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This week on Arrow, we get back into the main plot. Prometheus sends a coffin to Mayor Queen’s office with the body of an unknown man inside. It is later found out through forensic work that the man was accidentally killed by Robert Queen, Oliver’s father. Thea returns to the show and helps Oliver reconcile with the news while also dealing with her own identity crisis. Meanwhile, Diggle and Oliver track Prometheus to an abandoned building where they are trapped in a room that slowly fills with cement. Meant to be symbolic of how Robert killed the man in the beginning of the episode, Diggle and Oliver are saved by Black Canary and Mister Terrific.

Oliver and Thea meet with a man who served as the lawyer for Justin Claybourne, Prometheus’ father, and find out they’ve been in contact. After being motivated by Felicity, Oliver dons the Green Arrow outfit once more and the team fights Prometheus and his thugs. While the team deals with the thugs, Green Arrow fights Prometheus one on one. He corners Prometheus and reveals that he learned through the lawyer that Claybourne was planning on disowning his son and that everything Prometheus has done up until now has been for a lie. Seemingly broken, Prometheus submits to Green Arrow who throws him in an ARGUS prison. All the while, the episode is broken up by a continued subplot of Rene attempting to earn back custody of his daughter and flashbacks of Anatoly dropping Oliver back off on the island so he can be rescued circa episode one of the series.

The theme of this episode is in the title: honor thy fathers. This episode was very much about Robert Queen and Justin Claybourne and the effect that both men had on their children. Much of Thea’s story in this episode revolved around coming to terms with her mother, biological father, and step father all being terrible people. Oliver’s role here, beyond crime fighting, was helping his sister deal with this fact and finally showing her the message that Robert created for her prior to his death. The elements of Robert’s failings as a parent and how his children must deal with that and not focus on the past were very well done. Maybe it’s the fact that I’ve spent five years watching these characters grow, but their reactions seemed entirely in line with the characters they have become and it was very touching. The flashbacks to the island where Anatoly and Oliver discuss Robert and what he wanted of Oliver was also more impactful than I thought it would be.

There are a few things that didn’t work in this episode. For starters, the impact of Claybourne’s failings as a parent had nowhere near the impact that the story revolving around Robert did. This is mainly because Claybourne was introduced as a character halfway through this season, but we as an audience are not meant to buy Prometheus’ reaction to his father’s plan to disown him. This is especially the case since the episode ends with him smirking at the camera and the trailer for next week’s episode shows him being his usual, smug self. Along with this thought, it seemed a bit unbelievable that Team Arrow, a group renowned for their intelligence and strategy, would start celebrating so early. None of them stopped to think “Wow this was really easy. Maybe this mastermind who has given us so much trouble the past six months is up to something.”

These flaws are very minor and did little to detract from a pretty solid episode that’s up there with some of the better ones this season. The set up for the final two episodes of season five was great and it managed to move the plot forward in interesting ways for the next season. As of right now, I maintain that the seventeenth episode “Kapiushon” is my favorite this season but from the looks of where things are going, it could easily be dethroned by either or both of these next two.

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In the TV show Fallout, would the “rule of thumb” really work?

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Walton Goggins’ character, who plays someone in the first episode of the new TV series Fallout on Amazon, mentions a “rule of thumb” when it comes to nuclear explosions.

According to the character known as “The Ghoul,” he learned in military school that if you raise your thumb and extend your arm toward the blast, you can tell if you are going to live or die. According to the rule, some Americans will be safe from the radioactive fallout if the mushroom cloud is smaller than their thumb. If the mushroom cloud is bigger than their thumb, they won’t be as lucky.

Many other survivors will probably ask you why you’re giving a mushroom cloud the big thumbs up. Is it worth it?

The idea has been looked into a bit thanks to the Fallout video game series, which caught the attention of physicists in their first year at the University of Leicester. They had heard a false rumor that the show’s mascot, Vault Boy, was giving a happy thumbs up to show support for the thumb rule. They wanted to find out if the rule was true.

The team looked at smaller blasts that would fit with the setting of the show and chose a 15-kiloton blast, which is the same size as the blast that happened when the US dropped “Little Boy” on Hiroshima. The first thing the team did was figure out how far away you would have to be from the mushroom cloud for your thumb to cover the blast. They came up with a number that was about 12.6 kilometers (7.8 miles).

