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Wal-Mart to cut 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas pollution by 2015
What do you think of the sustainability efforts of the retail giant? Our guest blogger is Sarah Collins, intern with CAP's Energy Opportunity team at the Center for American Progress.
In 2009, Wal-Mart received the Aspen Institute Energy and Environment award for Corporate Energy Efficiency. To build on this success, Wal-Mart just announced its new sustainability goal: to eliminate 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gases from the supply chain by 2015. This amount, roughly equivalent to the company's total corporate emissions last year, is "the equivalent of taking more than 3.8 million cars off the road for a year." Efforts to reach this goal involved extensive collaboration with the Environmental Defense Fund, ClearCarbon Inc., the Carbon Disclosure Project, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the University of Arkansas' Applied Sustainability Center.
Mike Duke, President and CEO of Wal-Mart, noted that the carbon reduction goal represents one and a half times the carbon growth of the company over the next 5 years. He said this effort would help customers because "there are millions more people around the world who want to save money so they can live better." Duke adds:
Reducing carbon in the lifecycle of out products will often mean reducing energy use. That will mean greater efficiency and, with the rising cost of energy, lower costs, making our business stronger and more competitive. And, as we help our suppliers reduce their energy use, costs and carbon footprint, we'll be helping our customers do that same thing.
Senior Vice President of Sustainability for Wal-Mart, Matt Kistler, explained how the efficiency measures will play out in several key target areas:
Over the next five years we're going to be focusing on certain categories, certain businesses where the biggest opportunity exists, where it's the most efficient and most cost-effective to remove that greenhouse gas from that supply chain. Whether it be in apparel, whether it be in food, whether it be in home line products, we're looking at the category of products where there's great opportunity, but where its at a low cost to remove.
Wal-Mart's latest environmentally-friendly initiative builds on several years of its investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy. Wal-Mart introduced three goals in 2005: to be supplied 100 percent by renewable energy; to create zero waste; and to sell products that sustain people and the environment. Their work accelerated in 2006 when Wal-Mart made a big push to go organic and embrace other environmentally friendly policies.
Their sustainability goals include designing and opening, a "viable store prototype that is 25-30 percent more energy efficient and will produce up to 30 percent fewer GHGS emissions," as well as "reduc[ing] greenhouse gases at"¦ existing store, club and distribution center bases around the world by 20 percent by 2012."
Another focus is increased truck fleet fuel efficiency. In 2008, Wal-Mart achieved a fleet efficiency improvement of 38%, beating the 25% target. In addition to this, by reducing "empty miles" driven and maximizing space in trailers, trucks logged 87 million fewer miles, saving 15 million gallons of diesel fuel. Increasing fuel efficiency allowed the company to avoid emitting 200,000 metric tons of CO2, drive 7 percent fewer miles, and save nearly $200 million in 2009.
Wal-Mart is well on its way to its goal of achieving 100 percent renewable energy production. The company currently boasts 29 solar installations, which generate up to 32 million kilowatt hours of energy per year and prevent 22,500 metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution annually.
Its current wind capacity provides up to 226 million kilowatt hours of energy per year, enough to provide 15 percent of the electricity for 350 stores and facilities in Texas and avoid the production of 139,000 metric tons of carbon pollution per year. Wal-Mart hopes to expand its wind electricity by testing 17 small wind turbines mounted on light poles in the parking lot of a Sam's Club in Palmdale, California.
Labor, human rights, and environmental organizations have raised legitimate concerns about Wal-Mart business practices over the years. At the same time, the world's largest publicly traded company is implementing a very aggressive clean energy plan. More remains to be done, of course, but Wal-Mart's transformation demonstrates that a clean energy future is technically and economically achievable.
Wal-Mart is a supporter of the Center for American Progress.
— Sarah Collins is a graduate of the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
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Good one! This sort of action could even seep into the consciousness of many people rather more than the journalists' goings on.
Coincidentally, I've just come from a website of one of the largest retailers in Australia which is aiming for its hardware chain to be 100% carbon neutral by 2015. It's using hybrid vehicles, installing LED lighting, solar and wind power demo projects etc in its chain of hardware shops amongst other things.
Really good stuff.
Wal-Mart and ExxonMobil — a Quick and Revealing Comparison
According to the 2009 Fortune 500 listing, Wal-Mart is the second largest U.S.-headquartered company (by their measures) and ExxonMobil is the largest.
