Fame Junkies

Actually, a lot of people can’t. This week, “American Idol”–the No. 1 (Tuesday) and No. 2 (Wednesday) most-watched show of the past TV year–returns for its sixth season, and Paula, Simon, Randy and Ryan aren’t the only familiar faces you’ll see. Sawyer is part of a growing “Idol” supergroup: the recidivists, people who audition over and over with the unquenchable–and perhaps foolish–hope that this is finally their year. “If I had the money, I’d go to every single audition,” says Tya Moore, 22, who was rejected for the fifth time at the Rose Bowl in August....

January 31, 2023 · 5 min · 931 words · Brandon Garrick

Families Begin Identifying 13 U.S. Service Members In Deadly Kabul Attack

While the Department of Defense has not identified the victims of the attack, local reports, citing families of the deceased, have emerged. Among those that have been named are Maxton William Soviak, David Lee Espinoza, Rylee McCollum, Kareem Nikoui, Jared Schmitz, Taylor Hoover, Degan William-Tyeler Page, Hunter Lopez and Ryan Knauss. Soviak’s mother confirmed her son’s death to Cleveland-based news station WKYC on Friday. She said Soviak was from northern Ohio and served as a medic with U....

January 31, 2023 · 6 min · 1175 words · Mary Hardy

Famous Classic Video Game Character S Name Is A Pun

Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter game developed by Rare for the Nintendo 64 back in 2000. It’s the first in the series, following the main protagonist, Joanna Dark, a secret agent who faces off against an extraterrestrial invasion led by a rival company. The game is known for pushing the Nintendo 64s memory unit as far as it could go, even requiring an expansion pack, with a campaign mode as well as a variety of multiplayer options....

January 31, 2023 · 2 min · 376 words · Carlyn Miller

Famous Miyamoto Quote About Delayed Games Could Be Misattributed

A new discussion surrounding the quotation and whether it’s correctly attributed to Miyamoto started on Twitter recently when Javed Sterritt of the Good Blood YouTube channel told his followers he’d give $100 to anyone who could find the quotation’s origin. The task was then taken up by Ethan Johnson, independent games researcher and the creator of The History of How We Play. Johnson’s research has, so far, found a variety of confusing evidence surrounding the quotation’s origin, with no indication so far that it stems from Miyamoto....

January 31, 2023 · 2 min · 425 words · Joseph Watts

Fan Killed Ahead Of Botafogo Vs Flamengo Encounter

Man Utd flop Di Maria still not back to his best Before the fixture, which Flamengo won 2-1, violence erupted in the streets around the Engenhao stadium, which was used for athletics during the 2016 Olympics. Police were required to use rubber bullets and tear gas to bring the mob under control, but there was one fatality. “The Municipal Health Secretariat informs that eight men were taken to the Salgado Filho Municipal Hospital as victims of the violence or gunshots in clashes near the Engenhao," the Secretariat said in a statement quoted on the UOL news site....

January 31, 2023 · 1 min · 119 words · Christopher Blevins

Fallout A Deep Dive Into Power Armor

After the Great War, power armor is still used. It is a favorite of certain factions such as the Brotherhood of Steel, Enclave, and even certain raiders. Some power armor models are pre-war while others were developed after the bombs fell. The armor is known to make humans be able to stand toe-to-toe with weapons as powerful as tanks. RELATED: Fallout: History Of The Railroad What Power Armor Does Power armor was invented by West-Tek, a defense contractor that did a lot of work for the Department of Defense before the bombs fell....

January 30, 2023 · 4 min · 769 words · Alecia Lewis

Fallout New Vegas Uk Tv Spot Shows Tap Dancing Explosions

While only a minute long, the latest Fallout: New Vegas video advertisement does a good job of conveying all sorts of things the wasteland explorer will happen to run into. You won’t step into the shoes of an individual who has lived in a vault, but rather a simple courier who got caught up in some bad Wasteland politics. So take a gander at the trailer and see if there’s anything New Vegas can’t get you....

January 30, 2023 · 2 min · 300 words · Kristy Lewis

Fallout 4 10 Best Creation Club Mods That Are Worth The Credits

RELATED: The Best Factions In The Fallout Series The Creation Club contains content from Bethesda, in addition to content that was created by fans. Players can purchase this extra content using credits, with $40 being the most the player can spend. Players will also earn 100 credits for logging into the Creation Club for the first time. With so much available, what’s worth players’ money? Updated on July 30th, 2021 by Ritwik Mitra:The initial reception to the Creation Club was overwhelmingly negative....

January 30, 2023 · 5 min · 1023 words · Jannie Sandoval

Fallout 4 10 Common Misconceptions

RELATED: Fallout 4: All Romances Ranked Every video game is susceptible to developing incorrect preconceptions or unfound ideas, especially Fallout 4, as it comes from an old franchise. Such misconceptions can often misconstrue expectations or dissuade others from playing a video game. Fallout 4 is a victim of these misconceptions and, as such, carries with it many false perceptions. To truly enjoy this video game, players must be aware of the many common misconceptions about Fallout 4 that have arisen over the years....

January 30, 2023 · 9 min · 1898 words · Steve Thompson

Fallout 4 10 Things You Didn T Know About Diamond City

RELATED: 10 Amazing Areas Fallout 5 Should Be Set In Players who know a bit about baseball or history will be able to spot a few interesting things while they explore Diamond City. Despite being a hub for travelers and traders, Diamond City hides its fair share of secrets. 10 Faction Flags Can Be Found In City Depending on who the player sides with at the end of the game, one of the factions can take over Diamond City....