“Assuming the detonation occurred on the ground, the radius for avoiding all burns is 4.67 km [2.9 miles] away from the blast center, and the radius for radiation sickness symptoms is 1.56 km [0.97 miles],” the team said in their paper. “This would mean that you would be safe from the initial blast effects of radiation and burns.”

Even though you just saw a nuclear explosion nearby, that doesn’t mean you are safe. And that’s before you worry about nuclear winter. The radiation coming at you from the wind should be your main concern.

“Assuming an average wind speed of 24 km/h, the fallout would reach you within approximately half an hour if you were to be standing directly upwind.”

Getting caught in this wind will give you enough rads to make you sick. One more rule, though: run like hell. This might help you lower your dose.

“This investigation showed that if a 15-kiloton nuclear bomb was to detonate and your thumb extended at an arm’s length just covered the blast, you could survive most negative radiation effects by running laterally in the direction of the wind for a minimum of 1.65 km [1 mile] in half an hour, given that you are standing directly upwind from the blast,” the team said.

But this only works for a blast much smaller than the weapons the world has now. And even for smaller blasts, the rule probably won’t help because of the radiation that is released into the air and the fact that the wind can change quickly. Ruth McBurney, who is the executive director of the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors in Frankfort, Kentucky, told Inverse that “shelter is the best thing to do if you think you might be in a place where fallout might be present or coming.”

More plans call for temporarily taking refuge in whatever is available, and then moving to better nearby shelters about 30 minutes after the blast. There are, of course, official rules about what to do during a blast. In short, you should stay inside and away from windows, wash your hands, and wait for more instructions. Please don’t condition your hair while you’re doing that.

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Sony is reportedly engaged in discussions to form a partnership for a potential bid on Paramount

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There hasn’t been much buzz lately about any new acquisitions in the world of video game intellectual property. According to a recent report, Sony is currently engaged in discussions with a well-funded partner to potentially acquire the renowned film studio Paramount, along with all the exciting possibilities that come with such a merger.

As reported in the New York Times (thanks, ResetEra), Sony Picture Entertainment is reportedly in discussions with Apollo Global Management, an investment firm, as per two sources familiar with the matter. In the past, Apollo had made an offer to acquire Paramount for a minimum of $26 billion, but their bid was ultimately turned down.

The terms of the joint bid are currently under discussion, and there is a chance that the two parties may decide against making a formal offer. Unnamed sources have revealed that Paramount is currently in exclusive discussions with Skydance, preventing any official offer from being made at this time. Investor opposition to the recent deal that Skydance brought seems to have been significant.

The potential impact of such an acquisition is immense. First and foremost, it would introduce adaptations of Sonic and Halo into the expanding media empire of the PlayStation platform holder. Following the announcement, Paramount’s stock experienced a significant 11% surge in after-hours trading.

What are your thoughts on the news? Is there a possibility of Sony acquiring Paramount? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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Fallout Season 2 has been confirmed as the show continues to captivate audiences, making it one of Amazon’s most-watched series

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Amazon has just made the exciting announcement that a second season of the highly acclaimed Fallout TV adaptation is in the works. Fans can look forward to another thrilling installment of the series, which will be exclusively available on the Amazon Prime streaming service. Confirmation has arrived regarding the second batch of episodes for the series, following the acquisition of $25 million in Californian tax credits.

In just four days after its release, Fallout has already captivated audiences, quickly becoming one of Amazon Prime’s most-watched TV shows of all time. It has garnered immense popularity, rivaling even the acclaimed season of The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power.

The Fallout TV show has caused a massive surge in sales for the newer games, resulting in a staggering 7,500% increase in purchases of Fallout 4 in Europe. Fallout 76, Fallout 3, and Fallout: New Vegas were also among the top 10 best-selling games across the continent last week. Next week, the highly anticipated PS5 version of Fallout 4 will be released, offering players an enhanced visual experience with new graphical modes. Additionally, players can look forward to exciting new content from the Creation Club.

Considering the potential for character development and narrative arcs, it would be intriguing to see where season two takes Lucy, Maximus, and The Ghoul. Without revealing any spoilers, it’s exciting to speculate on the possible directions their stories could go. We would greatly appreciate your feedback in the comments section.

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