The Daily Populous

Sunday February 5th, 2023 evening edition

image for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor will feature "both fast travel and rideable creatures"

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor will have both fast travel and rideable creatures, according to the game's director.

As revealed in an upcoming issue of Play Magazine (which is due to release on February 7) Stig Asmussen - the director of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - has said the sequel will feature fast travel as well as mounts to get across the game's world.

"We will feature both fast travel and rideable creatures to help players quickly get from point A to B, and back to A," Asmussen says, "the fast-travel is point to point, and the rideable creatures offer a way to quickly negotiate between points and explore what is in between."

That's got to be good news for those wanting to take Cal and BD-1 on a tour around Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's map.

Unfortunately, we are no longer a month away from trying out this fast travel feature for ourselves, after Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was unexpectedly delayed by six weeks .

Now, instead of its previous March 17 release date, we'll have to wait until April 28 to reunite with Cal and BD-1.

It's not all bad though, some fans are genuinely relieved at the fact they've got a few more weeks before Star Wars Jedi: Survivor releases, as it means they've got time to catch up on other Star Wars projects like the Disney+ series The Mandalorian as well as the book Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars - a tie in novel which bridges the gap between Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and its highly anticipated sequel. »

China condemns US ‘attack’ on surveillance balloon as ‘overreaction’

Authored by thehill.com

China condemned the U.S. military’s decision on Saturday to shoot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that flew over the U.S. last week.

“China strongly disapproves of and protests against the U.S. attack on a civilian unmanned airship by force,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday morning, per the South China Morning Post.

A “high-altitude surveillance balloon” first entered U.S. airspace in Alaska on Jan. 28. »

In Brazil, Forests Returned to Indigenous Hands See Recovery, Study Finds

Authored by e360.yale.edu

Granted formal rights to their ancestral lands in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, Indigenous people have stemmed forest loss and improved tree cover, a new study finds.

Less that 12 percent of the original forest remains, with intact areas often found in Indigenous lands.

To gauge the impact of granting Indigenous people land tenure, the study looked at satellite imagery of 129 Indigenous territories in the Atlantic Forest from 1985 to 2019. »

Second Chinese spy balloon spotted over Latin America, says Pentagon

Authored by independent.co.uk

A second Chinese spy balloon has been spotted, this time in the skies over Latin America, according to the Pentagon.

We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon,” Pentagon press secretary Brig Gen Patrick Ryder said in a statement to the news network.

He told reporters that the balloon “has the ability to manoeuvre” and denied Chinese government claims that it was used for civilian research. »

Minnie Driver: ‘I had to fake an orgasm in a room full of male execs at an audition for a chocolate bar ad’

Authored by theguardian.com

She was Emmy nominated for her performance in the 2007 television series The Riches and has a recurring role in Will & Grace.

She has a podcast, Minnie Questions With Minnie Driver, and her memoir, Managing Expectations, was published last year.

When I was starting out, in the early 90s, I had to fake an orgasm in a room full of male ad execs at an audition for a chocolate bar ad. »