Now let's consider greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide, etc.).
Wal-Mart has announced that it will try to cut 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas pollution by 2015.
That is slightly more than 44 billion pounds of greenhouse gas pollution.
Meanwhile, every year, the use of ExxonMobil products generates well over One TRILLION pounds of carbon dioxide alone. The figure is substantially more if you also include ExxonMobil's internal operations, and the figure is even much more if you include other greenhouse gases.
So, the entire savings being sought from the operations and supply chain of Wal-Mart is about one twenty-fifth of the amount of CO2 generated by the use of ExxonMobil products alone, aside from what's generated internally by ExxonMobil and aside from other greenhouse gases.
That means, for example, that 4% growth on ExxonMobil's part, in ONE year, would wipe out all of these savings that Wal-Mart is nobly trying to make. It also means that WalMart's savings would have to accumulate for 25 years in order to total about the same amount as ExxonMobil products generate in a single year.
I'm not trying to demean Wal-Mart's efforts. Instead, I'm trying to put this into perspective and suggest that it might be wise to place a HUGE SPOTLIGHT — an INSISTENT SPOTLIGHT — and an analytic and honest one — on ExxonMobil. Soon!
Also, consider this: Wal-Mart employs over 2 million people worldwide, including well over a million in the U.S.
Meanwhile, last I checked, ExxonMobil employs only about 80,000 people worldwide (that was the 2008 number).
Indeed, there is a revealing asymmetry here, in an important sense: Wal-Mart employs twenty-five times as many people as ExxonMobil employs. Yet, the use of ExxonMobil products alone generates twenty-five times more greenhouse gas pollution each year when compared to the amount that huge Wal-Mart will be striving to save from its operations and supply chain. (And again, the actual number is much higher: This figure merely compares the CO2 generated by the use of ExxonMobil products with the Wal-Mart savings figure for all greenhouse gases. The better comparison would be to compare ExxonMobil's full greenhouse gas figure, generated internally and from the use of products.)
Also, to be clear, ExxonMobil won't even tell the public how much carbon dioxide is generated when its products are used in their normal uses. I've asked, and they won't tell.
Please, let us place some well due and very overdue pressure on ExxonMobil. Otherwise, we may as well give up and go to the beach.
Be Well,
Three Questions …
With all due respect to Wal-Mart (I am pleased to hear about their efforts) and also to CAP (and given that Wal-Mart is a CAP supporter), I have three questions …
1. Will Wal-Mart still be selling gasoline to consumers at its stores?
2. How much gasoline does Wal-Mart sell to consumers each year? (a figure in gallons would be fine, thanks)
3. Does Wal-Mart buy gasoline from ExxonMobil (for sale to consumers), and if so, how much?
I am hoping that Wal-Mart will be forthright and transparent with us on these questions, given their admirable moves and aim to be an excellent corporate citizen. And, I'm hoping that CAP will follow up and be able to provide these figures. I applaud CAP, of course, for its normal insistence on transparency, and the only fair way to understand and judge these sorts of efforts (on the part of companies such as Wal-Mart) is to understand what they are and aren't doing.
Thanks, and Cheers,
With all due respect, the discussion of Exxon Mobile is off the mark. Of course an oil company product will be responsbile for huge carbon emissions.
Wal Mart's efforts to reduce impact is worth recognizing. If they do select for sale products that generate low emissions and are produced in a way that minimizes emissions, that is a good thing.
I would like to know that their sustainability goals would include sourcing purchases from the US, or from local producers.
I hope that discussion of this thread focuses on the efforts of one retail chain to both minimize its environmental impact, and help its customers minimize theirs. Perhaps, if WalMart sets a good example, other retail merchants can follow their lead.
Increasing fuel efficiency allowed the company to […] save nearly $200 million in 2009
This is the important thing! Saving CO2 and being energy efficient equals cash!
That is the message that belongs to the headlines. Energy efficiency = more profit, better competition, more jobs.
If the USA don't listen to that, well, the industries from other will.
To Be Clear, and In Response To Peter's Comment 5,
I'm not saying, of course, that Wal-Mart's efforts aren't good and notable. They sound good, as far as I can tell. To be accurate, however, I haven't followed Wal-Mart's statistics, and I'm not a retailing expert, to know enough to say whether I think these efforts are great, are pretty good, or don't go nearly far enough.
