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Oakley x Turtle Beach Gaming Eyewear If you head to turtlebeach.com, you may notice that the website has changed a touch. Its popular budget gaming headsets have left center-stage and gaming eyewear, of all things, has replaced them in the limelight. This is because Turtle Beach has joined forces with Oakley. Oakley, in case you don’t know, is a popular performance eyewear brand. Its sports lenses see use in a wide range of athletic pursuits, from snowboarding, through cycling, to surfing....

BOOKS The Metaphysical Touch (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) by Sylvia Brownrigg. Two lost souls, alias Hamlet and Sylvia Plath, find one another via that new confessional, the Internet. This sweet, sad, smart, sexy first novel humanizes cyberspace. Jack Kroll (4 stars) MOVIES Arlington Road Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins star in a tricky, paranoid, coincidence-ridden thriller about homegrown terrorism. It starts slow but gets its hooks in you. David Ansen (3 stars)...

Even the living-room television can foster obesity and poor school performance if it’s overused. What can parents do? Set strict limits on how much TV your kids watch–the less the better. Teach them to select good shows, and to recognize the subtle messages that programs and advertising impart. And when all else fails, hide the remote.

Tvesa, who started the day with an eight-shot lead, almost doubled that as the rest of the field floundered on a difficult scoring day at the Kensville Golf & Country Club. Tvesa, who won the Hero Order of Merit last year, secured the win by a huge 15-shot margin. She had back-to-back bogeys on seventh and eighth and her lone birdie of the day was on Par-4 12th. She finished with a string of six pars....

Half way into the second half and Jack Wilshere popped up once again thanks to some good work from Ramsey who found Ozil inside the box and the German laid a pin point cross to the English man who slotted in Arsenal’s second and marking his first two-goal haul of his career. And although Arsenal never looked threatening in their attacks, they never had to and nor did the visiting Marseille who kept Szczesny at bay almost the entire game....

Even though the series was canceled after its second season due to low audience ratings (which could be pinned on the huge number of filler episodes, an executive decision highly disapproved by Lynch), it gathered a massive cult following as the series had ended on an epic cliffhanger up until its comeback 26 years later. RELATED: The Best David Lynch Movies To Watch Many things in Twin Peaks are unique, and make it one of the most singular and influential series in TV history....

The Twins (75-68) are one game back of the Rangers for the second wild-card spot entering play Tuesday — a night, it’s worth noting, when Phil Hughes also will be back in the Minnesota rotation for his first start since Aug. 10. MORE: The 15 worst hitters of the 21st century | Will the Cardinals blow the NL Central? Hughes’ return couldn’t come at a better time for the Twins, the Star-Tribune noted, as they face meaningful September baseball while battling inconsistency by some starters and see rookie Tyler Duffey racking up a a career high in innings pitched (171) between the majors and minors....

Speaking to The Verge, Twitch said that it had removed TwitchCop, an emote which shows a cartoon character in a police uniform blowing a whistle, from the site “to prevent misuse.” The Twitch spokesperson also said that “we are constantly evaluating our policies to ensure we are addressing emerging behaviors and language on our platform.” RELATED: Here’s Why FaZe is Trending on Twitter Twitch has removed emotes over usage concerns before like last month when it took down several “simp” emotes as they could be used for harassment....

In Chroma Chronicles, players will choose one of three characters, Luna, Jade, and Klay. Luna is a mage and is represented by the color purple. Jade is a thief and has the color green. Klay is a red warrior. Once a character is selected, players will draft a deck of cards to go on a “Journey” to try and win 5 matches. After each match, players will be able to upgrade and add to their decks so that each round is a new tier of challenge....

As a result, some odd things can happen on Twitch, and usually do on a regular basis. Sometimes those instances are troubling, like witnessing domestic abuse live, while others are oddly heartwarming, like the below video of a streamer falling asleep. JesseDStreams was streaming on Saturday night in the Just Chatting category, watching TV and eating. For about two hours this went on with no chat interaction and then Jesse fell asleep and remained that way for another two hours....

A wave of accusations has been coming out against Twitch streamers recently, prompting #TWITCHBLACKOUT to trend on Twitter. Many streamers and viewers stayed off the platform to encourage Twitch to take action against these streamers. With this movement happening, more women in the industry have been speaking out about their unwanted sexual experiences, including those in the OfflineTV house. RELATED: Twitch is Handing Out Bans Following Abuse Allegations Along with other female Twitch streamers, some of the women in the OfflineTV house chimed in on Twitter that they also had experiences with sexual harassment from men and other streamers on the platform....

Munday’s wife, identified in court documents as Grace Campbell, was attempting to get Munday to stop playing Fortnite and eat dinner with his family. Campbell asked Munday repeatedly to stop playing the game. Eventually, this escalated to Campbell yelling at Munday and throwing things at both him and his computer, including a kettle. Munday then slapped his pregnant wife in the face and pushed her to the ground. The couple’s children were home during the incident and can be heard in the stream....

The odd message popped up following a lengthy stream, which Ninja ended abruptly, and went offline, announcing his intentions to take some time off after going silent and dropping comms with friend and fellow Twitch streamer SypherPK. Ninja had stopped participating in the match and hadn’t responded to his partner for some time. Then, seemingly out of the blue, he commented that he “couldn’t do it anymore” and left the game....

Like many people around the world, Pokimane mentioned in her announcement about how she’s been feeling burnt out due to the state of the world with the pandemic still posing a threat to many. Because of these stresses and not having time off in a long time, she has stated that she needs to take the time off for her mental health. RELATED: The Biggest Twitch Bans of 2020...

Speaking to his chat in a recent broadcast on Twitch, xQc confirmed that his days as xQcOW on Twitch may be numbered. The streamer was able to communicate with a Twitch partnership representative named Pluto, who told xQc that there had been some “changes” made behind the scenes and that a username change may now be possible. xQc gave the green light and the Twitch username change is apparently now submitted....

TwitchCon is not immune to the possibility of spreading “con plague.” Grouping together thousands of people is always going to lead to the spread of contagions, whether it be colds, the flu, or otherwise. This year was worse yet, however, as it’s the first in-person Twitch convention to be held during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. TwitchCon 2022 did require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 to attend, as well as face masks....

This situation is rather unique largely because of what happened shortly before and after the actual incident. As if falling asleep while playing Valorant isn’t odd enough, the fact that paramedics ended up getting involved in the streamer’s nap is bizarre. Ultimately, everyone was fine, and it turned out the streamer was in fact just sleeping. RELATED: Twitch Bans VTuber Projekt Melody It seems as though fans thought he blacked out mid stream, as when the paramedics arrived that is what they told him....

In a series of Tweets, Dorsey explained his motivations to Twitter at large. “We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought. Why? A few reasons…” he began, indicating with an emoji that a thread was about to ensue. Dorsey ultimately said that political ads remove options from his users, versus seeking out content or content creators on their own....

In his playing days, he was always in the news for his on-field aggression, funny expressions and over-the-top celebrations. His dance moves and hilarious celebrations were widely trolled by the public earlier. The 33-year-old, who is now contesting the assembly election in Thiruvananthapuram, was also trolled last month for posting an amusing image of himself on social media during his campaign in Kerala. The former Indian cricketer took to Twitter to share his thoughts and vision for the development of the state....

Members of Fortnite’s Creative Community have developed a new immersive journey called March Through Time, which allows players to watch King’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in its entirety. The new feature was created to help players explore pivotal moments from the Civil Rights Movement. In the game, players will be transported nearly 60 years back in time to a re-imagined Washington, D.C. where they can witness the speech from the Lincoln Memorial and the United States National Mall....