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rangercommand · 4 years ago

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NEWS - The POWER RANGERS: UNLIMITED POWER Era Begins with MIGHTY MORPHIN #1 in November 2020

The POWER RANGERS: UNLIMITED POWER Era Begins with MIGHTY MORPHIN #1 in November 2020 Two New Series. Two New Teams. A New Beginning For All Power Rangers Is Here!

LOS ANGELES, CA (July 13, 2020) – BOOM! Studios, under license by Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), today announced an exciting new series premiere, MIGHTY MORPHIN #1, from superstar writer Ryan Parrott (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and rising star artist Marco Renna, as they launch the first of two all-new series with two all-new teams in November 2020.

A new Mighty Morphin team has assembled to take on the deadliest threats to Earth – but who is the All New Green Ranger by their side?

The new Mighty Morphin team is on a collision course with an even deadlier Lord Zedd, who has a new mission and a new motivation – one that will change everything you thought you knew about our heroes! But even if the Mighty Morphin team can find a way to survive Zedd and their mysterious new enemies, they may discover the greatest threat to their future is the shocking secret of Zordon’s past! A new Mighty Morphin epic begins here, perfect for longtime fans and new readers alike.

New York Times bestselling author Ryan Parrott is a comic book and screenwriter based out of Los Angeles. A graduate of Chapman University, Parrott has written for television series NBC’s Revolution and Hulu’s Chance. Parrott is also known for his work on DC Comics’ Batman: Gates of Gotham, IDW’s Star Trek comic book series, including Starfleet Academy, Boldly Go, and Manifest Destiny, Dynamite’s Death to the Army of Darkness, and his creator-owned projects Volition, Oberon, and Dead Day with Aftershock Comics. He is currently the writer for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with BOOM! Studios.

“This is a brand new beginning for an all-new Mighty Morphin team featuring characters you know – and an all new Green Ranger. This book is a chance to explore the past, present and future of the team in ways you’ve never seen before,” said Parrott. “Coming out of Necessary Evil, there seemed like an opportunity to not only start fresh but focus the story in on our new MIGHTY MORPHIN team like we haven’t before.”

Marco Renna is a comic artist from Italy who made his debut with Action Lab Comics. After winning the Top Cow Talent Hunt 2016, Renna became the main artist of Fathom Vol.6 and other Aspen Comics series. He has also worked on some short stories such as Sandokan for Star Comics and Muhammed Ali for Petit à Petit. He also collaborated with Dynamite Entertainment on James Bond.

“I’m really happy to have the opportunity to work on Power Rangers. I used to watch the TV show every day and being able to draw these characters is a dream come true,” said Renna. “I feel honored to be part of this fantastic team and I am excited to go into this new adventure. I really hope you enjoy my art.”

Currently, Power Rangers is celebrating 27 continuous years on the air, making it one of the longest running kids’ live-action series in television history with nearly 900 episodes aired to date. Created by Haim Saban and launched in 1993 with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the franchise celebrates its 27th season, “Power Rangers Beast Morphers” currently airing on Saturdays at 8 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon in the U.S.

The hit comic book series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers launched in 2016 at BOOM! Studios, outselling nearly every other comic book in its month of release. The series went on to launch numerous hit spin off series like Go Go Power Rangers and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The series concludes in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #55, on-sale in October, which also features the first appearance of the All New Green Ranger.

“The UNLIMITED POWER era is all about new beginnings for two new teams of Power Rangers as they meet new allies, new enemies, new secrets and an all new Green Ranger,” said Matthew Levine, Editor, BOOM! Studios. “Both of these new series will be critical for long time fans and present an exciting jumping on point for new readers who will learn that the true history of the Power Rangers isn’t what they expected.”

Fans who attend the BOOM! Studios Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Future is Now Panel on July 25, 2020 at 1:00 pm PT on the Comic-Con@Home website will get a very special preview of never-before-seen art as well as behind-the-scenes information about the series and what’s in store for readers! More details at www.comic-con.org/.

Print copies of MIGHTY MORPHIN #1 are scheduled to be available in November 2020 at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one), or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers like comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Madefire.

Softcover collections of MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS, and other Power Rangers releases from BOOM! Studios are available now, everywhere books are sold

For continuing news on the MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS series and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

For more on Power Rangers, please visit www.powerrangers.com and follow Power Rangers on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

About Hasbro Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) is a global play and entertainment company committed to Creating the World’s Best Play and Entertainment Experiences. From toys, games and consumer products to television, movies, digital gaming, live action, music, and virtual reality experiences, Hasbro connects to global audiences by bringing to life great innovations, stories and brands across established and inventive platforms. Hasbro’s iconic brands include NERF, MAGIC: THE GATHERING, MY LITTLE PONY, TRANSFORMERS, PLAY-DOH, MONOPOLY, BABY ALIVE, POWER RANGERS, PEPPA PIG and PJ MASKS, as well as premier partner brands. Through its global entertainment studio, eOne, Hasbro is building its brands globally through great storytelling and content on all screens. Hasbro is committed to making the world a better place for all children and all families through corporate social responsibility and philanthropy. Hasbro ranked among the 2020 100 Best Corporate Citizens by 3BL Media and has been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere Institute for the past nine years. We routinely share important business and brand updates on our Investor Relations website, Newsroom and social channels. Learn more at www.hasbro.com, and follow us on Twitter (@Hasbro) and Instagram (@Hasbro).

About BOOM! Studios BOOM! Studios was founded by Ross Richie in 2005 with the singular focus of creating world-class comic book and graphic novel storytelling for all audiences. Through the development of four distinct imprints—BOOM! Studios, BOOM! Box, KaBOOM!, and Archaia—BOOM! has produced award-winning original work, including Lumberjanes, Once & Future, Something is Killing The Children, Giant Days, and Mouse Guard, while also breaking new ground with established licenses such as Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Firefly, WWE, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Cartoon Network, and The Jim Henson Company properties. BOOM! will also bring their original series to life through unique first-look relationships with 20th Century for film and with Netflix for TV. Please visit www.boom-studios.com for more information.

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sithabsolutes-blog · 6 years ago

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Resistance vent

I’m not very active on Twitter. I log on from time to time to see what’s going on but it isn’t something that’s important in my daily life. I get on this morning and my feed is full of TLJ gushers who are doing nothing but COMPLAINING about people who have voiced their dislike/disinterest in the new cartoon.

Apparently the hypocrisy in this behavior escapes them. The constant need to highlight the complaints and ridicule them does nothing but further divide the fanbase.

They are the first ones who say they just want to be left alone to like what they like so why are they so effing bothered to the point that they search for people who are not excited for this show and proceed to engage?

Well, I want to be left alone to dislike what I dislike. Fans who dislike it don’t need to be picked apart or highlighted on Twitter by TLJ gushers. I don’t go around behind every person who loves TLJ and call them stupid or tell them they are wrong! My tweet doesn’t automatically have to be retweeted and ridiculed. It also does not require a response telling me that I am stupid for not giving the first episode a chance before making up my mind on the show.

I have ZERO interest in whatever story they are telling during the time period leading up to TFA. ( I already read Bloodline for that) They have given me no reason to honestly care about the ST characters. I do not give one fig about Poe Dameron taking some new character/ kid under his wing. Even if Leia does make an appearance in this show I am still not interested because they screwed her over so much already.

Another reason I have no interest- honestly, I am not a HUGE fan of Rebels nor am I a HUGE fan of The Clone Wars. I didn’t watch either series until a couple years AFTER the shows first aired. There are a few things I enjoyed from each one but The Clone Wars was hard for me to watch because I could not wrap my brain around Matt Lanter’s voice being Anakin. There is a jarring disconnect for me still to this day and I don’t sit and watch them on repeat religiously. The Clone Wars resulted in the trend where people have bashed more on Hayden since its release, as if he had any control over the script and character development given to a cartoon VOICE actor. I realize I am in the minority here while I like Ahsoka as a character but I am not going to clamor for her to be in everything or survive everything. She has now outlived everyone else from the PT. I also greatly dislike the Clovis episodes with Padme.

By the way, I am sick of the rebuttal that it’s for KIDS! If that were entirely so then why does Disney have it in a Sunday 10 PM time slot during the school months?

