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Hitbox Impressions — Kingdom Come: Deliverance
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Alaskans can practice bear safety while enjoying the summer By Christina Swayney features1@thenorthernlight.org
‘Break up season’ in Alaska in April is not only when the ice starts to melt, but it is also when bears come out of hibernation. There are still a lot of bears roaming about the municipality of Anchorage and beyond. It is important to know how to prevent encounters with them and what to do if one happens upon our furry friends. COVID-19 has made outside activities even more popular than they already were in Alaska. Taking a hike outside can be the perfect activity to get out of the house while also social distancing. Unfortunately, bears do not care about social distancing, and there are bear sightings on the trails, the woods, and frequently the metropolitan areas of Anchorage. The Alaska Department of Natural resources Division of Parks and Recreation has recommendations on ways to be bear safe. For hikers on trails, keep an eye out for signs posted about bear activity and always be aware of your surroundings, and be ‘bear aware.’ Do not wear earbuds as they can completely block out sound and seconds for reactionary time can be important when encountering a bear. It is also a good idea to make noise while on the trails because bears do not like to be surprised by anything they did not hear coming. Some people wear bells to make constant noise, carry a portable speaker with some music or just yelp and holler occasionally. When going into bear country, leash dogs or leave them at home. Dog curiosity can lead to bears and the bear will follow the dog back to the owner. It can also be helpful to know the differences between different kinds of bears, as black bears, while still dangerous, are less aggressive than brown bears or grizzly bears. Black bears, brown bears and or grizzly bears are all present in state and national parks. Brown and black bears are regularly spotted in metropolitan Anchorage. Some black bears look brownish like cinnamon bears, which are a subspecies of black bears. There are key differences between brown bears and black bears, according
to The National Park Services though, like shoulder hump, face profile and size. A good rule of thumb is to assume a bear is a brown bear if it looks like one and that any bear can be aggressive. Before going on any hike, let someone know where you are going and when. If you do not return, whoever you notify will know that something may be wrong. Hiking with a buddy is always a good idea as well. Turning on phone GPS, smartwatch GPS or carrying a GPS device can also help people find hikers and help if one gets lost. Camping during the COVID-19 pandemic can also be a great way to get out and enjoy nature while maintaining social distancing. Bear safety is also very important in these situations. There are guidelines for camping at campsites. It is important to never leave food out. Bears have super sniffers and can smell food miles away. Keep food in a bearproof locker or vehicle when not in use. Keeping the campsite clean and odorfree can also keep bears away from curious smells and use bear-proof garbage or dumpsters to dispose of trash. These guidelines are also good for camping in the backcountry, with additional ones as well. Backcountry, such as camping in Denali National Park is beautiful but there are also more bears, especially grizzly bears that campers should keep in mind. Choose a backcountry campsite carefully, with bears in mind. Do not set up camp near a salmon stream, trail, dumpster or garbage container or nearby animal carcass, and fire pit or cooking pit, as all of these can have more bear activity. Choose an area that is in an open area where wildlife can be heard, and they can hear the camper as well. As tempting as it is to camp under the wide-open skies and see the stars, a tent is also a good idea, as the camper is a little less vulnerable and looks less like prey. They can also be protected from the notorious Alaskan mosquito, which can attack in swarms, especially in the backcountry. When cooking in the backcountry, always cook at least 100 yards away from camp and cook so that the smoke or food
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A bear went through trash in an Anchorage residential area and left a cleanup session for the owner.
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Several bear-safety signs can be found at various parks and trails in Anchorage.
