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‘Fallout’ Nails Video Game Adaptations by Making the Apocalypse Fun
11Apr By adminNo Comments
Technology

‘Fallout’ Nails Video Game Adaptations by Making the Apocalypse Fun

Nolan tasked Fallout showrunners Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet with threading that particular needle. The pair chose to center the series around three protagonists, played by Walton Goggins, Ella Purnell, and Aaron Clifton Moten, all of whom enter the story at a turning point in their lives. As a cowboy movie star turned ghoul, Goggins’ character is cold and lawless, a set of emotions you have to imagine stems from the loss he’s felt in the 219 years since the first bombs fell. Moten is Maximus, a former orphan who joins up with the paramilitary tech protectors in the Brotherhood of Steel and stumbles his way into a chance at greatness. Purnell is Lucy MacLean, a naive Vault Dweller who sets off into the Wasteland in pursuit of her kidnapped father (Kyle MacLachlan).“All of th...
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Amazon’s Prime Gaming titles for April include Fallout 76 and Chivalry 2
4Apr By adminNo Comments
Technology

Amazon’s Prime Gaming titles for April include Fallout 76 and Chivalry 2

Amazon is to Prime members at no extra cost for the month of April. Leading the bunch is Fallout 76, a multiplayer take on the post-apocalyptic franchise. There’s also the hack and slash adventure Chivalry 2 and around a dozen more.Fallout 76 is just the latest title in the series to hit Prime Gaming, likely to coincide with of the Fallout TV show. It experienced mixed reviews upon release, with many complaining about an overall lack of purpose in the gameplay and a blandness in the design. Other people simply enjoyed wandering around a post-apocalyptic West Virginia with their buddies.The game’s available for PC and, interestingly, Xbox consoles. People can download it from GOG for PC and Amazon will hand out a code to Prime members for an Xbox download. Fallout 76 will be available on...
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Amazon to show ads in Prime Video movies and shows starting January 29, 2024
27Dec By adminNo Comments
Money

Amazon to show ads in Prime Video movies and shows starting January 29, 2024

Expert advice: Update your subscriptions Expert advice: Update your subscriptions 02:28 Amazon will begin airing ads in its Prime Video television shows and movies on January 29. That means Prime Video subscribers, who pay $139 per year for a Prime membership, will see "limited" ad interruptions starting on that date, Amazon said Tuesday in a statement to customers. People who pay for the stand-alone Prime Video subscription, which costs $8.99 per month, will also see...
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Amazon says Prime scams are on the rise as the holidays near
15Nov By adminNo Comments
Money

Amazon says Prime scams are on the rise as the holidays near

Amazon.com is warning that scammers are just as eager as consumers to take advantage of holiday shopping deals, with bad actors trying to gain access to customers' Prime accounts with scam emails, calls and texts. The online retailer said it has seen a surge in criminal activity involving the ecommerce platform as shoppers use Amazon to make their holiday purchases. Two types of scams are particularly on the rise, noted Amazon, whose annual ahead Black Friday promotion starts Nov. 17. Reports of so-called email attachment schemes have doubled in the second half of 2023, according to Amazon. These scams involve criminals posing as Amazon customer service representatives and sending shoppers attachments suggesting that their accounts will be suspended if they don't take action. The emails i...
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Toys: Amid a flurry of deals, consumers snap up products during Amazon Prime Day; 14% more members shopped this year
21Jul By adminNo Comments
Business

Toys: Amid a flurry of deals, consumers snap up products during Amazon Prime Day; 14% more members shopped this year

NEW DELHI: Consumers snapped up large appliances, smartphones, electronics, toys, bags and shoes on Amazon which had a flurry of deals in store for scores of its users during its two day Prime day which ended on July 16. Toys, for instance, recorded the highest ever single day sales and the platform claims to have sold an average of 1.8 toys every second. Prime members from across 98% pin codes of India shopped most for front load washing machines, headphones, apparels, shoes, luxury beauty products, smart phones and baby products, the company said in a statement.With inflation continuing to be tricky, consumers not surprisingly took to e-commerce platforms to scout for pocket friendly deals and add products to their shopping carts. This Prime Day, the seventh one since Amazon’s foray int...
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FTC files lawsuit against Amazon, alleging company signed customers up for Prime
21Jun By adminNo Comments
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FTC files lawsuit against Amazon, alleging company signed customers up for Prime

The Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon for what it called a years-long effort to enroll consumers into Prime without their consent and making it difficult for them to cancel the subscription.In its complaint, filed in Washington state, the FTC accused Amazon of using deceptive designs to trick "millions" of consumers into enrolling in the program. The agency also said the option to purchase items on Amazon without subscribing to Prime was more difficult in many cases. Consumers were sometimes presented with a button to complete their transactions — but the button didn't clearly state it would also enroll them into Prime.Company leaders slowed or rejected changes that made canceling the subscription easier, the complaint said. The agency also argued those patterns were in vio...
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