Some of these people are mad that those of us who dislike TLJ are still talking about it 8 months later and letting it color our opinion on further media. Well, how many of them are still bashing the prequels and talking crap about Hayden, Jake, Lucas et al 13 years at the least afterwards? How many of them are making up the flimsiest of excuses as to why Anakin doesn’t need to appear in Episode 9 purely out of their hate for Hayden?

#star wars #starwars resistance

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dailytechnologynews · 7 years ago

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PCPer's Response to the Recent Ethical Concerns and Accusations

Hi hardware fans. It's been an eventful couple of days in the offices and home for me (and Allyn). A video from YouTube channel AdoredTV was posted late Thursday night (US eastern time) that directly attacked our credibility, which has been taken down, reposted, and taken down again. In all honesty, we tend to have a policy of not responding to verbal accusations online, because if we did, that's all anyone that writes reviews would ever do.

This one was more impactful though. We were called out directly by name (me and Allyn) and some very specific statements were made against our reviews on pcper.com and our new company at shroutreseach.com.

Most importantly from my point of view was that I woke up on Friday morning to find that I had been sent pictures of my home (and my office) from Google Maps along with my address from random viewers of this video. Obviously when you start to get into areas of personal and family safety, things get ratcheted up quite dramatically. With recent events showing that sometimes crazies on the internet can in fact do crazy things when incited, I was legitimately worried about my wife and daughter.

Jim at AdoredTV initially agreed to take the video down in an email exchange after I expressed those safety concerns. But after he didn't think I addressed all the points his video accusations covered in the response that I sent him (that will be included below), he re-posted it. After some more emails back and forth, he took the video back down as of Saturday morning.

At this point, I wanted to make sure that the response to his video that I sent him was public, so that the readers and viewers of both of our content can make their own decision.

In the end, I agreed to make edits to the FreeSync story/video that he brought up. These are reasonable points from him that would have simply required an email or phone call to address at the outset. We also added a disclosure statement to the end of our Intel 900P review in regards to Shrout Research. My statement of honesty in our review remains, but in order to be more transparent, the disclosure was added.

It's worth noting that not 48 hours before the original posting of AdoredTVs video, our team had been debating not about putting disclosures on the stories, but what the exact wording of them would be. This was prompted by a question sent in to our mailbag series our desire to be honest about things. This is still going to happen, but we are finalizing what that global statement will be.

I do think its important to note that despite the intent to paint it as such, there really are no black and white answers to this. Some will say that I should release financial statements. Some will say this is more than enough. I anticipate that he will still have some issues with our process, as will others. I accept that. We will continue to do what we think is best.

You'll find below a complete copy of an email exchange between Jim at AdoredTV and myself. It's a long read, one that I think is important in its entirety for those concerned about these allegations, but I've also prepared this more succinct list of our responses to the major issues.

Unfairness to FreeSync: We have made the edits/updates that the AdoredTV video called out. We believed at the time that our new article on the topic was adequate due diligence. While it is impossible for any outlet to update all published articles or videos every time something changes, we recognize that this was an important issue and we will try to do better about updating published content when appropriate. As for the FreeSync panel debate, the text of our review stated that the panels shared the same “specifications,” not that they were the same panels. However, in comments related to the article, we did state that the panels were the same. That was our error and we apologize.

General bias against AMD: We have worked with AMD for many years and have spoken with them both on and off the record countless times. The claims in the video that we did not convey pre-launch product concerns to AMD are false. PCPer was also not the first or only outlet to draw attention to the RX 480 power draw and Ryzen latency issues, and we worked extensively with AMD for months in advance of the release of our Frame Rating/FCAT testing. As for perceived bias, we treat all companies and products with respect and fairness, and it has never been suggested by the companies we cover that the reality is otherwise.

Radeon Affiliate Link: The first we heard about our Amazon affiliate tag being present in a link at the Radeon website was when Ryan Smith of AnandTech tweeted about it, as shown in the AdoredTV video. We have absolutely no idea how that link got there, and we received zero commissions or sales data on the Vega Frontier Edition as a result of it. Due to the fact that the affiliate tag present on the Radeon page is incorrect (it has an extra %20 at the end), we’re not even sure if it would have worked had someone inadvertently used it. But we reiterate that there is absolutely no arrangement, official or unofficial, that called for our affiliate link to be placed on AMD’s website.

Shrout Research & The Intel 900P Review: Intel hired Shrout Research to conduct testing of the 900P and produce a white paper for public release if the results were positive. We have conducted similar testing for many other companies, including AMD, and in most cases the information we provide is kept private for internal use at those companies. We also wrote a review of the 900P at pcper.com, with the timing of the release of both pieces dictated by the 900P embargo date. Contrary to the claims in the video, the review and the white paper were not the same. Separate testing was performed on different platforms, although one of the drives (the 480GB model), which was provided by Intel for the white paper, was also used in the review. In short, the tests performed were different, the results were different (in most cases lower in the pcper.com review), and Intel was not given pre-release access or control over the content of the review.

Disclosure: While we did not try to “hide” anything as was suggested in the video (Shrout Research, named after me, has a public website, twitter account, and has been mentioned and published often on our podcasts, weekly mailbag videos, on my Twitter account, and in my freelance writing bio), we failed to disclose the nature and extent of Shrout Research’s relationship with Intel on the 900P review at PCPer. That was our error. We will rectify this by adopting a complete disclosure policy for all reviews going forward, which will clearly state not just relationships related to Shrout Research, but also the terms of our review, any related advertisers, and any other potential conflicts that may appear. It was never our intent to deceive, and we still stand fully by the content of the 900P review, but we will attempt to do better about proper disclosure going forward.

(Times in the email reference a "current time" of about 10pm ET. Copy and paste is funny in Gmail.)

Ryan Shrout [email protected] 9:46 AM (12 hours ago)

to jim Do you have time to chat quickly today? Saw the video, I have lots of questions, many concerns, but most importantly a request. I can call you direct or on Skype, etc.

Jim P <*********> 12:38 PM (9 hours ago)

to me Hi Ryan.

Sorry I'm out all weekend and I'm actually not in my own place right now (I'm in Scotland but live in Sweden) and getting peace and quiet isn't very easy anyway. I might be available to talk a bit on Monday but if you have a request that needs dealing with sooner, feel free to shoot it to me and obviously I'll listen.

Regards,

Jim

Ryan Shrout [email protected] 1:18 PM (8 hours ago)

to Jim Jim,

I'm a little disappointed that you would be willing to post a video with those kinds of accusations without contacting me for input but unwilling to spend 15 minutes on the phone or Skype with me to address it. Although not your intent, we are at the point now of viewers of your content reaching out to me with pictures of my house on Google Maps with my address, as well as my office. Obviously with the recent occurrences in the world, and as the father of a two year old, this is something we take exceedingly seriously. I'm worried that your video and comments, though I disagree with almost all of them, are going to be used to cause more harm than you had intended.

I have a list of corrections and inaccuracies, as well as comments surround some of your concerns, that I am preparing. But I would greatly appreciate some assistance in controlling this situation.

AdoredTV 1:29 PM (8 hours ago)

to me Hi Ryan,

I just got back from the dentist and I'm currently at my sister's house in Scotland. It's dinner time here also. Tomorrow we celebrate my sisters birthday at another venue. What do you want me to do to help? Should I unlist the video? I'm willing to do that for now though it'll blow over in a couple of days anyway. Be aware that if I don't like your response to my points in the video, I wasn't joking when I said I left out more than I put in. I will not be manipulated, consider my offer to unlist the video the final chance of avoiding a real escalation. Regards,

Jim

Jim P 1:32 PM (8 hours ago)

to me Not sure if my previous response got through, resending...

Ryan Shrout [email protected] 1:42 PM (8 hours ago)

to Jim Jim,

I appreciate the offer to make the video unlisted. However, because the video will still be viewable from any number of sources with the URL, I think making it private would be more appropriate.

I plan to send you my responses and comments in private, or on a call, in order to address your questions and concerns in a way that does not endanger anyone's family. I understand that you may choose to take these emails public, and that is fine as I am not trying to hide anything. This can be an "on the record conversation" but the goal is to discuss in private, to understand each others points, without putting anyone else at risk.

Jim P 1:51 PM (8 hours ago)

to me I will make the video private, for now. And I will also write a tweet.

We'll talk later.

Ryan Shrout [email protected] 1:51 PM (8 hours ago)

to Jim Thank you for that. I will follow up with my comments today.

