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Fear the Walking Dead showrunner reveals if latest twist was based off the comic book
By Dalton Ross
[SPOILER ALERT: Read on only if you've already watched Sunday's Fear the Walking Dead episode, "Captive."]
Did we just witness the first big event from The Walking Dead comic book getting adapted onto Fear the Walking Dead? That was our question after Madison returned Connor's brother Reed in a prisoner exchange to get Travis and Alicia back. Only one problem: Reed was now a zombie. So they put a sack over his head, and when Connor removed it, zombie Reed bit a chunk out of his arm, after which chaos ensued.
The incident called to mind a very similar moment in The Walking Dead comic book where Negan returned Holly to Alexandria, but with a sack over her head, and when it was removed, it revealed Holly as a zombie who immediately bit Denise's arm, after which, yes, chaos ensured.
So was that a direct homage or just a random similarity? We asked Fear showrunner Dave Erickson that and a whole bunch more as he walked us through the latest episode, including the return of Flight 462's Alex, Strand siding with Madison, the voices in Daniel's head, and Alicia's big decision at the end. (Click through both pages to read the entire interview, and for more Fear the Walking Dead scoop, follow me on Twitter @DaltonRoss.)
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: I want to start right at the beginning of the episode and what is going on with Connor cooking this nice meal for Alicia? He's cooking her up some steak and he's being very friendly with her. What is happening here?
DAVE ERICKSON: I think it's a wonderful scene to start the episode. What we found out at the end of last week is that certain people are going to be allowed to go back to Connor's base and one is Travis — for reasons we're about to discover — and then the other is Alicia. And Connor knows that Jack feels he has this bond and this relationship with Alicia and he wanted to bring her. This is really Connor getting to know her and showing that here's a slice of normalcy. In this apocalyptic world, here's something normal. Here's something I can do. It's what I used to do when I had my old job. And I think to a certain extent he's trying to show her that life here can be okay. There's a place for her. He's cooking her probably the first real meal that she's had in quite some time. There's a little bit of a seduction going on, but it isn't sexual or romantic in nature.
Let's shift over to the Abigail for a second, and I love this scene of watching Daniel Salazar cleaning Reed's wound while there's a giant pole sticking through him. How much is that going to do?
I think it's two things. We've seen Daniel knows how to operate around wounds, obviously, and he knows how to monitor and maintain pain, and I think he's trying to fend off infection and clean him up and make sure it doesn't get worse. But we come to realize when he leaves the room and when Chris follows him, it was a different form of interrogation. We've seen Daniel torture before. We've seen him get information the hard way, and he's still inflicting some pain, but he's also got a soft touch a little bit so that he can draw information out of him without having to necessarily jack up the pain meter that much.
So Madison wants to go get her family, but Luis is adamant that they head South. Strand sides with Madison, to a point. And when she thanks him, he basically says, "You only bought yourself half a day by saving me." This also comes a few minutes after he tells Luis that everything is a negotiation. Is that how he just sees everything in the world, in terms of a balance sheet like when he says to Madison, "Now we're even"?
He absolutely does, but I also think, I mean, he's indebted now. There is that theme of obligation. It's what Strand says to Nick back in episode 105 last season, and I think it means something to him. He does now owe her a debt. She didn't have to save him. She didn't have to go after him, and she did. Mind you, she did it because she's growing to like the guy despite herself, but she also realized last week that he is the key. "We need him if we're going to make it to Mexico, so to protect my family at large I'm going to make this compromise. I'm going to go get this guy before I go after Alicia and Travis."
And then, he's returning the favor, essentially. He's saying, "Okay we'll go get them," but subsequent to that we'll realize everything's even again. But what I like about that relationship as it develops and as it continues to develop is that you are going to see an affection growing. You're going to continue to see the two of them becoming friends, and I think that's not something either of them, frankly, have very many of, so in some respects they're like-minded. They're sort of kindred spirits.
And we have that scene later where Strand and Daniel both acknowledge the fact that they are both taking this big risk even though they have no skin in the game. Could there be a bit of budding mutual respect here?
Salazar and Strand do respect each other. I also think that of everyone on the boat, Salazar is probably the only one that Strand fears just a little bit, because he knows what Salazar's capable of. But yeah, there's an understanding that each man will do what it takes to get through the current situation, and they respect each other because it's smart to respect each other, but I also think they remain a little bit guarded.
Big surprise revealed here as we find out how Connor and company knew all their names as Alex from Flight 462 shows up outside of Travis' cell. It's funny because when she says that she asked for him specifically, I immediately thought to myself, "Why would she ask for him and not Strand, who cut the rope?" And then she proceeds to explain why she wanted Travis. And I guess in her eyes, he committed the bigger sin because he knew it was sin, right?
Exactly. I think Strand, from her perspective — he's a bad man. It was a never a question for him what was right or what was wrong. He knew that he didn't want them on the boat. He wanted to cut them loose from the get-go, and I think in Travis there's a nice moment between the two of them at the end of episode 203. She gets a chance to size him up and she realizes how difficult a decision that was for him. She realizes that he suffers for it. It pains him. And I think for her, she sees an opportunity to save him — if that makes any sense. She couldn't save Jake and she totally ratted out the Abigail when she was picked up by Connor, but she's trying to teach a lesson and she's curious to see if Travis is going to embrace that lesson. Will he take anything away from it?
And it's interesting because there's a really interesting turn that Cliff plays beautifully in that episode, and I think Carla Ching wrote it beautifully. But if he had gone back to the Abigail after the rescue and Chris had not shot Reed, I think things would have changed. I think there would have been a much different connection between Travis and Chris, and fortunately in his absence Chris took the next step along his journey and I think anything that Travis learned from that experience with Alex has to be put on the back burner.
Will we see Alex again?
That is an excellent question. The second most enigmatic character, I think, on the show after Strand, is Alex, and she definitely isn't going to stick around. She's basically done the work she wanted to do. I don't imagine her continuing to stay, and she says she's not going to work for Connor. She accomplished what she wanted. I expect that she's bound to venture back off into the apocalypse, so you don't see her end. There's always that possibility.
NEXT: Was that ending a direct moment from The Walking Dead comic book?[pagebreak]
So Chris shoots Reed because he says he was going to turn but everyone seems pretty unsure of this, so they're still figuring out the rules of how this works aren't they?
Yeah, but I think with Chris it's a little bit more specific. Reed's a bully and Reed can sense people's weaknesses, and he sees weakness and insecurity in Chris, so he goes after him. I mean, he really rides him. He threatens him. He chokes him. He puts a gun to his head. So Chris doesn't like this guy out of the gate, and what we see Reed start to do is get personal, and start to talk about his family, and start to talk about his father, and we ellipse sort of over the moment, but in my mind he kept talking about things and eventually got around to talking about Chris' mom, which is a place you don't want to go.
