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This concept of designing a boss to take extra damage when attacked at a specific part of its hurtbox is nothing new to gaming as a whole, and has been a staple of FromSoftware bosses from before and after Bloodborne. So, it isn’t the existence of these weak points that lifts the Amygdala fight up, but the fact that they are placed front and center where the boss is most likely to attack from that pushes the fast-paced and aggressive combat....

It might not appear that the Blood-Starved Beast relates to many other FromSoftware bosses outside the enemy’s basic combat that sends it lunging across the arena in bursts of action that can quickly destroy a player’s health bar. However, fans of Demon’s Souls and the Flamelurker boss might recognize the ways that Bloodborne improves on the signature mechanic of the later phases of the encounter. RELATED: 5 Boss Concepts From Previous Games FromSoftware Should Revisit in Elden Ring DLC...

title: “Blowing Smoke” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-20” author: “Jeffrey Monigold” To these uncertainties, add the fog of reasonable doubt. Like it or not, McVeigh and Nichols will be tried in what could be called the post-O.J. (and post-Menendez) era. From the standpoint of an aggressive defense attorney, this means that just about anything goes, as long as it has the potential for persuading one or more jurors to accept an alternative theory of the crime....

Your browser does not support iframes. SPECTOR: Bautista-Odor: Two wrongs, one big right Bautista, whose bat flip after a go-ahead homer in the ALDS against the Rangers last season likely played a role in Sunday’s quarrel, didn’t acknowledge the crowd as he stepped in against Drew Smyly. Monday’s game got out of hand pretty quickly but Bautista was the first to get Toronto on the board with an RBI single in the 13-2 Tampa Bay win....

With Tampa Bay comfortably leading 7-1, Borucki opened the eighth inning by hitting Kiermaier directly in the back. Both benches immediately cleared, and both Borucki and Blue Jays pitching coach Pete Walker were ejected from the game. MORE: Rays take Blue Jays’ card containing pitching plan, reportedly refuse to give it back The 93 mph plunking doesn’t come as a total surprise: During the Rays’ 6-4 win on Monday night, Kiermaier slid into home base and was caught taking a card that fell from Toronto catcher Alejandro Kirk’s wristband that detailed their pitching plan against the defending American League champions....

Here’s everything you need to know about Game 2 of the American League Championship Series: MLB PLAYOFFS 2015: Best 50 players | Each team’s worst postseason memory What channel is the Blue Jays-Royals game on? What time is the Blue Jays-Royals game? This is the TV schedule for the ALCS (all times ET) : GAME 1: Royals 5, Blue Jays 0 GAME 2: Blue Jays at Royals, Saturday, 4 p....

While not much about his death is currently known, except for the fact that it was entirely unexpected, a gander through his official ‘Blue622’ Twitter page reveals that his last post was a condolence message posted for his friend and fellow streamer Byron Bernstein, aka Reckful. 31-year-old Bernstein had committed suicide and was found dead in his Austin apartment on 2nd July, and had apparently killed himself hours after proposing to his girlfriend on Twitter....

“Oh absolutely," the eventual Conn Smythe Trophy winner told reporters when asked if his grandmother follows his career closely. “She’ll send me quite a few emails, just saying congratulations on the game. She follows it very closely and she’s obviously a big part of my career as well. I remember her buying me skates when I was younger multiple times. Yeah, I hope I can get her a Stanley Cup....

Yes, the 42-year-old veteran is having a nice start to his season with the Blues, posting a .924 even-strength save percentage in six games. The key word there is “six”. A six-game sample is about as insignificant as you can have when evaluating a goalie’s long term prospects. NHL history is littered with borderline talents who managed good-to-great seasons, let alone a nice handful of games. Odds are, based on his body of work in New Jersey the last few years, where he ranged from below-average to one of the worst goalies in the league, Brodeur’s numbers will dip as he gets more playing time....

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Clippers hadn't even digested the final loss of their tumultuous season before they had to consider the growing possibility that owner Donald Sterling won't leave the club quietly. After a month of playoff pressure and incredible off-court drama, a 104-98 loss to Oklahoma City on Thursday night ended the Clippers' best season in franchise history. Their summer could match the tumult of the last few weeks, given Sterling's apparent determination to fight his lifetime NBA ban for racist remarks....