AdoredTV 5:12 PM (4 hours ago)

to me It's rapidly approaching end of day in Kentucky, Ryan. One more hour then the video goes public again. Cheers,

Jim

Ryan Shrout [email protected] 5:37 PM (4 hours ago)

to AdoredTV Hi Jim,

I saw your video posted on Jan 25th about me, Allyn Malventano, PC Perspective, and Shrout Research. While I think your intentions are earnest, I have some serious concerns about the accusations that are made and the facts of your story.

First, I think it is worth noting again that creating this kind of content without requesting input from the accused seems incredibly inflammatory and unfair. As you point out the code of ethics of journalism many times in your video, there are multiple references to “right to reply” that should exist during or at the same time. This opportunity was not given to us.

Second, the impact of your commentary, true or not, has the potential to cause harm to me, my team, and my family. Having already received pictures of my home and my address from viewers of your video, and with the recent events that have occurred around the world, I am now genuinely concerned about the safety of my family. Also in that code of ethics is a section on humanity: “Journalists should do no harm. What we publish or broadcast may be hurtful, but we should be aware of the impact of our words and images on the lives of others.”

The beginning of your accusations of bias on PC Perspective starts with our article on the first FreeSync monitors from 2015. The crux of your argument is that our team, including Allyn and myself, determined that FreeSync was the cause of the ghosting we saw on the display, though others indicated it was not a result of FreeSync, but rather the panel or integration itself. Our assertion at the time would have been that because FreeSync was the “certification brand” of this display, that in the end, regardless of the root technical cause, AMD and the FreeSync team were ultimately responsible. Our original story even details our inability to nail down the root cause of the problem.

*The question now is: why is this happening and does it have anything to do with G-Sync or FreeSync? NVIDIA has stated on a few occasions that there is more that goes into a VRR monitor than simply integrated vBlank extensions and have pointed to instances like this as an example as to why. Modern monitors are often tuned to a specific refresh rate – 144 Hz, 120 Hz, 60 Hz, etc. – and the power delivery to pixels is built to reduce ghosting and image defects. But in a situation where the refresh rate can literally be ANY rate, as we get with VRR displays, the LCD will very often be in these non-tuned refresh rates. NVIDIA claims its G-Sync module is tuned for each display to prevent ghosting by change the amount of voltage going to pixels at different refresh rates, allowing pixels to untwist and retwist at different rates.

It’s impossible now to know if that is the cause for the difference seen above. But with the ROG Swift and BenQ XL2730Z sharing the same 144 Hz TN panel specifications, there is obviously something different about the integration. It could be panel technology, it could be VRR technology or it could be settings in the monitor itself. We will be diving more into the issue as we spend more time with different FreeSync models.

For its part, AMD says that ghosting is an issue it is hoping to lessen on FreeSync monitors by helping partners pick the right components (Tcon, scalars, etc.) and to drive a “fast evolution” in this area.

Source: https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Displays/AMD-FreeSync-First-Impressions-and-Technical-Discussion/Gaming-Experience-FreeSync-*

You then bring up the fact that after we did discover that a firmware fix occurred (after our review), we posted a completely new article four months after our review recognizing the changes and improvements. There is a fair point to be made that we should have gone back to the original story and updated it with links to the new story. However, by doing a follow-up story and posting it in the same channels as the original (main site, video, Twitter, etc.) we believe we did due diligence here.

*In an industry that constantly changing with new hardware reviews, firmware updates, and even software and driver changes, keeping up with it is difficult. Extremely difficult. We will continue to find ways to do it better.

Any claims we made in comments or forums that panels in the competing G-Sync and FreeSync monitors were identical are false, and our error. But in our originally story, where articles are edited and curated, we state clearly that they shared the same “specifications”:

Source: https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Displays/AMD-FreeSync-First-Impressions-and-Technical-Discussion/Gaming-Experience-FreeSync-*

Should comments and forum posts have been more accurate? Yes.

You also mention our frequent streams with NVIDIA’s Tom Petersen as a source bias in our content. While we definitely have hosted Tom in our offices many times, the invite has always been open for any vendor we work with to co-host a live stream to talk to our audience. AMD has taken us up on these offers on seven specific instances:

· [https://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/Live-Review-Recap-AMD-Radeon-HD-7970-GHz-]Edition(https://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/Live-Review-Recap-AMD-Radeon-HD-7970-GHz-Edition)

· https://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/PCPer-Live-Interview-AMDs-Richard-Huddy-June-17th-4pm-ET-1pm-PT

· https://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/PCPer-Live-AMD-Radeon-Crimson-Live-Stream-and-Giveaway

· https://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/PCPer-Live-Radeon-RX-480-Live-Stream-Raja-Koduri

· https://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/PCPer-Live-AMD-Radeon-Crimson-ReLive-Discussion-and-RX-480-Giveaway

· https://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/PCPer-Live-AMD-Radeon-Crimson-ReLive-Discussion-and-RX-580-Giveaway

· https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Radeon-Software-Adrenalin-adds-game-overlay-mobile-app-wider-API-support

We probably have done more interviews with Tom than with AMD or any other vendor, but this is not indicative of anything other than NVIDIA’s desire to communicate with our audience slightly more frequently.

Next, you discuss the RX 480 power issue and indicate that PC Perspective’s stories were inflammatory and without merit. I would point out that not only did AMD acknowledge and fix the issue, but we were not the first media outlet to show the problem. Tom’s Hardware actually reported the problem first, and we linked to them in our first story on the topic. We worked with AMD to supply them with our data as we got it, to solicit input before, after, and during the story writing.

Another point brought up in your video is that PC Perspective appears to be willing to work behind the scenes with some companies to help fix problems and potential issues, but not with AMD. That is factually incorrect. We have worked with AMD in many instances, providing information before product releases, to help them fix problems.

Examples include our Frame Rating / FCAT testing, where we shared data, opinions, and insights with AMD months before the release of the first public story. On the Ryzen latency “ping test” we also sent information to AMD before publication to ask for input and feedback. When Ryzen motherboards were having significant issues at launch we worked with them and partners on updates and BIOS improvements in the background before reviewing those products. The facts are that we work with every company on the same level.

On the issue of AMD using an Amazon.com link that included our affiliate code, the first time I was aware of that was when the link and screenshot Anandtech’s Ryan Smith tweet was sent out. I never had any conversation with anyone at AMD about including it, or why it was there even after the fact. It was not something we asked for, expected, or benefitted from. A search of our Amazon.com affiliate data from July through today shows exactly zero Vega Frontier Edition cards sold on our account, from links on our articles or from AMD’s website.

Now let’s address the Shrout Research side of your story. Shrout Research was started in October of 2016 to allow us to offer services that we were being asked for from companies already, but separated from the PC Perspective website. It is probably fair to say that we have not been as open as we could or should have been about how this works.

But it is crucial to recognize that were not hiding this company or its relationship to me. The company and my position there is listed on my Twitter profile. We often link to ShroutResearch.com in stories posted on pcper.com. We have discussed Shrout Research on the podcast. I have answered questions about the company in mailbags from user-submitted questions. It is listed in my pcper.com profile page. Most (probably all) stories posted on MarketWatch or similar sites list my relationship to both companies. We link to the Shrout Research white papers (including the 900P paper) in some PC Perspective stories.

To address specific problems you have noted, I’ll start with the 900P paper and review. You claim that our test suite for the 900P review on PC Perspective was created for the Intel work done with Shrout Research. This is not true. The first review to use Allyn’s Latency Percentile performance testing methodology was with the launch of the Samsung 960 EVO in November of 2016 and research of this new testing process was first shown with the 950 PRO review in October of 2015. The 900P review was using this same testing method.

Furthermore, the testing that was showcased in the Shrout Research 900P white paper and the review differ greatly. You assert that the review on PC Perspective is simply a copy of the testing and work done on the research side, however looking at the paper and the review shows that isn’t the case. Benchmarks and analysis of applications like AS-SSD, CrystalDiskMark, Anvil, Photo Mechanic, and Houdini are in the paper, but were not used in the review. The data presented in the review is based on Allyn’s custom testing capabilities, of which only two small results are part of the white paper.

