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Frans de Waal, Biologist Who Championed Animal Intelligence and Emotion, Dies at 75

The Primatologist Found Parallels Between Human Behavior and that of Our Evolutionary Cousins.

— By Kayleigh E. Long | March 21, 2024

De Waal eats a banana at the Barcelona Zoo, while a chimpanzee looks on. Photograph By Xavier Cervera, Panos Pictures/Redux

Frans de Waal, the prolific Dutch-American primatologist and author whose research revealed the depth and breadth of emotion and intelligence in nonhuman animals, died from stomach cancer on March 14 in Stone Mountain, Georgia, according to the New York Times. He was 75.

“It’s difficult to sum up the enormity of Frans de Waal’s impact, both globally and here at Emory,” said Lynne Nygaard, chair of Emory University’s department of psychology, in a statement on the school's website. “He was an extraordinarily deep thinker who could also think broadly, making insights that cut across disciplines. He was always ready to participate in an intellectual discussion.”

De Waal’s studies of animal behaviors that were once ascribed solely to humans—fairness, empathy, altruism, reciprocity, self-recognition, conflict resolution, grief, and consolation—played a pivotal role in bringing about the acceptance of animal emotion as a valid line of scientific inquiry.

Frans de Waal holds a young chimpanzee at Burgers’ Zoo in the Netherlands, in 1979, where he began his primate studies. Photograph By Desmond Morris

Early Life

Born in the city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, in 1948, de Waal showed an early enthusiasm for animals, keeping (with varying degrees of success) a modest menagerie that included mice and jackdaws, relatives of crows. Some of the jackdaws, de Waal recounted in stories, would even fly to and from school with him each day.

After an underwhelming introduction to biology in high school, de Waal almost went on to study mathematics or physics. It was his mother who reminded him of his long-standing interest in animals, and in 1966, he began an undergraduate degree in biology at the Catholic University of Nijmegen (now the Radboud University Nijmegen) in the Netherlands.

De Waal’s entry into primate research was the result of a happy coincidence. He found biology to be somewhat dry, with its heavy focus on anatomy. The psychology department, where he spent time during his studies to earn extra money, happened to have two chimpanzees. This early exposure to primates would prove pivotal.

At a career retrospective in 2014, he regaled the audience with a tale of how the chimps would become sexually aroused when female colleagues passed the enclosure. He and a male colleague sought to test this by dressing up as women—apparently eliciting little to no interest from the male chimpanzees. It was, he conceded, an imperfectly designed experiment.

De Waal observes some of the chimpanzees he studied at Emory University’s Yerkes National Primate Research Center in 1991. Photograph By Erik S. Lesser, AP Photo

In 1977, de Waal received his doctorate in biology from Utrecht University, where he worked under professor and mentor Jan van Hooff, an expert in primate facial expressions. His dissertation looked at aggression and alliance formation in macaques.

He went on to serve as the C.H. Candler Professor in the psychology department of Emory University, in Georgia, and as the director of the Living Links Center at Emory’s Yerkes National Primate Research Center. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, and occupied the role of editor-in-chief of the journal Behaviour from 2011 until 2024.

Breakthrough Research

De Waal was frustrated with what he saw as a misplaced focus on aggression in primates; he was more interested in cooperative behavior and cognition. In what became a theme throughout his career, his studies of reconciliation and conflict resolution among primates were initially controversial and challenged the prevailing orthodoxy, but as the data were confirmed his ideas went on to gain widespread acceptance.

In the field of animal emotion, de Waal made his biggest mark. The post-Darwin consensus on animal behavior steered away from anthropomorphizing, or attributing to animals any characteristics perceived as uniquely human. De Waal saw this as a form of “anthropo-denial.” In his view, the question wasn’t whether or not animals had emotions; rather, it was how to study them.

The species perhaps most closely associated with de Waal is the bonobo, a close relative of chimpanzees that he first saw at a zoo in the Netherlands. It only took a minute, he would later relate, for him to realize they were different from chimps in both vocalization and behavior. He knew immediately that he needed to study them. Colleagues at the time couldn’t understand why he would want to spend time on what were then referred to as “pygmy chimps,” often derided as “the poor man’s chimpanzee.”

But he found a home for his research at San Diego Zoo and in 1983 received a National Geographic Society grant to study the zoo’s bonobos.

His work raised the profile of bonobos, the species he dubbed the “make love, not war” primate and called “peace-loving hippies.”

He contended that science’s focus on the chimpanzee as our closest living relative made little sense, and suggested that bonobos were also genetically similar to humans, therefore equally deserving of attention.

De Waal found the establishment somewhat prudish where the subject of sex—a cherished form of recreation for the bonobo—was concerned. At a 2014 symposium celebrating his career, he joked with the audience:

“I talked openly about the sexual behavior,” he said. “At the time, American and Japanese scientists who worked on bonobos—they knew what they did, but they didn’t talk about it. They were too shy about it!” He noted that Americans would describe bonobos as “fairly affectionate. And you know, if I were affectionate like that in the streets of New York I would get arrested immediately!”

When he started to put a book on bonobos together with wildlife photographer Frans Lanting, which features explicit sexual pictures of the apes, “we had to put it in the contract with our publishers that they would not censor our pictures.” Their photo book, Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape, published in 1997. Lanting paid tribute to his colleague in an email to National Geographic in May 2022:

“Frans de Waal’s work helps us understand who we are in the context of our next of kin on the tree of life. He has a unique ability to connect the evolutionary dots for a broader audience without sacrificing the scientific principles he was equally well-versed in. He is a great storyteller and not afraid to raise questions which fuel the public conversation about the deep connections between us as humans with our nearest relatives in the great primate family we’re all part of,” Lanting said.

Legacy

Primatologist and professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Karen Strier, told National Geographic in an email that de Waal unquestionably changed the way science views (and treats) primates.

“His most influential insights, in my view, can be divided into three areas,” says Strier. The first was that “nonhuman primates are more thoughtful than we thought, in both their cognitive abilities and in their empathy and morality,” he says, spurring more ethical treatment of primates. The second: Frans’ “fine-grained observations of individuals in social groups, powerful experimental and analytical designs, and informative comparisons among closely-related species” showed the scientific community that a tremendous amount can be observed and concluded about primates through non-invasive techniques. The third, Streir says, is that “through his work we have gained new perspectives” on the evolution of our own behavior as humans.

To de Waal, the existence of emotions and behaviors such as fairness in animals was obvious. The question was simply how to quantify and qualify these traits. His approach to experiments and observation yielded hard data, bringing scientific credibility to previously elusive concepts. In 2003, de Waal and colleague Sarah Brosnan conducted experiments in which capuchin monkeys were “paid” with either cucumber pieces or much-coveted grapes in return for completing a task. Footage of the disgruntled capuchin given the inferior cucumber went on to be a viral hit, clearly demonstrating that capuchins understand the concepts of fairness and injustice.

