at Thora with a scream. Still, each of the bosses are just wonderfully realized, and you get maybe a good minute to marvel at them before the pain starts. The best is still the first: A nature giant that feels like Ursula from The Little Mermaid made entirely out of living trees and vines. The Jotun are simply awe-inspiring enemy design, taking the rather threadbare descriptions from Norse lore, and extrapolating them to the nth degree, with each one several times Thora’s size onscreen. The main events of the game, however, are the Jotun themselves as bosses. ![]() And this is why pruning your garden once a week is just so important. The real problem with that desolation is that more than a few times, you’ll need to backtrack through some of these areas to find much needed power ups, or because you’ve missed a crucial switch in order to get to said power ups, or because you’ve ended up in an area and the game’s obtuse pause screen map didn’t help you. This bolsters the comparisons to Shadow of the Colossus, where the loneliness of what Thora has to do makes the sheer distance between each new obstacle feel like a greater journey. The game isn’t swarming with enemies, except for one particular stage that sends a veritable legion of dwarves your way. They’re also often rather desolate places, dark locales that no mortal has tread upon in ages. Grand, breathtaking vistas are the norm in Jotun, and they often serve as a wicked distraction from the dangers mere inches away. They are deceptively linear, laid out in such a way that gives the impression of vast, stunning tableaus in places dwarfed in size by your typical Diablo III dungeon. Jotun’s six stages, which can be tackled in any order, are impeccably designed. Primarily, timing, cunning, and luck will get Thora to Valhalla.įor most of the game, that cunning involves mastery of the environment. ![]() Thora can find massive shrines to the Gods in each stage, and by praying there, she earns new magical powers specific to each one-Thor allows her to use Mjolnir for a short time, Frigg allows her to heal at will, Loki creates a decoy that eventually explodes after a time-but all six of the powers have limited uses, and none are what you would call a guaranteed solution to any sticky situation. You have a light attack with Thora’s axe, a hard-hitting heavy attack with a major delay, and a dodge. Gameplay is 16-bit levels of simple, and yes, that is a compliment. Even if the gameplay wasn’t as good as it was, being able to help Thora achieve glory would be more than worth the effort. Each new piece of her story would be worth it on its own, revealing years of underestimation, neglect, and later, a sibling jealousy that turns tragic. We learn between stages where Thora’s determination comes from in a fantastic, steely narration performed in Icelandic. Otherwise, all she has is an iron axe and an iron will. Along the way, the gods assist her, granting her new power when she finds their shrines and pays her respects. Because passage to Valhalla is only granted to those who fall in battle, Thora is given the chance to earn her way into the golden halls by finding and killing the Jotun, the Titans of Norse mythology. Jotun tells the tale of Thora, a Viking shield maiden who falls from her boat during a voyage and drowns. It’s a wonderfully wild, vibrant bedtime story told with fire and verve, even when the game is at its most stark and lonely. In execution, Jotun is a perfect storybook, a game that seems ripped from the imagination of a Viking child being told tales of warriors of old facing down their gods. Now imagine all of that hand-drawn in a style somewhere between Dragon’s Lair and Princess Mononoke, and you’ve got Jotun.īoiling the game down to its disparate parts does the game a mild disservice, though. Sprinkle in a little bit of Dark Souls’ difficulty and a malevolent sense of challenge, and you’re closer to hitting the bullseye. Imagine the bleakness of the man versus giant creatures gameplay of Shadow of the Colossus as a definitively Nordic tale, and you have a general idea of what Jotun is. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even though I do appreciate the Stephen Merchant-esque sense of humor coming from that sentient vambrace, it felt a bit odd. Her banter with the talking cuff was a mixed bag. Sure, with an overexaggerated amount of swear words. She flips out in excitement when realizing she’s an actual superhero. ![]() I honestly thought that Frey, your typical wisecrack raised on the streets, reacted just like how you and I would when thrown into a medieval fantasy land and given actual superpowers. After all, Forspoken is nothing more than the bizarre love child between Alice in Wonderland and Army of Darkness. Maybe it was the fact this review is based on a updated version of Forspoken, which included an option to dial down on the amount of quips she spits out during gameplay (ranging from too much to none at all), but she has had more believable reactions than most modern-day characters thrown into the past. My thoughts on her? I expected a lot worse. She “spoke too much”, she “exaggerated on quips”, she “was downright unlikable”. The protagonist, Frey Holland, has been considered the Jar Jar Binks of this game, the one thing that ruined it altogether. ![]() Most of them simply cancel each other out, resulting in what has been mentioned a few lines ago: it’s just “fine”. It has some interesting ideas, namely in its controls and moment-to-moment gameplay, and a plethora of issues. But at the end of the day, I considered it to be a