The testing for Shrout Research and PC Perspective testing of the 900P was done on different systems as well. The review data was gathered on our standard PCPer storage testing platform and the Shrout Research data was gathered on a platform that Intel specifically requested we configure. The review on PCPer used retail drives, the testing for Shrout Research was using engineering samples. Even more, the performance of the data results that do overlap are actually LOWER in the review on PC Perspective as they were tested on a different platform than the one used on the white paper. The results on PC Perspective and Shrout Research are not copies.

The concern over using hardware and devices received through Shrout Research arrangements for the review on PC Perspective is valid. Honestly, we didn’t see the harm (at the time) to include the second capacity of the 900P in our review as it presented more information to the reader. Was this unfair to others in the media? Probably. Have we seen numerous other exclusives come to websites (including us) over the years that weren’t fair to the media? Yes. Are samples often sent out differently from site to site? Absolutely. See the RX Vega launch most recently and many storage reviews that send different capacities and sets to reviewers.

If you follow PC Perspective at all, you know that we were going to publish a review on PC Perspective of the 900P regardless of the existence of the white paper or our arrangements with Intel. And our opinion of the product would not be have been swayed. Our agreement with Intel was to vet and evaluate the 900P so it could get an idea of how the device stood in the market and how it might be received in the public. The white paper was only to be written if Intel thought the results from our testing were positive in their eyes, however the fee Shrout Research was paid was the same regardless of whether or not the paper was produced.

Shrout Research currently works the biggest, and most competitive, companies in the high-tech world, including Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, and Arm. We have done similar work for others on this list, in particular AMD. We have done evaluation of hardware prior to media and public device availability, to advise and showcase the performance as our team sees it. In those cases with AMD, which began in March of 2017, AMD used the reports internally and decided to not request a public paper from Shrout Research.

If any of these companies saw me, or Shrout Research, or anyone on our team as unreliable or capable of bias, they would have no reason to work with me, especially on the Shrout Research side. Instead, the 18+ years of work that I have under me and the positive results I have produced in terms of relevant, honest, and useful content leads them to partner with us to help make their products, messaging, and companies better.

As I said at the beginning, nothing about Shrout Research is hidden or was attempted to be secretive. Should we have been more explicit in some disclosures? Yes, clearly. Should we have been stricter in how product was shared between the two entities? Probably. It’s something we had honestly discussed just this past week, and this story further necessitates the need for it.

At the end of the day, the trust of the reader and the companies that work with us is paramount and the only thing that keeps us going. There will always be some individuals that don’t like us or have insurmountable distrust of us for some reason; it’s been that way for literally the last 18 years of my life. But I know that we attempt to treat every company equally, treat every product equally, and every situation equally.

Many people feel a sense of distrust around paid advertising on hardware sites. I obviously disagree that running ads for a company inherently means you are going to be biased towards them, and I have built and sustained PC Perspective on that very point, a similar application of trust must be applied here. If readers and viewers were able to trust our reviews for ASUS motherboards, despite running ASUS advertising on our site, or our videos on EVGA graphics cards despite running EVGA advertising on our site, then I feel that readers should continue to trust us as Shrout Research moves forward.

Here is a list of the companies that we have worked with on the advertising side in the last 10 years:

· AMD

· Antec

· ASUS

· BFG

· Cooler Master

· Corsair

· Crucial

· Diamond

· Drobo

· ECS

· Enermax

· EVGA

· FSP

· Galaxy

· Gigabyte

· Intel

· Logitech

· MSI

· Newegg

· NCIX

· NVIDIA

· OCZ / Toshiba

· Samsung

· Seasonic

· Silverstone

· Thermaltake

· Tiger Direct

· Western Digital

· XFX

· Zalman

There have been years where AMD is our biggest sponsor; several in fact. There are years where Logitech has been. ASUS is generally one of our biggest sponsors. The point I want to make here is that if you didn’t trust us before, there is little I can do to change that. But if you did trust us before, I think we have proven ourselves over the course of many years that the trust is warranted.

And for clarity, the companies we have worked with through Shrout Research:

· AMD

· Arm

· Intel

· NVIDIA

· Qualcomm

I believe that work that you do, despite our differences, is incredibly important to keeping people on their toes and maintaining sanity. I don’t believe that you have correctly portrayed the work we do or how we operate.We aren't perfect, I am not perfect. I don't believe any of us have ever made that claim. But I do know that you have taken our work and intent out of context.

If you still have to have a video calling us out for our practices, I obviously can’t stop you. But I would request that you fix the factual errors in your video. That includes the FreeSync story, the assertion that we don’t work with AMD prior to posting stories (including the ping testing and the RX 480 power), the affiliate link on AMD’s website, the lack of differences between the 900P white paper and the review, and that we have not been forthcoming (at all) about the existence and relationship of Shrout Research and PC Perspective.

I don’t consider this list of points exhaustive, by any means. I didn’t have time to re-watch or transcribe your video in order to dive into details on each and every point. Should something specific come to mind you want me to answer, let me know. If you have other question or problems with how we do things, or how we appear to be doing things from an external view, I’ll gladly answer them.

AdoredTV 7:14 PM (2 hours ago)

to me Thanks Ryan.

I feel you have raised some valid points however it's not nearly enough for me to keep the video private. Specifically, you failed to address the major points regarding conflict of interest and the "FreeSync vs G-Sync Ghosting Comparison" video, both of which have still not been rectified.

Can I again point to the EJN's article where it clearly states...

Accountability A sure sign of professionalism and responsible journalism is the ability to hold ourselves accountable. When we commit errors we must correct them and our expressions of regret must be sincere not cynical. We listen to the concerns of our audience. We may not change what readers write or say but we will always provide remedies when we are unfair.

I will have a closer look on Monday to see if you have remedied these faults before continuing with the rest of your response. Regards,

Jim

Ryan Shrout [email protected] 7:20 PM (2 hours ago)

to AdoredTV Okay. Can you expand for me the points about the comparison story and video that you believe are still concerning? Is it that we have not updated the video and text of the write up to reference the later story?

AdoredTV 8:02 PM (2 hours ago)

to me Hi Ryan.

Sure I'll expand on these points. 1) I see no reason why you would not have rectified your error with the "FreeSync vs G-Sync ghosting" video, given what you have had pointed out to you today. That is literally a 5 second edit to the title which you chose to ignore.

2) The Optane review still looks the same - that is there is still nothing advising the reader of any potential conflict of interest. I'm sure you're aware of all the FTC regulations regarding this subject - but please...neither of us has any desire to go down that route I'm sure. - Jim On a personal level - When your changes are complete, it would likely be beneficial to point them out on social media. You will gain far more from these two small actions than your current course ever will - and by that I mean you will regain respect from your viewers. My bet would be you'd also find it all very liberating, because pride is a terrible thing. It's very late here and this has taken up much of my day so forgive me as I have to retire to bed.

Ryan Shrout [email protected] 8:16 PM (1 hour ago)

to AdoredTV Honestly, I was planning to include links and updates, but, I didn't want it to look like I was doing something manipulative before we had some to some kind of resolution. I agree these are 5-second edits, and I say in my rather long feedback note that I thought it was a reasonable request. You instead immediately posted the video back up, which I didn't think would occur without the dialogue.

The same applies to the Optane review - not wanting to change ANYTHING on the site as it would look like we were trying to change things out from under you, or the community. I assure you that my lawyer and I have gone over the regulations in this country for disclosure before starting the company, we are know what the bounds of "legal" and "moral" are. Also, do you not think AMD/Intel/NVIDIA/Qualcomm/Arm have lawyers that vet every relationship like this? If I was breaking the law, they would never have me working with them.

Are you going to keep the video up, even if these edits occur? What about your claims of correcting content that is known to be incorrect, incomplete, inaccurate? That seems to violate the rule, does it not, with all of the information you have had sent your way?

AdoredTV 8:39 PM (1 hour ago)

to me If you had simply rectified or even given the indication that you were open to rectifying both issues then sure I would have taken that under consideration. There was nothing to suggest that either move would be made. As it was, you basically just regurgitated a bunch of text from your reviews which I've already read. This stuff doesn't translate very well across the Atlantic. I made the video private on good faith Ryan. I was the one who offered to unlist it, then I agreed to make it private on your suggestion. I did what I could reasonably be expected to do to help you but you didn't take the chance. These past hours have been filled with me fighting my own viewers over claims of weakness, selling out or other nonsense like legal threats forcing me to take it down. I spent the last 6 hours fighting my own viewers because of this.