That's the fundamental question which comes out subsequent to this, which is: Sid Chris really think he was going to turn? Did Chris lose himself in a moment of anger and rage? Is that the next step in his evolution? He's gone from killing infected, and then he mercy killed that poor gentleman on the plane, and now has he actually crossed that line and committed murder. And that's one of the questions. That's the thing also that Travis will be faced with when he returns.
So Chris shoots Reed. Then we have zombie Reed who jumps up because he was shot in the face and not the brain, and Daniel has the idea to still use him as trade bait. So they put a hood on him and trade him for Travis, and when Connor takes the hood off, he gets bit by his brother. This is actually one of the most direct things I can think of that was done in the original Walking Dead comic book, because there is a scene where Negan does the same thing with Holly by bringing her back and unleashing zombie Holly on Alexandria and she bites Denise's arm. Was this a direct homage to that or just a similarity?
It's just a similarity because I missed that issue. None of my EP partners mentioned that, so it is a coincidence. I guess it's tricky when you've written as many issues as Robert has, I guess it's inevitable that there's going to be moments when we echo something from the comic book, but it was not intentional, but if people want to take it as a homage, all the better.
Getting back to Daniel, we see this one scene where he's hearing this voice saying, "Take the gun, Daniel," when he's putting the bag over Reed's head. What's that all about?
What's interesting about Daniel this season is losing Griselda. It's a huge loss to him, and obviously he's traumatized by the fact that she was taken away from him last season. He wasn't with her when she died. He was never able to properly bury her, and I think what you start to see is the he's also someone who shared his secrets with Griselda. She knew what he was back in El Salvador and in her he received forgiveness. She supported him. She understood him. And now, in her absence, Griselda's been replaced with Ophelia, who now knows that he was a torturer that committed war crimes, committed atrocities, and in her he sees judgement.
What we're starting to see with Daniel is a lot of his ghosts are coming back, and the things that he was able to bury for so long because he had Griselda, they're starting to sort of creep around the edges. They're starting to fragment his psyche a little bit. And again, it's part of the larger mystery of Daniel Salazar, which we'll continue to explore the next few episodes. But yeah, he's getting to a bad place. He's getting to a place where his past is catching up to him.
Meanwhile, you have Alicia making her own escape. And she basically ditches Jack to go back to her family. Are there any thoughts she has there of bringing him with her because he was planning to help her escape, or can she still not forgive him for what he did?
I think it's a lack of forgiveness, but I also think her suspicion is that Reed might have killed her family. Her suspicion in this episode is that they promised to take care of them. They promised to drop them off on the coast, and she begins to feel that they didn't do that, and out of desperation she wants to get on a boat and she wants to escape with Jack and go find them. So in that moment it really is kind of a means to an end. She needs Jack to escape, and then when Travis and her mom return she doesn't need him anymore.
It isn't that she's cold hearted. It isn't that she doesn't think Jack is a decent person, but in that particular moment the complications are too great. She's looking down and watching her mother and watching Travis fight with Connor and his men and she sees a way to get out. She's beginning to realize, if she hasn't already, that it's better to travel light when you can, so she cuts the cord. It's kind of bittersweet because I do think Jack actually cared for her.
I also think Strand and Luis would have lost their minds if she had brought another body back on the boat. Okay, we only have two episodes left before you break, so what can you say about next week's episode?
The big question is going to be answered. Again, we discovered that Strand had an agenda back in episode 2 when Daniel realized that Mexico was a destination for him, and now we're going to find out: Is Mexico our destination and can it work and will it work, and if it does is it the sanctuary that was promised by Strand? And will we be able to get there?
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A morpheme is the smallest meaningful lexical item in a language. A morpheme is not a word. The difference between a morpheme and a word is that a morpheme sometimes does not stand alone, but a word on this definition always stands alone. The field of linguistic study dedicated to morphemes is called morphology.
In English, when a morpheme can stand alone, it is considered a root because it has a meaning of its own (such as the morpheme cat). When it depends on another morpheme to express an idea, it is an affix because it has a grammatical function (such as the –s in cats to indicate plurality).[1]. However this definition is not universal and it does not apply to, for example, Latin, where many roots cannot stand alone. For instance, the Latin root reg- (king) must always be suffixed with a case marker: rex (reg-s), reg-is, reg-i, etc. In a language like Latin, a root can be defined as the main lexical morpheme of a word.
For some examples:
"Unbreakable" is composed of three morphemes: un- (a bound morpheme signifying "not"), -break- (the root, a free morpheme), and -able (a free morpheme signifying "can be done").
Allomorphs of the plural morpheme for regular nouns: /s/ (e.g., in cats /kæts/), /ɪz, əz/ (e.g., in dishes /dɪʃɪz/), and /z/ (e.g., in dogs /dɒɡz/).
1 Classification of morphemes
1.1 Free and bound morphemes
1.2 Classification of bound morphemes
1.2.1 Derivational Bound morphemes
1.2.2 Derivational morphemes
1.2.2.1 Inflectional bound morphemes
1.2.3 Inflectional morphemes
1.3 Allomorphs
1.4 Zero-Bound-Morpheme
1.5 Zero-Morpheme
1.6 Content vs. function
2 Other features
3 Morphological icons
4 Morphological analysis
5 Changing definitions
Classification of morphemes[edit]
Free and bound morphemes[edit]
Main article: Bound and free morphemes
Every morpheme can be classified as either free or bound.[2] Since the categories are mutually exclusive, a given morpheme will belong to exactly one of them.
Free morphemes can function independently as words (e.g. town, dog) and can appear within lexemes (e.g. town hall, doghouse).
Bound morphemes appear only as parts of words, always in conjunction with a root and sometimes with other bound morphemes. For example, un- appears only accompanied by other morphemes to form a word. Most bound morphemes in English are affixes, particularly prefixes and suffixes. Examples of suffixes are -tion, -sion, -tive, -ation, -ible, and -ing. Bound morphemes that are not affixed are called cranberry morphemes.
Classification of bound morphemes[edit]
Bound morphemes can be further classified as derivational or inflectional morphemes. The main difference between derivational morphemes and inflectional morphemes is their function in relation to words.
Derivational Bound morphemes[edit]
Derivational morphemes[edit]
Derivational morphemes, when combined with a root, change the semantic meaning or the part of speech of the affected word. For example, in the word happiness, the addition of the bound morpheme -ness to the root happy changes the word from an adjective (happy) to a noun (happiness). In the word unkind, un- functions as a derivational morpheme since it inverts the meaning of the root morpheme (word) kind. Generally, morphemes that affix (i.e., affixes) to a root morpheme (word) are bound morphemes.
Inflectional bound morphemes[edit]
Inflectional morphemes[edit]