And of course, I hope other retailers get with it, too.
That said, sticking to the direct point, the questions I posed in my Comment 4 have directly to do with Wal-Mart, and I hope Wal-Mart will be kind and transparent enough to answer them.
The larger point, in my Comment 3, has to do with context and is aimed at hoping that we will place due focus on ExxonMobil. (There is no "e" at the end of that.) When the noble and difficult efforts of the country's largest retailer can barely make a small dent in the problem when compared to the products of ExxonMobil, that is one crystal clear way of realizing that we should place a great deal of emphasis on ExxonMobil, yes?
It's just mathematics.
Just as much closer integration and leveraging off natural systems makes good economic and practical sense for Walmart — a corporation of incredible scale and success — the common wisdom will similarly migrate to fully entrench these tremendous advantages throughout a new much more utopian civilization.
Walmart is run by conservative management. They use capitalism and savings to motivate best practices. One inside example is they do not paint sheetrock in the new stores in areas outside of customer contact. It saves paint. It saves labor. It saves money for thousands of stores. It prevents release of VOC's (volitile organic compounds from drying paint) It saves fuel from shipping many truckloads of paint. It saves time.
Whatever their motivations, it's a good start. But a lot of emissions are on the demand side, especially with companies like ExxonMobil. So absent a carbon pricing and long-term incentive system that addresses externalized costs, it's entirely down to an informed public and what they choose to support. Which at current gas prices seems to be consumption as usual. For example, most of my neighbors have at least one heavy truck or SUV used as a primary mode of transportation. And not a hybrid in sight.
It is marvelous that Wall Mart is working so hard to cut its carbon footprint. However, putting wind turbines in urban areas, and especially in parking lots with lots of people, is dangerous. As previously manager of the state wind program I know about this danger. Here is a letter I sent to the Chair of the California Energy Commission about the desire of SF to put wind turbines in the city:
Wind energy is dangerous in urban areas
Karen Douglas
Chairman, California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA. 95814-5512
October, 5, 2009
Dear Chairman Douglas,
As an environmental scientist I am for using alternative energies where they are practical and safe. I would like to bring to your attention a possible danger for the public in San Francisco from an undesirable approach to alternative energy.
I read that Mayor Newsom of San Francisco wants to install small wind generators on top of buildings across this lovely city. This is a very dangerous approach. CEC should look into it and alert other state agencies to investigate this situation.
When I led the pioneering Wind Energy program of the California Energy Commission, when we broke the barrier to commercializing wind energy, we carefully analyzed all options. It was very clear that wind turbines should be used in large wind farms away from population to be cost-effective and safe too.
Wind turbines should not be placed near population both for safety and practicality. First, wind strength is unpredictable, and can gusts to very high levels sometimes breaking blades. Think about the people of San Francisco on the streets below. In addition, so much more green energy can be "obtained" by conservation that cost maybe one tenth as much. That means we can do ten times as much for each available dollar.
Again, I am all for alternative energies. It is critical to reduce greenhouse gases as fast as possible, and conservation is the fastest way possible while providing many local jobs for the multitudes of unemployed. But we should not endanger the public in this process to the extent that this program may.
Dr. Matania Ginosar
Environmental Scientist and Electrical Engineer
Wal-Mart understood a long time ago how much profit there was in creating an efficient supply chain, and while so many other companies drag their feet on the issue of carbon footprint, Wal-Mart has made the connection that reducing waste, and energy, and packaging will help the bottom line.
Cool it. Take a pill. Lie down for a while. Give us a break.
To tinnitus, Comment 13,
Thanks for your comment, tinnitus.
Allow me to ask, what do you suggest we do to address the climate change and energy problems? And, what are you doing? And, do you think that good and sufficient progress is being made?
I trust and expect that Joe will screen my comments if, in his view, they don't help. And, I don't plan on doing this every day: If we don't make substantial progress in some of these areas, soon, and if I feel that my comments aren't doing any good, I'll be happy to stop making them.
Do you have other/better ideas?
Cheers for now,
I think it's great that Wal-Mart is working on corporate emissions, but we have to realize a few things about their basic business model.