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In 2011, de Waal and colleagues went on to prove that chimpanzees are inherently altruistic as well. When given a choice between helping themselves, or themselves and another, they will choose the latter.

He authored 16 books, which have been translated into over 20 languages and sold millions of copies worldwide. It was Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes that catapulted his work into the popular imagination, drawing parallels between the behavior of our primate relatives and that of another species: human politicians.

De Waal referred to writing books as his parallel career. Inspired by ethologist and author Desmond Morris, he understood the value of popularizing science. With a flair for presenting a compelling narrative underpinned by scientific rigor, de Waal achieved the rare feat of attaining and maintaining both popular success and the respect of his scientific peers. His 2016 book Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? landed on the New York Times best sellers list, and his 2019 book Mama’s Last Hug won the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Award.

“It is rare for a scientist to have such an enormous positive impact on both the academic field in which they work and the public’s perception and understanding of that field,” Joshua Plotnik, an elephant cognition expert who earned his Ph.D. under de Waal, told National Geographic by email. “Frans [was] most certainly one of those scientists.”

#Youtube #Primates #Apes 🦧 🦍#Animal 🦔 🦓 🦒 Behavior #Biologist #Biology #Chimpanzees #Bonobos

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captainkirkk · 4 years

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✩ WEEKLY FIC ROUND-UP ✩

A collection of fics I’ve read (/reread) and thoroughly enjoyed in the past week-ish from all kinds of fandoms and genres.

Umbrella Academy

run (because you know you cannot hide) by e_va

"A possible (but currently unexplored weakness) demonstrated by Five is a proclivity towards unusual, but strong, emotional attachments... Whether or not this proclivity may be exploitable is currently unknown."

The Apocalypse may be off, but the Commission still has a vested interest in bringing Five back into the fold.

Kidnapping his family is either a stroke of genius, or the worst mistake they've ever made.

ATLA

Honor Among Thieves by lucy_blue

Father keeps on telling Zuko that he's acting without honor, but a lot of the time he won't explain what exactly Zuko is doing wrong, and what he should do to be more honorable. So, Zuko decides to do some research and ask around about how he should behave honorably.

Or: the servants of the Fire Lord's palace develop a soft spot for Zuko, Zuko confuses everyone around him with his particular brand of shout-y, aggressive politeness, and somehow Zuko accidentally ends up leading a revolution.

How to Care for Your Local Fire Lord; A Memoir by The Palace Staff by RejectsCanon

“I just wanted to introduce myself. Your uncle had told me his niece had been thinking of applying to work in the gardens, so I thought I would introduce myself.” Fire Lord Zuko was awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck and a slight blush crawled up his cheeks.

Oh my Spirits, Hana thought. Our Fire Lord is adorable.

Or, 5 times the palace staff were protective over their Fire Lord because they all love him to death, and 1 time they had someone else do it.

BNHA

Shower Scene (Redux) by honeyandsunshine

Izuku doesn’t know what that says about him, that true safety only exists between two people he’s never felt so much as an inkling of romantic attraction to, but he doesn’t think he can change it now. He can only sink into it and hope that their strength will buoy him. Or:

Midoriya has spent years handling all his panic alone. Iida and Uraraka ensure that's never going to be the case again.

Merlin

The Technicalities of Family by CaffeinatedFlumadiddle

While traveling from Ealdor, Merlin runs into some knights of another kingdom. Upon finding Ygraine’s sigil, he is assumed to be part of the royal family.

Merlin isn’t sure what’s going on.

Untamed

an accidental aquisition by silversshadow

On a night hunt, Wei Ying comes across a child left on the streets.

This, he decides, is absolutely not allowed.

The storm comes and goes (and I keep walking) by Naamah_Beherit

Yiling Laozu was dead, and the cultivation world rejoiced. Now it was time to rest and finally heal the wounds left by the Sunshot Campaign.

In their absence, the countryside grew more dangerous with each passing day. Rogue cultivators stepped in soon enough. Rumour had it that amongst them, there was one who went where no one else dared to go, all but for a place to sleep and a meal for his children. Rumour had it a crow rode on his shoulder. Rumour had it he disappeared into the shadows whenever someone so much as mentioned the four great Sects.

Rumour had it he was a ghost.

*** A story of a single father, his two kids, a daydreaming disciple, and a pet crow as seen through the eyes of strangers.

Deeper grows my longing by feyburner (+ podfic)

Jiang Cheng stared at him. “How are you this dense,” he said flatly. “Wei Wuxian. The common people aren’t scared of you, they’re scared of your husband."

“My what,” said Wei Wuxian.

dream of a funeral; hear of a marriage by defractum (nyargles)

The news spread around the cultivation world quickly: Hanguang-jun would take whomever was skilled enough to take the Gusu Jade Token from around his neck as his cultivation partner and spouse.

Ten years later, Wei Wuxian is brought back into Mo Xuanyu's body, and he is awfully confused as to why random cultivators keep trying to attack Lan Wangji.

#weekly fic round up #once again this round up is late #in my defence i started it too early and realised i didn't have enough fics #and then forgot to finish it later down the track #my posts #fic recs #untamed recs #atla recs #bnha recs #tua recs

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guidedbygunpla · 3 years

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Gundam REDUX Side Story chapter 1

“dad, I’m so sorry, Honeydew tripped while we were out riding, she can’t get up. Dad what do we do” the young child called up to his father, an older man, twice the age of his wife, and ten times the age of his young son. “son, Honeydews leg is broken” his father said, cold and expressionless, looking at the horse laying in the mud mewing in pain. His son barely tall enough to ride it. Apparently too young for the responsibility.

“but the animal doctor can help her right? The man who came to give her her shots? He can fix it right” his son said, tears in his eyes pulling at the robe his father wore. Regal and clean, white and gold

“son he could set her leg yes, he could mend it and it could heal. But it will hurt her forever. She’ll never walk correctly again. She’ll never live a moment of her life not in pain again. The right thing to do is to put her down. “ he said crouching down and running his hands through his sons blonde hair.

“Cassie, go grab the rifle from the car…..it’s the right thing to do” His father said, his tone low and calm

“dad no! we can’t! I love Honeydew you can’t kill her!” he said tears pouring down his face

“I won’t kill her son….you have to do that, she’s your responsibility. She needs to know that you made her pain end”

His father went and grabbed the bolt action rifle from the back of the black limosene that sat at the front of the stable. The boy laid there holding the horses neck, trying to comfort them. His father came back, rifle in hand and put a hand on his shoulder

“Casval, it’s time.”

