![]() ![]() ![]() The operative concept behind this new line of Apple Store is, according to Angela Ahrendts, the vice president of Retail and Online Stores, the “Town Square”. The retail area of the store remains tucked away from the main circulation space. Indeed, it seems that such a level of understatement and subtlety is just what they were after: not focused on a mesmerising retail floor to shift their seductive goods out-the-door but more of a hip and sensitive space intended to propagate ‘the cult of Apple’ and its all-powerful lifestyle brand. With this and the staircases that run down either side of the store, dropping you almost directly in front of its riverside entrance, it is not at all surprising if the retail element of the building, lurking halfway under the plaza itself, is missed entirely. Stepping inside, past the thick glass façade and under the overhanging white oak ceiling, you reach the similarly finished (and stepped) mezzanine section of the store – here, quite simply for hangouts and taking in those river views when the Midwest winter demands something a little cosier than the bleacher style seating outside. Photo (c) Nigel Young Foster + Partners it seems that such a level of understatement and subtlety is just what they were after ![]() At either side of the building’s transparent extents, is a set of cascading limestone steps incorporating sporadic sections of timber seating all the way down to the river’s edge. Even at this initial encounter (with what is mostly empty space) it is unmistakably an Apple product: with an elegance and level of precision that you’d be hard pressed to find anywhere else. When first approaching the new Apple Store from the upper level of Pioneer Court, all that can be seen is a double height glass wall, two elegant metal columns and an ultra-thin carbon-fiber roof, bevelled and moulded like their iconic MacBook line. Apple Michigan Avenue is about removing boundaries between inside and outside, reviving important urban connections within the cityĪs Apple’s chief design officer Jonathan Ive claims, “Apple Michigan Avenue is about removing boundaries between inside and outside, reviving important urban connections within the city.” Carving out a gradual and engaging connection between these two formerly divided areas of prime public space. The new $27 million flagship Apple Store – replacing the company’s previous 16-year resident several blocks over – straddles an important step from the historic Pioneer Court down to the Chicago River. The Chicago Apple Store’s new Michigan Avenue address. Yet, interestingly enough, it appears that this unique facet of the architectural product has, for Apple, been more than just a necessary constraint on this occasion: their latest iteration of wood, metal and glass seemingly focused on something more than just sales and after-purchase support, something more in the region of civic responsibility. What separates this line of Apple products from the rest is, of course, a complex urban context – after all, architecture does not roll off the assembly line and into the marketplace the same way an iPod or iPhone does. We saw a sneak peek of their glass curtain wall system and super slim roof lines at the Apple Park this year but it now appears that this is more than just a one-off thing for their big time California HQ it seems that this is their latest rendition of Apple Architecture, delivered by Foster + Partners. ![]() With the grand opening of Apple’s brand new Chicago outpost this month, it appears that the tech giant’s new line of stores, recently renamed "town squares", has well and truly dropped. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Tier 1 represents the most role-playing, while Tier 6 represents the least. The goal is to allow the player to define who their player character is, and journey through a world that reacts to your unique player character and your actions in various ways.įor more details, go on to the next page to begin scrolling through our tier list. Through dialogue and actions, the player will further define these things about the player character while advancing through the world or story, gaining experience along the way. This does not necessitate creating a player character from scratch, nor does it mandate a clearly defined alignment system mechanic, but it does mandate the ability to change who the player character is. In some way, shape, or form the player must be able to control and define his/her character’s innate physical and mental/personality attributes, as well as alignment. Defining who the protagonist is, by your actions in the game. Role-playing is the ability to create or assume, and tailor a role within a world or story. The situation is akin to a racing game with speed limits.īefore we go on, we should first explain what role-playing, in the context of role-playing games, actually means, since most of today’s gamers don’t know. Both mainstream and indie role-playing games today are very limited with how much role-playing they actually provide they are afraid to provide role-playing since higher levels of role-playing, such as those found on tier 4 and above RPGs on this article, is perhaps unfriendly to casual gamers, so instead today’s RPGs shy away from role-playing. Not to mention games that aren’t RPGs but call themselves RPGs, such as The Witcher franchise (something we have written about before). The purpose of this article is to enlighten gamers as many of today’s gamers have only experienced dumbed down RPGs with a minimal amount of role-playing, such as Dragon Age: Inquisition, Fallout 4, Mass Effect: Andromeda, and, yes, even Pillars of Eternity, Tyranny, Torment: Tides of Numenera, and especially Divinity: Original Sin series. Every wRPG excluded on the list either does not provide enough role-playing to be worthy of inclusion, or we simply have not played it. Here is the catch we are only listing story-driven RPGs with a solid amount of role-playing, an amount somewhat satisfactory to us or better. In this article we have created a “tier list” if you will of wRPGs, sorted from least role-playing to most, making this a mostly objective list opposed to a typical “Best RPG” random subjective list. It is time for another RPG article! Role-Playing Games are endangered, and with this article and many of our others we do our best to preserve knowledge relating to them. ![]() ![]() ![]() Most of the time, the cause of double vision is not a serious one. ĭouble vision is what it sounds like it is: You look at one object but see two. One study found that seeing double was the cause of about 850,000 visits to the doctor every year. "It literally will have you go back to a normal blink rate, coat your cornea, you'll feel better, and it also relaxes those reading muscles that are overworking," she said.Double vision, also called diplopia, is a common vision issue. You should also wear sunglasses all year long to prevent diseases like melanoma and macular degeneration, which are more likely with UV exposure.