Nero the Synapsian accidentally unleashes an evil spirit when he knocks over a book in the ancient library. Now it’s up to him and a little sprite Sci to help get him contained again and help fix the world.

Tesura Games’ A Tale of Synapses: The Chaos Theories is a platforming puzzle game where you play as Nero and his little sprite helper Sci. Nero was a lonely little Synapsesian Who always felt like he didn’t fit in. He makes friends with a librarian and while cleaning accidentally knocked over a book and unleashed a once ancient evil and Sci. Sci the grudgingly agreed to help contain the evil spirit again and save the world.

Nero is the main player of the game but you also can control Sci to help with puzzles, or you can have a second player please Sci! Nero can learn several different skills to help him fight in combat and jump higher. You collect light coins as you’re playing that you can use to unlock new powers, you can also unlock powers for Sci. All of the necessary abilities like double jumping and attacking or unlocked as you play, all the upgrades are optional but very necessary.

Some of the upgrades are tricky to use however,  and my biggest issue was actually trying to figure out how you unlock some of The upgrades. I was thinking they would all be unlocked right away and you just have to get the light coins to upgrade them. You also can help out synapseians in the game and sometimes get treasure from doing it, and other times absolutely nothing. Or at least nothing apparent.

Sci can also go to another dimension too see things that will help you solve the puzzles! He can also go to the other dimension to freeze enemies

And all of the puzzles are math-based! Which makes sense since the entire world seems to be made of math symbols and the names as well. The puzzles include things like creating the right shapes to put onto a scale to make stuff move or even doing some simple multiplication and addition. But don’t worry you don’t have to be a mathematician to figure them out and you can eat an apple which you find around the levels and Sci will give you a clue. Also if you’re not good at math, like me, a lot of the puzzles can be figured out just by messing around long enough.

The characters are all really cute especially little Nuro, and the music is fun as well! There are also several different levels and locations in A Tale of Synapses and you could replay the levels if you missed some light coins or other items – which it will tell you when you highlight the level.

Overall I enjoyed A Tale of Synapses: The Chaos Theories! It was cute, fun, and didn’t make me hate math all over again! I wish some of the unlock a bowls were available right away, But at least you could go back into the levels as much as you want and get more like coins. I give it four out of five baby dragons.

Want the game for yourself? Good cus it’s available now! You can get it on Switch and Steam for $17.99! Now go dig out your old 5th grade math book!

In another day Joe Biden will be in Crystal Lake, IL, on the road to promote his trillions in spending designed to ever in debt you children and grandchildren to crushing taxation,

The breathless questions from the Chicago and Illinois media will no doubt be about what flavor ice cream cone Joe is going to lick. If Joe happens to sniff a young girl’s hair that will assuredly not make the six-o’clock news.

Biden was shuffling along at a Cherry Orchard in Traverse City yesterday where he once again claimed that he will “get in trouble” for saying something. Who is going to be smacking the old coot around? Is Jen Psaki going to give him a circle-back punch? Hyena Harris? The eminent Doctor J. Biden? I guess Joe’s claim about him forgetting he is the president is true, so the most powerful man in the world lets himself be bitch-slapped by his Weekend at Bernie handlers.

Watch the video attached to this story and ask yourself if you would allow your senile father to be abused this way.

Everywhere I looked I saw ads for July 4th savings on this and July 4th savings on that, so I googled it to see what was happening on July 4th.

Turns out that today is a celebration of a holiday called Independence Day and this is the 245th anniversary of that day.

King George III, King of Britain and Ireland ascended to the throne in 1760 at the age of 22; inexperienced and disturbingly oblivious to world affairs. The young king never seemed to outgrow his pettiness or petulance.

George wasn’t a bad king, as kings go and many of the policies like the Intolerable Acts, the Stamp Act and the Townshend duties that led to the American Revolution were actually passed by British Parliament – with Royal assent.

Discontent had been brewing in the colonies for years and by April of 1775 open rebellion was in full swing. On July 4, 1776 the 2nd Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence, giving it the following preamble:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

In short, the American colonists were breaking the bonds of despotism, tyranny and one-man rule. We didn’t want a king, we wanted to elect our officials and have them govern in OUR NAME.

Fun fact: To this day Britain still has no formally written or codified constitution, instead relying on a collection of laws, regulations and legal precedent as guidelines. The last formal document they had was the Magna Carta, issued in 1215 and relevant only in 13th Century England.

Our current form of government was established in 1887 by our Constitution, divided into three parts so as to create equality among the three branches of government and set out a system of checks and balances.

Ten amendments – the Bill of Rights – were added to the Constitution, ensuring individual and states rights and ratification of the newly written Constitution.

Free reign was never intended for any branch of government, although Article I of the Constitution establishes Congress, the branch created to make law and maintain continuity.

There was a reason Congress was created first and it wasn’t to impede progress, get rich off their donors or embrace alternative facts to curry favor with a certain segment of the electorate.

Apparently there’s more to this Independence Day than mattress sales, barbecues and fireworks. Undoubtedly, there’s a certain inspiration here, a certain pride in being American and an undeniable feeling of patriotism.

What then, is this thing called patriotism?

Patriotism is defined as devotion to and vigorous support for one’s country. It says nothing about devotion to or support for any one man or any single ideology.

There have been some stark and some subtle changes in America over the past few years and this might be a good time to consider what it means to be American, what it means to be patriotic.

To love America is to love its people, ALL its people and appreciate that the freedom and opportunity that is uniquely American and is available to each of us must be available to ALL of us.

The support mentioned in the definition of patriotism refers to our government, even when our guy gets kicked out of it.

No man is entitled or ordained to be our president and it only stands to reason that there will be periods of time when the sitting president is not of our personal choosing.

It’s the continuity of our government and the peaceful and respectful transfer of power from one man to the next that is the very foundation of America. That is what we love, that is what we support.

That is patriotism.

Have a very safe and happy Independence Day. If you’re going to play with fireworks, remember three things: Light, drop, run!

You can read more about Independence Day by clicking HERE.

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It’s the 4th of July. The anniversary of the birth of our country. Which band, who is now in their fiftieth year of existence, should we celebrate?

AMERICA!

Actually, I’m not really celebrating them. I was never a big fan. Don’t get me wrong, I do like some of their songs. But from the beginning, I thought their music was boring.

It was fifty years ago, back in the golden/olden days of 1971 when “A Horse With No Name” was dumped into our brain over and over and over again. When you talk about being burned out on a song, this is a perfect example of that phrase.

I remember hearing “Horse” for the first time. I thought it was a new Neil Young tune, and I was far from the only one. It made sense at the time because not only did the singer sound like Neil, but the band said that Young was one of their major influences. But, America and their songs never had the imagination, energy, edge or power that Neil brought to his music.

It’s now almost fifty years since the release of America’s first self-titled album. The record did receive fine reviews upon its release. It also sold more than one million copies which earned them a platinum record. Maybe it’s time to give it another listen? Maybe I was wrong? It’s been known to happen before.

NOPE!! Not today. I was right about this one.

The songs are fine, but they’re dull. It’s basically an acoustic guitar album. Hey guys, I know you can play electric guitars. I’ve heard them in other songs on your later albums. You should have used them on this first one. It would have kept my eyes open. I didn’t fall asleep while listening to the album, but it was pretty close. Hmmm…maybe this is the album I should listen to late at night when I have insomnia.

To America the band, congrats on your fifty years as a band. Maybe I’ll check out some of your later albums because this one did nothing for me. Good thing today is the 4th of July. The fireworks will keep me awake after listening to that album.

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