Inflectional morphemes modify the tense, aspect, mood, person, or number of a verb, or the number, gender, or case of a noun, adjective, or pronoun, without affecting the word's meaning or class (part of speech). Examples of applying inflectional morphemes to words are adding -s to the root dog to form dogs, or adding -ed to wait to form waited. An inflectional morpheme changes the form of a word. English has eight inflections.[3][4]
Allomorphs[edit]
Allomorphs are variants of a morpheme that differ in pronunciation but are semantically identical. For example, the English plural marker -(e)s of regular nouns can be pronounced /-s/ (bats), /-z/, (bugs), or /-ɪz, -əz/, (buses), depending on the final sound of the noun's plural form.
Zero-Bound-Morpheme[edit]
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Zero-Morpheme[edit]
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A zero-morpheme, is a type of morpheme that carries semantic meaning but is not represented by auditory phonemes. They are often represented by /Ø/ within glosses.[5]
Generally, these types of morphemes have no visible changes. For instance, sheep is both the singular and the plural form. The intended meaning is thus derived from the Co-occurrence determiner (in this case, "some-" or "a-").[6]
Content vs. function[edit]
Content morphemes express a concrete meaning or content, and function morphemes have more of a grammatical role. For example, the morphemes fast and sad can be considered content morphemes. On the other hand, the suffix -ed is a function morpheme since it has the grammatical function of indicating past tense.
Both categories may seem very clear and intuitive, but the idea behind them is occasionally harder to grasp since they overlap with each other.[7] Examples of ambiguous situations are the preposition over and the determiner your, which seem to have concrete meanings but are considered function morphemes since their role is to connect ideas grammatically.[8] Here is a general rule to determine the category of a morpheme:
Content morphemes include free morphemes that are nouns, adverbs, adjectives, and verbs, and include bound morphemes that are bound roots and derivational affixes.[8]
Function morphemes may be free morphemes that are prepositions, pronouns, determiners, and conjunctions. Sometimes, they are bound morphemes that are inflectional affixes.[8]
Other features[edit]
Roots are composed of only one morpheme, while stems can be composed of more than one morpheme. Any additional affixes are considered morphemes. For example, in the word quirkiness, the root is quirk, but the stem is quirky, which has two morphemes.
Moreover, some pairs of affixes have the same phonological form but have a different meaning. For example, the suffix –er can be either derivative (e.g. sell ⇒ seller) or inflectional (e.g. small ⇒ smaller). Such morphemes are called homophonous.[8]
Some words might seem to be composed of multiple morphemes but are not. Therefore, not only form but also meaning must be considered when identifying morphemes. For example, the word relate might seem to be composed of two morphemes, re- (prefix) and the word late, but it is not.[citation needed] Those morphemes have no relationship with the definitions relevant to the word like "to feel sympathy," "to narrate," or "to be connected by blood or marriage." By contrast, the word rename does consist of two morphemes; here the morpheme re- indicates that the action "name" is done again.
Furthermore, the length of a word does not determine whether or not it has multiple morphemes. The word Madagascar is long and might seem to have morphemes like mad, gas, and car, but it does not. Conversely, some short words have multiple morphemes (e.g. dogs = dog + s).[8]
Morphological icons[edit]
Morphological icons are images, patterns or symbols that relate to a specific morpheme.[9] For children with dyslexia, it has been shown to be an effective way of building up a word. The word 'inviting' as an example is made up of two commonly used morphemes, 'in-' and '-ing'. A morphological icon for 'in-' could be an arrow going into a cup, and '-ing' could be an arrow going forward to symbolise that something is in action (as in being, running, fishing).
The concept of combining visual aid icons with morpheme teaching methods was pioneered from the mid 1980s by Neville Brown.[10] He founded the Maple Hayes school for dyslexia in 1981, where he later improved the method alongside his son, Daryl Brown. The school's curriculum uses morphological icons as a learning aid.[11]
Morphological analysis[edit]
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In natural language processing for Japanese, Chinese, and other languages, morphological analysis is the process of segmenting a sentence into a row of morphemes. Morphological analysis is closely related to part-of-speech tagging, but word segmentation is required for these languages because word boundaries are not indicated by blank spaces.[citation needed]
The purpose of morphological analysis is to determine the minimal units of meaning in a language or morphemes by using comparisons of similar forms: for example, comparing forms such as "She is walking" and "They are walking," rather than comparing either with something completely different like "You are reading." Thus, the forms can be effectively broken down into parts and the different morphemes can be distinguished.
Similarly, both meaning and form are equally important for the identification of morphemes. For instance, an agent morpheme is an affix like -er that transforms a verb into a noun (e.g. teach → teacher). On the other hand, –er can also be a comparative morpheme that changes an adjective into another degree of the same adjective (eg.. small → smaller). Although the form is the same, the meanings are different. Also, the opposite can occur, with the meaning being the same but the form being different.[8]
Changing definitions[edit]
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In generative grammar, the definition of a morpheme depends heavily on whether syntactic trees have morphemes as leaves or features as leaves.
Direct surface-to-syntax mapping in lexical functional grammar (LFG) – leaves are words
Direct syntax-to-semantics mapping
Leaves in syntactic trees spell out morphemes: distributed morphology – leaves are morphemes
Branches in syntactic trees spell out morphemes: radical minimalism and nanosyntax – leaves are "nano-" (small) morpho-syntactic features
Given the definition of a morpheme as "the smallest meaningful unit," nanosyntax aims to account for idioms in which an entire syntactic tree often contributes "the smallest meaningful unit." An example idiom is "Don't let the cat out of the bag." Here, the idiom is composed of "let the cat out of the bag." This might be considered a semantic morpheme that is itself composed of many syntactic morphemes. Other cases of the "smallest meaningful unit" being longer than a word include some collocations such as "in view of" and "business intelligence", in which the words together have a specific meaning.
The definition of morphemes also plays a significant role in the interfaces of generative grammar in the following theoretical constructs:
Event semantics: the idea that each productive morpheme must have a compositional semantic meaning (a denotation), and if the meaning is there, there must be a morpheme (whether null or overt).
Spell-out: the interface where syntactic/semantic structures are "spelled out" by using words or morphemes with phonological content. This can also be thought of as lexical insertion into the syntactic.
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The IDC is located at St. Paul's Hospital, in the west end of Vancouver, close to the gay village. In the 1980s, the hospital welcomed people with AIDS and AIDS-defining illnesses to receive care. The IDC grew out of the hospital's commitment to serve people living with and affected by HIV.
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Meteorologická věž Libuš (nazývaná také jako Libušská observatoř) je bývalý meteorologický radar v Praze 4, Kamýku, spadající pod Český hydrometeorologický ústav. Šedesátimetrová stavba byla postavena mezi roky 1973 až 1979 dle návrhu českého architekta Karla Hubáčka. Nachází se ve výšce 295 m n. m., vrchol tedy ve výšce 355 m n. m. a je tak viditelným orientačním bodem. Jmenuje se podle blízké pražské čtvrti Libuš, přestože v jejím katastru nestojí.