Firstly, their basic business model is to buy massive quantities of cheap Asian goods, ship those goods across the Pacific in container ships, and sell them half way around the world from where they were produced. Many of these goods were produced using Chinese coal fired electricity, which is very energy intensive.
If those goods were produced locally, energy consumption might be less. If those goods were more durable, fewer of them would be required. If those goods were more functional, less stylish, and designed for recycling, this might also be helpful.
I don't really have much hope that the Wal-Mart model will be replaced by the "Mom and Pop" or the "local sustainable production" model, though.
Some things that could be done:
WalMart could pressure and partner with Chinese and Indian governments to build and use alternative energy technologies to produce these goods.
Cargo ships could go slower, and so use less fossil fuels.
Cargo ships could install modern sailing ship technology, decreasing fuel use.
Cargo ships could run on charcoal, or a charcoal fuel oil slurry, making them partially or completely carbon neutral.
Cargo ships could delay sailing until wind and weather conditions are favorable, by increased use of warehousing, perhaps.
Stores could install solar panels, like these from First Solar:
Wal-Mart has tremendous wealth, and tremendous buying power. They could become one of First Solar's main customers, and buy big blocks of panels for their stores. And First Solar's panels are getting down around a dollar per watt in cost. Another competitor to First Solar is Nanosolar, also starting to produce solar panels at a dollar per watt or less:
They could even sell such thin film solar panels in their stores.
So, there are many things that WalMart
Whoops, finishing the above:
So there are many things that Wal-Mart could do, and they are doing some of them.
Corporations need to move beyond "greenwash" to real substantial verifiable reductions. Wal-Mart is doing this, but could certainly do more, IMO.
Oh, another thing- cargo ships could go to gas turbine/ steam combined cycles, and double their fuel efficiency.
Leland, #17: Cargo ships could slow down somewhat and do the same with zero investment. This action would also save many whales a year from being "T-boned."


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I have been searching for a solution for hours now and I havn't found anything - I hope there is a wordpress jedimaster who can help me.
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You might have noticed that maps from weather.com are stuck on an image from Wednesday, August 11th at around 12:45PM EDT. I am aware of the issue, but unfortunately, there is nothing I can do about it. It seems that weather.com no longer updates the actual images used in Radar In Motion anymore. I'm not sure if this is a temporary change or something more permanent. The maps on weather.com changed to a more interactive version a few years ago, so the maps used in Radar In Motion have just kind of been working even though they aren't presented on the page. That seems to have stopped yesterday. The National Weather Service maps should continue to work, though. I will update if the situation changes!]]>
I also fixed severe weather alerts and some small UI bugs.
***NOTE: It seems that this version of Radar In Motion manages to get installed in addition to the current version instead of replacing it. When this happens, it's possible that when you create an instance of Radar In Motion, it will be the old broken version instead of the new fixed one. I'm not exactly sure why that is happening. To fix it, I recommend removing all versions of Radar In Motion using the following steps:
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I am very happy to let you know that Radar In Motion is back and working just like before! Both weather.com and NOAA maps have been fixed. I'm sorry it took so long to investigate and fix. I had figured it was hopeless but then managed to find a way to get the maps back and running.
Here is Radar In Motion 2.6.4!
Some people have asked about the possibility of contributing a little money for Radar In Motion. I am blown away by the sentiment and do appreciate the fact that people find the widget worthy of spending some money. I have therefore added a donation link to the right that you can use if you want to send some money for the widget. Please don't feel obligated to and know that the widget will always remain available for free!]]>
As of a couple of weeks ago, those links have now disappeared. Consequently, Radar In Motion can no longer fetch the maps it displayed for seven years. I'm not optimistic about finding a way to retrieve those maps. I could look into switching to the new maps, but they are a radically different design that do not have the same simplicity as the old maps.
I may endeavor to investigate getting NOAA maps working again; I see that they are not really functioning, either. However, I believe that will be the only map option available from this point on. I appreciate the fact that the maps from The Weather Channel were much clearer and easier to read, but it seems those maps have been abandoned in favor of more interactive maps.
Thanks for all of your support over these years. If I do manage to fix the NOAA maps or come up with some other alternative to The Weather Channel maps, I will certainly post updates here and let everyone know.]]>
I finally found a little bit of time to fix Radar In Motion! As a result, I have released Radar In Motion 2.6.2. The version fixes weather alerts, which have apparently been broken for some time, and also fixes access to National Weather Service maps. Enjoy!]]>


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Others can see my server if they delete the 9999 from the ping column in the server list, but there has to be a more appropriate way.
