![]() Aoi riding his bicycle down a hill and the take-off of the glider bring life to an otherwise still game. Unusually, the game includes a number of 3D models and short animated sequences. Character models are just as stylish, though the actual design does nothing surprising for the genre. Every piece of the game feels like it’s a part of the story. The entire game makes use of a light blue colour that seems to tie the story about reaching the sky together with the artwork and even the HUD. Watching the breathtaking wind turbines and grass of Windmill Hill is a joy, and it’s obvious that great care was taken to draw each location just right. The artwork is stunning, and the backdrops seem alive. It’s easy to see what a beautiful game If My Heart Had Wings is. A more meaningful implementation of the condition would have been worthwhile. By the end, I wondered if it had been implemented as a gimmick by the developers to try and set their characters apart and not actually thought through in great depth. At first, I thought the casual treatment of it was a positive that she could be treated normally by others. Interestingly, Kotori’s disability is rarely touched upon except during her story path. Her personality feels realistic and consistent throughout the game, though it suffers during her ending where things wrap up far too conveniently. I found only Kotori to be of particular interest, though she only narrowly avoids the tsundere typing. They are a likable bunch, so it’s easy to forgive the obvious stereotyping. It will come as no surprise that character archetypes are found in abundance: Ageha the childhood friend, Amane the smart and clumsy girl, Asa and Yoru the twins with opposite personalities, and so on. Likewise, comedic elements such as a top hat-wearing duck, keep the game lighthearted, even through dramatic moments. With the help of Kotori Hanabe, a disabled girl bound to her wheelchair, Aoi learns to overcome the restrictions and fears forced upon him by his cycling injury. The plot progresses slowly, but it’s a relaxing ride. Instead, it chooses to focus on positive experiences and friendships. That said, If My Heart Had Wings never tries to be truly tragic like many other games in the genre. ![]() ![]() The story follows a predictable plot arc of trials and success, and it fails to deliver any real emotional impact at any stage. She did this in order to fulfil the wish of her old friend Isuka to travel above the clouds during a natural phenomenon known as “Morning Glory.” What follows is a story of friendship, romance and a charming tale of a group of kids working together to achieve a difficult goal. Until Aoi and his friends join the club, Amane had been continually repeating her final year of school to finish building her glider: a plane-like contraption powered purely by the wind. Retiring from cycling after an accident, Aoi returns to his home town after a long absence and is placed as the role of “dorm mother” (by his own mother who owns the dormitory) to a group of high school girls. If My Heart Had Wings follows the story of Aoi Minase and his involvement in his school’s Soaring Club, led by the “super repeat” student Amane Mochizuki. Perhaps this is a controversial opinion, but if it will help globalise the visual novel genre, then I hope other companies will follow in MoeNovel’s footsteps. That aside, the game stands beautifully on its own, even devoid of sexual content. If successful, this could lead to more Japanese companies seriously considering localising their games internationally. MoeNovel have attempted to open the visual novel genre and make it more accessible to those who may never have heard of it. It will likely come as no surprise that they received critical backlash from the gaming community for this move a reaction I believe to be grossly unfair and misguided. During their localisation process, MoeNovel decided it was in their best interest to remove all adult content from the game in the hopes of opening it to a wider audience. Before I begin this review in earnest, I feel that it is worth commenting on the controversy surrounding the release of If My Heart Had Wings.
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![]() The thread received 175 replies, many in strong support of the subreddit’s boycott. “Out of respect to Peep/GBC and in defiance of Columbia Records we've decided that it is simply inappropriate and unethical for us to allow posting of the coming release and support of this song,” wrote a moderator of the Goth Boi Clique subreddit. When news first broke of the release, Peep’s fans were also vehemently against supporting the song. He never would have signed up for that, he did not like XXXTentacion.” “This shit is people trying to make money off him. “ explicitly rejected XXX for his abuse of women, spent time and money getting XXX’s songs removed from his Spotify playlists, and wouldn’t have co-signed that song. Peep’s fellow GothBoiClique member Fish Narc slammed the collaboration on Instagram, telling his followers that “Peep never heard the XXX feature.” When Makonnen first started posting about an X/Peep collaboration back in August, the track was strongly condemned by Peep’s friends and family. Peep had both explicit and rumored beef with X and his close collaborators before his death––X’s friend Ski Mask The Slump God allegedly called Peep a “faggot”––and so it’s unlikely that this collaboration would have ever happened had he not passed away last November. “Falling Down” might be an example of posthumous collabs going wrong. Sharing a picture of three fans in GBC gear, he writes, "Look at my beautiful fans acollaborations tend to be treated with a certain touchiness, and fairly so it is incredibly hard to do right by an artist’s legacy when the artist isn’t around to guide the final product. ![]() In his last post, however, Peep illustrates perfectly why so many are so heartbroken to have lost him. In the second to last picture he shares, he appears to be consuming pills - the rapper's verses and social media posts featured frequent references to Percocet and Xanax - writing, simply, "f**c it." "When I die You'll love me," Peep heartbreakingly captions another post. "I just took honey and shrooms," the Long Beach, New York, native writes shortly after, air-grinding along to Green Day's "American Idiot." ![]() ![]() On Monday, the rapper smokes a joint in an Instagram video, captioned, "I just wana be everybody's everything I want too much from people but then I don't want anything from them at the same time u feel me I don't let people help me but I need help but not when I have my pills but that's temporary one day maybe I won't die young and I'll be happy? What is happy I always have happiness for like 10 seconds and then it's gone. Looking back at Peep's posts in the days and hours leading up to his death is chilling. Eagles Game 'The Golden Bachelor': Jesse Palmer on Gerry Turner’s 'Gut-Wrenching’ Finale (Exclusive) Lil Peep Dead at 21 - Who Was the Up-and-Coming Rapper? 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The Cassandra Cain in the movie freaking speaks and is a petty thief. Drax is a superpowered alien with red markings all over his body. Star-Lord is a human with a jetpack and wields dual blasters. Sure some changes and creative liberties are given to the character like how Drax is an alien rather than an "upgraded human", or how Rocket is a failed science experiment instead of an intended creation, or how Star-Lord's father is Ego instead of J'son of Spartax, but the essence of the character is still there. Groot is still a living tree that only speaks three words just like in the comicsĭrax still has the moniker "Destroyer" and his family was killed by Thanos (indirectly) just like in the comics Rocket is still an animal who was given intelligence just like in the comics Gamora is still the green assassin daughter of Thanos and even still has the moniker "the deadliest woman in the galaxy" just like in the comics Star-Lord is still a half-human half-alien being that was taken in by the Ravagers when he was a child just like in the comics Half the characters in GotG are nothing lik their comic counterparts Won't be the first time the DCEU has an OC playing a central role (Senator June Finch in BvS, Ludendorf in WW, etc) Or just make her a freaking original character. Sin, Holly Robinson, etc) and cast an asian actress to portray them, instead of angering comic fans by not portraying a character in the movie accurately. Which is weird because if they can race-bend Black Canary, one would think that they can just use a character that would fit Cassandra's role in the movie (i.e. They probably can't use Katana, so the only character somewhat associated with the BoP that has asian ancestry in the comics just happens to be Cassandra Cain. ![]() They already have the white Harley and Huntress, the latina Montoya, and the biracial Canary. ![]() This is gonna be a controversial statement and I keep telling myself this is not the case, but I can't help but think that the only reason why Cass is in the movie is because Margot wants diversity among the BoP and they need a "token asian character". Man Of Steel Answers Insight Commentary.(#spoilers "Clark Kent is Superman.")Ĭomments in tagged posts do not need to be hidden. 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For a while now, we have been writing extensively about top global investors and venture capitalists on the blog. ![]() The arguments are similar to those that killed high-profile bills to erode single-family zoning in recent years, including the controversial SB 50, which would have allowed fourplexes in most single-family zones and, in some cases, larger apartment buildings in those neighborhoods. ![]() And they say it would do so while not providing housing to those most in need and, in some cases, would accelerate gentrification. They also argue many of the units are likely to be smaller than the existing house and, accordingly, more affordable, bringing online more attainable options in areas near jobs and good schools.īut the bill has drawn strong opposition from many cities and single-family homeowner groups across the state, which say they fear it would destroy quiet neighborhoods with large, out-of-scale projects. Proponents say SB 9 would add needed supply to ease a housing shortage - decades-long in the making - that has driven up California home prices and rents, but do so in a gentle way that’s largely compatible with each neighborhood‘s character. With California’s economy reopening, rent in Los Angeles and other big cities is beginning to rise. It analyzed several potential scenarios, including converting an existing house into a duplex, keeping the house as is and putting a unit or two in the backyard, or demolishing the house and building up to four new homes.