Angelica Arinze

Angelica Arinze is an editorial intern for the Daily Dot and a third-year journalism student at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the director of the Daily Texan’s diversity and inclusion board and involved with the National Association of Black Journalists and BlackPrint, UT’s Black interest publication.

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NYC to Shut Businesses, Schools in Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
Oct.04 — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he’ll close businesses and schools in nine neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens where there’s been a surge in coronavirus infections. He spoke at a press briefing on Sunday. (Excerpts)

NYC to Shut Businesses, Schools in Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
Oct.04 — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he’ll close businesses and schools in nine neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens where there’s been a surge in coronavirus infections. He spoke at a press briefing on Sunday. (Excerpts)

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Travis Scott may have taken a break from strangling the Billboard Hot 100 over the past year, but now that the first-week numbers are in, it looks like his time away hasn’t reduced his grip strength much, if at all. Travis’ new single “Franchise” featuring Young Thug and M.I.A. debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 this week, beating international superstars BTS and the juggernaut that is Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” on the chart dated October 10, 2020.

“Franchise,” which pays homage to the 2004 Dem Franchise Boyz single “White Tee” and was previewed during Travis’ McDonald’s promo campaign, premiered with a short film ahead of select IMAX viewings of Tenet. The video eventually made its way online, while Travis delivered a cheeky performance of the track on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, all of which added up to a buzz that buoyed the new single to similar heights as Travis’ last No. 1 single, “The Scotts,” with Kid Cudi. It’s Travis’ fourth chart-topping single after “Highest In The Room” and “Sicko Mode” with Drake.

To beat BTS’ “Dynamite” and Cardi’s “WAP,” “Franchise” racked up 19.4 million U.S. streams and 98,000 units sold. It’s M.I.A.’s first No. 1 and Young Thug’s second. Check out more info on Billboard.com.

Young Thug is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Source: https://uproxx.com/music/travis-scott-young-thug-franchise-no-1-hot-100/

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Remember growing up playing Mario Bros. with your friends and having debates over who was the best at the game? Maybe you had competitions to figure it out, racing to see who got through the most levels in a single life, etc. Of course, there was only so much you could do with the original Mario and it’s four levels in eight worlds. All the same every time, with no real way to mix it up.

It is now 2020 and as such, that means there needs to be a Battle Royale for everything. Clearly inspired by the popularity of Tetris 99, Nintendo has taken their first major hit, Super Mario Bros. and turned it into a non-traditional Battle Royale called Mario 35. The concept is, like every Battle Royale, very simple. Whoever is the last one standing wins. If this had been released four years ago it may have been met with greater fanfare, but with a Battle Royale for everything, it’s hard to feel more than just curiosity about the title. It also doesn’t help that someone beat Nintendo to the punch here about a year ago when someone created this exact concept in a web browser game. They were met with a DMCA takedown notice.

That odd backstory aside, there is a definite curiosity here. What happens when you stick 35 people into a Mario style Battle Royale to see who comes out on top? While you might hope for lightning in a bottle, in reality, you get a lot of missed potential.

Mario 35 is a lot like Tetris 99. You go through a pre-determined set of Mario levels stomping on goombas, kicking turtle shells, getting power up Mushrooms, and shooting fireballs until you’re the last Mario standing. The way it’s similar to Tetris 99 is that as you play you are surrounded by the other 35 Marios and you can “attack” them. You do this by defeating enemies on your screen which will then send them all to the screens you have targeted. You can send just about any kind of enemy to your opponents from Goombas, to Pirannah Plants, and Bowser himself.

This does create some fun opportunities to gang up on a single person and send a bunch of enemies their way all at once, but be careful doing that cause they can destroy them all and send them right back at you. Unfortunately, while this is one of Mario 35‘s best aspects, it’s also one of the less interesting ones. It is funny when you send a Bowser at someone, and the thought of them having to work their way through three Bowsers is a funny one, but it can at times feel largely ineffective.

In Tetris 99 when you sent junk to someone else’s screen you were messing up their builds they were working with. They were having to change strategies on the fly and quickly. In Mario 35 it’s just another enemy that you can power through with a fireball and you can take your time doing so. This doesn’t mean that an overwhelming amount of enemies can’t lead to your death, they did so plenty for me, but more often than not I personally ended up dying due to my own mistakes rather than ones caused by other players.

This also made matches feel a little too long. When you reach the final 10 players it becomes a war of attrition as there are fewer enemies to send after one another. It just kinda turns into everyone playing standard Mario. Not a bad thing, but a little less exciting without the chaos of the earlier portions of the round.

