![]() In that era, if you had questions about the M1 Garand rifle, you likely had a primary source of information close by. The inventor: John Garand poses with his rifle at Springfield Armory. Some folks did collect them, but there weren’t so many outlets to find them, nor the fierce competition to acquire them like you find today. It is also important to note that 20 th century military firearms were not hot “collectibles” at that point. People talked much more about firearms then, while not necessarily about their use in the war, but it was much more of a common topic. ![]() And the iconic M1 rifle was well known by most folks, kids and adults, civilians and veterans alike. The Second World War had a massive impact on the United States, and consequently on America’s culture. A few of my teachers were combat veterans as well. ![]() So too were several of my neighbors in the little town where I grew up. ![]() My father was a combat infantryman who fought from Normandy until the end of World War II in Europe. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The zoomed-out strategic view gives you a nice idea of how big the battles in Forged Alliance can get.įorged Alliance delivers six massive new single-player missions, as well as a slew of welcome improvements and enhancements. What's impressive is the amount of stuff that developer Gas Powered Games has managed to squeeze into the standalone expansion in relatively little time. When you flash forward to the end of the year, we get Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance. With battlefields that are as large as 40-by-40 square kilometers (or even 81-by-81 in skirmish and multiplayer), the game offers a lot of flexibility and room. ![]() ![]() The spiritual successor to 1997's famed Total Annihilation, Supreme Commander is a sci-fi strategy game that occurs on a scale far larger than regular RTS games. It's hard to come up with a real-time strategy game that's as large and ambitious as Supreme Commander, which came out at the beginning of this year. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Spell check whilst typing in EasyMail and other Windows Store apps will be for the language you have selected in the taskbar. Now you can use the language selector (Microsoft call it ‘Input Indicator’) on the right-hand side of the Windows taskbar to switch between the language you want to type in (or use Windows Key + Space Bar to switch language instead). Remove the keyboard and add the keyboard type of your PC.Click on the new language and go to “Options”.With this start menu open and before doing or clicking anything else, start typing the word. That will open up your Windows 10 start menu, which may resemble the start menu in this image here. This is important as your new language is only for typing Thanks to this feature youll be able to get all of your emails in a single place, without having to resort to any other email manager. To get started creating your Google Chrome desktop icon, click on the Windows 10 start button in the left-hand side corner at the bottom of your screen. Click on your old language and make sure it is still set as default (Windows display language).Click “Add a language” and select the language you want to have.Choose “Region & Language” in the left pane.In the Windows Settings select “Time & Language”.Open the Windows “Start” menu and select “Settings”.To change the language of theses features you must add a second language to Windows itself. Spell checking and autocorrect are global Windows 10 features. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mods are still being developed for Fallout 4 ranging from enhanced graphics, unofficial bug fixes, all the way to additional storylines, and new fully voiced companions. It has been five years since Fallout 4's initial release, and without a proper installment in the Fallout franchise since (sorry Fallout 76) players are still finding new ways to have fun inside the wasteland of Fallout 4, and a lot of these new ways are through mods. Related: Fallout 4: The Project Valkyrie Mod Explained After launch, Bethesda will make their assets available for players to obtain to make the game easier to mod, and the modding communities of Fallout games are some of the most creative individuals who can add many more stories, weapons, and NPCs into Bethesda games while also breathing new life into games years after release. ![]() While Fallout 4 offers players hours upon hours of fun in both the vanilla game and DLC, a unique feature of Bethesda games is how readily mod-able they make their games to be. Bethesda's Fallout 4 is an expansive open-world game filled with hundreds of hours of content in the base game alone all set in a beautiful but desolate wasteland. ![]() ![]() ![]() Apple's supply chain partners are beginning to notice the gap between iPhone 13 demand and supply "gradually narrowing" thanks to the ramped-up production of integrated circuit boards embedded within the iPhone.Īpple this past quarter said the chip shortage and complications hindering production due to the global health crisis cost it $6 billion. Estimated shipping times for the iPhone 13 were spanning weeks, if not months, in some locations for specific configurations.Īs the holiday season approaches, however, Apple's suppliers have managed to ease the shortage of certain components, allowing iPhone 13 production to accelerate, according to DigiTimes. ![]() Like many other products, the iPhone has been suffering the consequences of a global ship shortage that has impacted production and general product availability. The availability of the iPhone 13 is expected to improve in the coming weeks as the holiday season approaches, possibly easing concerns from analysts and customers that product availability would have remained exceptionally tight as consumers begin holiday shopping. ![]() ![]() ![]() It makes use of a number of local landmarks, including Bunker Hill, Fort Independence, and Old North Bridge near Concord, as the bridge out of Sanctuary Hills. ![]() ![]() The game is set within an open world post-apocalyptic environment that encompasses the city of Boston and the surrounding Massachusetts region known as "The Commonwealth". It is the fourth main game in the Fallout series and was released worldwide on November 10, 2015, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Fallout 4 is an action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The modders behind Fallout: London have just released an extremely impressive trailer for the project, which promises a “DLC-sized” addition to Fallout 4 that explores a region rarely touched in the series’ lore.įallout: London features a “condensed version” of the titular city that the devs say is similar in size to the vanilla Commonwealth map. It’s time to take a look at yet another mega-ambitious mod for a Bethesda game and dream of the possibilities. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Players must maintain their core body temperature by wearing insulating clothing and locate heat sources in order to survive the bitter cold. Nuclear Winter, takes the existing Fallout 4 climate and creates a thermodynamics system based on the severity of the weather in addition to a number of environmental heuristics. Project Summary: Nuclear Winter is a gameplay systems mod focused on adding a series of temperature related survival mechanics to Fallout 4. ![]() |