īusiness The falling rents of COVID times are behind us. The Terner Center, whose research focuses on how to increase housing supply, reached its estimates by examining construction costs, land values, parcel size, market rents and home prices, as well as other factors. “It will make a modest but important impact over time,” he said. Garcia called the bill “a modest reform.” County, a slightly higher proportion of single-family lots, 6.7% of the total there, would make sense to add units on. ![]() It would make financial sense for property owners to add those homes on 5.4% of the state’s 7.5 million single-family lots - or 410,000 parcels now zoned for only one traditional, single-family house. The Terner Center study found that, under the bill, a total of 714,000 new homes would make financial sense to build, and it would take years to build them - if they ever are, since not all homeowners would want to sell or develop their own property. If approved, it would go to a final vote in the Assembly and then to Gov. ![]() SB 9 passed the state Senate and is expected to be taken up in the Assembly Appropriations Committee by Aug. The letter was submitted to a different legislator.īecause of the way unit development would pencil out, the study found that “the vast amount of single-family parcels across the state would not see any new development,” said David Garcia, policy director at the Terner Center, which supports the bill written by Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego). JA previous version of this article said Livable California submitted an opposition letter to Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins. It was Atkins’ office that provided that information.Ĥ:49 p.m. JA previous version of this article attributed to Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins the statement that cities in California could prohibit home demolitions under Senate Bill 9. German Rentier, Dutch rendier, Danish rensdyr etc.) even though the element ren does not refer to the same thing as in English. The equivalent words in other Germanic languages are often the same (e.g. When one explores the issue further, however, things are not that clear. This makes the hypothesis of folk etymology plausible. Given that the most prominent role of reindeer in the West is to serve as Santa’s means of transport, an allusion to ‘reins’ is unsurprising. This is something which, in the Christian tradition at least, does make a lot of sense. In present-day English, some native speakers conceive of the word reindeer as composed of two meaningful parts: rein + deer. The word comes ultimately from Old Norse hreindyri, composed of hreinn ‘reindeer’ and dyri ‘animal’. One which has incited heated coffee-time discussion in our department is the word reindeer. ![]() A textbook example is the transformation of the word asparagus into sparrowgrass in certain dialects of English.Īlthough clear in theory, it is not easy to decide whether ‘folk etymology’ is called for in other cases. "This Certainly Takes All the Fun Out of Watching 'Little Caesar'.In linguists’ jargon, a ‘folk etymology’ refers to a change that brings a word’s form closer to some easily analyzable meaning. "Verdict Rekindles Debate Over Racketeering Law." Blakely doesn't want to spoil the fun by officially denying it, we'll play along and call this one "undetermined."Ĭiolli, Rita. We suspect the similarity in names was merely an unintended coincidence, but since Mr. He's also said that he has "no regrets" about the cumbersome title, he thinks "it's a neat name," he's a movie buff, and he "won't confirm or deny" the rumor about his choice's having been influenced by the name of a film gangster. Robert Blakey, the Notre Dame Law School professor who drafted RICO for Congress, maintains the name was selected for functional reasons, however, because it applies to both legitimate businesses which have been infiltrated by organized crime (hence "racketeer influenced") and mob-controlled organizations (which are "corrupt"). (As noted in the example quoted above, the dying utterance of Robinson's character is a well-known cinematic catch phrase: "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?") Robinson's character in the classic 1930 gangster film Little Caesar. (The name is often misprinted as the "Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act" - it's 'Racketeer' rather than 'Racketeering' there should be an 'and' between 'Influenced' and 'Corrupt' and there's technically no 'Act' at the end of the name, although even the government sometimes renders it that way.)