The Weekly Gazette 11-05-2023

[DerVVulfman]

(October 30 to November 5, 2023)

Welcome dear readers to the latest issue of the Weekly Gazette!  Here in the Gazette, we give you the news in brief of what occurred in the past week as well as provide any news happening in Save-Point itself

Official Area

  Occasions

A bot had entered the forum, but do not be worried.  It's Techbot, a software developer wh's had a hand in adventure games since 1981. He's working on an online RPG world that is open source, this and his apparent knowledge of Doctor Who catching DerVVulfman's attention while Remi-chan was glad to see his appearance. Meanwhile, kyonides greeted Techbot and queried how anarchic his games may be.

  General Chat

Early this week, DerVVulfman asked Bounty Hunter Lani What are YouTubing? It turns out that the video was of a youtuber who's technical expertiese and connections hit roughly two-hundred telephone scammers and put the scammers into painful hysterics.

The Hamas Conflict and illegal crossings still take hold of the News of the World as Hamas attacks evacuation corridors out of Gaza, steals fuel meant for hospitals, and tried to smuggle terrorists out of Gaza within ambulances. Also found, a manual to create chemical weapons and a kidnap victim of Hamas confirmed dead. Illegal migrant traffick is also having dangerous results as a hours-long gunfire with human traffickers at the Serbian/Hungarian border. Deportations are being sanctioned in various nations such as Britain, Austria, and various Nordic countries. However, the US Biden Administration refuses deportation, assisted thousands to cross from Terror-linked countries, and was ordered not to cut down border enforcing razor wire. Nothing is quiet when it comes to Russia, blaming Ukraine for the anti-Israel airport riots even though it was discovered the nation welcomed Hamas Terrorists just before. And do not treat with Belarus as they just jailed a newspaper editor for criticizing the government. China continues to make demands of U.S. President Biden, even as bank records are showing past payments to Biden from China and records from AT&T to Biden's eMail alias of Robin Ware connected to similar transactions with China. Issues with elections for Democrats are coming to a head as it was found Rep. Adam Schiff has been unqualified for his California seat for a decade, and Sen. Laphonza Butler the same. Video of attempted election fraud hits Mayor Joe Ganim of Conneticut as voter fraud also hits New Jersey with Henrilynn Ibezim's attempt to push nearly 1000 fake registraions, and an FBI raid for illegal foreign fundraising hits NY Mayor Adams. But if one wishes to talk about money, FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty of fraud and can face over 100 years in prison. The W.H.O. struggling with sexual harassment cases, Iran Chairing U.N. Human Rights while an Iranian teen killed for not wearing a headscarf, Mexican government concealing a family abduction, Homemade bombs detonated at a Jehovah’s Witness convention in India, Amazon's Jeff Bezos leaving Seattle for Miami, and roughly thirty more articles hit this week's news.
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  Tech Talk

It is the growing development of Artificial Intelligence that dominated the News of the Cyber World, and its threat. Celebrities have cited its use as a form of plagiarism, Scarlet Johannson having a lawsuit against one developer using her image to sell its AI application. And while US President Joe Biden puts demands over AI safety before any development release, US tech companies like Microsoft and Amazon are eyeing Japan's market instead. Meanwhile, the UK are planning to use AI chatbots for their tax and government services.  As the Google AntiTrust lawsuit continues, Google's CEO said it was the increase in Chrome Web browsers users that is pushing thier hold on the market, though had to admit they were paying large sums to make it the default search engine among other browsers. Meta offering monthly fees for ad-free use, DoorDash warning users to tip in advance to avoid cold food deliveries, FTC putting Amazon on notice for decepetive advertisement practices and more hit this week's cybernews.

Games Development

  Development Discussion

The subject of RPGMaker Unite was What's up with RMers? after Steel Beast 6Beets seconded opinions made by DerVVulfman and Remi-chan to KasperKalamity over gaming engines. Only after was it revealed by DerVVulfman that RPGMaker Unite was no longer available on steam, this giving Remi-chan a belly laugh. With all the headaches, Melana queried how the RPGMaker series would continue. Meanwhile, Remi-chan continued work upon her games, showing off new artwork for one character and revised alerts for her battle systems.

  Upcoming Projects

Starmage returned to provide a second boss character trailer for the remastered edition of Stellar Bewitching αΩ. Said posting she made was also on her birthday!

Material Development

  Scripts Database

The latest update to kyonides' AlertWindow ACE system now allows the game developer to halt all action while the alert window is displayed. While not a feature in his favor, he added it as an option for those who wished its use.

Creativity Section

  Music and Audio

During the end of the Halloween Season, you may have wished to make a game befitting the time of year. That being the case, the Original Music and Sound provided by Eric Matyas would have been quite perfect.  A pair of low-fidelity pieces of music have a kinetic melody about them while having a darker harmony looming behind. Meanwhile, a third low-fidelity piece contained eerie and haunting harmonies sure to evoke an ominous feeling.

Well, that's it for this week.

"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak." - Alan Duntes (1934-2005)

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