![]() ![]() When Walmart Black Friday 2019 Officially BeginsThe official kick-off to the Walmart Black Friday 2019 savings event starts online at 10 pm ET on Wednesday, November 27. All the Black Friday Games on Sale at Walmart.Note: Unless otherwise indicated, these Black Friday prices aren't yet live. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Xbox OneĬheck out the full Black Friday flier and start preparing yourself now, or jump down to see all the Black Friday video game sales at Walmart.PSVR 5 Game Bundle - See it at Walmart for $199.PSVR Bundle with PS Camera, Move Controller and Games - See it at Walmart for $249.99.Call of Duty Modern Warfare PS4 Pro Black Friday Sale - See it at Walmart for $299.PS4 Slim 1TB 3-Game Bundle - See at Walmart for $199.Plants vs.See ItThe following PS4 Black Friday deals will be LIVE beginning tomorrow, November 23:.Planescape Torment & Icewind Tale (XBO, PS4, Switch): $30 at GameStop.Persona 5 (PS4): $10 at Best Buy and GameStop.NBA 2K20 (XBO, PS4, Switch): $27 at Walmart, $28 at Best Buy and GameStop, $30 at Target.Mortal Kombat 11 (XBO, PS4): $25 at Best Buy and Walmart, $30 at Target.Marvel’s Spider-Man Game of the Year Edition (PS4): $15 at Best Buy. ![]() Mario Tennis Aces (Switch): $30 at Target and Walmart.Madden NFL 20 (XBO, PS4, Switch): $28 at Best Buy and GameStop, $30 at Target.Kingdom Hearts III (XBO, PS4): $15 at Best Buy and Target, $20 at GameStop.Horizon: Zero Dawn Complete Edition (PS4): $10 at Best Buy and GameStop.Hitman 2 (XBO, PS4): $20 at Best Buy and GameStop.God of War (PS4): $10 at Best Buy and GameStop, $15 at Walmart.Gears of War 5 (XBO): $25 at Best Buy, $30 at Walmart and GameStop, $35 at Target.Forza Horizon 4 (XBO): $20 at Best Buy, $25 at Target and GameStop.Far Cry New Down (XBO, PS4): $15 at Best Buy and GameStop.Fallout 76 (XBO, PS4): $10 at Best Buy, $12 at GameStop.Dragon Quest Builders 2 (PS4, Switch) $25 at Best Buy, $20 at Target.The Division 2 (XBO, PS4): $12 at GameStop, $15 at Target and Best Buy.Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled (XBO, PS4, Switch): $15 at Target, $25 at Walmart, Best Buy and GameStop.Sane Trilogy (XBO, PS4, Switch): $15 at Target and Walmart, $20 at Best Buy and GameStop Control (XBO, PS4): $25 at Target, $30 at Best Buy and GameStop.Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (XBO, PS4): $38 at Walmart and GameStop, $40 at Best Buy.Borderlands 3 (XBO, PS4): $28 at Best Buy, $30 at Walmart and GameStop, $35 at Target.Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (XBO, PS4, Switch): $20 at Best Buy at GameStop.Battlefield V (XBO, PS4): $15 at Best Buy, $10 at GameStop (at least for XBO).Baldur’s Gate 1 & 2 (XBO, PS4, Switch): $30 at GameStop.Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (XBO, PS4): $15 at Best Buy and GameStop.PlayStation 4 wireless controller: $40 at Best Buy, Target, Kohl’s.PlayStation 4 Pro: $300 (normally $400) at “participating retailers”.PlayStation 4 1TB with Fortnite credits and $60 in Kohl’s Cash: $200 at Kohl’s.PlayStation 4 1TB with The Last of Us Remastered, Horizon: Zero Dawn and God of War: $200 at Best Buy (and potentially other places).Those consoles will reportedly be backwards compatible, meaning the games you already own will continue to work on the new hardware, but just know what you’re getting into so you don’t experience buyer’s remorse in 12 months. HardwareĪn important note about Xbox and PlayStation consoles: While this year could be a great time for great deals on Microsoft and Sony’s consoles, bear in mind that both hardware companies will be releasing brand new systems next year (probably in 2020′s holiday season). As such, it’s hard to include them on a list like this one. In years past, Amazon deals have matched some of the best deals you’ll see at brick-and-mortar stores, but they are often limited to timed “lightning deals,” and they aren’t always announced in advance. There’s merit to that, but keeping track of their deals on a list like this can be tricky. A note on Amazon: Some would argue that shopping Amazon from the comfort of your couch (and avoiding any hint of a physical crowd) is the best way to do Black Friday. ![]()