odors move downwind and not toward your campsite. Do not go to sleep in clothes that may have food odors as well and keep food, pots and pans, clothes with food odors, trash and any scented body products such as deodorant, as all of these can all pique the attention of bears to a campsite and should be kept away from the campsite. If there are trees, then these items can be kept in a cache. REI has a handy guide to using bear canisters. If no trees are present, these items can be hung from a rock face or bridge. All garbage needs to be packed out as well when campers leave. Never bury trash, as bears have keen noses and can detect even buried trash. There are also different ways to react if one sees a bear. When seeing a bear from afar, and the bear does not notice the viewer, they should turn around or circle back, away from the bear. It is best to not disturb the bear and taking a photo of the bear is not worth an attack. If a bear is charging, do not run. This can activate a reaction in bears that makes them think that they are chasing prey. Bears can also run very fast and have been known to run 30 miles per hour. Usain Bolt, who is an Olympic running gold medalist has set a world record running speed of 27.8 miles per hour. The average runner probably cannot keep up with Bolt. If a black bear attacks, make as much noise as possible and try to appear bigger. Waving arms around and shouting or yelling as loud as one can also help. It is helpful to carry an air horn or something @tnl_updates
else that will make a lot of noise. This will hopefully scare the black bear and make it less interested. Back away slowly to get away but do not run. Brown and grizzly bears are a different story. Backing away slowly can be done but do not run. Do not make eye contact either. If one is attacking, drop down to the ground and play dead only if contact has already been made. According to The National Park Service or NPS, these bears will not be scared away by loud noises and any aggression from the human can prompt an attack. Fighting back initially can make a brown bear or grizzly bear attack more severely because the bear will be agitated. If an attack does occur and persists, it is also advised by the NPS to fight with whatever object is available vigorously, hitting the bear in the face, as death may be inevitable at some point without intervention. Bear spray can also be helpful when bears get too close. This is different from pepper spray and is meant for bears. Bear spray is highly concentrated and should be handled carefully, with the owner having full knowledge of how to use it. For more information about bear safety in Alaska, visit The Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Parks and Recreation page. Alaska Fish and Game also has a guide to camping in the backcountry and bear safety. National Parks Service has a helpful page on identifying different types of bears and a page on basic bear safety. The Bear Smart Society also has a page that dispels common bear myths.
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Summer 2020 video game announcement highlights By John Novotny arts@thenorthernlight.org
The annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, was scheduled to take place in June this year before being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, game companies have come together with a smorgasbord of online events to announce and present their new games. Starting with the Guerrilla Collective Black Voices in Gaming livestream on June 7 and ending with the Xbox Games Showcase on July 23, there are plenty of large and small events to satisfy the E3 itch. One of the funny highlights of IGN’s Summer of Gaming event was a parody trailer for Just Die Already, a game that describes itself as an “old people mayhem sandbox.” The trailer parodied Death Stranding’s E3 2016 reveal trailer and asked Hideo Kojima, a famous game designer who helped create Death Stranding to “hang out or play EU4 multiplayer or just talk or whatever.” As of writing, there are still a few more events including Ubisoft Forward and the Xbox Games Showcase that have yet to occur. That doesn’t mean plenty of exciting games haven’t already been announced. Here are just a few highlights from the many games that have been revealed. Cyberpunk 2077 Developer: CD Projekt Red Release Date: Nov. 19, 2020 Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X Cyberpunk 2077 is a firstperson role-playing game set in the futuristic Los Angelesinspired Night City. The world of Cyberpunk 2077 is a dystopic
and stratified society where the rich live opulently and the rest live on scraps. Body modification technology has made it so that you can get retractable blades in your arms though, so it isn’t all bad. New announcements and gameplay include an anime series produced by Studio Trigger and a gameplay demo of the “braindance” mechanic. Braindancing allows the player to see a character’s last moments before they died from first-person and free-camera perspectives. The demo showed a convenience store robber that was mysteriously killed by his accomplice. For those familiar with the Batman Arkham games, braindancing seems reminiscent of detective mode and searching for clues at a crime scene. Gameplay from various media outlets also showed the starting scenarios from the three character backgrounds: street kid, corporate and nomad. Star Wars: Squadrons Developer: Motive Studios Release Date: Oct. 2, 2020 Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Star Wars: Squadrons is a first-person flight simulator. It’ll have a short single-player campaign and 5v5 competitive multiplayer. The entire game can be played in virtual reality and the campaign will switch between New Republic and Empire perspectives. The multiplayer will have eight ship types with traditional roles such as fighter, which is versatile and can do a bit of everything, support, which can support teammates and disrupt enemies and bombers, which can deal heavy damage to enemy ships and flagships. Players will be able to customize their ships with different skins and bobbleheads and pilots with
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different alien races and outfits. Star Wars: Squadrons will only cost $40 though, so don’t expect a full $60 AAA experience. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Developer: Insomniac Games Release Date: TBA Platforms: PlayStation 5 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is a next-generation third-person shooter and platformer. Ratchet and his robot companion, Clank, endeavor on another adventure as rifts to other worlds begin appearing. Players will be able to jump between worlds seamlessly thanks to the PlayStation 5’s solid-state drive according to creative director Marcus Smith in a developer insights video. Metal: Hellsinger Developer: The Outsiders Release Date: 2021 Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X Metal: Hellsinger is a rhythm first-person shooter where slaying to the beat will deal more
A crew of misfits embarks on a road trip across America in Dustborn.