I didn't have to deal with any of that but I did...because I gave you the chance. I was hoping for a real show of accountability and this is what your readers want to see too. Please just apologise Ryan - make a statement, show that you've removed/changed the title of the FreeSync Video and updated your Optane review. I promise you that I will not gloat - in fact I'd be far more likely to applaud you for it. If that is done by the time I wake tomorrow, I'll put the video private again. I need to sleep, it's 1:30 here.

Ryan Shrout [email protected] 9:21 PM (43 minutes ago)

to AdoredTV It is done. The point of the initial email was to have a discussion and clarify things. I'm disappointed that you would repost the video even after the concerns I brought up about some of the rash notes and emails I received.

Here is the video with updated title and link to the updated story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ylLnT2yKyA Here is the FS story with link at top of first page: https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Displays/AMD-FreeSync-First-Impressions-and-Technical-Discussion/Gaming-Experience-FreeSync- The bottom of this page discloses the specifics of the Intel 900P paper and review: https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Storage/Intel-Optane-SSD-900P-480GB-and-280GB-NVMe-HHHL-SSD-Review-Lots-3D-XPoint/Conclusion

I will likely post a thread on reddit to bring up the points that I brought up to you in the long email, since that information is already out there and in the public. No mal-intent intended to you there, just making sure the points I sent you are public.

Jim P 4:43 AM Saturday

to me Thanks Ryan.

I've decided to skip the party today and get a video out on this topic and to clarify what happens next, so that this can be avoided in future. I will put the video private at the same time. Regards,

Jim

Ryan Shrout [email protected] 10:39 AM Saturday

to Jim While I am sorry for you to miss your family event, I appreciate the removal of the video and whatever update you might have.

I will be posting our comments and thread here to reddit sometime this morning.

Congratulations, you reached the end!

Again, thanks for reading and for giving us a chance to state our position.

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What’cha Reading reviews DC Collectibles’ upcoming Supergirl TV action figure!

Ahead of the season finales of The CW’s Supergirl and Arrow, the good people at DC were kind enough to send us their upcoming wave of DC TV action figures before they hit store shelves in June. Their current wave consists of Supergirl‘s Girl of Steel and Martian Manhunter and Arrow‘s Constantine and Vixen. I’ve been a fan of DC Collectibles for a long time now and their action figures have always offered fans a figure of premium quality. I was very excited for this current wave since I saw it debuted at Toy Fair and I could not be more happy with the current assortment that will soon be available to fans.

As a super fan of DC’s The Man of Steel, Supergirl is my favorite of the DC shows currently on air. Two seasons into her show, which will air its season finale on Monday, May 22nd, we are finally starting to enjoy more merchandise featuring Melissa Benoist’s Supergirl. Previously, Mattel released a DC Multiverse action figure of Supergirl, but now DC Collectibles has soared past that action figure with their upcoming (and highly anticipated) action figure of Supergirl. DC Collectibles upcoming Supergirl action figure is the first of two figures in her wave, with the second figure being Martian Manhunter. This figure continues DC’s TV series action figures that started with Arrow and continued with The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow. While we only have two action figures right now, one could only hope for an upcoming figure of villain Livewire (Brit Morgan) and Alex Danvers (Chyler Leigh).

While the pictures originally released in support of DC Collectibles’ Supergirl action figure looked great, they honestly do not live up to the actual figure as the real figure looks even better! The likeness of Melissa Benoist has been perfectly captured and the level of detail is amazing. While the Mattel Multiverse figure of Supergirl offered a more cartoon-ish version of Benoist, DC Collectibles version of Benoist is terrific and every bit of the costume is accurately captured, as well.

Supergirl also features 17 points of articulation which allows for more dynamic poses. Sometimes the ball joints on newly released figures could be extremely stiff, but this was not the case with Supergirl. Her shoulders allow for a wide range of motion, allowing the fan to pose her in a more authentic way, accurate to the series.

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Supergirl also comes with a set of three different hands, one open, one closed, and one allowing her to hold an accessory. However, the figure does not comes with any additional parts.

I could not be happier with DC Collectibles’ Supergirl action figure as it was well worth the wait. There were previously some delays with their Supergirl merchandise as extra time was taken to get the likeness just right and the figure shows the hard work put into it. Supergirl was sculpted by Adam Ross and James Marsano, who are also the sculptors behind the upcoming Supergirl TV statue.

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Supergirl will be available this June and retails for $29.95. Supergirl’s season two season finale airs Monday, May 22nd on The CW at 8:00 PM ET. Check your local listings.

*Stay tuned for more DC Collectibles action figure reviews of Martian Manhunter, Constantine, and Vixen.

*Steven Biscotti, of Universal Monsters Universe, would like to thank Candice Dorsey of DC Entertainment for sending out these action figures to us.

(Steven Biscotti – @reggiemantleIII)

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Convention Report – Cyber Wars Redux!

As many in the hobby are painfully aware, COVID-19 has played merry hell with a rather beloved staple of gaming - the convention. With venues closed and shutdowns stalking the land (not to mention a terrible disease who seems to think middle-aged wargamers are on the menu!), wargaming societies have had to get creative in holding events. Of course, the Historical Miniature Gaming Society (HMGS) East chapter has been no exception.

With the success of several online cons, HMGS has now, as of this writing, held two Cyber Wars cons to, I would say, moderate acclaim. I will admit, it doesn’t fully replace the joys of being at a con and seeing old friends, hitting the dealer’s area and the flea market, and, of course, playing in some gorgeous looking games, but it’s damn nice to see folks stepping up for the sake of the hobby!

Your intrepid writer decided to go, as much for his own enjoyment as it was for you, the reader. Cyber Wars Redux was held from Thursday, Nov. 12 to Sunday, Nov. 15. This time, the convention boasted 17 gaming events, a full course of instruction at HMGS’s “Hobby University” (which one of these days, I really must make a point of attending), and a very full round table of presenters for a variety of seminars, some of which I actually managed to attend. Half a dozen vendors offered some nice show specials, and it was nice to see that number was up from the Cyber Wars convention just a few months before.

I attended two days on Saturday and Sunday. My morning was taken up by an unrelated wargaming event I will describe later that was hosted by the US Naval War College. They asked participants to refrain from saying much about it, and I will respect that request, but suffice to say when I can talk about it, I will. It was quite the event!

My first event of the day was “Caen Counter-Attack” by Gregory Arofan, who has been quite the fixture at these Cyber Wars conventions, putting on at the last convention an awesome looking Malaysia 1942 game, and now a game centered around the fighting over Hill 112 near Caen in Normandy, 1944. I was the Germans, and my luck was just horrible. The rules were computer-moderated, and each unit was about a battalion’s worth of actual men or vehicles, with each stand translating to about 50% of the unit or so. My Germans had some Tigers, Mk-IVs, Panzerjagers, a recon battalion, four battalions of Panzergrenadier, and some artillery. The Brits had some armor and armored cars, gobs of infantry, a few tanks, and plenty of artillery and airstrikes (it was 1944 Normandy, they should have this).

The battlefield was a series of low hills, with Hill 112 dominating the center and a village on the north edge on the British side and in the center on the German side. There were also some dense woods on both sides as well. My plan was simple, hit the dug-in British defenses on Hill 112 with my recon elements in the flank, as well as three of my four Panzergrenadier battalions. The fourth, along with the Panzerjagers, would tie up the British in the north. In the south, I would send the armor to flank Hill 112 and present the British with an impossible choice. Needless to say, nothing went to plan.

My Panzergrenadiers nerve failed badly under fire, and they just couldn’t get up that hill. My Tigers were walloped by Allied aircraft and were a shadow of their former selves by the time the Mk-IVs stalled in their advance. About the only bright spot I had was that I shot the British mobile elements to pieces with a mix of artillery and what luck I did have. I don’t usually like to blame luck for poor tactics, but in this case, the plan should have worked. All I can blame is the dice. Ah well. Somedays, you get the random number generator. Some days, it gets you.

With the game ending early, I ran to make my Battletech seminar at 4 pm. I won’t discuss that at length as it’s a sci-fi game and we are a historical wargaming blog, but the company was nice, and considering I don’t normally make GenCon or Origins, it was nice to see some of the big names from the company here to tell us fans what’s coming.

