Terry Crews Has His Own Cryptocurrency Because Why Not?
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Soon you could be spending money minted by Terry Crews certainly an exciting piece of news if that’s been an ambition of yours.
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The former NFL player, actor, and game show host just launched his own social currency via the startup Roll, a platform that allows so-called “creatives” to crypto-monetize themselves and their own content via what is essentially a decentralized blockchain-based crediting system. The company says it sees itself as a way for people like Crews to engage with their fans and audiences in an entirely new way.
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Super Sentai, the Japanese superhero series that ultimately gave the West its own legion of superheroes in the
Power Rangers franchise, turns 45 this year. It’s celebrating in suitably zany style, with a new series that sees its heroes take inspiration from past teams. Or, more accurately for some of them, their giant robots, including one iconic robot in particular.
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This past weekend
Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger officially kicked off in Japan, introducing the 45th official team in the long-running franchise’s history. Like past anniversary series before it such as
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (adapted, rather terribly, as
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At first, “Get Right With God” seems like it’s trying to shake up the formulaic nature of the series, by keeping our protagonist bound and drugged for the majority of the running time; unfortunately, as it unfolds, you realize that’s only partly true. Watching this show is like playing network crime drama Bingo: The pilot gave us a standard killer-of-the-week procedural; the second episode, a
Law & Order-esque interrogation narrative; and last week found the show doing a gloss on the ol’ “internal investigation threatens to take down our heroes” shtick. So if “good guy is caught by the villain for an episode-long battle of wits” lines up with those others on your playing board, congratulations! Bingo.
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The pesky 25-year import rule locks Americans out of some sweet cars from other parts of the world. However, cars that are apparently ineligible for import still turn up here from time to time. This 2001 Lada 110 for sale in Texas is one of the stranger under-25 cars I’ve seen in the country.
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I saw this Lada 110 for sale by DFW Cars & Trucks for $10,950 during one of my searches for dope cars for sale, and I have been trying to learn more about it ever since.
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The Lada 110 (also called the VAZ-2110) is a family sedan for you and three of your loyal comrades. It’s sleeker than you might expect a Russian sedan to be, and that’s because the 110 is the fruit of engineering by Avtovaz and Porsche, Hagerty reports .
Every Friday, A.V. Club
staffers kick off our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans and recent gaming glories, but of course, the real action is down in the comments, where we invite you to answer our eternal question:
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There are certain words, in a video gaming context, that get my antennas immediately up, and my idiosyncratic saliva glands metaphorically flowing. (Actual drooling is a bad habit to mix with gaming; it tends to short the controllers out.) These topics all speak to my particular obsessions: Words like “time loop,” and “detective game,” and “no swimming, please.” But one of these regular obsessions has dimmed a bit, of late, sullied by a steady tide of lackluster execution. Which leads me to ask: Why is a good job system in video games suddenly so hard to find?