largely fine, borderline inoffensive game. That’s not to say that Forspoken is an underrated, misunderstood gem of a game. ![]() ![]() The legendary warriors raised him to become a Mandalorian warrior. Following the murder of his parents, Fett was found on Concord Dawn by and taken into ranks of the Mandalorians as a foundling. As a boy, Fett was a prodigy in unarmed combat. Although he told others he came from this Mandalorian world, his exact history remained unknown, much to Fett's enjoyment. Jango Fett was born in 66 BBY on the planet Concord Dawn, a world within the Mandalore sector of the Outer Rim Territories. He even fought in the Mandalorian Civil Wars." ―Din Djarin, to Boba Fett after seeing Boba's chain code Ī suit of Mandalorian armor was given to Jango Fett, a foundling who later became a bounty hunter. By the era of the Galactic Empire, Boba possessed the same set of Mandalorian armor worn by Jango, although its appearance had been altered significantly. His legacy survived not only through the millions of clone troopers that formed the backbone of the Republic Military, but also Boba, who became a bounty hunter like his father before him. Fett fought against the Jedi assault team during the First Battle of Geonosis, and was beheaded by Jedi Master Mace Windu in 22 BBY. Kenobi tracked Fett to Geonosis where he discovered the bounty hunter's connection with Count Dooku and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The Jedi Order investigated the incident, forcing Fett to leave the Kaminoan homeworld after he was confronted by Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi. In the last days of the Separatist Crisis, Fett was involved in the failed plot to assassinate Senator Padmé Amidala on Coruscant. As part of his payment, Fett was given an unaltered clone whom he raised as his son, Boba Fett. His DNA spawned millions of clone troopers who shared his face, voice, and were trained to become soldiers. Shortly after the Invasion of Naboo, the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus hired Fett to serve as the genetic foundation of an army secretly bred on the extragalactic world of Kamino. In time, Fett became widely regarded as the galaxy's best bounty hunter, with a notoriety matched by few other bounty hunters. As a bounty hunter, Fett worked with and became acquainted with several fellow hunters and individuals in the criminal underworld including the Duros Cad Bane, whom Fett once mentored, Aurra Sing, Zam Wesell, and the infamous pirate Hondo Ohnaka. Hailing from the planet Concord Dawn, Fett was a foundling of the Mandalorians trained by a mentor, and, as a Mandalorian warrior, fought in the Mandalorian Civil Wars before becoming a bounty hunter. His personal starship was the Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft Slave I. The Mandalorian armor that he wore featured various weapons and gadgets, including a flamethrower, dual WESTAR-34 blaster pistols, and a jetpack. Known as the best bounty hunter in the galaxy during the final years of the Galactic Republic, Fett was proficient in marksmanship as well as unarmed combat. Jango Fett was a famed Mandalorian human male bounty hunter and the clone template of the Grand Army of the Republic. " I'm just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe." ―Jango Fett ![]() ![]() ![]() Both Honer and Hammerspoon's border-drawing will lag behind window moves, and sometimes won't catch the window move at all. This method of using on PC works for Windows 7/8 / 8.1 / 10 / 11 and all Mac OS. To install Be Focused Pro - Focus Timer on your Windows PC or Mac computer, you will need to download and install the WINDOWS PC APP for free from this post. See also: Top 10 Apps like Be Focused Pro - Focus Ti. Appfelstrudel - iPhone & iPad App Discovery menu Search Tips Browse Apps About Avg. ![]() I had tried Honer for a while and liked the way it looked but it wasn't stable on my system. How to download and install Be Focused Pro - Focus Timer on your PC and Mac. Discover the Top 10 Apps like Be Focused - Focus Timer in 2021 for iPhone & iPad. Having tried Hammerspoon, Honer, and HazeOver, I like Hammerspoon's configurability but I like HazeOver for being well polished, stable, and easy to use. There's also a function to turn off window shadows but I haven't gotten it to work. Focus helps to break down work and tasks into periodic intervals. Focus uses the Pomodoro technique to help you concentrate better and keep distractions at bay. Just like the name suggests, Focus is one of the best apps for focus. For example this config implements a red border around the focused window. Format: iOS (iPhone, iPad & Apple Watch) and MacOS. The module is written in lua so I'm guessing you can extend or replace its functionality in the Hammerspoon config file (which is Lua code). You can further configure this to activate only for some apps. Briefly flash a window when it is created.Toggle one window to be isolated (like Isolator).Put a border around the active app (like Honer).Darken the non-active app (like HazeOver).