Roku 1969 byl v budově instalován radar TESLA RM-2 a od roku 1971 sloužil pro pravidelná manuální měření. Do věže byl instalován sovětský radar MRL-2 roku 1979. Mezi roky 1979 až 2000 sloužila věž jako meteorologický radar k sledování především srážek, ale také oblačnosti a dalších meteorologických cílů. Digitalizace byla v Praze-Libuši dokončena v roce 1992. Po výstavbě sídlišť v okolí (především sídliště Libuš) bylo ale pozorování znemožněno. Nahradila ji nová meteorologická věž Brdy.

V současnosti ve věži působí především mobilní operátoři.

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Vysílače v Pražské plošině
Vysílače v Praze
Věže v Praze
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"""
USAGE:
    text-search.py <string> <image>...
"""

from classifier import load_classifier
import cv2
import docopt
from features import hogdesc
import mserfeatures
import numpy as np
import ocr
from random import randint
from rectutils import find_words, next_on_same_line, on_consecutive_line, same_height
import searchcriteria
from searchcriteria import SearchCriteria
import templates
import time
import utils

def prepare_detect(img, rects):
    vec = np.empty((len(rects), 24, 24), np.uint8)
    for i in range(0,len(rects)):
        x, y, w, h = rects[i]
        roi = img[y:y+h,x:x+w]
        roi = cv2.resize(roi, (24,24))
        vec[i] = roi
    return hogdesc(vec)

def clip_coupon(img):
    img_grey = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
    ret, img_bin = cv2.threshold(img_grey ,127, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)
    imgc, contours, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(img_bin, cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
    contours_area = np.array([cv2.contourArea(c) for c in contours])
    main_contour = np.array(contours)[np.where(contours_area == contours_area.max())][0]
    x, y, w, h = cv2.boundingRect(main_contour)
    return img[y:y+h,x:x+w]

if __name__ == '__main__':

    arguments = docopt.docopt(__doc__)

    classifier = load_classifier()

    for i in arguments['<image>']:
        words = []
        for w in arguments['<string>'].split(' '):
            sc = SearchCriteria.parse(w)
            templates2d = templates.get_templates(sc.tokens)
            words.append({'word': w, 'sc': sc, 'templates2d': templates2d, 'matches': []})

        img = cv2.imread(i)
        img = clip_coupon(img)
        img_grey = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)

        # sharpen image
        blur = cv2.GaussianBlur(img_grey, (-1,-1), 3)
        img_grey = cv2.addWeighted(img_grey, 1.5, blur, -0.5, 0)

        # text region features
        char_rects = mserfeatures.get_features(img_grey)
        # filter aspect ratio
        #non_char_rects = [r for r in char_rects if (1.0/5.0) > float(r[2])/float(r[3]) or float(r[2])/float(r[3]) > 5]
        rect_word_rects = find_words(char_rects)
        img_rects = mserfeatures.get_inverse_features_with_canny(img, char_rects)
        #continue

        # img1 = img.copy()
        # utils.draw_rects(img1, char_rects)
        # cv2.namedWindow('img rects', cv2.WINDOW_NORMAL)
        # cv2.imshow('img rects', img1)
        # cv2.waitKey()
        # quit()

        # label features
        start = time.time()
        print "Running classifier..."
        vec = prepare_detect(img_grey, char_rects)
        char_results = classifier.predict(vec)
        char_results = char_results.reshape(-1)
        print "took %fs" % (time.time() - start,)

        for w in words:
            sc = w['sc']
            templates2d = w['templates2d']
            matches = w['matches']

            if sc.tokens == ['{','}']:
                matches.extend(rect_word_rects)
                continue
            elif sc.tokens == ['\\','i']:
                #matches.extend(np.array(char_rects)[char_results == 0])
                matches.extend(img_rects)
                continue

            # word features
            char_matches = np.in1d(char_results, list(sc.indexset()))
            matching_char_rects = np.array(char_rects, int)[char_matches]
            matching_char_results = char_results[char_matches]
            word_rects = []
            for result, rect in zip(matching_char_results, matching_char_rects):
                key = searchcriteria.get_label_value(int(result)).lower()
                for t in templates2d[key]:
                    word_rects.append(t.match2d(rect))

            # filter within image
            word_rects = [r for r in word_rects if not (r[0] < 0 or r[1] < 0 or r[2] > img.shape[1] or r[3] > img.shape[0])]

            start = time.time()
            print "Running OCR..."
            for r in word_rects:
                roi = img_grey[r[1]:r[1]+r[3],r[0]:r[0]+r[2]]
                text = ocr.ocr(roi)
                for m in templates.match(sc.tokens, text.lower()):
                    matches.append(r)
            print "took %fs" % (time.time() - start,)

        start = time.time()
        print "Matching words and lines..."
        line_matches = [[r] for r in words[0]['matches']]
        for idx in range(1, len(words)):
            tmp = []
            second_word_matches = words[idx]['matches']
            for lm in line_matches:
                for r2 in second_word_matches:
                    r1 = lm[-1]
                    if same_height(r1, r2) and (next_on_same_line(r1, r2) or on_consecutive_line(r1, r2)):
                        tmp.append(list(lm) + [r2])
            line_matches = tmp
        print "took %fs" % (time.time() - start,)

        for lm in line_matches:
            color = (randint(0,255), randint(0,255), randint(0,255))
            x, y, w, h = cv2.boundingRect(np.concatenate([utils.points(r) for r in lm]))
            img = cv2.rectangle(img, (x,y), (x+w,y+h), color, 2)
            # extract text of match
            roi = img_grey[y:y+h,x:x+w]
            text = ocr.ocr(roi)
            print color, text

        cv2.namedWindow('Matches ' + i, cv2.WINDOW_NORMAL)
        cv2.imshow('Matches ' + i, img)

    cv2.waitKey()

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Kurinbi (Dhivehi: ކުރިނބީ) is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Dhaalu Atoll administrative division and geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives.

History
The island was severely damaged by the great cyclone of 1821 that hit the northern atolls of the Maldives.

Geography
The island is  north of the country's capital, Malé.

Demography

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Ma Alalta es un estratovolcán en la región de Afar de Etiopía, ubicado muy al oeste de la depresión de Danakil, al pie de la escarpa regional etíope. Tiene una elevación de la cumbre de 1745 m y se encuentra entre dos grandes horst relacionados con el Rift de África Oriental .

Ma Alalta es de composición traquítica y riolítica, con calderas anidadas de forma ovalada en su cima. Extendiéndose al noreste y sureste del estratovolcán hay depósitos de ignimbrita que pueden estar relacionados con la formación de una caldera más grande en la que se encuentra Ma Alalta.

Los flancos noroeste, sureste y este de Ma Alalta han producido flujos de lava basáltica juveniles, mientras que el flanco sur ha producido cúpulas de obsidiana pantellerítica y flujos de lava recientes. Una de las cúpulas exhibe actividad fumarólica.