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Char lay slumped against the control panel, his zaku buried slightly in the remains of the woods that the forest fire had left behind. Kentucky was still burning, and he was still far too close to the federations mobile suits to be safe. He couldn’t breathe, its like his throat had closed up on him, he was crying, but there was no gasp for air, just tears, tears and tense muscles.

“I killed him” he spoke, his voice a growl

“I killed Garma……why in the world did I kill him”

Images flew through his head, his father gasping for air on stage, as Degwin, Garmas father began to smile, standing at his side. The zabi soldiers pounding on his families mansion, his mother crying as he and his sister were taken away from her. Her face in the newspaper when he was on earth, Wife of famed cult leader Zeon Zum Deikun found murdered.

Garma the first day he met him, a fresh faced 19 year old. Didn’t even know how to tie a tie.

Soft skin, soft hair

That little way he twirled his hair when he was nervous

His sister crying for days after they landed on earth

Being trained on his place as the head of the family by a family friend Jimba Ral

Sneaking away from that life, taking the place of another family friend Charles Aznable, and flying away to a Zeon military academy

Why did fate have to do this to him

Why did I have to do this

Why did I have to kill him

He was shaking in his seat now, panic gripping him

They would find the camera data In his suit, or Garma or Grams suit, they would see his suit was pristine, and draw a conclusion, he had to do something

Chars hand shook nonstop as he pressed the button to open his hatch

“I need air”

He could hear his voice, but he didn’t feel like he was speaking

He pressed the button on the side of his seat to pop up the emergency maintenance system, turning his center monitor into a small keyboard.

“First things first, I need to wipe the video data……no but if I do that, they will be able to pull that from the black box” char slumped against his chair

What the fuck had he just done

Was this worth it?

An idea crept into his mind

He typed away at the keyboard pulling up maintenance logs, a picture of a beam saber wound left on another zaku.

“it just might work” Char said as he pressed away on his control stick, engaging the heat hawk and cranking its temp beyond its limiter, he raised the zakus arm twisted the heat hawk around and slid it into the body of the zaku slightly below his cockpit, melting the hard drives for camera, and audio recording. Now was the matter of the black box, it sat right below the pilot seat. Char grabbed the pilots helmet that sat locked in above him, slid off his captains helmet and then pulled the helmet down over him. He pressed the buttons to close the cockpit hatch. A few maneuvers of the control stick and infront of him his monitors began to melt, and crack as the heat hawk slipped through the wall that protected him from the outside world, he raised his feet up onto his seat, moved the hand and heat hawk away from the hatch, and opened the hatch again, he then took the leading edge of his heat hawk and slid it into the front of the cockpit, the heat was over whelming, but he watched his seat catch fire below him, and watched the side of the black box’s orange covering melt and bubble and then watched the boards inside of it become exposed, pop and bubble and catch fire as well

He pushed the control stick back fast, and stomped out the fire on his seat. The smell of the burning plastic and metal made him woozy.

“there, all the data is gone, now to sell this damage before the heat hawk burns up”

He began throwing the hawk into his suit wildly, and sheered off the left arm of his zaku. Char started laughing, as tears rolled down his face. He stumbled out of the Zaku and reached up and grabbed ahold of the climbing wire that hung inside the cockpit, and rode it down to the ground. It was cold out, despite the forest fire around them. Chars hands were still shaking, he reached around his dress uniform and found the pocket where he stored his cigarette case “keep saying I’m going to quit you” he said with a small laugh as he slid one between his teeth and used the lighter he kept in the case to light it. The smoke slowed his shaking, and his mind.

“he didn’t deserve that…” Char said, exhaling slowly “he was a good man, sure his dads a murderer, and he only got where he is because his dad murdered mine…..but” he stopped, taking a long drag “he didn’t deserve that……fuck…..Cassie what is wrong with you……ugh” he grunted as he threw the cigarette to the dirt, and rubbed it out with his foot. He heard a gun cock behind him

“Char, you have 10 fucking seconds to explain to me what just happened.” He heard, the voice was familiar it was Garmas wingman, Gram. “Gram now there is a perfectly reasonable answer……let’s be adults about this, no need to point a gun at me” Char said as he turned around and saw the man, he seemed to have broken his arm and his clothes looked to be badly burned

“fuck that Char, you shot down Prince Garma, and then I find you here in the woods carving up your own Zaku? The fuck could explain this?” “it’s easy, this will explain everything” Char said as he reached into his pocket and grabbed his officers tablet, and started to walk towards Gram, he saw gram lower the gun slightly, and then quickly with his other hand he pulled his side arm and shot gram!

The shot was sloppy, clipping Gram in the lung, Gram fired a shot off too, that caught Char in the bicep of his left arm

Gram lay on the forest floor gasping for air

Char clutched his arm, and approached Gram

“Gram you could’ve just walked away, you didn’t have to get involved….”

He saw Gram reaching for his side arm, Char kicked it away and stared down at the man gasping for air

“figure I could just leave you here, you’ll die before someone comes to get you, or I could end this fast for you….before I decide that though.... I want to tell you something Gram, see how you react” Char said staring down at the man who was trying to yell at him, but couldn’t find the air

“I killed Garma Zabi because when I was a very small child, his father, Degwin poisoned my father with Aconitum, I know that because while Kycelia Zabis Royal guard didn’t detect anything was amiss, Jimba ral found a large stash of it, and books on processing it in a fire place in my fathers former palace. I killed Garma so that Degwin would have to feel the pain I have lived my whole life feeling…..how does that make you feel Gram, am I justified in my actions or am I a monster?” Char said aiming the gun at Grams face

“you…..dumb…..fucking……liar” Gram got out between gasps, blood coming out the side of his mouth

“Seig Zeon” Char said as he fired 3 shots through Grams head

Char reached into his boot grabbing the knife he kept there.

“the things I do for love” he spoke slowly as he poked the blade into the hole in his arm and popped the bullet out, luckily it was a low caliber and it didnt dig in too deep. he thought about laying his arm against the heat hawk, make it look like a burn instead of a gun shot wound, but he figured he’d be under enough suspicion as it was, selling a gun shot that strayed into his slashed open cockpit wouldnt be the hardest thing. at least now there wouldnt be a zeon round in the wound

The door came up with a creek when Char climbed back into the Zaku, and he had to pilot using the emergency screen stored in the attic above his seat, luckily the hole in the cockpit hatch made it easy enough to breath as the smoke was able to leak out of the room.

Char piloted the suit north, knowing reinforcements would be heading for Kentucky soon enough.