On Sunday, I met up with some friends (virtually!) and we had a blast attending the back-to-back seminars held first by Plastic Soldier Company (and facilitated by the fine folks at No Dice, No Glory). The 10 am seminar was ably presented by Simon Hall, as Will Townshend couldn’t make it due to a happy family obligation. That said, boy, did Simon have a lot to tell us!

First, they’ll be running a Christmas Special on their Ancients line, specifically an army deal on their 15mm Carthaginians for their Mortem et Gloriam rules set. They also announced that their 100 Years War French army will be released in January, and 15mm WWII Japanese should be seeing the light of day sometime in April. These figures, like many of their new releases, are in their new Ultracast plastic (the author has yet to see this in the flesh, but he hopes to soon!) which is just plain amazing from all accounts. According to Simon, he says the technology has matured, and turnaround time for new designs has lessened a bit. I do look forward to what they’re going to do with it next. It seems the Ultracast plastic was originally used for medical purposes, and the Spanish manufacturer has had to get used to the production demands of wargaming miniatures!

As for the release of the 20mm WWII Waffen-SS, I must say, I was impressed with the pictures I have seen of the figures, and hope to see some of those miniatures to review soon!

What can I say? The package looks great and the figures, as painted by the indominable Piers Brand, are amazing! Simon revealed that they are going to be followed up by Deutsches Afrika Korps (DAK) and British 8th Army for the Desert War (Late War Americans in ’43 jackets would be so welcome, please!).

As for their Mortem et Gloriam (MeG) rules, there was a discussion of having downloadable army lists available in the near future, but no details were given. There was also talk of a 1:1 20mm World War II skirmish rules set under development, but Simon didn’t say too much more about that.

The big news was that, barring COVID still being an issue, PSC was holding a 2021 Gathering in London. It would be held the weekend of Sept. 24 at a location in North London. Details of the event can be found here. American wargamers, get those passports and airline tickets ready! I asked Simon if, with all of the wonderful releases in Ultracast, there were plans to replace the hard-plastic lines. I am happy to say the answer to that question was an emphatic “no.” There are no such plans, and Simon was glad I asked. Simon did say they were very pleased with the durability of the Ultracast material, as well as it’s ability to cast on the fly.

Some other discussions that came out of the seminar was a discussion of the upcoming Divisions of Steel rules, which are going to be 10mm WWII rules with each base being company-sized elements. The idea is that you can run an entire division on the table. I didn’t get word on when that release would hit, but there was discussion of a starter box with the rules and an army all ready for you to paint up and field with everything you’ll need to get started.

Meanwhile, for MeG fans, the word is that Napoleonic and Pike and Shot eras are being worked on, but there wasn’t much more said about that. And there was quite the discussion on how World War I was an “under-gamed” conflict. Will that lead anywhere? That’s unclear, but considering PSC did a boardgame release with plastic miniatures a few years back? Anything’s possible!

The Battlegroup seminar (though it was a bit more wide-ranging than just Battlegroup) was just as informative with Piers Brand and Warwick Kinrade. They discussed the “ten-year plan” for Battlegroup, which had the remaining releases for Battlegroup to fill out the obvious holes in Battlegroup’s coverage of the Second World War.

I’ll quote Piers’s original Facebook post. He says It better than I could:

So for those wondering its [going to] look something like this...

Battlegroup Stalingrad - 1942 Ost Front Supplement

Battlegroup Cassino - 1943 to 1945 Italian Front Supplement

Battlegroup Bagration - 1944 Ost Front Supplement

Battlegroup Westwall - Late 1944 Western Front Supplement

These four books will close the original ten-year series of books that was envisioned when the game was created.

However, this won’t be where the Battlegroup story will finish.

PSC are currently developing a further ten-year plan to increase the scope and materials available to Battlegroup players and the community. The next wave of books will likely follow a slightly different format, with a focus on historical scenario packs - the provisionally titled ‘Battlegroup Firefight’ series - which will aim to provide players with scenarios based on various theatres of the war.

There was a lot of discussion and excitement on the chat about the Battlegroup Firefight series, and Piers said that this was an opportunity for Battlegroup to grow “organically.” In the short term, Stalingrad ’42 is in development, and we’ve already seen some teaser images on the Facebook page. The discussion on what the scenarios look like was interesting, with a lot of comments about new urban fighting rules to replace the ones in Fall of the Reich, and an idea towards smaller tables to better show the close quarters of the fighting in Stalingrad. But the book would also have an eye towards covering the entire Eastern Front in ’42 experience.

BG Cassino or Italy, or whatever it’s eventual title would be the next book behind Stalingrad. An early war Pacific book was discussed during the seminar, as was the online questionnaire on Facebook to see what the fans would want to see in the Battlegroup: Firefight series. Both Piers and Warwick said they were happy to see the enthusiasm and joy of the fans.

The new project of both Piers and Warwick is, of course, ‘Nam 68. I’ve interviewed Warwick about this in a previous article. We got some more details on how Nam ’68 will work, with the Viet Cong being run by a referee and the players each playing a squad of Americans. The VC forces will be generated by playing cards (with themed playing cards being a thing potentially developed for the game). Warwick did say the game would not consist of masses of helos and support elements, but he did say that medics will play a big role for the Americans. The game is a 1:1 skirmish game, and it will be aimed towards the 20-28mm figure market, but I see no reason why 15mm wouldn’t work with it.

The other big topic of discussion was Battlegroup NORTHAG. Everyone was clamoring for when the CENTAG book would be released and what would be in it! So far, the confirmed armies are Americans, West Germans, French, Soviet Naval Infantry, Soviet Airborne, and a generic Warsaw Pact list that can be tweaked to fit the country you’re running. There was some discussion of a book for Scandinavia, as well, but the main focus of the NORTHAG system will be historical, modern conflicts, such as the Arab-Israeli Wars or the Iran-Iraq war.

The final part of the discussion was the formation of the Frontline Facebook Group for WWII gamers. This was something Warwick had wanted to do for some time as a means to build community amongst wargamers who gamed the Second World War. He said many of the Facebook sites out there simply concentrated on a given rules system, and a more “generic” Facebook site was needed. He eventually saw the site becoming the onus of a set of World War II skirmish rules, scenarios, and painting guides, based around Paetron, but he felt things were a bit early for any details.

And with that, the seminar wrapped up, and so did my Cyber Wars. I look forward to doing this again in a few months, or perhaps if all works out, we’ll be back gaming at tables for real. I think we’d all like that. But till then, good on HMGS for doing its best to keep our sense of community alive during these trying times.

At SJR Research, we specialize in creating compelling narratives and provide research to give your game the kind of details that engage your players and create a resonant world they want to spend time in. If you are interested in learning more about our gaming research services, you can browse SJR Research’s service on our site at SJR Research.

(This article is credited to Jason Weiser. Jason is a long-time wargamer with published works in the Journal of the Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers; Miniature Wargames Magazine; and Wargames, Strategy, and Soldier.)

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siphen0 · 4 years ago

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Two New Series. Two New Teams. A New Beginning For All Power Rangers Is Here!

BOOM! Studios, under license by Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), today announced an exciting new series premiere, MIGHTY MORPHIN #1, from superstar writer Ryan Parrott (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and rising star artist Marco Renna, as they launch the first of two all-new series with two all-new teams in November 2020.

A new Mighty Morphin team has assembled to take on the deadliest threats to Earth – but who is the All New Green Ranger by their side?

Print copies of MIGHTY MORPHIN #1 are scheduled to be available in November 2020 at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the one nearest you), or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers like comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Madefire.

Softcover collections of MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS, and other Power Rangers releases from BOOM! Studios are available now, everywhere books are sold.

For continuing news on MIGHTY MORPHIN and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to www.boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

For more on Power Rangers, please visit www.powerrangers.com and follow Power Rangers on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

The POWER RANGERS: UNLIMITED POWER Era Begins with MIGHTY MORPHIN #1 Two New Series. Two New Teams. A New Beginning For All Power Rangers Is Here! BOOM! Studios, under license by Hasbro, Inc.

#Boom! Studios #Comic News #Comic Preview #Comics #Mighty Morphin #Mighty Morphin 1 #Power Rangers #POWER RANGERS: UNLIMITED POWER

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Every concert you can live stream on March 20 during the coronavirus outbreak

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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website.

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US government have encouraged social distancing to slow the spread of the sickness. This has led to the cancellation of large gatherings like NCAA’s March Madness and concerts.