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A plan put forward by Germany and France to establish a mechanism to take in irregular migrants who arrive in the European Union has been rejected by Spain. Madrid voiced its objection to the idea because it would be limited to migrants who arrive in Italy or Malta, and would not include Spain.
"Spain has no objection to temporary agreements, providing that they apply to the entire Mediterranean," said Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska on February 7 during an informal meeting with his EU counterparts in Bucharest, according to sources familiar with the talks.
As reported by Spain's daily newspaper El País, there is a sense of weariness among Spanish lawmakers over the attitude of Italy, which has essentially closed its borders to irregular migrants, as well as the feeling that solidarity with Spain in terms of it coping with the influx of arrivals is limited among fellow EU member states.
The French-German plan involved a temporary solution, based on a mechanism for sharing out the migrants arriving from Libya. The participation in such a mechanism would be voluntary, and a handful of countries – the Netherlands, Portugal and Romania among others – as well as those who would benefit – Italy and Malta – appear willing to back the proposal.
According to the daily, Spain considers it unfair that the plan is designed to alleviate the migratory pressure on Italy and Malta, two countries that are refusing to comply with their international obligations.
"Spain rescues [migrants] because it is obliged to do so," said Grande-Marlaska, as a clear reproach to those unwilling to do their part.


HOUGHTON – Local energy-focused nonprofit New Power Tour, Inc. made a bid to take over much of the management of the Houghton Energy Efficiency Team at HEET's regular monthly meeting Wednesday.
HEET is seeking a paid, part-time energy manager to lead its two-year push toward the $5 million Georgetown Energy Prize. On Wednesday, Lynn Artman, President of NPT's board of directors, proposed that NPT take over the energy manager's role, with NPT founder and Managing Director Melissa Davis handling the manager's daily duties. Oversight and major decision-making would be handled by both groups' boards, probably operating in joint session.
"We would like to take all our resources, equipment and knowledge, and help HEET move forward at a faster pace," Artman said. NPT, she said, has been working closely with HEET since the beginning of the Georgetown Prize effort, and has extensive experience with the same types of weatherization and energy efficiency efforts HEET plans.
HEET, Artman added, will hopefully bring the human energy and volunteers to increase NPT's current pace of home weatherizations about 20-fold, to about 200 weatherizations per year.
HEET members at the meeting decided to give Davis and NPT's proposal equal consideration with other candidates for the energy manager job, rather than decide on it separately. They chose a five-person hiring committee to pick the manager, to be led by HEET board member and Hancock Mayor Lisa McKenzie.
Board member John "Brad" Barnett, who's been handling energy manager applications, said there are currently four applicants for the job, but he could not yet release names of other applicants.
Abhilash Kantamneni, who spearheaded the first phase of HEET's Georgetown drive, noted that it's crucial to fill the role quickly as the team now has less than two years in the Georgetown competition. He suggested a two- to three-week deadline for applications.
"I would like to establish a deadline, would like to hire this person ASAP and move on from there," Kantamneni said.
The energy manager position, which will be funded by a $30,000 grant from the Joyce Foundation, is currently defined as a one-year, full-time position to coordinate and lead numerous committees that will tackle various aspects of HEET's effort. Anyone interested in applying should send a cover letter, rsum or curriculum vitae and list of three references to admin@energizehoughton.org.
While one HEET member at the meeting questioned whether Davis might be "tapped out" from her current duties with NPT, Davis quickly responded that wasn't the case.
Efficiency Team members also learned that HEET would be holding a home weatherization training session for prospective volunteers on Sunday, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Michigan Technological University Memorial Union. The training requires pre-registration and only a few spots are still available, said HEET's Maria Janowiak, one of the event's organizers. For more information and to sign up, go to the Houghton Energy Efficiency Team page on Facebook.
Janowiak said she hopes to get at least one more training organized before the end of the school year.