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it is truly odd indeed. if you download Qtracker you can see what port your Server is operating from. I have multiple ports exposed on my pc and it seems to grab one of them.. but there must be a way to specify the port. I will look into it.
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Nice, but why 95$ instead of $95?
This is a discussion on New Type 53 Carbine! within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Well well well, Last week I just recently picked up my Curio and Relic License from the ATF, and decided as my first act I ...
Well well well,
Last week I just recently picked up my Curio and Relic License from the ATF, and decided as my first act I should purchase another Mosin (I already have a 91/30) and started looking on gunbroker to see what was available. After deciding that the M44's were overpriced, I looked at Type 53 Carbines, and found one for 95$ from Northwest Gun Supply. I hit the buy it now button and closed for 105$. Paid over the phone the next day, was 147$ out the door for S&H plus CC fees, and two days later it arrived on my door step. it has 1954.5 stamped on the receiver, and the stock is chewed up, but the bore, bolt, and trigger are all pretty awesome, with no cosmoline or sticky bolt syndrome. I do not believe in doing permanent mods on millsurp rifles, so what I plan to do with it is the following:
ATI montecarlo stock
UTG tri-rail, (Opinions anyone?)
Weaver mount with reflex,
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Side mounted lazer,
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I felt this would be a nice little short range bolt rifle to have in my arsenal, as my 91/30 is a scout set up for long shots with a wood stock. All in all, I'd have to say the C&R license is awesome!
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Nice, but why 95$ instead of $95?
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Maybe he meant 95¢
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Bringing mods to the post-nuclear wastelands of Massachusetts
Subject: General Tech | November 25, 2015 - 01:41 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: fallout 4, mod, gaming
The modders over at the Nexus community are already hard at work creating mods for Fallout 4 and Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN have compiled a list of the best ones currently out there. After a quick tutorial on how to apply mods they jump into the list and of them all the first one may be the most useful as it allows you to tweak your display resolution, mouse sensitivity, field of view and the many other settings you might have expect to be changeable in the game itself. From there they move onto improved lighting, longer death cam viewing, a higher settlement budget and even dialogue expansion. Check out what is there or head over to Nexus Mods to see what others catch your interest.
"While official mod support for Fallout 4 [official site] hasn't arrived just yet, Nexus Mods have opened their proverbial gates. Their community is fast at work creating handy customisations and helpful leg-ups to see you right as you dive head first into the irradiated unknown."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Thea: The Awakening Is A 4X Roguelike And Out Now @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- First 50% deal on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt & up to 80% off 36 games you won't find anywhere else @ GOG
- Forges Of Creation: Large Endless Legend Update Today @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- 2K Games has another BioShock game in development @ HEXUS
- The Call Of Croshaw: The Consuming Shadow Out now @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Just Cause 3 minimum and recommended specs published @ HEXUS
- Machinimagic: Valve Announce Saxxy Award Winners @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Wot I Think: Hard West @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
Hard West is here; get your eldritch western fix
Subject: General Tech | November 18, 2015 - 01:35 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: hard west, Unity, gaming
If you backed the Kickstarter then you have had a chance to watch Hard West evolve from a single silent map to the recent update which added significant content and changed the beginning of the game significantly. You are a dead gunslinger, brought back to an undead state in a western setting which incorporates not only natives and townsfolk but dark supernatural creatures and powers as well. The game plays like the recent XCOM releases, with a similar turn style and cover system but also incorporates unique features such as the ability to ricochet bullets of some items on the map to shoot around corners and a shadow system designed to give you hints about who might be standing around a corner.
Nighttime changes the game dramatically and the optional permanent injury system is the exact opposite of the recent Warhammer games, severely injured members your posse will suffer negatives in the short term but possibly gaining strength once their wounds have fully healed. You can see what Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN thought of the game here or just pick it up on Steam for $22.