More artists are still trying to provide experiences for fans without sacrificing safety. Here are all the shows you can stream now:

Ultra Music Festival

One of the first festivals to cancel because of the coronavirus, Ultra will present the Ultra Virtual Audio Festival on SiriusXM’s UMF Radio, featuring exclusive sets by Major Lazer, Afrojack, and Martin Garrix.

SiriusXM’s UMF Radio channel will launch on Friday, March 20 at 5 p.m. ET and will air through Monday, March 23 on channel 52, on satellite radios and on the SiriusXM app. The limited-run channel will also highlight past live DJ sets from previous Ultra Music Festival performances that have aired live on SiriusXM. Past sets from DJs, including Kygo, The Chainsmokers, Marshmello with special guest Roddy Ricch, Zedd, and Carl Cox, will broadcast throughout the weekend.

When: 5 p.m. ET

Where: SiriusXM

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Erykah Badu: Miss Badu

Erykah Badu: Miss Badu is hosting an “interactive experiment,” aka a live concert series from her bedroom. Fans can pay $1 to watch and will get to vote on songs she’ll perform. “We gone pull it off. We gone be calm. You gone help me make it happen,” she wrote, noting that the time on Friday and details will be announced soon.

The Thrill is Gone: A Tribute to B.B. King

The Thrill is Gone: A Tribute to B.B. King: This is a stream from a previous show on Feb. 16 from Relix at The Capitol Theatre featuring some of music’s greatest Blues and Rock legends celebrating the legendary king of Blues, B.B. King including Ann Wilson, Buddy Guy, Derek Trucks, Ivan Neville, David Hidalgo, John Scofield, Little Steven, Robert Randolph, Ann Wilson, Robert Randolph, Susan Tedeschi and Warren Haynes.

Charli XCX is hosting a ‘girl’s night in’ with Rita Ora

Claude Von Stroke

Cousin Earth (Corey J. Solo)

Family friendly livestream w/ Corey J!

Elliott Wilson

Family Elliott Wilson will be going live on Tidal’s Instagram on Friday at 12 p.m. EST, with Rapsody, Benny The Butcher and Noreaga.

The Honey Badgers

Folk duo from Delaware bringing their distinctive harmonies and sincere Americana sound to stages across the…internet

Horse Feather

#JAMINTHEVAN

Vienna State Opera: Tosca

Juliana Hough

Julianne Hough will perform KINRGY, “a movement experience inspired by the elements” via Together, At Home: WHO-Global Citizen Solidarity Sessions inspired by Global Citizens #TogetherAtHome initiative

La Blogoteque

No Take Away Shows during lockdown? No problem, here are the Stay Away Shows! We want our entire community and all music lovers to have access to their favourite artists and discover new talents during the confinement period. That’s why we’re launching the Stay Away Shows. Every day, at 7pm Paris time, 2pm NYC time, 11am LA time, on our instagram, friends from the Blogothèque will come and play a live show with a lot of surprises. Please, stay home, stay safe, and see you tomorrow !

Beethoven Evening with German National Youth Orchestra

Hollis Brown

We will perform our album Ride On The Train in full. We’re happy to announce that Mike and Jonathan will be doing that (acoustic style).

Baxter Dury

Hozier

Hozier will perform via Together, At Home: WHO-Global Citizen Solidarity Sessions inspired by Global Citizens #TogetherAtHome initiative

OneRepublic

OneRepublic will perform via Together, At Home: WHO-Global Citizen Solidarity Sessions inspired by Global Citizens #TogetherAtHome initiative

Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy

Vaeda Black

From Left Bank Live from Liverpool, UK

Psychostick

Psychostick is a comedy metal/hardcore band

David Foster and Katharine McPhee

David Foster and Katharine McPhee from Malibu, California

Melissa Etheridge

Melissa Etheridge: Day 5

Conan Gray

Conan Gray will be hosting a live digital party all weekend long to celebrate the release of his debut studio album Kid Krow Friday, March 20. Gray plans to kick off the festivities Thursday at 8:30 p.m. PT with an Instagram Live session, followed by a YouTube live stream Friday at 3 p.m. PT, a Twitter Q&A Saturday at 1 p.m. PT and ending with a Reddit AMA Monday at 10 a.m. PT.

Year of The Knife

Tune and watch YEAR OF THE KNIFE perform live on hate5six from Landmine Studios in NJ.

Christine and the Queens

Christine and the Queens is doing something every day on Instagram and she promises “guests and weird concepts included.”

Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn: Banjo House Lockdown

Husband and wife banjoists Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn will perform the first installment of their Banjo House Lockdown live stream series from home in Nashville.

Ben Gibbard: Live from Home

Lead singer from Death Cab for Cutie live streams from his home

Sech

Since we are in quarantine, Sech will bring you a concert to enjoy in the comfort of your homes. The show will begin at 7 p.m. ET. Do not miss it! #YouTubeandChill

Gaelynn Lea

Violinist Gaelynn Lea’s Virtual Tour

Chris Moyse from Americana Highway: Live Music From the Quarantine

This nightly series will kick off Friday (March 20) and will include four back-to-back 30-minute sets from different artists, six nights a week.

Jeremy Denk: Bach in the Greene Space

William Lederer

William Lederer from Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath, Maine

Anders Osborne

Anders will be playing songs, telling stories, answering questions and more.

Metropolitan Opera: Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment

From The Metropolitan Opera House in NYC

Mal Blum

A Webcast Variety Show

TAUK: Live From Out There

Watch TAUK’s Halloween 2019 show as part of nugs.tv and 11E1even Group’s Live From Out There series benefiting Sweet Relief’s COVID-19 fund.

When: 7:45 pm ET

Where: Nugs

Christian McBride

Christian McBride: A listening party of McCoy Tiner from Montclair, NJ

String Cheese Incident

Replay of 12/28/18 at 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, CO.

When: 8:00 pm ET

Where: Nugs

The Lizards

We have scheduled a live to “air” performance #CouchTour on our Facebook Page this coming Friday night March 20 from 8 p.m. till 11 p.m. ET with no set break.

Nowadays

Nowadays: Aurora Halal and DJ Python from Brooklyn, NY

Zach Aaron from Americana Highway: Live Music From the Quarantine

This nightly series will kick off Friday (March 20) and will include four back-to-back 30-minute sets from different artists, six nights a week.

Ron Gallo + Chickpee

Anne Heaton, Mary Bragg, Becky Warren, & Mark Erelli: Shut In & Sing

Third Coast Percussion

Live from Chicago

D.B Rouse from Americana Highway: Live Music From the Quarantine

This nightly series will kick off Friday (March 20) and will include four back-to-back 30-minute sets from different artists, six nights a week.

Jacksonville Symphony performs Give My Regards to Broadway

Junior and Izaak Opatz

Broadcasting live from Attack & Release Studio in East Missoula, Montana. Tune in to listen, connect, support, be supported.

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong Halloween 2019 Replay: Live From Out There

Watch Pigeons Playing Ping Pong’s Halloween 2019 show as part of nugs.tv and 11E1even Group’s Live From Out There series benefiting Sweet Relief’s COVID-19 fund.

When: 9 p.m. ET

Where: Nugs

Junior and Izaak Opatz

Broadcasting live from Attack & Release Studio in East Missoula, Montana. Tune in to listen, connect, support, be supported.

Fat Tony

This Friday’s live stream concert is a fundraiser for the Houston Food Bank, an organization that will ensure quarantined individuals and the children who are out of school won’t be missing any meals. I’m broadcasting live without an audience at Purgatory in Brooklyn.

Stephen Lecky

WFTB presents: THE SOCIAL DISTANCING STAY AT HOME LIVE STREAM TOUR

The Harmed Brother from Americana Highway: Live Music From the Quarantine

This nightly series will kick off Friday (March 20) and will include four back-to-back 30-minute sets from different artists, six nights a week.

Diplo

The Thomas Wesley Show

Start Making Sense : Live From Out There

The song requests are in, the set list is written and the streaming vehicles are in place.

When: 11 p.m. ET

Where: Nugs

Dead And Company

Full Show from Austin, TX 12/2/17

When: 8 p.m. ET

Where: Nugs

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HIMSS 2019: The Mainstreaming of Health IT, from Jim Cramer to Opioid Risk Scores

On January 10, 2019, Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money recommended that Apple buy Epic, a market leader in EHRs. At that moment in the Twitterverse, it occurred to me that health IT as a consumer-facing industry was beginning to mainstream in America.