ESPN’s Ramon Shelburne reported Monday that doctors advised Griffin to withdraw as a precaution, and to give the fracture, which Griffin reportedly suffered during the playoffs, more time to heal. Griffin is expected to fully recover. It’s not clear whether he will miss any regular-season games. Griffin said last week he was skipping World Cup tryouts because he wanted to focus on getting ready for the season.

Blake Griffin will be sidelined for an “extended rehabilitation period” after undergoing an arthroscopic procedure on his left knee, the team announced Tuesday. There is no timetable for Griffin’s return, but given Detroit’s current placement in the Eastern Conference standings, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see the Pistons shut him down. At 13-24 overall, the Pistons are tied for 10th in the East, a full four games behind the Nets (16-19) for the conference’s last playoff spot....

Blaylock pleaded guilty to DUI and hit-and-run charges that stem from an incident that happened last March. Blaylock was sentenced to 30 days in jail, but is credited with having already served 14 days, attorney Don Samuel told Journal-Constitution. Blaylock was spotted walking toward a grocery story and fell in the parking lot after allegedly hitting a car on March, 20, 2013, his 46th birthday, according to Spalding County Sheriff’s Office....

A lot of characters possess different skills, affecting the tide of combat in numerous methods. For players building their dream teams, it’s important to take into consideration just how these skills synergize with each other. Which of the game’s skills are the best? 10 Brave Battle Temporary Invincibility Brave Battles serve as the PVP component of Brave Souls, where players duke it out with their best builds. As such, it’s expected for players to have intense matches with meta-breaking builds....

The video game industry has a poor record of union participation, but recent years have seen a movement towards rectifying it, albeit in a limited capacity. Vodeo Games were the first studio to entirely unionize, certified in 2021 after management graciously recognized the effort. More prominent developers have struggled to replicate that success at scale since, but QA workers are leading the charge. Often overlooked and underappreciated, QA staff at Raven Software and Keywords Studios, operating under Activision Blizzard and BioWare respectively, have voted to form a union in recent months and were joined by the team from Blizzard Albany, who filed a request for a union vote with the National Labor Relations Board in July....

One of the changes Blizzard is looking to deploy in the near future is a refocus on new and more frequent content through their expansions. In fact, the developer is reportedly looking to up the frequency of their expansion releases to one a year. While World of Warcraft fans anxiously await the release of the Warlords of Draenor expansion — which brings with it a ton of new content, and a quicker way to hit the new level 100 cap — it’s hard to not to notice this is only the fifth expansion in the MMO’s 9-year history....

Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan took to Reddit to confirm that Blizzard will be fixing the Ashe Halloween skin by making her scope less bright. Kaplan shared an image of what Warlock Ashe’s new scope will look like, showing that it maintains the new shape but no longer limits visibility. Kaplan was unable to provide a timetable as to when this fix will be implemented, but one has to imagine that it will be in Overwatch sooner rather than later....

While hundreds of mounts can be earned in-game through different methods, as other mounts remain exclusively rare, players occasionally receive free ones as part of promotions or limited time events. Soon after stepping foot into the realm of death, another mount will be given out thanks to the latest official announcement. However, its design hasn’t been finalized yet and must be decided by a community poll. RELATED: World of Warcraft Afterlife: Maldraxxus Short Revisits Draka (Legendary Orc Warrior and Thrall’s Mom)...

Before moving forward, it’s worth mentioning that most of this falls in the rumor category, and Blizzard has yet to publicly announce what it will be unveiling. Some of these certainly seem like a lock, but it’s best to temper expectations until BlizzCon 2019 occurs. RELATED: Overwatch Hero 32 May Not Be Who Fans Think Overwatch 2 Out of every possibility, Overwatch 2 seems like a shoe-in, especially after rumored details were seemingly confirmed by ESPN....

The Warcraft franchise has been going strong ever since the first title launched in 1994. The series began as an RTS series before making the transition to the MMO genre with 2004’s World of Warcraft, and the focus of the franchise has been on that ever since. Azeroth and its residents have become one of the most well-known characters in the PC landscape, and it has become one of the most popular fantasy worlds out there....