damage and make the music more intense. The player will fight demons with multiple guns and a sword, each with its own ultimate ability, through eight planes of Hell to obtain vengeance. The game will also feature an original metal soundtrack with vocals from famous metal singers from bands such as Trivium, Dark Tranquility and Arch Enemy. David Goldfarb, cofounder of The Outsiders, had an interview with IGN during their Summer of Games event about Metal: Hellsinger and showed more gameplay. Dustborn Developer: Red Thread Games Release Date: 2021 Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X Dustborn is a third-person action-adventure game set in an alternate reality of 2030 where John F. Kennedy wasn’t assassinated. The game is about a
group of misfits led by Pax, an ex-con and con-artist, on a road trip across America. Pax forms a crew after being hired to deliver a mysterious package across the country according to the game’s official website. The announcement trailer features an instrumental cover of “Owner of a Lonely Heart” by Yes and shows the members of the rag-tag group traveling on a bus. A gameplay demo narrated by creative director Ragnar Tørnquist showed Pax trying to recruit her sister to help deliver the package. The gameplay then cut to showing Pax pushing a group of robots away just by shouting, “move.” Want more info about video game announcements this summer? Look for Video game announcement highlights part 2 on thenorthernlight.org on June 28 and visit 2020.e3recap. com for a more complete list of games.
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Players are able to customize their character’s body extensively or choose from presets in Cyberpunk 2077.
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SCREENSHOT FROM THE RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER
Ratchet and his robotic companion, Clank, are back in a new game featuring portals to other worlds.
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Shoot when the yellow indicator overlaps with the red crosshair to slay to the beat.
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While flying iconic ships such as an X-wing or TIE Fighter, players will need to pay attention to their heads-up display to monitor their ship and the battlefield.
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UAA students can still have summer fun online and off-campus By Christina Swayney features1@thenorthernlight.org
All in-person events on campus have been canceled at UAA but that doesn’t have to stop students from enjoying the summer. UAA Student Activities and Commuter Programs and Student Life and Leadership have a calendar of upcoming events that students can enjoy off-campus. All events are complementary with student ID and some have additional costs such as extra exhibitors at museum events. UAA Student Activities and Commuter Programs offers a calendar of events on their Facebook page. The next event will be at Wild Scoops in Downtown Anchorage on July 17. The first 200 UAA Students will receive a free scoop of ice cream at any Wild Scoops location after presenting their student ID. Wild Scoops is a popular ice cream parlor with interesting flavors such as ‘fireweed’, ‘Thai tea’ and coconut birch. They are open from 12-10 p.m. daily and also offer curbside pickup. July 18 is Museum Day for UAA students at the Anchorage Museum. The first 50 students to request tickets will get free admission. Tickets can be obtained from UAA Tix. The Anchorage Museum is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m.-6.p.m.,
12-6 p.m. on Sunday and closed on Mondays. Featured exhibits at an additional cost of $15 for students include Anchorage-based artist Ted Kim from the Anchorage Museum’s Dena’ina language book “Nkenaghch’: Good Words to Never Forget.” “Unheard is a public photography installation that highlights this awardwinning series, in collaboration with the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica. The installation features 27 empowering portraits of survivors of sexual assault from across Alaska, along with their quotes about what happened to them,” according the Anchorage Museum. For a fully digital event that students can enjoy from the comfort of their own homes, the UAA Digital Art Meetup will be held on July 22, from 6-7 p.m. Students can engage online with other students, talk about art and showcase their work. The event planning is still in progress and more information will be available soon on the UAA Student Activities and Commuter Programs Facebook page. Another virtual event will take place on July 30, from 7-9 p.m. Virtual Disney Bingo will feature prizes and a fun Disney theme. Check the event page for upcoming information about this event. Summer in Alaska is
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a time to enjoy the great outdoors and soak up the sun. UAA Canoe and Kayak Day will be on August 1, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Jewel Lake. Canoe and
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Lots of snow remains at Hatcher Pass in late June as hikers enjoy trails and making snowballs in summer.
