Battle.net announces a
100% bonus to experience points can be had right now in
Diablo III as a
bonus for those playing the action/RPG sequel over the holiday:
That's
right! All nephalem who log into Diablo III this weekend on any platform* will
receive a +100% bonus to experience gain. As with previous buffs, the bonus
provided will stack multiplicatively with other existing bonuses, including
those provided by items, shrines, Pools of Reflection, and Paragon points.
Doesn't matter if you've been naughty or nice! This festive in-game boost begins
for console and PC players alike in the Americas region on Thursday, December
25 at 12:00 a.m. PST and ends on Monday, December 29 at 11:59 p.m.
PST.**
Whether you're in Sanctuary, Azeroth, Mar Sara, the Nexus, or your local
Hearthstone tavern, we hope that you and yours share in the warmth of the
season. Happy holidays, heroes, and have a very merry new year!
*Please note that this buff will only be available on console for Ultimate Evil
Edition.
**For PC, the buff will start and end at the noted times in each gameplay region
according to its local time zone (PST for the Americas, CST for Europe, and KST
for Asia). For console, the buff will start and end in all regions at the same
time, listed above. For time zone assistance,
click here.
A
post on the Accidental Scientist drops some accidental knowledge on us which
may or may not be actual science. This delves into what now seems like an
age-old question of frame-rates in video games and movies and another go at
figuring out what makes some moving images seem smoother than others. They take
the concept of
ocular microtremors to formulate a hypothesis that a certain framerate must
be achieved for artificial images to take advantage of the way the eye works.
Even if this turns out to be off-base, as a result of the article
going viral, a bunch of links have been appended to it with all sorts of
research on the topic. Thanks
Ant.
Happy Christmas to all who are celebrating. The weather around here remains
warm, but there's a little cold to be found, as I seem to have caught one along
the way. As I say, so far it's a little cold, and it hasn't really prevented any
celebrating yet. Yesterday was a holiday movie day, which ran the gamut from
traditional (
White Christmas) to subversive (
Bad Santa) with a
stop in-between (
Scrooged) for good measure. Hopefully I'll keep on
trucking along, and hopefully you will as well, while staying safe and warm.
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