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Who is Kevin Love's wife Kate Bock? All you need to know
NBA Champion and current Cleveland Cavaliers player Kevin Love has officially tied the knot. Kevin Love and his girlfriend, Kate Bock, were together for five years before they officially decided to put a ring on it.
Kate has had a successful life. It makes sense why Love was interested in her with her beauty and success. Kate appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, starting that journey in 2013. She appeared on the cover in 2020 with Olivia Culpo and Jasmine Sanders.
Vancouver, Canada-born Bock models for multiple other brands that are some of the biggest in the world.
Kevin Love's girlfriend has found as much success in her life as he has on the court. Love is a five-time All-Star, two-time All-NBA member, NBA champion, Gold Medalist, and many other accolades in his long NBA career.
Their wedding was reportedly magical as they tied the knot in New York City.
According to Vogue, Kate had the following to say about the special day:
"It was a lot of work, but we had so much fun doing it," Kate says. "We love being creative, and it was amazing to see the process of how our dream celebration came to life. I create moodboards all the time for my brand Love Kate, so making them for my wedding was natural for me. I would create moodboard after moodboard and ask for Kevin to provide his input."
"We both envisioned an old-school New York City, Great Gatbsy-inspired, black and white ball for the big day. That was the easy part! The hard part was just making the small detailed decisions—whether it was a specific linen, the seating chart, or where to get ready. Our amazing wedding planner Marcy and her team guided us along and helped us through everything."
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Kevin Love's wife wasn't the only one who loved the wedding. Love, who seems somewhat quiet in the media, made comments about what the day was like for him.
"Everything from the location and the children's gospel choir that sang during the ceremony to the sea of black and white tuxes and dresses and Kate — a vision coming down the stairs — made for an unreal and unforgettable experience," Love told Vogue.
Many fans expected Love and the Cavaliers to play well this season, and so far that's been the case. Some even believe that they could potentially win an NBA title if things do go their way, which would be the second of Love's career.
Kevin Love has played well this season, despite averaging 10 points per game. The 10 points per game is the lowest of his career, having started in 2008 with the Minnesota Timberwolves. However, he's also playing the least amount of minutes of his career. Love will look to continue knocking down shots for Cleveland and help them win the NBA Championship this season.
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12 types of colleagues and how to deal with them
As a bird is known by his note, so is a man – or colleague – by his talk. What are the different types of colleagues you can run into at work, and more importantly, how do you deal with them?
The workplace – also known as the adult version of a playground – is the habitat of different types of colleagues. As is the case with a playground, every workplace has its rules and every colleague has its own personality. Some of these we prefer over others.
For the sake of your career, your company and yourself, it is for the best that you get along with as many of your colleagues as possible. Therefore, we listed twelve different types of colleagues, how they can be recognized and how (not) to deal with them.
1. The Winner
How to recognize them: This is the person your boss will look at if something needs to be done. Basically, the Winner can be described as the ideal employee. The Winner is the go-to person for important moments or big projects. Needless to say, this person has a long list of accomplishments, stays calm and structured in every situation and is capable of being in charge. The Winner is a real asset for a company.
How to deal with them: Keep supporting and encouraging this type of colleague. Show enough appreciation and don't forget to ask yourself: "What can I learn from this person to perform even better?".
2. The Silent Hero
How to recognize them: The Silent Hero is the type of person that does his job without really taking credit for it. Nevertheless, this colleague is a really important part of your team. He simply prefers keeping a low profile. Expect the Silent Hero to do his very best, day in, day out. This person looks a lot like the Winner. Often underestimated but essential.
How to deal with them: Let the Silent Hero know that his accomplishments are being noticed, without making too much of a fuss about it. Try pulling him out of his comfort zone by involving him in opportunities to lead and to take more responsibility.
3. The Mentor
How to recognize them: The Mentor would love to teach you more than only the technical side of the job. He loves sharing his knowledge and will provide you with a broader perspective on the way of working in your company and sector. Don't be afraid to let the Mentor help you progress in your career, as this colleague only wants the best for you.
How to deal with them: Be a good student, listen to every piece of advice this colleague has for you. Your professional journey won't be complete without having a Mentor. No matter what position you're in right now, having a good Mentor is always an asset. Live by his insights about your job and your career, as they can provide you with extra know-how.
4. The Veteran
How to recognize them: No, the Veteran doesn't have a statue of himself in the company's cafeteria. However, this colleague has been part of your organization for a long time. Undoubtedly, your colleagues and him will be there to remind you of this fact every so often.
How to deal with them: Want to know something about the history of the company or its early years? You guessed it, the Veteran is the right person to ask. Don't forget to involve this colleague in the daily conversations and decision-making, so that he doesn't feel left out.
5. The Ally
How to recognize them: Consider the Ally as a friend during and after office hours. This colleague can adopt many roles: a person who listens to your ideas, the one you can confide in or someone who drags you through difficult times. For millennials reading this: an Ally is close to a BFF.
How to deal with them: Cherish the friendships you make at work! This is the type of colleague you will always be able to rely on. Are you a newbie and looking for an Ally? Be kind and open, try to develop real relationships.
6. The Comedian
How to recognize them: The Comedian brings a casual and playful atmosphere to the workplace. He sees life through rose-colored glasses and is a master at avoiding tense situations.
How to deal with them: Feel free to let yourself be entertained by the Comedian, as long as he doesn't offend anyone. Don't let these funny moments get in the way of getting actual work done, though. There's a time for everything.
7. The Gossiper
How to recognize them: "Have you heard what happened to X during the meeting?", "Is it true they want to fire people?", "Are those two really dating?". These are all questions to which the Gossiper will be happy to give you an answer. Some love to invent shocking stories, others spend their time telling juicy stories.
How to deal with them: Keep an eye on the Gossiper. You will probably find him in a corner or at someone else's desk, busy uncovering the latest gossips. If these stories reach you, make sure to act wisely by keeping them to yourself. Take everything this colleague says to you with a grain of salt and watch your words when this person is around. Would it occur that you're the protagonist of certain gossips, confront the source of the story.
8. The Suck-up
How to recognize them: The Suck-up's strategy is simple: doing almost anything to benefit from his superior. Saying nice things, giving compliments, … This will usually lead to this person walking over his colleagues, but hey, that's part of the deal.
How to deal with them: Whether the Suck-up's scheme is effective or not, is entirely his problem. It's better to just leave him alone. However, let this motivate you to shine a light on your own accomplishments and remind your superiors of the added value you bring to the company.
9. The Complainer
How to recognize them: The Complainer would only be an asset, would the company make profit out of complaining. Experience teaches it is rarely positive to be around someone who grumbles all the time. This kind of behavior can be the result of frustration, boredom, stress or being unhappy at work.
How to deal with them: Don't let yourself be dragged into this colleague's negativity. Instead, try to proactively deflect the conversation into a more positive subject, a solution for his frustrations for example.
10. The Politician
How to recognize them: The Politician comes in all shapes and sizes. Have you ever met someone you thought was an ally, who then stabbed you in the back by presenting your idea like it was his?
How to deal with them: Be vigilant and don't let your guard down, even if it seems like you can. Take everything the Politician says with a big grain of salt.
11. The Slacker
How to recognize them: The Slacker is just like a fata morgana. He looks really busy, while actually passing his responsibilities onto others and still taking credit for them.
How to deal with them: If this colleague's actions are not impacting you or your team, it is best for you to ignore him. If they do affect you, make sure to signal this behavior. In case you manage a Slacker, try to keep an extra eye on him by giving this person concrete goals and deadlines.
12. The Newbie
How to recognize them: The Newbie is possibly a graduate or someone else who recently joined the company.
How to deal with them: Do you remember your own awkward first days? Time to step forward and become a Mentor. Take this person under your wings, if necessary, and make every day a chance to learn. Your new colleague will be very grateful.