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![]() The drums on this track get some added bass presence, as do Callahan's baritone vocals-both get a fuller, richer sound than they would through a more flat response speaker. The addition of a tweeter adds a touch of extra high-frequency clarity to the mix, and at top volumes things don’t distort, nor does the DSP (digital signal processing) seem to thin the bass out in an overwhelming manner.īill Callahan’s “Drover,” a track with far less deep bass in the mix, gives us a better sense of the Charge 5’s general sound signature. On tracks with intense sub-bass content, like The Knife’s “Silent Shout,” the Charge 5 delivers palpable low-frequency depth-the drivers may not be able to reach all the way down to the deepest lows, but the passive radiators do a laudable job of recreating the thump. JBL estimates the Charge 5’s battery life to be roughly 20 hours, but your results will vary with your volume levels. And being impervious to dust, it's safe to take to the beach, camping, or pretty much anywhere else you might want to break out some tunes. Bluetooth signal doesn’t work underwater, but the point is that the speaker can withstand pouring rain, a dunk in the pool, and getting rinsed off under a faucet without issue. Technically, it can be submerged up to a meter for 30 minutes. For the updates alone, it’s worth downloading, but the app could have provided user-adjustable EQ at the very least.Īs mentioned, the Charge 5’s impressive IP67 rating means it is waterproof as well as dust-tight. You can control the PartyBoost function, turn audio feedback sounds on or off, and download firmware updates. JBL Portable is a one-size-fits-all app, and it doesn't offer much for the Charge 5. Alongside it, there’s an uncovered USB-C port for charging the speaker itself via the included cable. On the back panel, there’s a covered USB-A port, included for charging mobile devices from the speaker's battery. There’s also a button for PartyBoost, the aforementioned feature that allows you to connect several JBL speakers to stream the same audio. Across its top panel, there are controls for power, Bluetooth pairing, volume up/down, and play/pause, which can be tapped twice to skip forward a track, but the speaker lacks a backward navigation function. Rubber feet on the flattened bottom panel keep the Charge 5 from rolling around on flat surfaces. The speaker is compatible with Bluetooth 5.1, and supports the SBC Bluetooth codec, but not AAC or AptX. Regardless, the dual mono drivers are a slight upgrade over the Charge 4’s single 30-watt racetrack driver. While the lack of stereo drivers might seem disappointing, you likely wouldn't hear much stereo separation from a speaker this size when the drivers are angled in the same direction. Despite arguably having room for stereo drivers, the Charge 5 is mono, though two Charge 5 speakers can become a stereo pair via the PartyBoost feature. Internally, the speaker houses a single 20mm 10-watt tweeter and a racetrack-style 52mm-by-90mm 30-watt woofer. ![]() Like the Charge 4, it's cylindrical, with passive bass radiators at either end and the JBL logo emblazoned over the front grille area. More Rugged Than EverĪvailable in black, blue, camouflage, gray, red, or teal, the 8.7-by-3.8-by-3.7-inch (HWD), 2.1-pound Charge 5 has a familiar look to it. If you’re looking for a sub-$200 speaker that can get wet and deliver hours of portable audio with a good sense of bass depth, the JBL Charge 5 earns our Editors' Choice award. ![]() There’s no speakerphone functionality and we'd like to see adjustable EQ in the companion app, but these issues are easily overcome by the Charge 5’s many strengths. The drivers get a slight power boost as well, and with the aid of dual passive radiators, the Charge 5 can create quite a lot of noise for its size. For starters, the waterproof speaker's build is now also dust-tight, so you can pop it in a bag and take it to the beach without worry. JBL’s latest update to its successful lineup of portable, outdoor-friendly Bluetooth speakers, the A$199.95 Charge 5, gets just enough improvements to keep it at the head of the pack. ![]() ![]() Install the latest version of Winamp and explore visualization and audio effect plug-ins organize your contents in the advanced media library provided by Winamp enjoy radio and TV support and even perform CD ripping and burning. WACUP (WinAmp Community Update Project) is designed to work only with the patched Winamp 5.666 release to provide bug fixes, updates of existing features and most importantly new features with the goal to eventually become it's own highly Winamp compatible media player. 