** Integration with Focus Matrix requires the Pro version of Focus Matrix, sold separately.If you're willing to invest some to set it up, Hammerspoon has the hs.window.highlight module that provides: * Sync with Mac requires Be Focused Pro for macOS, sold separately. Integrate with Focus Matrix to manage tasks using urgent/important principle ** Sync data between iPhone, iPad and Mac * One universal app for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch Widgets for Lock Screen and Home Screen Live activities for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island Alarms sound even if the app is in the background It might just be the perfect solution for you. So if you’re looking for a way to boost your productivity, check out Be Focused Pro. In addition, the app includes a handy rewards system that motivates you to stay focused and productive. Ability to adjust alarm and chronometer volumes It also allows you to set deadlines and reminders, so you can stay on track and meet your goals. Customizable frequency of the chronometer sound Ability to paste a task list from other apps Sidekick is the best privacy browser with which you can focus, save time and feel safe. Customize reports for fast and easy goal tracking Estimate the number of intervals required to complete a task and track the estimation error Not only does it help you stay focused on the task at hand, it also lets you track your progress and gain new insights about your workflow. Specify different timer settings for different tasks Be Focused is an unobtrusive task planner with a built-in timer. To experience the full functionality, Android phones must be running Android 7.0 or later. Number of intervals between long breaks 5 Phone Link experience comes preinstalled on your PC with Windows 10 (running Windows 10, May 2019 Update at the least) or Windows 11. The Be Focused lets you get things done by breaking up individual tasks among discrete intervals, separated by short breaks. The Be Focused lets you get things done by breaking up individual tasks among discrete intervals, separated by short breaks.Customize the timer settings to maximize productivity: Create tasks, configure breaks and track your progress throughout the day, week or custom period. It’s a surprisingly effective way to retain motivation and focus. The Be Focused lets you get things done by breaking up individual tasks among discrete intervals, separated by short breaks. Staying on task seems is a real challenge for our screen-bound generation. ![]() ![]() ![]() The simplest is to have a FrontEnd ( LaunchBox, HyperSpin, EmulationStation …) that directly launch your emulator (Retrorarch, Mame, Fba, Fba-Neo …) ![]() Why ? because the configuration is already not very simple, if in addition you add an extra layer, you will quickly get lost and especially spend a lot of time. My opinion, which can be questionable, is to avoid going through this kind of program. Here’s what it can do with and without overlays :Īlmost all emulators have a system of overlays, and when the emulator does not have it is possible to go through external program like RocketLauncher. The screens, at the time, were in a 4/3 format (rather square), now most screens are in 16/9 (rectangular), which leaves a blank space on the sides of the game. Overlays allow to add visual effects to an emulated game, it allows to simulate CRT screens or to add on the sides of the game an image that can be related to the console type, or in relation to the game itself. Otherwise, the text could be shorter than the original while still being more descriptive.Today, I’m going to give you my feedback about the overlays in RetroArch. I am not sure the description needs the technical verbiage "implements frontend keyboard callback functionality" but I left it in to err on the side of conservatism. When set to 'Detect', option will be enabled if current core implements frontend keyboard callback functionality. Here is my 217 character edit (+34 over the current text):ĭisable Retroarch hotkeys for core use when launching or resuming content. The current one is 183 characters:Īlways enable 'Game Focus' mode when launching and resuming content. These options are longer but still understandable at a glance, while suggesting the user has switched control contexts.ģ) The Input menu description. ![]() (keyboard icon) Core using keyboard: Hotkeys disabled I would consider renaming it, like "Keyboard: Core Focus" or "Core keyboard: Game Focus." "Game Focus" is not wrong, but it's vague, easily confused with the important gaming term "Game Mode," and arguably not accurate enough as it impacts the frontend and the core, not individual games. I have a question - Is this specifically focused on cores accessing keyboards? The text in the Input option menu suggests so, so just using the word "keyboard" more would be okay.ġ) The option name. I don't think improving this specific function leads RA down a slippery slope of tedious overwritten descriptions for the mundane, and this seems not super related to the meta-question of how the RA menus should be organized, which I know is still a hot topic. RA's design precludes some of the standard UX approaches to context switching (like tabs). ![]() This is a special case among RA options in that it's a context switch for the user interface. The fair number of upvotes here (thanks!), in my first post to the sub, shows this is still news to many RA users. Before writing the OP, I searched for '"quick menu" disabled retroarch' and the results were less relevant. People complained then that they hadn't had any inkling the feature existed, or felt it wasn't visible enough. The top result is a reddit post from last year. I searched Google for '"Game Focus" Retroarch'. I also want to note my research - as it stands, the option is a missed opportunity for users. I also think the ingame notifications are a close second. tl:dr - the most important one is 3) at the bottom, the menu description. Thanks for explaining things and listening to my views :) ![]() |
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