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Trump to Delay Listing Mexican Cartels as Terrorist Groups
President Donald Trump said Friday in a tweet that he will hold off on designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations.Trump said all the work had been completed and he was statutorily ready to issue a declaration but had decided to delay at the request of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds his daily news conference in Oaxaca, Mexico, Oct. 18, 2019.There was no immediate confirmation from Mexico, but the government had pushed back against Trump's plan, saying such a step by the U.S. could lead to violations of its sovereignty."All necessary work has been completed to declare Mexican Cartels terrorist organizations," Trump wrote on Twitter. "Statutorily we are ready to do so.""However, at the request of a man who I like and respect, and has worked so well with us, President Andres Manuel (at) LopezObrador — will will temporarily hold off on this designation."Under pressure from Trump's threat to impose tariffs, Mexico has pressed thousands of national guard troops into service to help block Central American migrants from traveling through Mexico to reach the U.S.In place of designating the cartels as terrorist outfits, Trump said the U.S. and Mexico instead will "step up our joint efforts to deal decisively with these vicious and every-growing organizations."Trump had said in a radio interview just last week that he "absolutely" would move ahead with designating the drug cartels as terrorist organizations, attributing American deaths to drug trafficking and other activity by the cartels."I've been working on that for the last 90 days," Trump said in the interview when host Bill O'Reilly asked whether such a designation would be forthcoming.O'Reilly had asked if Trump would designate the cartels "and start hitting them with drones and things like that?"Trump replied: "I don't want to say what I'm going to do, but they will be designated."Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard sought meetings with U.S. government officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Ebrard also said on Twitter that he would use diplomacy to "defend sovereignty."
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The nineteenth-century abolition movement used a number of different methods, ranging from petitions to Congress to outlaw slavery in Washington D.C. to attempts by John Brown to foment a slave uprising in Western Virginia. Abolitionists relied heavily on the press, with specialty newspapers like William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator and Frederick Douglass's North Star being two of the most prominent examples. The movement often centered on churches, and indeed appeals to abolish slavery were often made along religious lines. Anti-slavery orators like Wendell Phillips gave speeches at churches and university lecture halls criticizing the institution. Another favored method of criticizing slavery was through narratives of freed or escaped slaves, like Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, and Henry "Box" Brown. These men and women sought to expose their readers to the horrors of slavery as they experienced it. Still others protested slavery through civil disobedience, particularly after the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Finally, a crucial aspect of the movement was the abolitionist society, which usually took the form of small organizations, set up usually by wealthy bourgeois northerners, that raised money and promoted many of the methods mentioned above.
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Surprise each other with occasional gifts.
While many couples manage to make long-distance love work, this kind of relationship comes with many challenges. Loneliness is a common problem when you and the one you love are separated by miles. If left unattended, you might begin to feel abandoned by your partner, or that the relationship has lost its spark. Fortunately, several strategies can help you keep your romance interesting and your mood positive despite the challenge of long-distance love.
While you want to keep in touch with your partner through regular video chats, don't restrict your social needs to him. Reach out to others around you, suggests clinical social worker Brock Hansen in the PsychCentral article, "10 More Ideas to Help With Loneliness." Mingle with people around campus who share your interests. For example, if you're a fan of comic books, look for comic book clubs at your school or where you live. Also make it a point to focus on the good deeds you can do for those around you, suggests Hansen. Start with greeting everyone with a smile.
Acknowledge the opportunities and advantages to long-distance relationships, suggests Margarita Tartakovsky in the article, "7 Tips for Long-Distance Couples," on PsychCentral. For example, you can spend more time working on your own personal hobbies and goals with less of a distraction. Set new fitness goals so you can show off in front of your partner during your next meeting. Learn to cook new dishes for yourself and your partner in the future. In addition, remember to spend time with friends and family members you haven't seen in a while. They can offer social distractions from your loneliness.
Keep plans to reunite with your partner in mind, suggests Tartakovsky. For example, perhaps you plan to meet up for a visit in a few weeks. Together, brainstorm all the activities you can do when the day finally arrives. You can also have more long-term plans, such as moving in together once you're no longer apart. Knowing that you will soon be with the person you love can take the edge off the loneliness and give you both something to work toward.
Surprise each other by sending gifts, suggests relationship therapist Terri Orbuch in the Huffington Post article, "Going Long-Distance? 8 Essentials to Help Your Relationship Thrive." On special occasions send her a piece of jewelry or handcrafted trinkets. On other days, simply send a romantic letter or email. You don't have to do this every day. Try to space out these little surprises to keep your partner on her toes.
Reid, Mitch. "How to Cope With the Loneliness of a Long-Distance Relationship." Synonym, https://classroom.synonym.com/cope-loneliness-longdistance-relationship-17867.html. Accessed 23 April 2019.


As with life, beginnings are easy but endings are hard. At least, that's what one might take away from the two very different running times of videos screenwriter Michael Arndt (Toy Story, Little Miss Sunshine) has posted about these crucial elements of any movie. His "beginnings video" runs eight minutes while his video on endings has a whopping feature-length running time! Using three films as his examples — Star Wars, The Graduate and Little Miss Sunshine — Arndt talks about internal and external conflict, philosophical resolutions and much, much more. As the screengrab above illustrates, Arndt is heavy into structure, tight pacing and a balance between clearly articulated themes and character traits. If something isn't working with your own screenplay, perhaps check out Arndt's videos at the links above to figure out what may be wrong.