kayak rentals will be free for 30 minutes and complementary instruction is also available. Tickets for this event can be obtained from UAA Tix. Fans of esports can enjoy the online North & South: League of Legends 5v5 tournament presented by GCI. The tournament will take place on August 1 at 12 p.m. and August 2 at 6 p.m. The University of Alaska Anchorage and the University of South Florida partner together to present the 5v5 League of Legends Tournament. All students at any skill level
Portage Lake features crystal clear water where Alaskans can kayak and go hiking.
can sign up on Smash.gg. Summer is also a great time to get some exercise and improve your health. It can also be an incentive if a little competition is involved. The UAA FitBit Challenge will run until July 31. The soft deadline to participate was June 5, but sign up is still available with a reduced chance of winning, simply because there is less time to rack up Fitbit steps. UAA students and faculty can sign up as individuals, a UAA department or office and student organization or club. On July 31, the fit-
test participant or participants will win the coveted UAA Fitbit Challenge Trophy and the fittest student organization or club will win $300 toward their organization accounts. For more information, visit the signup page or contact Corey Miller at cmiller9@ alaska.edu. For more online and off-campus events, visit the UAA Student Activities and Commuter Facebook page and the UAA Student Life and Leadership Facebook page. UAA also has a webpage for virtual engagement.
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Tundra flowers bloom at Hatcher Pass, a great nature escape close to Anchorage.
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Quarantine Playlist: Workout edition By Gabby Vance editor@thenorthernlight.org
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Music is a great way to make working out more fun and may just boost your performance.
For many people, quarantine and the pandemic has sparked the desire to workout and get in shape. Activities like hiking, running and biking can act as great workouts while keeping a safe distance from others. One way to make working out more enjoyable is to pair it with music. “[Music] is a type of legal performance-enhancing drug,” Costas Karageorghis, an expert on the psychology of exercise music, said in a 2012 research review according to Scientific American. Music’s effect on people while working out has been studied for many years and most studies find that it enhances performance. A 1911 study by Leonard Ayres found that cyclists performed better while a band played. A newer study done in 2012 found that cyclists that pedaled to the beat of music needed 7% less oxygen than the ones who were not given music, according to Scientific American. The next time you go on a run or workout consider listening to these songs and discover which one helps your performance the most. 2020 Spotify Workout Playlist by SuperFitness: “Soul” by Ship Wrek
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“Wild - LCAW Remix” by Hugo Helmig & LCAW “Bang Bang” by Turbotronic Top 10 workout songs suggested by SELF.com: “Spaceman” by GW Harrison “ICY GRL” by Saweetie“Beautiful Trauma” by Pink “Run This Town” by Jay-Z featuring Kanye West & Rihanna “Yeah!” by Usher “Omo” by Burna Boy “Thunderbolts” by Polina Grace “It’s Raining Men” by The Weather Girls “The Greatest Show” by Zac Efron, Zendaya, Hugh Jackman, and Keala Settle “We Built This City” by Starship KRUA Music Manager Zach SmithBrookin’s song suggestions:
“Wanderlust” by Throttle “Moonlight Shadow
“The Way I Love You (feat. Cimo Frankel)” by Dante Klein
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“Believer” by Major Lazer & Showtek “My Love” by Breathe Carolina & Robert Falcon“Starflight” by R3HAD & Skytech “The Riddle” by MaxRiven
“My recommendations would be anything off of RIZ LA VIE’s new EP, Feed. I personally really enjoy Tesla and She Said. Another one I have been really listening to recently is Novocaine by The Unlikely Candidates. I also really enjoy anything off of The Baskervilles EP, Champagne Social Club, when I want more rock. Another great summer song is Charlotte by The Kite Machine.”
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Hitbox Impressions — Kingdom Come: Deliverance By John Novotny arts@thenorthernlight.org
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One of the few notable characters Henry meets in Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a young nobleman and heir of a market town named Hans Capon who Henry develops a rivalry with.
