The Weekly Gazette 11-12-2023

[DerVVulfman]

(November 6 to November 12, 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

Just as last week, a new member entered our community from RPGMaker Central. Going by AVGB-KBGaming, our new member is experienced with most every version of the RPGMaker Engine line, experienced the most with RPGMaker XP and VXAce. Some back and forth went by way of portable hard drives between AVGB-KBGaming and DerVVulfman when it was found that AVGB-KBGaming's HDD was having issues. Meanwhile, kyonides had some comments about some RPGMaker engines, Remi-chan greeted AVGB-KBGaming as another who came to Save-Point by way of recommendations, and TechBot who joined last week gave greets.

General Chat

When it comes to the News of the World, the Israel/Hamas conflict continues, except for some freelance reporters fired by the Associated press for their connections with Hamas. Meanwhile video came out showing Hamas abuse of Gazans, stealing fuel from hospitals and using them as human shields. Still, the IDF managed to kill a Hamas leader at the the “al Buraq” while holding over one-thousand Gazans hostage in the Rantisi Hospital. What do you expect when caches of rocket launchers are found in mosques? Around the world, anti-semitism abounds. In the UK, protestors defaced the Cenotaph memorial on Armistice Day, even after London's police asked them to reconsider. As of now, an exclusion zone exists around the memorial where any Pro-Hamas will be arrested, and threatens to strip Visas from any protesting for Hamas. And in the US, Pro-Palestinian demonstrators smashed the iconic Grand Central Station, vandalized the New York Times, and later returned on Veterans day to tear down U.S. flags. Even Turkey had to use tear gas on a Pro-Hamas mob this week. Still, Turkey has chosen to ban companies that support Israel. And that sentiment is held by groups within the United Nations itself that indeed praised the October 7 attack by Hamas. If one talks about border security, Germany suggested they need more, this while 32,000 illegal migrants boated to Spain's Canary Islands. Meanwhile, it was found that those crossing the U.S. southern border illegally were leaving behind documents provided by the UN, Doctors without Borders, the Red Cross and more. As the US border is ignored by its DHS, Congress is demanding a probe into DHS's culpability into child exploitation. But more bad news hit Democrats in the U.S. as FBI agents now probe NYC's Mayor Adams over improper 2021 foreign campaign contributions, it was revealed that Chicago's mayor prevented censure of his aid who attempted to physically prevent a vote from occuring, a Rep. Dan Goldman's attempt to block a subpoena during the Biden Impeachment Investigation, and also connected the revealed that U.S. President Biden refuses to provide loan documentations for the $40,000 cash received reported last week. The Baltimore prosecutor of the Freddy Gray death now herself convicted, A populist lawmaker assassinate on Iran's orders, a Michigan town firing their local government to keep a China-owned factory out, South Africa dropping out of the Paris Climate accords while China and India actually make the 'green' goals unobtainable, and more hit this week's news.
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AVGB-KBGaming felt the need to mention another Videogame You Should Stay Away From, that being Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5. Not even the recent patches help the game, the older games still far better.

Tech Talk

Attacks on free speech was in this week's News of the Cyber World as it was revealed that the U.S. DHS created an office that intentionally blocked conservative speech while leaving liberal posts untouched during the 2020 election, and the FCC blasted the Biden Administration's internet control plan sweeping and unlawful. Security related, France found that bots from the Russian Network, Recent Reliable News, has stirred up enough antisemitism globally, that over 1000 attacks have been been made in France alone. Teens admit they are taught anti-semitism from TikTok and Facebook. And the Kochava mobile app data service has been found by the FCC to be selling client data without concent, even pointing to users real-time locations within mere meters of accuracy. There is less and less favorable news for electric vehicles, a plant in Australia over costs,Tesla plant erupting in fire, GM's automated taxis still requiring periodic human assistance by remote, and one of Google's electric busses losing power and slamming into four cars in San Francisco. Apple settles a descrimination lawsuit for $25 million and faces an $18 Billion EU Tax order, whistleblowers reveal that Meta executives ignored teenage struggles, Hunter Biden now suing a former OverStock.com CEO over claims he set up a bribe with Iran for the unfrozend $6Billion, and much more hit this week's news.

When it comes to Windows 7 being a Burden, AVGB-KBGaming reminds one that there are always compatability issues with older programs, whether it be Windows 10 or even Windows 8.1.

Games Development

Development Discussion

For those who want to relay What's up with their RMing, AVGB-KBGaming relayed his feeling towards the Unity debacle and its impact upon RPG Unite, and his feelings towards a spriter within the general RPG community. Meanwhile, kyonides is torn between updating a work of his as part of an old request, or leave it be as he has other task at hand. And Remi-chan decided to dabble with Flight, adding more content to her recently released game by way of creating new locations to investigate.

Material Development

Tools

Appearing as an upcoming game development tool this week was JiGS, an online multiplayer RPG engine. Not yet available, Techbot's pre-alpha release is expected in December. The engine comes with a content and creation system and is browser based without any need of custom plugins. But as of now, trading, crafting, player-vs-player, and some other options still need to be implemented. Still, you can see from screenshots how one can both make their adventure, or play one someone designed.

Creativity Section

Art and Design

Be warned, for within Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing contains the dawn of the Eldritch horrors of her game, Fantasia. Her serene face is but a mask that coneals the revulsion she has for all life, the dark indigo and pitch that surrounds her being but a taste. And for this render, the speed draw which Remi-chan also provided contains dark orchestral metal playing in the background for added flair.

Literature Section

This week, our new member Techbot revealed the beginnings of his game, The Eclectic Meme Conspiracy. In the form of a script, the game takes place in a post apocalyptic world where few cities are left, resources are scarce, the superheroes of the past are now a threat, and the remnants of AI known as psybots are shunned as they walk the Earth. Of course, you are a now awake psybot who has no memory of the past, and find your self compelled to take missions to stay alive. The mention of both Daredevil and Blue Beetle at the beginning of the script solidifies the meaning of superheroes within Techbot's game. And this is only but a start as he reserved additional posts below his initial entries as his writing continues.

Well, that's it for this week.

"Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday." - Dale Carnegie (1888-1955)

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