Cramer’s pronouncement led to a tweetstorm where hundreds of tweeters in and outside of health/care talked back and with Cramer.

A few of my favorite comments were:

“Jim Cramer needs a crash course in FHIR standards” from the wonkier section of peanut gallery.

“They are not even in the same universe” among people dissing the idea in short-hand.

“Where is the iPhone listed on Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs?” from someone noting Apple fans’ brand-love.

“Epic has too much technical debt and would be a mess for Apple” for those with a strategic bent.

Then the final consensus that, Epic, at the end of the day, would “never sell,” which most health IT insiders confidently asserted.

Here’s what I wrote.

My longtime health IT pal John Lynn wrote an entire treatise on “why” this just couldn’t/wouldn’t happen. Brian Ahier, another close collaborator, asserted that “Judy” (Faulkner), Epic’s CEO, would have nothing to do with such a deal would go against the company’s legal foundation structure. Cramer later tweeted that such arrangements could change, on January 16th asserting, “I still say never say never.”

As I approach my 20-somethingth HIMSS, having been a member of the organization for most of my professional life, I’ll be focusing on the mainstreaming health IT Zeitgeist as I meet with innovators and experts this week in Orlando. I’m keen to learn where the industry is on that diffusion curve in putting health information and tools into the hands of consumers, patients and caregivers.

Why is this so important? I’ll give you four big reasons:

The patient is expecting a consumer experience from health care.

The patient is worried about privacy and data security.

The patient is growing aware of her personal “data space.”

The patient is a payor.

The patient-consumer experience. Central to this theme on the HIMSS exhibition floor will be the Personalized Health Experience at Booth 888 in Hall A. I spent time on the phone before the conference with John Sharp of HIMSS. John has been hands-on in curating the participants in this space, which John said are moving care outside of the hospital into peoples’ homes and hands across the continuum. In addition to exhibits, there’s a full agenda of sessions that focus on consumer health at home. A few topics that pique my interest address benefits for people and their pets, AI for everyday peoples’ health, and the assertively (spot-on) titled session, “don’t build more healthtech without asking patients first.”

Patient’s privacy and data security. Personalized health in the context of connected health means the flow of personal data, and this is another theme I’ll be exploring at HIMSS19 in terms of privacy, security, and consumer data ownership and control. We know that the volume of cybersecurity breaches against healthcare providers and plans has escalated year over year. One reason is because a medical data breach is more valuable than a hack of, say, consumers’ credit card identities. There will be a slew of data security solutions to evaluate at this conference. I expect a large proportion of HIMSS19 attendees will be at the conference focusing on just this challenge, the response to which can make-or-break a provider’s reputation in their local market.

The patient’s personal data-space. In the post-Facebook/Cambridge Analytics era, people have sobered up on the issue of the value of their data and respect for their ability to control and even monetize the value of that information. This is subtler than the data breach challenge. It’s related to Big Data algorithms and analytics that health care stakeholders assuming financial risk employ to manage that risk. More companies that supply the healthcare industry with personal data beyond the health care claim are exhibiting at HIMSS19. Several big-name vendors in this space that are also speaking on the importance of gathering and using personal consumer data from retail, wearable tech, and other non-healthcare sources. LexisNexis has already garnered attention on this topic in a Politico story published earlier this month on the company’s approach to calculating a personal score for opioid risks.

Acxiom will host a lunch-and-learn on “Using Data to Overcome the Barriers to Patient-Driven Experience.” Ahead of HIMSS19, Acxiom published a paper on this topic, summarizing a HIMSS survey on social determinants of health and data analytics. As the pie chart from the study result illustrates, well over one-half of health care providers are interested in integrating SDOH data into the EHR. With this growing demand on the provider side, it will be critical for providers – who currently enjoy a trusted relationship as patient data steward – to ensure consumers understand how their personal data is being used, and what rights people have over their data. The fact is that HIPAA may not cover all of these data flows. Consumers should be informed that their providers are using these data in the context of their health and health care in a value exchange. This area will get more attention as patients become more aware of personal data from retail receipts and social network check-ins being used in disease management, wellness programs, or other uses that might do well to receive a patient opt-in in advance of using PHI beyond HIPAA’s embrace. I covered this topic in my paper, Here’s Looking At You, prepared for the California Healthcare Foundation. The cautions I raised in that paper five years ago remain unresolved in U.S. privacy law.

The patient as payor. Americans don’t save much relatively to peers in other developed countries (even compared to health citizens living in highly-taxed Scandinavia). Revenue cycle management (RCM) is a big HIMSS theme from providers’ points of view. But patients are now payors, facing high deductibles and thousand-dollar out-of-pocket costs that can overwhelm the average person’s savings account. Lively Inc.’s HSA Spend Report found that people who use a health savings account tend to interpret the “s” as “spending” more than the opportunity of “saving” with a triple-tax advantage. This is a benefit that too many patients-as-payors don’t well understand or take advantage of. Experian and TransUnion will be among the companies exhibiting at HIMSS that are involved in this space, which deals with a growing problem for healthcare CFOs and for consumers, as well. For patients facing cancer and other serious diseases, people can experience financial toxicity – that is, the side effect of being prescribed an expensive drug or procedure. I’ll be looking for consumer-facing solutions to lessen this fiscal-health challenge.

As I close out this first-of-many posts that I’ll be writing this week during HIMSS19, I come full circle to the Cramer-Apple-Epic saga. I found this tweet of mine from 2009 about Apple and Epic’s collaboration for a mobile EHR. That was tweeted ten years ago.

Life is long; HIMSS20 is but 366 days from today. Can we even imagine the bedfellows, strange or not, that will be collaborating for health-tech interoperability and consumer-facing care twelve months from now?

Health Populi’s Hot Points: I expect many conversations during HIMSS19 to involve the “A” words, Amazon and Apple. Since HIMSS18, Apple has expanded its footprint and collaborations in health, with hospitals, tech developers, and patients. Most relevant for HIMSS attendees, Apple has revealed plans to expand its reach into patient records which could, eventually, disrupt the businesses of, yes, Epic, along with other major EHR vendors like Allscripts, Cerner, et al.

As for Amazon, Investing.com just-released a survey conducted among Prime members asking what kinds of products these ecommerce shoppers would be keen to buy from the site. Health-oriented goods and services ranked highly along with the usual fast-moving consumer goods suspects.

Emerging categories, like medical cannabis, was also a new-new thing to add to the growing menu of possible healthy things Amazon could channel.

This is continued evidence that in 2019 and the near-term future, Amazon continues to “prime” consumers for experience. Price transparency, consumer reviews, and fast-shipping feature high on Prime shoppers’ love-list of features. These facets of consumer experience are bleeding over into peoples’ expectations for health care.

At HIMSS19, we’ll see this play out, through the fast-growth of voice assistants, price transparency and appointment-scheduling tools, and platforms for health benefits self-service.

See you on the show floor, or at any of my four public meet-ups this week, linked here:

Tuesday 12 February, 3 pm – Women in HIT Meet-up – Changing the Scales to #BalanceforBetter, HIMSS Spot, Hall C

https://www.himssconference.org/session/womeninhit-meetup-changing-scales-balanceforbetter

Tuesday 12 February, 4 pm – Meet the HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors, HIMSS Spot, Hall C

https://www.himssconference.org/session/meet-himss-social-media-ambassadors-1

Wednesday 13 February, 8 am – Microsoft Health Forum and Innovation Awards

https://www.himssconference.org/education/microsoft-health-forum

Thursday 14 February, 10:15 am – PCHA Consumerism of Health Forum– Digital Traction of Consumerization of Health Care panel with leaders from Walgreens, Heal, and Cleveland Clinic

https://www.himssconference.org/session/digital-traction-consumerization-healthcare

PS — For more insights into Epic, see a New York Times article published December 23, 2018, titled, “Willy Wonka and the Medical Software Factory.” This story takes us into the inner sanctum of Epic, and begins: “In the farm country of southern Wisconsin, 12 miles from Madison, is one of the nation’s biggest tech companies – and almost certainly the quirkiest.” It is a must-read for any HIMSS19 attendee.

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maxihealth · 6 years ago