January 30, 2023 · 6 min · 1121 words · Mildred Manylath

Fallout 4 The 10 Most Exceedingly Rare Items In The Game

RELATED: Fallout 4: The 10 Craziest Random Encounters You Probably Missed If you think you’ve got a premier item hoard that absolutely includes every unique weapon and rare bauble in the game, put it to the test with the checklist below. Keep scrolling to check out ten of the most absurdly rare items in Fallout 4. Whether it’s a humble piece of junk or a fancy, exclusive firearm, no truly thorough item collection can consider itself complete without them....

January 30, 2023 · 6 min · 1262 words · Rolland Baer

Fallout 4 Battle Video 1 000 Deathclaws Vs 10 Liberty Primes

This isn’t the first mass-scale deathclaw battle we’ve witnessed on YouTube, as we’ve seen over 30,000 glowing deathclaws fight just 300 super mutants before (it’s closer than you think). This time, however, the deathclaws are taking on a very unique opponent: Liberty Prime. Liberty Prime played a large role in the fight against the Enclave in Fallout 3, and has a potential role to play in Fallout 4 as well....

January 30, 2023 · 2 min · 337 words · Roy Petterson

Fallout 4 Fan Makes Mashup Trailer With Counter Strike

Using the Steam Workshop and Source Filmmaker to put it together, HankWank injects a little bit of humor into the clip by having the Sole Survivor exit a port-a-potty instead of Vault 111, replacing the immortal Dogmeat companion with a chicken, and having the protagonist steal a set of power armor from a display case. Rather than spoil all of the fun, fans can check out the full footage from the parody below....

January 30, 2023 · 2 min · 358 words · Kenneth Kotas

Fallout 4 Player Mods Real Life Dog Into Game

For those looking to give the post-apocalyptic Boston setting an extra dose of canine cuteness, the mod is available for download on NexusMods. Regarding its creation and the pictures below, 7iger has said: With it still being relatively early for Fallout 4 mods, 7iger wasn’t able to exactly nail every nuance of Pirate, but even so, this ought to delight dog lovers and owners to no end, as they will now be able to roam the Wasteland with a simulacrum of their true-to-life pooches....

January 30, 2023 · 2 min · 335 words · Andres Chung

Fallout 76 10 Things You Didn T Know About The Molemen

RELATED: 10 Of The Best Factions In The Fallout Series New enemies were added to the series with the release of Fallout 76, including the mole miners. Because this is the first game in the series to include them, not a lot might be known about these enemies. With a little exploration through the game, more and more can be learned about these curious creatures. 10 They Were Once Human Mole Miners were once humans who are now trapped inside of their mining suits....

January 30, 2023 · 5 min · 967 words · Richard Humphrey

Fallout 76 The 15 Best Melee Weapons Ranked

RELATED: Fallout 4: Everything You Need To Know About The Silver Shroud Side Quest Watching the light fade out of your enemies’ eyes while they bleed or writhe in pain from multiple bone traumas is also safer for the environment than polluting the already irradiated wasteland with slugs and lead casings. Unlike our cavemen ancestors though, we have become picky with our melee weapons– they need to be elegant and luckily, Fallout 76 gives that special treatment to these big sticks....

January 30, 2023 · 10 min · 1968 words · Timothy Johnson

Fallout 76 The Best Perk Cards For Crafting

RELATED: Fallout 76: How To Get Legendary Cores Soon, they find themselves knowing how to craft high-grade armor and powerful weapons. The downside to having all this knowledge is that players need specific perk cards to build these weapons and armor. While traversing the wasteland, players should be mindful of the perk cards they choose if they want to become a crafting king. 10 Contractor Contracting can be expensive and time-consuming....

January 30, 2023 · 5 min · 953 words · Karen Molina

Fallout 76 Details New Survival Mode

Last week Bethesda mentioned that a new mode would be coming to Fallout 76, and in this week’s patch notes it outlined exactly how the game mode will operate. Survival is essentially a riskier, more dangerous version of the current game. By removing PvP restrictions, Bethesda hopes to use Survival to immerse players into an even lonelier, more difficult version of Fallout 76. Excluding party members, every player poses a threat and can loot caps, aid, and junk items after killing another player....

January 30, 2023 · 2 min · 313 words · Beverly Cole

Fallout 76 Lets You Fight Dragons

Over the weekend a lot of media outlets had the chance to get hands-on with a few hours of the upcoming title. Fallout 76 takes place in West Virginia, which is sure to be home to some brand new enemies for players to run into, but dragons weren’t exactly on anyone’s list of predictions. Despite that, the creatures can indeed be battled when the game releases. The creature is likely a giant mutated bat or something along those lines, but let’s be honest… It’s a dragon, people....

January 30, 2023 · 2 min · 262 words · Jessica Pearson

Fallout From A Caribbean Murder

During the intervening 13 months, Labrador and his codefendants-New York publisher Alexander Benedetto, Georgetown University law student Michael Spicer and Spicer’s gay partner, Evan George-have attended numerous pretrial hearings which have failed to produce any physical evidence linking them to the crime. The men have pleaded not guilty, and there appears to be no obvious motive for the murder. The lone account tying the men to the crime comes from Jeff Plante, the prosecution’s star witness and a lifelong con artist with at least four felony convictions who is wanted in Texas for violating his parole....

January 30, 2023 · 5 min · 996 words · Jonathan Young