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Pants, blouse, “No Dad”, the wear of Elizabethans (7,3,4) I tend to avoid it, though if I want to use a theme (or just want a change from the O/O starting point) I’ll generally use the compromise O/E grid, as below or rotated through 90 degrees:Īt the time of setting I’d been thinking about anagram indicators (anagrinds) which could fit in with both fodder (the letters of the anagram) and answer, and after some experimenting came up with a long-un that fitted: It’s still a good grid to use when the setter wants to incorporate a theme or perhaps use the perimeter to spell out a message. There’s nothing wrong with this pattern, but it tends to favour the setter versus the solver – the answers will have more unchecked letters, making it easier to fill the grid and less helpful for the solver who needs some starting letters. The opposite is E/E which looks like this: The lights (horizontal/vertical lines of white cells) are in what is sometimes called an O/O pattern – that is, they account for ODD numbered rows and columns. It isn’t very interesting to look at, but it does have one significant feature. ![]() So we start with a blank grid (I’m just showing NW corner sections for now as it’ll be pretty obvious what the rest of the grid looks like): This latter consideration is quite important every time you manage to crosscheck a database answer you eliminate at least one letter that would otherwise have to contribute to another answer, thereby making the fill process just a tad easier. ![]() It’s a good idea to get one of these placed as early as possible because it will quickly determine some aspects of the grid design and, of course, whether or not there are other database clues which can intersect it. When checking what I have in the database I’ll look first for any long-answer (12+ letters) clues. The clue-writing process is not restricted to an active crossword – inspiration for a clue can come at any time and I try to ensure I have some way of scribbling an idea for later use and there’s no point in adding these ideas to a database if they’re going to stay there unused! To help me get started I always have a small stock of pre-written clues. The chosen puzzle is based on a self-designed grid, since one of the primary intentions here is to describe how this design process unfolds. ![]() Some of the details are inevitably a little fuzzy but, hopefully, as we go along I’ll be able to cover these by approaching the description as if it were a fresh puzzle. This puzzle was set some time ago but I’ve selected it because my memory of writing it remains reasonably fresh. The article finishes at the point when a crossword such as this would be ready to send to an editor and – like any setter – I would just have to sit back and wait for the email asking me to make changes to certain clues that’s what editors are for! Whether or not all of the clues stand up to scrutiny isn’t of great importance. Instead, I’ve tried to give an insight into how I go about dissecting an answer to identify wordplay components – it’s all about the scribbled notes, rejected ideas and “a-ha!” moments that come with pleasing discoveries. Please note this is in no way intended to be a guide to writing cryptic clues, so while some technical aspects are mentioned there is no attempt to explain how/why particular techniques succeed or fail. Just a quick note you before you start reading.Īfter the description of filling the crossword grid, the article gives an account of the clue-writing process. From The Top A start-to-finish story of setting a cryptic crossword puzzle. ![]() |