A great Green Gow broke over the horizon, and a garbled transmission called out over the emergency receiver

“CHAR IS THAT YOU? WHERE IS MY BROTHER? WHERE IS GARMA” he heard through the static. It was Dozle. Char didn’t respond, he simply kneeled the zaku down, and climbed back out. The gow landed and dozle came out to meet him

“Char where is the rest of the team that went to hunt the feddie suits?”

“it’s just me, they were so fast…..they just overtook us so fast” “Char…..Char don’t lie to me” Dozle said, tears welling up in the great mans eyes

“I watched him get shot down Dozle, that sniper, his rifle, the beam left a hold like a rocket blast in Garmas suit, there was nothing I could do, and the white knight nearly took me out, it would’ve succeeded if Gram hadn’t shot them and given me room to get away

“Char no……he was your……he was my…..” Dozel hugged char in a great hug and cried hysterically

Char felt tears run down his face too

"I wish I had your luster Garma, I wish I could hold you for the rest of your life, I wish I didn't have to say goodbye to you" "you'll be the death of me Char, you're too much"

#charma #gundam #side story

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drops-of-moonlights · 5 years

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WINX REDUX AU SUMMARIZED: SEASON 2 (The Shadow Phoenix)

Or, in which I give the basics of what I’ve changed about the story for the AU. It was originally way more descriptive but if I kept it in that style I would have finished in 2039 and I ain’t got time for that. Let’s cover Season 2!

WINX REDUX AU SUMMARIZED: SEASON 2

The ceremony for the new school year is about to begin, but the Winx are worried sick. Aisha hasn’t appeared yet and they haven’t heard of her in a month.

They decide to keep up some good spirits and believe she’ll appear for the start of classes proper, and whatever’s holding her back in Andros will not take long.

Down in the depths of Shadowhaunt, Aisha has finally managed to escape her prison and is making a run for it, looking for the Pixies and trying to keep a low profile.

She finally finds them and manages to freeze them, and with some help and miniaturization spells, she managed to get them all and run like hell, as their wings were coated in something and had a hard time flying.

Darkar appears in full finally, and starts chasing after the fairy, attacking her with dark flames and providing extra ways for her to advance.

She’s cornered in a balcony and loses the Pixies due to tripping, Darkar catching them again except for Piff, which is still with Aisha hidden.

Aisha takes a leap of faith and jumps from the balcony, transforming mid-air into Glamourix much to her surprise, not expecting to have earnt it that way.

The surprise is short-lived, however, once she hits the water, knocking herself out for a bit. It’s a good thing she can breathe underwater and that pixies technically don’t breathe when asleep.

Back on Alfea, the ceremony is about to begin yet Bloom finds herself lost in the school, arriving into a weird doorless hallway.

She snoops around a bit and finds the Magic Archive, meeting Concorda in the process.

She’s the Pixie of Alfea and is in charge of protecting the Archive, and tells Bloom she needs to leave as only 3rd year students and up can access it.

A few hours pass and the ceremony has concluded (Bloom notes how weird it is that Avalon wasn’t present), the Specialists go pay the Winx a visit and they hang around for an hour, though the girls are still worried about Aisha.

Right at that moment, she appears from the woods, her Glamourix form damaged and her looking incredibly hurt, before finally fainting on the spot, detransforming.

After a week of rest, Aisha finally tells them what she went through, and Faragonda gets incredibly panicky and scared when she mentions Darkar. She bans the girls from the subject and tells them she’ll organize a way to rescue the rest of the Pixies soon.

Aisha, Bloom and Stella decide to skip school and go save the Pixies themselves, as the authorities were taking too long to do something about it after 3 days without any news, with the other three remaining at Alfea with alibis.

They drag Sky, Riven and Brandon into the mess as well for backup, and after identifying the cave Aisha came out of they start their journey to Shadowhaunt.

On Roccaluce Rehabilitation Center, the Trix find themselves bored and tired of the place, and the ways they try to make them better people, finding it inhumane.

Right around the same time, Darkar breaks in, having sensed them as the witches who weakened his seal with their stunt, and practically kidnaps them so they could help him with his plans.

The Trix follow him mostly out of fear, since the dude’s incredibly powerful and they’d rather not die by cursed fire thank you very much. He grants them part of his power to make them more capable in battle, as well as weapons for Icy and Stormy (Darcy already has a crescent-shaped blade, though Darkar does upgrade it). Icy gets a sword hilt, being able to make the blade with her ice, and Stormy gets a spear.

The Princesses and the three Specialists get lost, and after a battle with Darkar’s monsters they get separated, Stella and Brandon falling into an abyss and Stella unable to transform out of sheer shock and fear.

They wake up in a strange village and are greeted by a Drakian man in blue, called Sponsus. He tells them they’re in Surar, a town that was forced to live underground after a natural disaster destroyed their original settlement. Stella is hella weak due to the fall, the shock and not being able to transform due to all this, so she’s super scared and clinging to Brandon the entire time for safety and comfort, refusing to leave him alone.

They get Stella some medicine and treatment and Sponsus convinces them to meet Amentia, the current leader of the place, for help and instructions to Shadowhaunt since she knows the area pretty well.

They meet her, she seems interested in Brandon which only makes Stella get in an even worse mood, and tells them about what’s been happening lately on this place:

People of the town, as well as Gnomes from the nearby Ephemeria settlement, keep disappearing anytime they get close to the ways to Shadowhaunt, and monsters have started appearing. She’s interested in their plans to save the Pixies and offers her assistance on the way, to see what’s going on.

They get attacked on the way there however, Brandon getting severely injured. Amentia offers to take him back to Surar to properly treat him and Stella to keep going to meet her friend, but she’s hesitant, not wanting to be left alone right now.

Brandon finally convinces her and she rushes off, seeing if she can finally meet with the rest, trusting Brandon and Amentia that all will be fine.

She finally transforms again, earning her Glamourix, and manages to meet with the rest at last.

They decide to simply go to Shadowhaunt as they are and that they’ll meet Brandon later, so he can rest properly.

They finally reach the place and find the Pixies, freeing them. They’re attacked by the Trix at the same time, however, and a battle ensues.

It’s short-lived, however, as Avalon suddenly appears, defeating the Trix and saving the rest. He explains he had actually been contacted by the Paladins to go investigate Shadowhaunt, as they had detected sudden magic readings recently. His cover was blown, however, so he sticks with the group and scolds the girls for doing this recklessly.

They make their way back to Surar for Brandon, and after explaining what they now know to Amentia, she thanks them for the information and tells them that she’ll keep an eye on Shadowhaunt, and inform the Order of Mana if anything else happens.