""Wild West XCOM" is about as good an elevator pitch as you could wish for. After a short delay, as of today we can find out whether Hard West can possibly live up to its glorious high concept. I played an earlier build a few weeks back – some thoughts, plus a launch trailer, below."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Fallout 4: 15 Important Things It Doesn't Tell You About @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- AMD announces Radeon R9 Fury Star Wars: Battlefront bundle @ HEXUS
- WH40K: Dawn of War's Witch Hunters Mod Is Finally Out @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Mordheim: City Of The Damned Preparing For Launch @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Pillars of Eternity: White March – Part 2 Coming January @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Battlefield 4 'Dragon Valley' Remake Coming Free Soon @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
Fallout 4 performance at the high end
Subject: General Tech | November 11, 2015 - 06:36 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: R9 FuryX, nvidia, GTX 980 Ti, gaming, fallout 4, amd
[H]ard|OCP tested out the performance of the 980 Ti and FuryX in single card configurations as multiple GPU support is non-existent in Fallout 4, some have had moderate success with workarounds which [H] mentions at the end of the review. At launch it seems NVIDIA's card offers significantly better performance overall, hopefully that delta will decrease as patches and drivers are rolled out. As far as features go, enabling godrays has a huge effect on performance for both cards and FXAA is the best performing AA when displaying a wide variety of terrain, close forested areas allowed TAA to narrow the gap. As to the game itself, as of yet they do not sound overly impressed.
"Fallout 4 is out on the PC, in this preview we will take a look at performance between GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Radeon R9 Fury X as well as some in-game feature performance comparisons. We'll also take a look at some in-game feature screenshots and find out what settings are best for an enjoyable gaming experience."
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- Fallout 4 Fixes: How To Change FOV, Get Rid Of Mouse Acceleration, And Skip The Intro @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Wot I Think: Fallout 4 @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Anno 2205: Performance Analysis @ techPowerUp
- Ashes Of The Singularity Interview: "It's Total Annihilation Meets Company of Heroes Meets Kohan" @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- RPS Feature Have You Played… Day Of The Tentacle? @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- How One Company Is Bringing Old Video Games Back From the Dead @ Slashdot
- Batman: Arkham Knight October Re-Release Performance Update @ eTeknix
- White Wolf Interview: "There Have Not Been Enough Video Games Set In The World Of Darkness" @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- The first Humble Monthly Bundle has shipped, what was in it? @ HEXUS
Welcome to the Inner Sphere; Battletech makes it
Subject: General Tech | November 4, 2015 - 01:53 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gaming, battlefield, harebrained schemes
This will not be the Mechwarrior of old, the new Battletech game will be turn based and resemble the tabletop version of the game in more ways than the faster paced Mechwarrior and Mech Commander series. As mentioned in the interview by Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN with Jordan Weisman, the main creator of this world the turn based play allows you to delve far deeper into managing your mechs heat, ranges, and armor exposure in combat . Battles will also focus more on mixed forces with crunchies and quite possibly air support present on the theater in addition to your mechs. Read the full interview for more information on what this game will look like. It has been fully funded and all the extra tiers were reached, including an extended single player campaign and PvP battles in the Arenas of Solaris VII, you can still get in on the action on their second chance pledge page.
"This is a turn-based game, and that allows us to dive a little deeper into what makes a mech a mech. When you're real-time, you have to kind of… not allow the player to dive into that kind of depth because there'd be too much information overflow and decision paralysis," Weisman said."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Dakka Dakka: Battlefleet Gothic – Armada's Orks @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- The Big Fall Sale Starts Now! Free games, 350 deals up to -90%, and new stuff every day @ GoG
- Paradox Buys White Wolf – Including World Of Darkness & Vampire The Masquerade – From EVE Online Firm CCP @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Halo 5: Overhyped, but still way above your average shooter @ The Register
- Do Gaming Computers Need a High-End CPU? @ Hardware Secrets
- Windows 10 is the OS of choice for nearly a third of Steam gamers @ HEXUS
Here's a launch trailer for you, watch it instead of pre-ordering
Subject: General Tech | October 28, 2015 - 02:04 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Star Wars Battlefront, gaming
EA continues to tease us before the November 17th launch date of Star Wars Battlefront, now with a brand new launch trailer which you can watch below. Enjoy the trailer, fondly remember the open beta and put that credit card down! If you don't want Day 1 DLC, games that are only mostly ready for Primetime at launch and Deluxe Pre-order Editions that cost over $100 then don't pre-order games! If you don't encourage them by buying things sight unseen then the problem will go away.
"This is the News You Are Looking For."
