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ALEKSANDR LUKASHENKO He’s president of Belarus again, winning 75 percent of the vote on Sept. 9. An impossibility, cry his critics. His biggest opponent, the international press, has barely noticed. GARY CONDIT Recently on the brink of disappearance himself, the congressman and former boyfriend of a missing intern has just been appointed to a subcommittee on terrorism and homeland security. THABO MBEKI Remember AIDS and South Africa’s efforts to conceal the crisis?...

He is definitely not the only “faceless YouTuber” on the platform but is undeniably the most popular one. He has over 5.66 million subscribers and over 20 million views on two of his recent videos. This article looks at some of the most commonly asked questions about the YouTuber. The mystery behind Corpse Husband Although Corpse Husband has recently garnered a lot of popularity because of his Among Us streams, he started on YouTube with his captivating narration of horror stories....

RELATED: Iconic Shonen Protagonists That Surpassed Their Mentors Fans can get lost in plenty of anime with awesome world-building and fascinating characters who are truly well-crafted and have their own personal style, even when it comes to shoes. These brilliant characters have some of the most recognizable sneakers, boots, and even flip-flops in the anime universe that keep inspiring fans to create their style and show off their personality....

RELATED: The Best Harry Potter Games Of All Time Throughout the expansive world of Harry Potter exists an array of practical spells. There are spells for almost every imaginable task, but this is perhaps where certain spells begin to become a bit unnecessary. Some spells exist for the sole purpose of existing and benefit the user very little. Though the world of magic is a fascinating one, certain impractical spells aim to ruin it....

Starting this September, however, The Legend of Zelda fans will be able to unite that communal experience with their favorite Nintendo-developed franchise thanks to Monopoly: The Legend of Zelda Edition. The set will be available on September 15th and will retail for $39.99. As one might expect, Zelda Monopoly includes a set of game tokens that trade the traditional top hat, thimble, and car for items inspired by the beloved franchise....

Punctuated with clips from the finished scene, the video showcases a portion of the duel which served as the final crescendo of Zuko and Azula’s sibling tension. Known as “Agni Kai” (a traditional firebender duel in the world of The Last Airbender), the battle features some of the most impressive and highly praised animation in the entire show, and the pencil test doesn’t slack off in that department. RELATED: Check Out the Original Pilot for Avatar: The Last Airbender...

This much has been confirmed by The Last of Us: Part 2’s director, Neil Druckmann, during a discussion between him and Insomniac Games CEO Ted Price for The AIAS Game Maker’s Notebook podcast. As found in the video below, Druckmann explains that he and the team at Naughty Dog designed the footage for promotional purposes, saying, “The first trailer we showed kind of exists purely as an announcement. It’s not a scene that takes place in the game....

Neil Druckmann, writer and creative director of Uncharted 4 and The Last of Us, knew he was creating a very different sequel than most players were expecting. The narrative decisions were the basis of most fan complaints, but that has not stopped the tide of awards and attention on the highly anticipated sequel. RELATED: The Last Of Us 2: Is It Too Late For Single-Player DLC? The Last of Us 2 has not won every award, losing some of its nominations to the other games released in 2020....

Speaking to GamerBraves, Gross said that The Last of Us 2 is about 50% bigger than the first game. “The game I think we’re saying is about 50% bigger, but it is massive, not just in length, but in like, all of our levels are bigger and wider, we have more cinematics, we have more characters, we have more animations. We have larger melee systems. In every way, the game is bigger and better....

In the later half of The Last of Us Part 2, the player is tasked with playing as the controversial character Abby as she ventures deep into the ER floor of a heavily infected hospital controlled by the WLF, of which she is a member. The WLF are suspicious of Abby for going AWOL previously and try to capture her and bring her back to the WLF’s leader, Isaac, for questioning....

Not all gamers are happy with this outcome, as some were left disappointed and unsatisfied by the long-awaited sequel to 2013’s The Last of Us. But when it comes down to it, The Last of Us Part 2 is a great game that fully deserves the number of nominations that it has received, and it rightfully is one of the best games to come out of 2020 for many reasons....

I am amazed that as Saddam Hussein statues were toppled all over Iraq last week, all my fellow Europeans could talk about was the importance of U.N. rule in the country, and the danger of a long-term American occupation. They’ve got it backward. Wherever the United Nations goes, it tends to stay forever, and to perpetuate problems. It’s been in Bosnia for eight years now, in Kosovo and East Timor for four, in the Palestinian territories since'48....

Landscape has played an integral role in shaping Russia and its people. Napoleon’s defeat outside Moscow in 1812 was due in large part to the fact that his soldiers were unaccustomed to the harsh winter across the open plains. Tolstoy and his contemporaries were all drawn to the land as a backdrop for their work. “Wonderful walk across the fields,” wrote Tolstoy in his diary. “Came back home and was seized with the desire to write ‘The Cossacks’....

This year it seemed that, finally, Hafez Assad’s time had come. As the clock ticked over into the new millennium, the lean, wily Arab leader looked ready to reap the rewards of his inexhaustible patience. At long last, the Israelis withdrew from southern Lebanon last month and seemed ready to hand him back the Golan. Assad had all but established his Western-educated son Bashar as his successor. And like Arafat, he had also passed over that invisible threshold from roguehood to respect in Western eyes....

The games begin, the score keeps ticking over, never a ball missed, never a stroke fades… Ever wondered about the people who stay in the background and in a very unassuming manner go about their business in an almost unblessed manner. These unsung heroes are the scorers who form the crux of the battlefield and yet irrespective of the result of the ‘war’, no one bats an eyelid about their fates....

RELATED: 5 LOTR Characters Who Deserve Their Own Game After Lord of the Rings: Gollum Releases Tolkien actually answers these questions in the appendices and additional works. Middle-earth has several events that shape its foundation and alter its history, and many of these events are ripe for expanding in visual form, be it film, television, or video games. 11 The Creation The origins of Arda and, by extension, Middle-earth are biblical in nature....

Clinton went on, in his usual fashion, to try to have it both ways. Rather than pulling out of Somalia, he doubled America’s troop presence, sending in 1,930 army combat troops backed up by 3,700 marines offshore. Four AC-130 gunships and 76 tanks and armored vehicles will also be sent, and NEWSWEEK has learned that the Delta Force contingent–commandos trained for hostage rescue–is being increased to about 75 men. At the same time, the president promised that all troops would leave the country by March 31....

Just fresh off its second season, The Mandalorian remains Disney’s biggest new seller for its streaming service and the series’ success has driven the company to plan a slew of new Star Wars shows for the future, including some direct spin-offs from it. However, despite all its official success, The Mandalorian also gets quite a lot of unofficial internet credentials. RELATED: Directions A New Star Wars Trilogy Could Take Without Jedi...

While this may sound like a lofty goal to many, it’s not impossible. Many games have found their redemption, and there’s so many Marvel heroes and villains that would make a great DLC. However, when it comes to a big-name Marvel hero, there’s little doubt many are looking forward to Spider-Man joining Marvel’s Avengers’ roster. This particular DLC has its own challenges to overcome, but the impact it has on the game may have been softened by Hawkeye/Clint Barton’s March 18 release date....

What might be wrong with that word? That is a (literally) academic question, now that professors and somber quarterlies are creating a new discipline: masculinity studies. That subject is being, as it were, married to “women’s studies” to round out “gender studies,” as at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, where there now is a Center for the Study of Women and Men. Well. In olden days, before these things were understood with today’s clarity, people thought that when they studied subjects such as philosophy, history, politics, sociology, anthropology, art, music and literature they were engaged in the study of women and men....