They finally go back to Alfea and are scolded even further by a very worried Faragonda, who punishes them with two weeks of limited magic access outside of classrooms, as well as extra homework to catch up on what they missed. The guys are also punished by Saladin via holocall, and are forced to help with some of the harder preparations for Red Fountain’s start, as they’re still fixing the place.

Bloom and the rest does ask Faragonda what she knows about Darkar and why did he kidnap the Pixies in the first place, but she tells them she’ll share that information in due time, once she tries to process everything.

Avalon puts Bloom aside for a bit, complimenting her bravery and resolve in saving the pixies even if it was a dumb thing to do, and offers to teach her about Domino and it’s royal customs alongside Daphne, now that she’s a princess.

The girls properly meet all the Pixies, and start to get along. Bloom gets along with Lockette, Stella with Amore, Musa with Tune and Cherie, Tecna with Digit and Cara, Flora with Chatta, and Aisha with Piff. Lockette and Kiko have an Anime Rivalry going on.

A month or so passes, and Red Fountain is finally fixed, a big event occurs for it with all three schools attending, as well as Diaspro finally arriving at Alfea after having some issues transferring on Eraklyon Institute’s part.

The building now flies. Flora recognizes Helia on the crowd and decides to spend the rest of the day with him, catching up after so long. We learn he’s currently living in Magica City and trying to make it as an artist, working as a barista on the side to keep like, living.

The Trix attack during the show battle between Sky and Riven, and the Winx plus Diaspro, the Specialists and also Helia (revealing he’s now a Glamourix witch) decide to help with the issue. Once the monster is defeated the Trix are nowhere to be seen, leaving everyone confused.

Tecna is noticing a weird shift on Avalon, believing him to be really friendly lately. Too friendly.

She decided to ask him what has gone on in his life to make him be in that good mood, and when he gives a cryptic answer she becomes more convinced something’s wrong.

Despite Bloom and Musa’s protests she’s just being paranoid, she starts making a special device to decipher if Avalon is under some sort of spell, or if it’s even the real Avalon at all. The Winx believe it’s not gonna work due to some of Tecna’s past projects, so they don’t worry too much.

To literally everyone’s surprise, the device does work. Except it’s acting as a missile centered on Avalon. Shenanigans ensue.

The device starts targeting other people, meaning the Winx have to transform now. They manage to destroy the object, and Tecna apologizes for what she did.

A few weeks pass, and the girls start taking magic battle classes with Griselda.

Tecna, still slightly stressed with what happened recently (not used to apologizing for being in the wrong), has a nasty fight with Timmy, and after a few days, the Winx convince her to go talk to him properly at Red Fountain, with Bloom and Flora going along.

It just so happens that the Trix attack shortly after they arrive, seemingly looking for something. The girls and the Specialists fight them for a bit before they seemingly retreat, and give chase for them, not knowing what they or Darkar wants from the school.

The Trix arrive at the center of the academy and solve a puzzle, gaining access to the secret armory and stealing a red gem, filled with power. They call it a Keystone and promptly leave, but they’re attacked by Athena, the pixie of Red Fountain.

They’re soon cornered by half the Winx and the specialists, but during battle Icy manages to stab Timmy, and Tecna lets them go, prioritizing his safety despite wanting to simply defeat them now and end it.

Flora rushes as fast as she can and starts using her healing powers to lessen the harm, stopping the blood loss so RF’s nursery can take him.

A few hours pass and Timmy wakes up again, recovering still. He and Tecna finally talk about what had happened a few days ago and make up, Tecna’s admitting of being wrong and showing her emotions fully earning her Glamourix.

After Timmy’s near-death experience, the Winx finally confront Faragonda, and she tells them of Darkar, the Keystones, and Relix. (more info about them here and here)

Some weeks pass, and the Pixies are getting more and more homesick. Someone’s been poisoning them lately with a longing potion, and when fully inebriated they decide to flee Alfea and go back to Pixie Village, but are stopped by the Winx.

The girls are assigned a group test and need 7 people total, so they decide to invite Diaspro along so they can get to know each other better. After a few mishaps, they have a sleepover, and the group gets closer to her in different ways, bonding strongly with Bloom and Tecna (Bloom over a passion for art, Tecna over a deep, deep love-hate relationship with soap operas).

The day of the test arrives, but Darkar himself hijacks the simulation chamber, forcing the girls to do a different convergence spell than planned, defeating the monsters he placed. They pass without issue after that, and the girls feel more together than ever.

Bloom needs to go to Earth for a few days to help her mom with the case against the dudes that tried to destroy her shop, and with permission from Faragonda she brings Stella, Musa and Aisha along, since they wanted a breath of fresh air.

Stella leaves to go sightsee and Bloom meets with her mom, so left alone, Musa and Aisha decide to hit up a club and see how it goes.

Back on Magix, Flora manages to snag a coffee with Helia, and continue to catch up on their lives. She’s been trying to meet with him again for a while, but he tends to get so immersed in his work he accidentally keeps ghosting her. After an actual outing at last, Helia realizes he’s lowkey crushing on her, but decides to drop that though for a bit and continue with his art, unaware that Flora’s also starting to fall for him.

They have a good time despite an incident with some punks outside the place, and after a sudden slow dance, Musa realizes her crush on Aisha is far more than that. She internally panics the rest of the trip, Aisha somewhat oblivious but also starting to see Musa in a different light.

A few weeks pass, and Stella, Sky, Bloom and Diaspro are summoned by King Erendor, wanting to get some things clear that were left untouched after the Incident last year.

He and Samara talk about the engagement, and that if Bloom and Diaspro are willing, they can rearrange everything in a way they can both still be with Sky.

They all refuse the offer, having already resolved that themselves on their own, and that nothing he says will change their minds. Samara tries to subtly manipulate Diaspro with how her mother is taking all of this, but Bloom defends her, surprising the blonde and the regents.

Defeated, Erendor cedes word to his wife, who reveals the other reason they called them: A town bordering Quarzis and Eraklyon has been taken by the rogue noble Yoshinoya, who wants to meet with both heirs to get to an agreement. Fearing a repeat of “The Onyrix Fairy incident” (which piques Bloom’s curiosity), they order them all to go see what’s up.

On Magica City, Musa meets with her brother - Jian, a senior Specialist. They’re catching up on what has been happening lately, and after a bit, Jian informs her that Red Fountain’s Academic Showcase is happening soon, and that they’re looking for a musician to perform at the end. Musa jumps at the idea and takes that spot, happy but nervous that she’ll finally get to play for more than just the Winx sometimes.

After they part ways, Jian calls his father, and invites him to come to the Showcase since he missed it last year, and that he has a surprise for him.

Back on Eraklyon, the group talks on the way, and Bloom asks about what Erendor and Samara were talking about. Sky admittedly doesn’t know much about it since it was before he was born, but Brandon fills in and tells her Daphne will know more since she was also involved.