I’ve played about 22 hours of Kingdom Come: Deliverance, which was only enough to scratch the surface of the immense narrative of this game. As a result, I couldn’t classify this Hitbox article as a review since I didn’t beat it, or give my first impressions, so my experience is somewhere in between those two. Playing through the main story alone takes around 40 hours and supplementing that with side quests and exploring takes about 72 hours to complete according to howlongtobeat.com. Developer: Warhorse Studios Release date: Feb. 13, 2018 Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Price: $29.99 Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a first-person historical roleplaying game where you play as Henry, the son of a blacksmith from Skalitz, a small mining town in the Kingdom of Bohemia during the 15th century. The larger narrative setup of the game is that the new king, Wenceslaus IV, is an idle and incompetent ruler whose lands are attacked by his half-brother Sigismund, King of Hungary and Croatia because the former took the throne rather than the latter.
The larger scope of the story doesn’t matter too much, so don’t worry if you’re eyes just glazed over. There are also a few enjoyable-enough characters to grab on to and interact with. During the first few hours, Henry’s village is attacked by Cuman mercenaries and after escaping the ensuing massacre becomes involved with nobles and knights who try to defend their lands and figure out why unfamiliar people are attacking them. Because Kingdom Come is so dedicated to being a game about historical realism, it also comes with a few consequences to gameplay. When you start the game, Henry is terrible at everything. He can’t read and can barely hold up a sword. As the developers explain in the game, the son of a blacksmith during the 15th century wouldn’t know how to read. So in order to learn, the player must seek out someone who knows how and pay them for lessons. The same goes for any other skill such as sword-fighting, archery and speech. You can also level skills up just by engaging in the respective activity in the same way you level up skills in Skyrim. Henry has the ability to wield swords, axes, maces and shields in combat. Each has its own
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Henry can’t hit the broad side of a barn when he first picks up a bow, so practicing on targets to raise his archery skill is useful.
handling characteristics, such as maces being hard-hitting, but slow to swing. Speaking of which, you can swing your weapon in five directions or perform a thrust attack. The combat is a lot to take in at first. Just going up against one opponent can feel overwhelming when they’re constantly blocking your attacks. You and your enemies also have the ability to kick opponents to knock them off balance, but I couldn’t really figure out how to make effective use of it. However, the same can’t be said for the enemies I encountered. The simpler and more effective option always seemed to be hit enemies with the pointy end of my sword. The combat felt fairly rough to control when fighting against single opponents, but it completely fell apart when fighting multiple enemies. Because locking on to the enemy to automatically face in their direction is essentially required to effectively fight, having multiple enemies swarm around you is almost impossible to deal with. This type of fight usually leaves you with several injuries or bleeding that you’ll have to bandage and deal with. Another caveat of the historical realism setting is that in order to save the game, you must
use a consumable potion called Saviour Schnapps, sleep in an owned or rented bed or quit the game. You also get saved checkpoints during certain parts of quests. I think Warhorse Studios thought that by removing the ability to save anytime the player wants, it would stop players from “save-scumming” and getting the perfect outcome from a conversation and lend more weight to their actions. While I certainly felt that way, it led to a few frustrating moments where I would die and have to do everything I did up to my death such as killing bandits and looting containers. The whole process just to get back to where I was at previously sometimes took upwards of 15 minutes. At the time, I had a small stockpile of eight Saviour Schnapps, but like every other role-playing game, I felt compelled to save consumables for “later.” Turning manual saves into a consumable item is an interesting idea, but I can’t help but think it should’ve been left in the prototyping stage of development. It causes more anxiety and frustration than anything, since I could just quit and save anytime I wanted anyway. The only thing stopping me was the load time to launch the game again. Instead, I wound up download-
ing a console command mod which allowed me to save anytime with the press of a button — a standard function of other role-playing games on PC. There are also a few survival mechanics to keep in mind when playing Kingdom Come. Henry must eat, drink, sleep and even bathe regularly in order to avoid negative effects. For example, not eating enough will reduce your stamina and you’ll eventually start losing health points. Eat too much however, and you’ll also lose stamina. Kingdom Come: Deliverance has a lot going on mechanically, but nothing that makes it a mustplay role-playing game. The 15th century setting is likely to attract history aficionados. However, the combat feels rough in a way that games like Mordhau and Chivalry: Medieval Warfare have largely improved. I can’t help but feel that as interesting as a medieval life simulator is, the addition of unnecessary survival mechanics and arbitrary save restrictions hold Kingdom Come: Deliverance from being a polished role-playing game worthy of its engrossing historical setting. Want to suggest a video game for review? Contact John Novotny at arts@ thenorthernlight.org.
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The player sometimes stumbles upon camps of Cuman soldiers when exploring.
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