This new super-bright 500 nit ‘inkjet’ tech promises to fix OLED’s full-screen brightness limitation

Ignoring the teensy tiny issue of burn-in, there’s one remaining limitation afflicting large OLED displays including PC monitors. Yup, it’s full-screen brightness. But now there’s a new OLED panel tech that promises to fix that with a full-screen capability of fully 500 nits. The new OLED panel is from Chinese manufacturer TCL CSOT and is…

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How to get the Feline armor in The Witcher 3

Key deets ⚔️ The Feline armor diagrams are in Novigrad.⚔️ It has a level 17 requirement.⚔️ You’ll have to fight drowners, wraiths, a golem, and a witcher to get them.⚔️ The upgrade diagram locations come from buying Adalbert Kermith’s maps at the Blackbough merchant, Crow’s Perch quartermaster, and Lindenvale’s armorer. The Feline armor is a…

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How to get the Wolven armor in The Witcher 3

Key deets ⚔️ The Wolven armor diagrams are in Kaer Mohern.⚔️ It has a level 14 requirement.⚔️ You’ll have to fight a lot of wraiths to get it.⚔️ The upgrade diagram locations come from buying the notes from Éibhear Hattori in Novigrad, Lindenvale’s armorer, Kaer Trolde’s armorer, and the Hierarch Square armorer. The Wolven armor…

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How to get the Griffin armor in The Witcher 3

Key deets ⚔️ The Griffin armor diagrams are in Velen.⚔️ It has a level 11 requirement.⚔️ You’ll have to fight wraiths, endrega, an ekimmara, and a wyvern to get them.⚔️ The upgrade diagram locations come from buying Edwin Greloff’s maps at the Midcopse blacksmith, the Hierarch Square armorer, and Éibhear Hattori, once you complete Of…

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How to get the Ursine armor in The Witcher 3

Key deets ⚔️ The Ursine armor diagrams are in The Skellige Isles.⚔️ It has a level 20 requirement.⚔️ You’ll have to fight sirens, wraiths, gargoyles, and a rabid rock troll to get them.⚔️ Upgrade diagram locations come from buying Ibrahim Savi’s maps from the Kaer Trolde armorer. The Ursine armor is a fan favorite set…

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I can’t stop comparing the dialogue from the original, messy FF7 localization and its vastly improved fan translation

“Final Fantasy 7 PC” is not an immediately intuitive combination of numbers and letters. Am I talking about the old trapezoid box version released in 1998? Or the “remaster” re-released in 2013? Or the first in the trilogy of remakes released nearly a decade later? Calling the 1998 version the “original” just makes things more…

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Former Elder Scrolls writer Kurt Kuhlmann is ‘100% convinced’ a load-bearing bit of series lore was inspired by a typo

Speaking on the FRVR Podcast last week, former Bethesda writer and designer Kurt Kuhlmann was asked about the concept of “Dragon Breaks“—time getting all weird on account of magic and stuff⁠—in Elder Scrolls lore. The biggest Dragon Break as far as Elder Scrolls fans are concerned: “The Warp in the West,” the series’ post-facto determination…

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