They finally arrive at the town, and are immediately ambushed by a group of weirdos in superhero costumes calling themselves the Patchamen, a group of justice-obsessed mercenaries that believe in Yoshinoya’s cause, being completely misguided. They’re quickly defeated, however, and thanks to them defecting, they manage to capture Yoshinoya and send them to the authorities.

Diaspro and Bloom talk a bit more on the way back, and after everything that happened that day, she realizes she might be crushing on Bloom, especially after the redhead falls asleep on her shoulder.

A week has passed, and the Showcase is finally starting. Musa’s nervous about her solo act (since she’s also helping a band with her guitar earlier on), but Aisha manages to encourage her and everyone else is supportive as well. Riven offers some advice on handling any nervousness in his own way, but Musa’s thankful about the support.

Her happiness is short-lived, however, when she recognizes her father, Huan, on the distance, and while he’s happy to see her, his eyes have a stern look.

The Winx and the Specialists introduce themselves, and Huang pulls Musa aside from a bit after this.

Once they’re in a private place, he asks her to drop the music act, that she shouldn’t do any of that. Musa asks him how he knows about this - Jian told him. She immediately refuses, she has been practicing like hell this past week and she’s not about to drop it just because her dad is still afraid of performing.

They’re on the verge of a screaming match but Aisha interrupts, worried about her friend. Musa takes the chance and leaves his father there, and goes to confront her brother on this with Aisha.

Jian told their father about the show in the hopes he had finally gotten over the issue, but he was clearly wrong, and Musa, while appreciating the thought, he should have known their dad wasn’t over it. “We’re a family of thick-headed people, did ya forget that?” Aisha has like zero context about this, so she asks them to elaborate.

Their mother, Marina, died of a magic-resistant illness, and near the end of her life she had started to get slightly better. She wanted to give one last concert, in case she did not make it, and she did. But she passed out shortly after the final song of the concert, and died on the way to the hospital.

They went through some bad patches after this, and while Huan still likes music, he’s afraid of his kids also following that path in case they end like Marina did.

Both Jian and Musa know this is idiotic, but they understand why he would be afraid of this. Marina’s passing hit them all too hard. But Musa is determined to go through the concert with his approval or not, and she’s not gonna back down.

The Showcase finally starts, and while Huan is still grumpy the girls and Riven manage to soften him a bit with how much Musa loves music and how nervous she was about all this.

Musa’s number is close to happening, and after a bit, Huan shows up backstage. He apologizes for what he did that day, and that yeah, he shouldn’t have to force her to not perform just because of his fears.

Musa also apologizes for how she reacted, but also finally calls him out on how his fears have affected her and Jian, how she has felt pressured to keep a big part of her hidden from him all this time, and how much pain this has caused her. Huan apologizes once more, and as they hug, Musa earns her Glamourix, finally being honest with her dad.

She finally gets to perform her solo act, and the Showcase finishes without any major incident.

Bloom gets invited by Mitzi for a Halloween party, and she decides to bring the Winx + Dia along as well, since the rest didn’t get to see Earth last time.

The party goes without any major incidents, but Mitzi does tell her that she hasn’t seen Selina in a bit, seemingly spending a lot of time with her grandma. Mitz’s description of her matches what her parents have told her about the mysterious old lady that showed up each time she went back home, and while she’s worried, if she’s Selina’s grandmother she will probably be fine.

A few more weeks go by and the Winx wake up to the revelation Flora signed them all up for some extra courses at Cloud Tower, and she takes the chance to also meet up with Mirta and Lucy again.

Helia also goes to get some practice on his magic done.

As this happens, Sky and Riven get trapped on their side of the dorm due to some issues, and are forced to spend the entire day together. They get closer, and Riven starts to suspect he might have something for the blonde prince.

During their stay the Trix hijack the school and after some battles, they manage to steal its Keystone after defeating Discorda, its pixie.

Helia and Flora also start lowkey flirting but they’re both bad at it and Flora’s infinite patience is starting to cut short once Helia starts trying to change subjects.

Three days later, the Winx are still bummed about their defeat at the hand of the Trix, and Bloom starts taking some private magic lessons with Avalon to unwind a bit.

They talk a bit and asks Avalon if he knows where Alfea’s keystone is. Avalon says he honestly doesn’t know, but even if he knew he wouldn’t be able to tell her. Bloom makes an offhand comment about the Keystone being in the Archive, and Avalon loses composure for a second.

Avalon offers her some of his homemade tea to relax, and she eagerly drinks it, exhausted after the training.

Bloom gets progressively more and more flighty and happy as the day progresses, and during a small joke moment in the Winx’s dorm, she starts laughing too hard. Everyone gets concerned as Bloom also suddenly transformed, and started flying away.

She’s getting more and more deranged and her eyes are starting to change color, and she arrives at the Archive, starting to burn everything with a childlike glee on her eyes. Her Glamourix also turns from orange to gold.

The Winx follow and attempt to stop her, but they’re overpowered by Bloom’s Dragon Aura and she breaks the roof, flying out with the Keystone and giving it to a shadowy person for Darkar.

She comes back down and starts trying to play (read: attack) the Winx, but Avalon arrives and takes her out of whatever she was on, detransforming.

She spends the next week shut inside her room, afraid of what she had done, not knowing how it happened, and how she almost severely hurt her friends with her magic.

Since the last break before finals is rapidly approaching, Faragonda suggest for the girls to take a trip to the Fatue Wildland Resort, a place low on ambient magic with a lot of stuff for them to take their mind off recent events, and even suggest the girls could invite the Specialists.

The Winx take the offer and bring the Specialists alongside Diaspro and Helia, and they have a nice two days on the Snow Mountains before deciding to camp on the River side of the resort, just 4 days of enjoying nature.

At the same time, Palladium and Avalon go on a small hike in search of a flower, but Avalon gets some flower acid in his eyes, prompting Livy, the messenger pixie of Alfea, to go back and get some medicine while Palladium helps him. Avalon mentions something about Pixie Village’s unique cure seemingly as a random fact, and Livy decides to then go to Pixie Village since it would have been a shorter trip.

She gets attacked by Icy on the way, and she manages to find Pixie Village. She makes short work of the place and takes the last remaining Keystone, and almosts kills Ninfea before being stopped by Livy.

She decides to fold in, and Livy rushes again to help Avalon.

With all the Keystones, Darkar realizes he needs someone else to act as a catalyst to open the gate for Relix, and informs the Trix this person is Bloom, so they need to kidnap her.

The Trix attack the group on the Wildlands, but ultimately fail to get Bloom, the team getting the fuck out of there once the Trix disappear.