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- Kooky Ooky: I Am Bread & Goat Simulator Team Up @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Spooky games, spooky deals @ GoG
- Become A Weapon: Deus Ex – Mankind Divided @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Total War: Warhammer Out April 28th, Bringing Chaos @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- No Man's Sky lands on PC and PS4 in June 2016 @ HEXUS
- Vaporware Dreams – Infinity: Battlescape On Kickstarter @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
Sword Coast Legends; more Dungeon Siege than Dungeons & Dragons?
Subject: General Tech | October 21, 2015 - 02:35 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gaming, sword coast legends
Sword Coast Legends was just released and you should probably take a look at this quick preview of the game at Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN if you are hoping this will fill your time until Baldurs Gate: Siege of Dragonspear is released. They have not yet had time to complete a full review including the multiplayer and Dungeon Master modes but the overall initial impression that this game feels more like Dungeon Seige than previous D&D games. You can still pause the game to order your party in combat but it seems less necessary as you are using a small pool of abilities to hack and slash your way to victory. The review is not primarily negative and it sounds like there is fun to be had but if you were hoping for something more intricate and involved then you may be disappointed. Then again, it may prove that the multiplayer mode with a DM overseeing a custom adventure may make this title worth picking up.
"We'll have some thoughts on the multiplayer portion of just-released, latter-day Dungeons & Dragons RPG Sword Coast Legends [official site] – including the all-important DM mode – very soon, but while RPS gathers its party to sally forth, I thought I'd share some initial impressions on singleplayer."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- After Burner: Sega's jet-fighting, puke-inducing arcade marvel @ The Register
- The RPG Scrollbars: Conning Purple @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Mad Max Review @ OCC
- Tales From The Borderlands Episode 5 Is Out @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
Bringing new life to J.C. Denton; Deus Ex: Revison
Subject: General Tech | October 14, 2015 - 01:31 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gaming, retro, deus ex revision, mod
Have you tried to play the original Deus Ex in the past few years only to find the resolution and overall quality of the textures so painful that you stopped after the first mission? Have you though about doing it but never quite managed to start it up? Perhaps this new revamp of the game will change your opinion, with all new assets, music and graphics tweaks. Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN would like you to know about Deus Ex: Revision, a mod available on Steam for those who own the game which brings new life to the old classic. Thanks to the Stealth Sale the GotY version is a steep $1.55(ish) on Steam, so pick it up and see if this update is enough to convince you to replay or to introduce you for the first time to the game which was significantly better designed than its sequel.
"Deus Ex: Revision [official site] is a project that overhauls "the environments and soundtrack" of Ion Storm's classic, and it's out now on Steam. The release has the backing of Deus Ex's current publishers and developers (Square Enix and Eidos Montreal), and is designed to work exclusively with the Steam release of the original."
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Far Cry Primal will be released ... eventually
Subject: General Tech | October 7, 2015 - 02:15 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gaming, far cry primal, ubisoft
Far Cry Primal was announced and it is even more console-centric than the previous release, seeing as how the PC launch will be a month after its initial release. We can only hope that Ubisoft does spend time making sure that high end PCs do have graphic features that take advantage of the power provided by new GPUs. As for the gameplay it should be interesting as there will be no more machine guns and fancy pistols, you will be stabbing mammoths with pointy sticks and running for your life from sabretooth tigers. It also sounds as though eating enough food and other features common to the plethora of survival sims will be included, making this very different from previous games. Check out the trailer and screenshots at Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN if you haven't seen them yet.
"Ubisoft attempted to announce Far Cry Primal [official site] with a tantalising livestream, which was rather spoiled by a brief leak of the game's name and basic details. Now we know more, including proper trailers, screenshots, and a release date… which will see the game land on PC the month after it'll arrive on console."
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It won't take skill to play Fallout 4
Subject: General Tech | September 30, 2015 - 02:31 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gaming, fallout 4
Fallout 4 is sounding less and less like a Fallout game and more like a game which happens to bear the name Fallout. Apparently the skill system which has been a core of Fallout is confusing people, although how is unclear and the example given is rather poor "What's better, the Charisma SPECIAL, or the Speech Skill" considering you can't have more than a 10 Charisma. Perhaps it is too early to be negative, there will be 70 perks, 10 level for each SPECIAL stat and each perk with five levels to increase their effectiveness. Your perks are limited by the stat, if you have a Perception of 7 then you will never be able to gain the perks associated with levels 8 and higher, then again if you have a stat of 10 at level 1 nothing is stopping you from starting with a level 10 perk.