To Nintendo’s credit, they seem to acknowledge that matches can grow stale and have a “Special Battle” section that offers unique circumstances to try and keep things fresh. Players can start off with a mushroom or have less clock on their timer than usual in this. It’s a nice mix up and should keep bringing players back. There are of course daily challenges as well so even after you’ve unlocked every level, all the icons, and become the best Mario 35 player in the world there will always be something to keep you coming back. As long as you still have an interest in the game.

Length of interest will be what decides just how popular Mario 35 becomes. The idea isn’t particularly new and outside of the Battle Royale modes, there isn’t much to offer players to keep coming back. If they lose interest they’re going to fall off fast. Nintendo will need to provide a lot of support for this game to avoid it quickly falling out of the collective consciousness of gamers.

At the end of the day, Mario 35 is a fairly entertaining game but it needs more to really push it over the top. It is free on the Nintendo eShop so there’s nothing to stop you from trying it out. Give it a go, especially if you’re a Mario fan. Maybe you’ll fall in love with it. There’s just no guarantee the good times will last longer than a week.

Source: https://uproxx.com/gaming/mario-35-nintendo-switch-review/

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Credit Card Declines, also known as My Card Declines, refers to a series of image macros and reaction images that revolve around scenarios of one’s credit card being declined after a service has already been completed, resulting in the work being undone after a failed transaction. Typically, these memes reference medical procedures that are crudely reversed in the reaction image below a caption. The theme was primarily seen on Reddit in late September but spread to other social media platforms in early October 2020.

Origin

The first example to use the theme surfaced online around late September 2020, but the exact first is unknown. One of the earliest versions (shown below) was posted on September 20th, 2020, by Redditor Akameismywaifu to the /r/PrequelMemes subreddit. The meme received over 48,200 upvotes, 298 comments and several Reddit awards in 14 days.

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On September 30th, 2020, Redditor KristenK8 posted another example to the /r/memes subreddit (seen below, left), receiving over 64,600 upvotes, 199 comments and numerous Reddit awards in five days. That same day, Redditor GGarbonzo posted an anti-meme version of the theme (seen below, right), receiving over 33,000 upvotes, 597 comments and numerous Reddit awards in five days.

On October 3rd, the Facebook page WTF Life Jokes posted a variant to their feed (shown below, left), accumulating over 8,300 likes, 1,600 shares and 112 comments in roughly 60 hours. Later that day, the Facebook page Star Wars Sheevposting uploaded another example (shown below, right), accumulating over 4,100 likes, 2,000 shares and 172 comments in roughly 40 hours.

On October 3rd, the Instagram account spongebob.memepage posted a version alongside the caption, “Wiped from your memories” (seen below, left), receiving over 19,850 likes in roughly 48 hours. On October 4th, the Instagram account zuccccccccccc posted another example (seen below, right), receiving over 27,100 likes in roughly 24 hours.

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Despite public-facing support of President Donald Trump’s questionable photo ops while he’s being treated for COVID-19 at Walter Reed hospital, Trump’s family is reportedly divided over his erratic behavior. Donald Trump Jr. appears to be the most concerned, and the situation reached a head following the president’s impromptu motorcade on Sunday, which led to pointed criticisms about endangering the lives of Secret Service agents and raised questions about the president’s mental stability. According to Vanity Fair, Trump Jr. has been attempting to enlist his siblings in an intervention, but his pitch is going as expected.

“Don Jr. has said he wants to stage an intervention, but Jared and Ivanka keep telling Trump how great he’s doing,” a source said. Don Jr. is said to be reluctant to confront his father alone. “Don said, ‘I’m not going to be the only one to tell him he’s acting crazy,’” the source added.

As you can see, the President’s children spent the weekend cheerleading Trump’s attempt to downplay the severity of his condition despite being hospitalized. Here’s Ivanka calling the president “relentless” as he signs stacks of blank paper in a Saturday photo op.

And here’s Eric cheering on the motorcade that left Trump Jr. “deeply upset” by his father’s actions.

However, Vanity Fair reports that all three children are “united” that the president’s Monday morning tweetstorm is cause for concern. After Trump fired off more than a dozen all-caps tweets with such phrases as “SPACE FORCE. VOTE!” and “LAW & ORDER. VOTE!” the hashtag #RoidRage quickly started trending on Twitter, much to the dismay of his family. “They’re all worried,” a source said. “They’ve tried to get him to stop tweeting.”

(Via Vanity Fair)

Source: https://uproxx.com/viral/donald-trump-jr-thinks-president-is-acting-crazy/

Samantha Shaps

Samantha Shaps is a journalism student at the University of Texas at Austin and a contributor for the Daily Dot.

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