At some point between the attacks, Aisha gets separated from the rest, and in a moment of panic, she can only think of Musa and how she could make everything better. She realizes she might be falling in love with her.

The Winx then go to Pixie Village by Livy and Faragonda’s request, as the Tree of Life took a beating and they think Flora might be able to save it.

She does, and thanks to a confidence boost she stops beating around the bush, finally asking Helia out on a date after their ineffective flirting on the Wildlands. Chatta cheers on the background.

Once back on Alfea Bloom decides to go check up something with Avalon, and loses track of the rest.

The Winx then meet with Faragonda and talk about what happened, when Avalon, looking way worse than just a few moments ago, bursts into the hallway.

He explains he was a prisoner of Darkar almost all year, and has only now just managed to escape. Everyone else is doubtful until Faragonda decides to call the Order, and is indeed surprised that Avalon was reported missing for almost a year now.

The Winx, realizing Bloom was gonna meet up with the fake Avalon, rush like hell to his office, but are too late - Bloom is back to that crazed state (Shadow Bloom is what the fake calls it), and formally introduces himself as Bertrand, before disappearing to Shadowhaunt.

Everyone starts panicking like hell until Daphne, filled with rage, finally decides to go to Shadowhaunt and end all this right now. The Winx agree wholeheartedly, and with some preparations from all schools our protagonists venture into the depths of Magix.

They manage to meet with Amentia on the way, who realizes there’s been more monsters lately and that Darkar might be preparing for something big. She agrees to keep those monsters at bay alongside some senior Specialists chosen to help.

The main team manage to go inside at last after a last battle with the Trix, and start looking for Bloom.

On the main chamber, and with Bloom’s magic, Darkar finally manages to open the gate to Relix, and leaves the Trix alone to defend the castle while he executes his master plan (which no one truly knows what is yet).

The Trix are pissed at this, after all they did for him for him to betray them like that, so they defect and decide to go help the heroes as a last “fuck you” to Darkar.

The heroes, meanwhile, are held back by Bertrand, who has been kicking their ass for a few minutes before Faragonda, Griffin, Saladin and Codatorta’s entrance, who agree to entertain the monster while everyone else rushes to Relix with Daphne’s help.

The Ring/Sceptre of Solaria is broken during the battle, causing Stella a lot of distress.

With combined effort, the former members of the Company of Light manage to kill Bertrand.

The Winx, Specialists, Diaspro, Helia and the Trix manage to enter Relix at last, and finally witness Darkar’s plan:

To make Bloom absorb as much power from the planetoid as possible, so she can earn Relix and then transfer his consciousness to her, finally becoming corporeal again and… and…

He stops for a bit. He has completely forgotten what he wanted to do once he reached Relix, centuries old memories mixing inside of him.

The Specialists take this chance and attack Darkar, destroying his armor and suddenly freeing the spirit inside, forming into a giant bird-like form.

Bloom is still absorbing magic, and attempts from the Winx seem futile, a shield protecting her. A convergence spell manages to weaken it enough that Diaspro goes through it, and attempts to snap Bloom out of Darkar’s control as much as she can.

Darkar realizes what Diaspro is doing and attacks both her and Bloom not realizing that he will also hurt his future host, and Diaspro takes the full brunt of the attack to defend Bloom.

She ends up severely burned by Darkar, and faints on the spot, seemingly not breathing.

Bloom looks down to Diaspro, the manic glee in her face disappearing completely, her transformation undone and the curse drug placed on her by Bertrand burnt away by her sorrow.

Diaspro starts to shine, however, and manages to get herself partly up surprised that she’s not hurting anymore, and realizes she earnt Enchantix by saving Bloom via giving up her safety for her. Bloom hugs her immediately, but soon realizes Darkar’s still there and he’s attacking everyone.

However, the headmasters plus Daphne arrive to Relix as well, and with everyone’s power, they manage to destroy Darkar, separating the two souls that formed him and burning them, letting them pass on at last.

Completely exhausted, everyone leaves Shadowhaunt slightly traumatized by everything that happened, and the Trix, while proved helpful against Darkar in the end, are going to have to go to jail for a bit and will have a proper trial to determine their fate.

Everyone finally manages to go back to the schools and rest for a bit before finals start, and for now, peace has been achieved...

#Winx Club #Winx Redux AU #Winx AU Detailing #Winx Redux AU: Summarized

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Mark Peterson awarded 2018 W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant in Humanistic Photography

The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund announced on Wednesday evening, Oct. 17, that Mark Peterson is the recipient of this year’s $35,000 Grant in Humanistic Photography for his project, The Past Is Never Dead. Selected from a talented group of nine finalists, Peterson looks at the organizations, political parties and candidates bringing the message of white supremacy to the halls of various state and local governments. The W. Eugene Smith Grant will help Peterson further explore the social life of the resurgent Confederacy, the removal of Confederate statues and names on schools and streets, and record the process of the long-term impact of these initiatives. Peterson’s project was selected from 314 entries from 53 countries, the most ever submitted to the Smith Grant since its inception in 1980.

The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant is presented annually to photographers whose work is judged by a panel of experts to be in the best tradition of the compassionate dedication exhibited by W. Eugene Smith during his 45-year career in photojournalism. The grant, as well as fellowships and other special awards, enables recipients to undertake and complete worthy photojournalistic projects.

Photographer Sarah Blesener (U.S.) received a $5,000 Smith Fund Fellowship for her project, Beckon Us From Home, which looks at how the interplay of religion, love of country, and military-style training in youth education is being implemented at patriotic camps and clubs across the United States. Photographed in 12 different states, Beckon Us From Home is an ongoing photography project investigating how the United States instills patriotism and passes down traditions to new generations.

The judges also presented special awards to Monika Bulaj (Poland) and Enayat Asadi (Iran) for their projects, Broken Songlines || Three Manuscripts, and Rising From the Ashes of War, respectively. Sponsored by the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation, the $2,500 awards are presented to Smith Grant finalists whose works the judges deemed as “exceptional and worthy of recognition.”

The W. Eugene Smith Student Grant was awarded to Marwan Bassiouni (Swiss/U.S./Egyptian), a recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (Netherlands), who received the $4,000 grant for New Dutch Views, a statement that challenges the idea that there is only one national identity and that Islam is separate from the Netherlands. By photographing the Dutch landscape from inside Dutch mosques, Bassiouni invites viewers to step inside the perspective of a Muslim person and rediscover his or her own landscape.

This year's $5,000 Howard Chapnick Grant was presented to Pete Brook for his project, A History of Prison Photography, Written by Prisoners. The grant is awarded to an individual for leadership in any field ancillary to photojournalism, such as picture editing, research, education, and management. For more than a decade, Brook has written about and curated images of mass incarceration in the U.S. For this project, Brook is teaching the history of photography to 28 men in San Quentin State Prison in California.