There are going to be a lot of differences apparent in Fallout 4 and it will be interesting to see how they effect gameplay. Excitiment is waning for some long time fans but perhaps for gamers new to the series who are in love with crafting, base management and are easily confused by numbers this will be a perfect introduction to the wasteland. Follow the link to RPS to see the video explaining the new system.
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Subject: General Tech | September 23, 2015 - 01:31 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gaming, Star Wars Battlefront
When EA stated there would not be a server browser for their upcoming game many were worried what that would mean for dedicated servers. Today Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN heard confirmation that there will still be dedicated servers and that there will be a "new skill based matchmaking system" for players looking for games. The news does give hope to those who were planning on setting up private servers or playing with specific users.
HEXUS also had good news to share, the Beta will be available to one and all, with Walker Assault and Pod Drop maps confirmed to be included, hopefully with some others. Sadly we do not yet have a date for when the Beta will be available.
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This study assessed effects of abiotic (current velocity, water depth, particle size) and biotic (predation risk for crayfish, size distribution and densities of predatory fish) variables on habitat- and size-specific distribution patterns of lotic crayfish (Orconectes obscurus) using field surveys and tethering experiments. Additionally, particle size manipulations were used with predation assays to assess habitat-specific interactions since the average particle size increased from deep pools to shallow pools to riffles. Large crayfish had the highest densities in deep pools and were associated with increased water depth, whereas small and medium crayfish had the highest densities in shallow pools and were strongly associated with increased particle size and decreased water depth. Regardless of size, crayfish in deep pools had significantly lower survival than in shallow pools and riffles. However, only small crayfish showed consistent differences in predation risk by habitat type and were significantly more vulnerable to predation than larger crayfish. Additionally, large rocky refugia resulted in significantly higher survival of small crayfish in the combined particle manipulation/tethering experiment. Overall, predation appears to be a key mechanism structuring habitat-specific distribution patterns for only small O. obscurus. Large substrates may be particularly important in habitats where both small crayfish density and predation risk are high.
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Iranian government officials are saying a big "Argo f*ck yourselves" to Hollywood filmmakers this week, as they plan to sue those involved with the Best Picture Oscar winner over claims that the film is an "unrealistic portrayal" of the country.
According to an AP report citing sources in the Iranian media, French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre traveled to Iran this week to meet with officials and discuss the details of a lawsuit against "Argo," although it's not certain who exactly will be named in the suit.
Coutant-Peyre is no stranger to high-profile clients, having served as counsel to Venezuelan terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, better known as Carlos the Jackal.
"I will defend Iran against the films like 'Argo,' which are produced in Hollywood to distort the country's image," Coutant-Peyre said in a statement.
The decision to hire the lawyer came on the heels of a private screening of the film in Tehran on Monday for Iranian cultural officials and movie critics, though their dislike of the film is nothing new. Shortly after "Argo" was named Best Picture in February, Iranian state media criticized the decision, and according to The Hollywood Reporter, took specific issue with First Lady Michelle Obama presenting the award, with Fars News calling the movie an "anti-Iran film … produced by the Zionist company Warner Bros."
TMZ also reports that Iran's Press TV said "Argo" was an "Iranophobic" movie that "attempts to describe Iranians as overemotional, irrational, insane, and diabolical while, at the same, the CIA agents are represented as heroically patriotic."
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We never thought we'd see this happen, and we're so glad it did.
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To think this woman is the same one we saw win the Oscar for "Dreamgirls" in 2006 is really mind-blowing. Her pipes are still the same (read: amazing), but everything else about her is different. Kudos, Jennifer, you look awesome.
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The height of the fort is 1541ft.The trek is easy and it takes maximum 2 hrs to reach to the fort from the Ambivali which is around 25 km away from Karjat. The name Peth is bcoz of base village Peth & is also known as Kothaligad as the pinnacle is carved from inside the tunnel to reach to the top. The cave and the carving inside is beautiful & drinking water is available through out the year. At a time 40 people can stay in the cave. Siddhagad, Padargad, Bhimashankar and a surrounding area can be seen from the top of the fort. And, thts y lot of battles were fought betn Marathas & Mughals for control of this fort.
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