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Are ya winning, son? I don't know.
Considering that I spent most of last year playing through some extremely long games, it's perhaps not a surprise that this year I gravitated towards games that offered a more condensed experience. Not necessarily games that could only be completed in a couple of hours (though there are a few that fit that description), but ones that you can pick up for 20-30 minutes, and then walk away feeling like you got something out of the experience.
That preference for shorter experiences explains some of the major absences on this list, so let's get them out of the way: I did not play Elden Ring, God of War: Ragnarok or Horizon Forbidden West. In part that's because they're all very long games and I was not in the mood for that this year, and partly because I have either a lack of experience with the previous games in those series/genres (I keep meaning to play the Soulsbourne games, and maybe this will be the year) or a lack of interest (I found the 2018 God of War pretty boring and not fun to play so didn't feel the need to run out and play the sequel). As such, those three behemoths of the year in gaming will not be on this list.
Before we get to the top ten, I have a few honourable mentions, which this year are a mix of older games that I played for the first time, games from this year that I really liked but just missed the cut, and ones that I didn't spend enough time with, but was impressed by what I saw.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (PlayStation, Xbox, PC)
Grizzled Yakuza is about to have an extremely bad time
I picked away at this spinoff from the main Yakuza/Like a Dragon series over the course of the year and finally finished it just days before the new year started. While it didn't quite hit the same highs as Yakuza 0 did for me, it's easily one of the best games in the series and the shift from the beat-em-up combat of the earlier games to turn-based RPG mechanics worked fantastically well, adding an extra layer of over-the-top ridiculousness to a series that has always gone big and delivered. I'm glad that I'm all caught up on the mainline series in time for the next installment, the remake of Like a Dragon: Ishin! that comes out in February.
Pentiment (Xbox, PC)
If you ever wished the Bayeux Tapestry was a game, that's pretty weird, but also Pentiment will suffice
I played some of Pentiment when it came out in November, but didn't really get into it enough to include it in the top ten, but it's a beautifully-realized and engrossing game about history, not just as a setting but as a theme to be explored through point-and-click adventure mechanics. One of the most distinctive games of the year and I'm looking forward to playing it more in 2023.
Super Kiwi 64 (Switch, PC)
This looks so bad and so good at the same time
A delightful hit of nostalgia that mimics the style and feel of N64-era collectathons like Banjo-Kazooie, which does not overstay its welcome since it takes literally an hour and a half to finish. Not a deep experience by any means, but a really excellent recreation of a specific style and vibe.
So now, here are the ten best games that I played in 2022.
10. Tunic (Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, PC)
This fox has seen some things
Back when it came out in March, Tunic was a strong contender for my game of the year. I really loved the cute aesthetic, the total sense of mystery surrounding both what the game's story was about and even how to play it, since you only find out how to do most things in the game through trial and error, blind luck, or finding pieces of the game manual (which itself is written in a fictional language, so it's only moderately helpful) around the world. No game this year produced more "Eureka!" moments for me than Tunic, which constantly surprised me by how much of it was hidden in plain sight, and there was something so incredibly satisfying about discovering a new short cut because I happened to be wandering around and stumbled on it. However, I lost interest in the game once it got into the back half, and that ultimately determined its place on this list. A real triumph of design that is probably too opaque for its own good.
9. The Case of the Golden Idol (PC)
This detective game got a lot of comparisons to Return of the Obra Dinn, which is both a blessing and a curse, since that's incredibly high praise but also misrepresents what Case of the Golden Idol is going for. Whereas Obra Dinn has a high-concept magical realist mechanic underpinning the player's investigation of all its assorted crimes, Case of the Golden Idol is more traditional in its point and click mechanics, as it places you in a series of grim tableaux and asks you to figure out who everyone is and what happened by searching around and finding every possible piece of evidence. It's an extremely satisfying puzzle game with a pretty neat story and wonderful retro graphics.
8. Nobody Saves the World (Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, PC)
oh shit oh shit oh shit
An early highlight of the year, this cute and inventive dungeon-crawler that allows you to transform into different character classes and animals and combine their abilities has a great, silly sense of humour and really rewards experimentation through its mix-and-match power system. Plus the wide variety of dungeons and side-quests in the game make it perfect for picking up and playing for half an hour or so, and coming away feeling like you've made some meaningful progress.
7. Cult of the Lamb (Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, PC)
Aww, so cute wait what
There's a bit of a jack of all trades quality to this adorably dark genre mashup, consisting as it does of two distinct halves: one in which you run through a bunch of procedurally generated dungeons and use various powers and upgrades to clear rooms, rescue potential cult members and advance the main story, and one in which you manage the cult you have built around you, through such humdrum activities as cleaning up feces and committing ritual sacrifices. While neither of those elements are great (if you want a top-tier roguelike then Hades and The Binding of Isaac do that much better, and there's countless weird management sims that are more in-depth than what Cult of the Lamb offers) they are still pretty good, and the way the game combines the two makes for a novel loop of going out to get more cult members, then having your growing cult make you more powerful in order to go out and make more runs. And underpinning it all is a darkly funny sense of humour that really gives the game a distinct identity.
6. Knotwords (PC, Mobile)
Like all good crosswords, Knotwords has caused me to think of words like "Ulna" more times this year than I have in my entire life
As someone who likes to decompress at the end of the day with the New York Times Crossword, I can't say I expected someone to come up with a new and exciting twist on one of the more rigid and established puzzles going. But with Knotwords, Zach Gage and Jack Schlesinger certainly made me look like a doofus. Basically a combination of a traditional crossword and sudoku, the game provides you with a fairly standard grid, which is then subdivided into smaller grids that tell you what letters you can use, and you then have to determine the order to create words and successfully complete the puzzle. It's a smart twist on an old favourite, and I've found doing the daily puzzles a nice way to get the gears working before I start work each day.
5. Live A Live (Switch)
When I took this screenshot, I thought "Oh this is pretty," not realizing that immediately after this the game takes an insanely dark turn
My reaction to this remake of a 1994 JRPG that previously went unreleased in the West (though still proved influential since a lot of people imported it and took inspiration for it for their own work) had several phases. Initially, I thought it was a neat idea - the game consists of a series of short RPGs stories that take place in different time periods, ranging from prehistory to the distant future, with different characters and different mechanics in each - that was executed well, but which didn't initially grab me, so I played some of one of the stories and then planned to pick it up later. When I returned to it, I realized that I had picked one of the weaker stories (Near Future, for the curious) and tore through the rest, deeply impressed with how much variety and invention was on display, how different each section felt to play, and how well the short story approach worked, with each feeling like a self-contained quest that never ran too long. That got it on this list. Then I reached the point where all the stories converge, and was completely knocked out by how well it pulled all the threads together for a truly satisfying finale. The only thing I can think to compare it to is David Mitchell's novel Cloud Atlas, both in its approach and the cumulative effect of going through all of its stories.
4. Tinykin (Xbox, Switch)
Grinding around the levels in this game never gets old
Like Super Kiwi 64, Tinykin draws inspiration from the 3D platformer design philosophy of the late '90s and early '00s, marries it to a simplified version of Pikmin, and throws it all into some surprisingly vast and complicated levels. The result is a hugely satisfying adventure that finds your character running around a giant version of a regular house, meeting various sentient bugs and trying to solve their problems using the titular creatures, who all have different abilities - some can stack to help you reach greater heights, some explode, some conduct electricity etc - that help you complete various puzzles. The exploration in this game feels fantastic, varying between walking, grinding on lines using a piece of soap that acts as a skateboard, and floating around in a bubble, all of which make the simple act of traveling around each area tremendously fun on a moment-to-moment basis. And, like many of the games on this list, it benefits from being a concentrated experience that you can finish in a few hours, so it never overstays its welcome.
3. Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Switch)
Bet he's dreaming of murder again
This was the first mainline Kirby game I've ever played and it really made me want to go back and play the others, because this is quite wonderful. A pitch-perfect adventure story in which you guide a pink blob on his quest to kill God, Kirby and the Forgotten Land was one of the most consistently delightful games of the year. Not only are the levels varied and exciting enough to keep surprising you as you progress, the various powers Kirby can use via the distressingly named Mouthful Mode add a real sense of discovery to the whole thing. Playing through each level is equal parts about advancing the story and finding out what new way you're going to destroy adorable creatures.
2. Neon White (PC, Switch)
It pained me to stop trying for a better time after pausing to get this screenshot
I have to apologize to everyone who follows me on Twitter for the month or so where every other tweet I posted was a clip of me doing something cool in Neon White. What's really amazing about the game is that it takes something that can be so difficult to get right - first-person platforming - and not only does it perfectly, but marries it to speedrunning, something which is generally pretty niche and considered the realm of only the very best or dedicated players, and makes it into a totally accessible and ridiculously fun experience. Beating the levels in this game as quickly as possible, and then trying to beat the times of my friends to try and get the top spot on every leaderboard, made Neon White one of the most compelling and purely enjoyable gaming experiences of the year for me. Seemingly everyone bashes the story, and it is very tropey and derivative of a lot of anime, but I didn't mind it. It's a cool setting within which to allow people to perform outrageous stunts, and I think that's lovely.
1. Vampire Survivors (Xbox, PC, Mobile)
A tad more legible than the first screenshot, huh
I started playing Vampire Survivors back in February while it was in early access, and I had a good time with it. The basic concept was really intriguing yet extremely easy to grasp; you control a variety of characters who all look like legally dubious old Castlevania sprites and walk around a creepy and/or kooky location, killing monsters and picking up different weapons and power ups which gradually turn you into a frothing mound of death. It's a reverse bullet hell in which all you do is control the character's movements and choose what weapons to use or upgrade every time you go up a level. It was a cool idea, I played it for a few hours, and then I walked away happy with the time I had spent with it.
Then, a few months later, I heard that they had done a big update. And then they did another one, and another one, each time adding in new characters, new weapons, and new modes, to the extent that by the time the game properly came out in October, it was like four or five times bigger than it had been eight months earlier, and it was already a fairly robust experience to begin with. That sense of growth and progress kept me coming back and playing the game each time to see what new thing had been added, but what earns it the number one slot on my list is how, even as it grew in scope and ambition, the team behind Vampire Survivors never lost sight of the simple fun at the heart of the game, and instead enhanced and refined it. The game is still fundamentally as good as it was when it was in early access, it just gives you a lot more ways to play around with it, and the fact that the game remains as fun on my 300th run as it did on my first is largely why it tops my list for this year.
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