The following photographers were recognized as finalists for this year’s W. Eugene Smith Grant: Mary Calvert: Defending the Forces: Reforming America’s Military Justice System (U.S.) Giancarlo Ceraudo: Destino Final: The History of Dictatorship in Argentina (Italy) Antonio Gibotta: Stuck in the Cold of Belgrade (Italy) Raffy Lerma: In the Midst of Violent Change: Covering the Philippine Drug War (Philippines) Stephanie Sinclair: Child Marriage in the United States (United States)

The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund is supported by generous contributions from the Incite Project, the Herb Ritts Foundation, Canon USA, the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation, and Carla Shen. Additional support is provided by Aperture, Brilliant Graphics, Center for Creative Photography (CCP), the International Center of Photography, MediaStorm, Photo District News (PDN), the School of Visual Arts MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Department, the School of Visual Arts Master of Professional Studies in Digital Photography, and Synergy Communications.

Photography by Mark Peterson/Redux Pictures

See more photos of W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund award winners and our other slideshows on Yahoo News.

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Which of These Games Should I Play?

I have a ton of PC Games on Different Stores. Most of them were free through a promotion or extremely cheap. Does anyone have a recommendation on which games I should play next? I'm up for any genre.

Steam

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Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation

Batman: Arkham City GOTY

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Morrowind

Skyrim

EVE Online

Evil Genius

F1 2018

GRID Autosport

HELLION

Heroes of the Three Kingdoms

Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate

Kingdom: CLassic

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The LEGO NINJAGO Movie Video Game

Little Nightmares

Magrunner: Dark Pulse

Mandagon

Metro 2033

Oceanhorn: monster of Uncharted Seas

Paladins

Path of Exile

Red Wings

Regions of Ruin

RISK: Global Domination

STAR WARS Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

Steel Rats

Surviving Mars

Terraria

Ticket to Ride: First Journey

Tomb Raider (2013)

Total War: SHOGUN 2

Total War: WARHAMMER II

Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator

The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day

UNDEFEATED

Walking Simulator 2020

Warframe

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Bigscreen Beta

The Dream Machine

Google Earth VR

Interkosmos

The Lab

Microsoft Maquette

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Nevermind

Spellbound Spire

Transpose

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10 Second Ninja X

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Back 4 Blood Beta

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Between Two Castles- Digital Edition

Bomber Crew

Mombergrounds: Battle Royale

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Company of Heroes 2

Darwin Project

The Deed

Delores A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure

Deuterium Wars

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Enderal: Forgotten Stories

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GOAT OF DUTY

GoatPunks

Golden Axed: A Cancelled Prototype

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Higurashi When They Cry Hou Ch. 1 Onikakushi

Influent

Ironsight

Isle of Ewe

Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2

Khan VS Kahn

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Manual Samuel - Anniversary Edition

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Brigador: Up-Armored Edition

Butcher

Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure

Divinity 2: Developer’s Cut

Europa Universalis II

GWENT: The Witcher Card Game

Hellpoint

Hitman: Absolution

Loria

Mable & The Wood

Metro: Last Light Redux

Prison Architect

Seven: Enhanced Edition

Slain: Back From Hell

Syberia

Syberia II

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Syndicate Wars

Tonight We Riot

Ultima Underworld I

Ultima Underworld II

War Wind

Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

XIII

Origin

Battlefield 3

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Star Wars Battlefront II

Epic Games

Outward

Genshin Impact

Overcooked

Overcooked! 2

A Short Hike

Dungeons 3

Grand Theft Auto V

Among Us

World War Z

Sid Meier’s Civilization VI

Control

A Total War Saga: TROY

20XX

3 out of 10 (Episodes 1, 4, 5, and Season 2)

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Absolute Drift

ABZU

AER Alien: Isolation

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

Anodyne 2: Return To Dust

ARK: Survival Evolved

Assassins Creed Syndicate

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Borderlands 2

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead

Carcassonne

Cave Story+

Cities: Skylines

Close to the Sun

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Creature in the Well

Crying Suns

Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition

Darkest Dungeon

Death Coming

Defense Grid: The Awakening

Deponia The Complete Journey

Drawful 2

Elite Dangerous

Enter the Gungeon

Faeria

Farming Simulator 19

Figment

Football Manager 2020

For the King

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Ghostbusters The Video Game Remastered

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Jurassic World Evolution

Just Cause 4

Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth

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Metro Last Light Redux

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Mothergunship

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Obduction

Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty

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Pillars of Eternity - Definitive Edition

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Railway Empire

Remnant: From the Ashes

Rising Storm 2: Vietnam

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition

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Shadowrun Hong Kong

Shadowrun Returns

Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director’s Cut

Sherlock Holmes Crimes and Punishments

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Spellbreak

STAR WARS Battlefront II: Celebration Edition

Stick it to the Man

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Stranger Things 3: The Game

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Sunless Sea

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

Surviving Mars

Tacoma Tales of the Neon Sea

The Alto Collection

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The Lion’s Song

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The Textorcist

The World Next Door

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Tyranny - Gold Edition

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Watch Dogs 2

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The Darkside Detective

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Deadlight Director’s Cut

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Figment

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Genesis Alpha One

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Lost in Harmony The Musical Odyssey

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Metal Slug 3

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Moving Out

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Newfound Courage

Overcooked!

Pulstar

Samurai Shodown II

Samurai Shodown Special

Sengoku 3

Sheltered

Shock Troopers

Shock Troopers 2nd Squad

Sigma Theory

Silver Chains

Smoke and Sacrifice

NSK 40th Anniversary Collection

Spit Kiss

Stick it to the Man!

Surf World Series

Sword Legacy Omen

The Blind Prophet

The Escapists

The King of Fighters ‘97 Global Match

The King of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match Final Edition

The King of Fighters 2000

The King of Fighters 2002

The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match

The Last Blade 2

The Occupation

The Spectrum Retreat

Turmoil

Victor Vran Overkill Edition

Void Bastards

When Ski Lifts Go Wrong

Wizard of Legend

Yoku’s Island Express

Yooka Laylee

Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair

Wargaming

World of Tanks

World of Warships

Master of Orion

Stadia

Elder Scrolls Online

Microsoft Store

Tell Me Why: Chapters 1-3

Wings of War: Modern Warplanes

Sniper Fury - Elite Gun Shooter

Dungeon of Slyn Free

Order & Chaos 2

Shadow Fight 2 for Windows

Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions

Halo: Spartan Strike

Dragon Revenge

Star Wars: Commander

3D Chess Game

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