Īfter RICO entered common parlance, the rumor began to spread that "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations" was chosen not because it was the most appropriately descriptive name for the laws, but because it created a clever acronym that matched the name of Edward G. "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations" (RICO). When these laws dealing with "enterprise criminality" were drafted back in the late 1960s, several names were proposed for them, including the "Criminal Activities Profits Act" (CAPA) and the "Corrupt Organizations Act" (COA), but the eventual winner was RICO, as these laws are more commonly known, made it "unlawful to conduct or conspire to conduct an enterprise whose activities affect interstate commerce by committing or agreeing to commit a pattern of racketeering activity." In other words, the government found that throwing mob bosses in prison did little to stop organized crime (because the bosses were easily replaced), so they passed laws enabling them to go after the mob's money instead (particularly in cases where organized crime was making or laundering money by infiltrating legitimate businesses and labor unions). ![]() government enacted federal statutes referred to as the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations laws to combat the influence of organized crime in legitimate businesses. ![]() Robinson in the film "Little Caesar." As the once-powerful mobster lay dying he uttered the famous last line, "Mother of God, is this the end of Rico?" The drafters deliberately named the law the rather awkward Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act so they could obtain the acronym RICO - the name of the gangster portrayed by Edward G. 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![]() This is good: we need public spokespeople for labor who demonstrate what it looks like to be an ordinary working class person fighting to improve their station. They are articulate public ambassadors for the working class. They’re clear about which side they’re on. Lynch and Fain have a few qualities in common. But I can be moved by Fain’s invocation of the book of Matthew: “if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, move from here to there, and it will move.” I’m not myself religious (nor is Mick Lynch, whom a protester once accused of being “ anti-Christ,” although not the antichrist). Yes, these corporations are mountains, but together we can make them move.įain is actually a deeply religious man and frequently quotes Scripture. Making bold demands and organizing to fight for them is an act of faith. And for many of us, who have yet to see our union fight hard and win big, it is hard to imagine what that would look like. It comes from the worst of our union’s history, of setting expectations low and settling even lower. It comes from a company mindset and is the direct result of company unionism. I’ve read comments such as, “you can’t get COLA back, it’s gone forever.” Or “you can’t bargain for retirees.” Or “You’re asking for too much.” That is company talk. As he said in a speech republished in Jacobin:įor years, as a member of the UAW, and even during this current round of bargaining, I have found it heartbreaking to read comments from members and retirees with such low expectations. He also believes, to reference Jane McAlevey, in “ raising expectations and raising hell,” meaning that he takes an aggressive negotiating stance but also understands that working people need to feel they deserve more. Fain is an uncompromising class warrior (the “ Eat the Rich” shirt is not subtle) who sees corporate executives as enemies to be fought and defeated, not as partners. We now have an interesting parallel figure to Mick Lynch here in the United States: Shawn Fain, the United Auto Workers (UAW) leader known for his “ relentless anti-executive rhetoric” and for his role in helping the UAW win historic contracts for its members. (You can see in the YouTube comments sections of videos of Lynch’s interviews just how delighted people are to hear someone arguing in a forceful, plain-spoken way that everyone deserves to have their basic needs met and condemning the hideous inequality of 21st-century Britain.) Britain lacked visible public champions for the rights of working people. Jeremy Corbyn, the previous Labour leader, was grounded in the radical labor tradition but had been thrown out of the party by his successor. But Lynch also emerged at a time when there simply weren’t many “working class heroes” around to celebrate, a time of “historically low level of collective self-confidence and class consciousness of workers.” The head of the Labour party, Sir Keir Starmer, is so disconnected from the labor movement he has refused to even voice support for workers in strike actions. For Gall, it was partly that Lynch was skilled at patiently making the case for his workers even in hostile forums. Gall is a sociologist interested in the question of why Mick Lynch suddenly achieved prominence in Britain, where transit union heads do not usually become celebrities. Lynch is now the subject of a forthcoming book, Mick Lynch: The Making of a Working-Class Hero, by University of Leeds professor Gregor Gall. But in part thanks to Lynch’s effective public advocacy, popular support shifted significantly in favor of the rail workers and against the government. He faced a challenging task, because rail strikes caused significant disruption to Britain’s transit system, and it wasn’t obvious that the British public would be on the side of the rail workers when the trains weren’t running. Lynch’s exchanges with TV interviewers were master classes in communication. There’s been an ongoing dispute between the country’s Conservative government and rail workers, and in 2022 Lynch emerged as an effective spokesman for rail workers. In the UK over the past couple of years, the head of the country’s railroad union, Mick Lynch, has become something of a household name. |
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