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You won't have as much luck with all characters, mind. Gordon Freeman and Chell won't speak no matter how hard you try, nor will the cast of Undertale or Celeste ever vocalise beyond frantic bleeps. But the tool's sole creator plans to add more voices from Sonic, Mass Effect, Fallout, The Witcher and more, and is currently taking contributions if you have any favourites you'd like to add. … [Read more...] about Make the cast of TF2 recite old memes with this AI text-to-speech tool

Samsung, in particular, the world’s largest DRAM chip manufacturer, has been switching things up to cope with the many pressures of the market. It's reported (via etnews, hkepc) that Samsung's plans to convert its 300mm "13 line" DRAM production facility in Hwasung to produce contact image sensors (CIS), for use within flatbed scanners, instead of DRAM.  … [Read more...] about Now may be a great time to upgrade your RAM, as pricing could be about to rocket

Another notable change in the patch notes is one to the Deep Stone Crypt raid. Bungie has fixed an exploit raiders have used in an early portion of the activity almost since it was first released. The section finds players riding their sparrows through a deadly blizzard, where spending too much time out in the elements gives them a debuff called Frostbite that can eventually kill them. Players have to race from safe haven to safe haven in order to avoid freezing to death, but the exploit allowed them to essentially become immune to the cold, drastically cutting down the challenge of the opening portion of the raid. With Update 3.0.2, raiders will have to make it through the sparrow portion legitimately--which is going to make "flawless" runs of the raid, where no member of the six-player team dies, a whole lot tougher to achieve. … [Read more...] about Destiny 2 Patch Notes: Update Nerfs Hunter Shatterdive, Fixes Deep Stone Crypt Bug

According to the patent--which was filed by Rockstar's associate director of technology David Hynd and lead AI programmer Simon Parr--an NPC could "define its own specific characteristics for traversing the road nodes." Roads in games are linked together like dotted lines, joined in nodes that the AI reads to determine its path. This new method would give NPCs a sense of autonomy on the road. If one road is backed-up with traffic, NPCs could decide to take another route. If the roads are slick because of rain, NPCs could avoid them. … [Read more...] about Rockstar NPC Tech Patent Has People Talking About GTA 6