įor people who spend a lot of time looking at screens, which can create dry eyes, he also recommended following the 20-20-20 rule: Every 20 minutes, for 20 seconds, take a break by looking at something 20 feet away. Negrin stressed that taking care of your overall health will benefit your eyes, from managing your blood pressure and cholesterol to not smoking. ![]() Your eyes should never hurt, so any pain should be taken seriously.Īlthough eye pain may have a very obvious cause, such as injury, it can also indicate other conditions that range from benign to potentially blinding, like optic neuropathy or angle-closure glaucoma. “The point is to get in so we can figure it out.” 5. “It could be nothing or it could be an aneurysm, a tumor, a brain infection or a sign of a stroke,” said Taylor. Unequal pupil size can be a sign of serious problems. Generally, if you’re an adult and one of your pupils - that black dot right in the middle of your eye - becomes larger or smaller, and you haven’t used eye drops, call your doctor. Some people who are otherwise healthy may have unequal pupils. Pupils don’t look the same sizeĪnisocoria is the technical name for unequal pupil size. “If the double vision is new or sudden, you need to be evaluated,” Taylor explained. If you have pain, weakness, slurred speech, along with double vision (or any vision change), go to an emergency department. ![]() That could be due to a neurological issue, an autoimmune problem or other potentially serious issues. If you have double vision in both eyes, which is more common, it means your eyes aren’t working together in the right way. If you have double vision in one eye, it can be due to a corneal problem. People can experience double vision in one or both eyes. It doesn’t hurt and some people may not even notice any symptoms, which can range from merely annoying to downright anxiety inducing, said Huang. You may be experiencing something benign called a posterior vitreous detachment (PVD.) Or you might be experiencing a retinal tear that could lead to a retinal detachment, which is potentially blinding if not fixed quickly.Ī PVD is a process of aging (generally after age 50 for most of us and younger if you are near-sighted) in which the vitreous, a gel-like substance that fills your eye and is attached to the retina, begins to shrink and pull away from the retina. Flashes and floatersĪlthough most people have experienced floaters, those gnat-like or cobwebby squiggles that appear in your field of vision, a new onset of floaters, which may be accompanied by flashes of light (often described as a lightning streak in the peripheral vision), warrants a quick trip to an ophthalmologist. Suber Huang, CEO of Retina Center of Ohio in Cleveland, told TODAY. “Anything that is new in terms of a change in your vision could be potentially worrisome,” Dr. ![]() ![]() GGGB had a ton of characters and it seems like ORS will have quite a bunch of them, too. I hope you'll like the improvements as much as I do But for now, I can just show you the silhouettes for the main male characters. You don't know how much your support means to me and how it can make this grow. I can invest in my own creation and give you guys the games I truly want to make, how I truly want to make them. But now, thanks to GGGB and to you, that's different. The style of the drawings will remain the same, just with the look I would've wanted GGGB to have! I couldn't achieve that before because I was on my own, I couldn't afford to invest from the get go and I had to do everything myself. As I said before, I hired a couple artists to work with me. So, in what aspects will it differ? Aside from a main one, central aspect of the new concept, which I can't talk about yet, one of the new things will be it's improved production values. Itwill take place in a similar scenario and will have as it's core choice mechanics, branching story-lines and character depth and evolution. I hope to make a good job so you can really enjoy what's about to come. And this is my main focus this time, creating cool, fleshed out and interesting characters that can produce fun and very engaging scenarios and choices for you to make and watch sexy mayhem (or not) ensue. ![]() After all, choices are only entertaining if you care about their effects, and to that effect, you need to care about the characters. I believe GGGB was good because all of the choices, but also because of it's characters. What I'm trying to say is that I want to be more focused with Our Red String. I don't know if I'm conveying my feelings about this. Her personality and development were spread too thin over radically different branches. The possibilities were plentiful and so diverse, but that meant that Ashley as a character suffered, and so did the story and her interaction with the other characters. That's why Ashley could be a good, sweet girl, a drug-dealing thug, a nasty, cheating girl, a full blown bimbo or anything in between. GGGB was my first dive into this creative genre and I wanted to squeeze everything I could out of it, exploring as many of the branches and options that were possible. ![]() That was the main point I built my first game around, and it will be the same for the second. What I love about writing visual novels is the potential to give the player the power of affecting the outcome of the story and the evolution of it's characters. And I guess you won't be surprised and happy to hear if I tell you it will be similar to Good Girl Gone Bad. I guess you have many questions about what Our Red String will be like. ![]() ![]() ![]() Where before the sheet was operating at ~80% efficiency due to Google Sheet's limitations, Xurkane and I have since broken Google Sheets and subjected it to our will. The freshly-recorded Youtube Tutorial offers a step-by-step guide on how to fill out the sheet, how to read the results, and how to curate the data into the best set of recommendations that we can offer. We have broken Google Sheets and found a way to solve for every viable workshop agenda in a simple and user-friendly way. Version 5 brings a complete overhaul to both the visuals and backend of the Workshop Solver. 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What some of this looks like in action, that you can get a little sneak peek at through the release date trailer below. ![]() Most importantly, at least as far as pure beginners are concerned, the Steam version of Dwarf Fortress will also come with a comprehensive tutorial that will (hopefully) instill you with all the knowledge you need to set off on your own. These features include a set of stylish visuals to better help represent what's happening in the world, an overhauled UI focused around usability and readability, Steam Workshop support to make modding easier, as well as a bunch of quality-of-life improvements and additions to help smooth out any rough edges. 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