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Anime That Were Ruined By Terrible CGI Animation

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The sci-fi series centers on Akira Natsume, who awakens after a long accident to discover his mind has been transferred into a powerful AI. The show uses 3D animation for its main characters, but keeps the backgrounds and supporting roles in 2D. However, the animation has been criticized for looking stiff and unnatural, with characters moving awkwardly. The combination of 3D characters and 2D environments created a visually inconsistent experience for many viewers, ultimately leading to low ratings on several review sites.

Video Game Franchises That Were Destroyed By ‘Woke’ Controversies

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This recent attempt to revive the popular open-world gangster series aimed to appeal to a new audience. However, fans quickly disliked it, criticizing the characters as being too bland and geared towards millennials, and missing the original games’ signature rebellious humor. Many found the writing embarrassing and felt it strayed too far from what made the series special. Ultimately, the game flopped with both critics and players, leading to the closure of the development studio, Volition, after three decades.

Starbucks: A Rather Feeble Brew

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I, naturally, hold a few shares. A speculative flutter, really. But despite this minor uptick, I shan’t be adding to the position. Statistics, however hopeful, are simply that – numbers. And one particular number is proving decidedly tiresome. A turnaround could occur, of course. But one isn’t holding one’s breath. There’s a distinct lack of fizz.

Support Contemporary Poetry with The Segue Foundation’s Reading Series and More!

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Since 1976, The Segue Foundation has championed innovative poetry, providing a platform for its creation and dissemination. Beyond publishing key poetry journals that captured the evolution of poetic styles, the foundation runs Roof Books, fostering communities of experimental writers globally. They also supported the Incisions Arts Project, offering poetry workshops to those in prison. Perhaps most notably, The Segue Foundation has hosted a continuous reading series since 1978, bringing poets and audiences together to this day.

Nvidia: The Glitch in the Machine

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February 25th. Another quarterly confessional. Another chance for Jensen Huang to spin gold from vaporware. They’ll be talking about Blackwell, Rubin, architectures so complex they make the Large Hadron Collider look like a child’s toy. They’ll be promising 50x performance gains, 75% reduction in GPU requirements, 90% cost savings. It’s a beautiful lie, meticulously crafted for the easily impressed. Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet… lining up like addicts for their next fix. The whole thing smells of desperation, of a market straining at the seams.

Actors Who Are Too Old For Their Roles

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Despite being close to thirty years old, he starred as the teenage lead in the movie version of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’. Many viewers criticized the attempts to make him look younger with makeup and lighting. While he successfully captured the character’s voice, his noticeably older appearance was a distraction. Reviewers pointed out that his mature look didn’t fit the high school environment of the story.

All the TV Shows Coming to Apple TV+ in February 2026

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The second part of the comedy-drama ‘Shrinking’ will be available on January 28th. The show centers around a therapist, played by Jason Segel, who starts being completely honest with his patients, which dramatically impacts everyone involved. Harrison Ford plays his colleague and mentor. Jason Segel created the series with Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, who are also known for their work on ‘Ted Lasso’.

VOO: A Most Sensible Investment

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Before committing one’s hard-earned funds, however, a spot of due diligence is in order. Let me illuminate three points that any discerning investor – or, indeed, anyone hoping to avoid a financial muddle – ought to bear in mind.

Ephemeral Gains: A Market Reverie

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The broader indices, those pale reflections of underlying vitality, also felt the breeze. The S&P 500 drifted downwards, settling at 6,800, while the Nasdaq Composite, ever the more volatile spirit, lost 1.59% to reach 22,541. One observes, with a certain detached amusement, that even the titans are susceptible to the prevailing winds. Alibaba and Walmart, those fellow purveyors of goods, experienced similar, if less dramatic, declines, underscoring a shared vulnerability. It is a landscape of shifting sands, where even the most firmly established empires must occasionally brace against the tide.