Wednesday, November 8, 2023
‘Cities: Skylines 2’ video game launch falls flat Isaac Terry Staff Reporter
Many fans of “Cities: Skylines” have been dying to play the sequelonly to find they can’t run it. “Cities: Skylines 2” launched on video game distributor Steam on Oct. 24 and immediately garnered mixed reviews, with only 56% of the over 20,000 user reviews giving it a positive review, as of Nov. 2. In contrast, the original “Cities: Skylines” has a positive review rating of 93%, with over 132,000 total user reviews. Many reviews on the game’s Steam page write warnings that their game would not run at an acceptable
frames-per-second speed. Many claim to have incredibly advanced hardware and graphics processing units and say then have not been able to play the game. “The performance is just unacceptable, there are some rendering issues plaguing the game, and on top of that there are some wildly unoptimized assets in this game,” said Steam user Evangeline in a public review. “I wanted to love this game, and in a way I still do, everything else “Cities: Skylines” 1 did is improved in 2, but the terrible performance, and questionable looking assets really ruin the hype for me.”
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Courtesy of Creative Commons “Cities: Skylines 2” launched on video game distributor Steam on Oct. 24.
Retired OSU-Tulsa President Fry inducted into Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame Courtesy OSU News
Tribune News Service Selena Villatoro, former girlfriend of Nestor Hernandez, testifies during his capital murder trial at the Frank Crowley Courts Building on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Dallas. Hernandez, 31, is accused of opening fire inside Dallas Methodist Medical Center on Oct. 22, 2022 and killing two people. (Elias Valverde II/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)
‘Hell on Earth’: Testimony begins in trial of man accused of killing 2 at Dallas hospital Maggie Prosser The Dallas Morning News
himself. Jacqueline Pokuaa, a social worker, and Katie Flowers, a nurse, were killed by the gunfire. Hernandez is standing trial for capital murder this week; if conDALLAS — Selena Villatoro victed, he faces an automatic life didn’t want him to die. sentence without the possibility of She pleaded with police officers parole because Dallas County prosoutside her maternity ward hospital ecutors are not seeking the death room not to shoot her on-again, offpenalty. Testimony in the highagain boyfriend Nestor Hernandez. profile trial began Tuesday morning Between howls and feral screams, inside the courthouse near downtown she begged, “Don’t do this, please Dallas. don’t do this.” “You would think the maternity She clutched her baby and, with ward would be the happiest … safan IV still poked in her arm, she est place in the world,” prosecutor pushed through the pain of a fresh George Lewis told the panel of 12 C-section and contusions from being jurors and two alternates. pistol whipped and stood up. HernanHernandez, Lewis said, transdez collapsed and dropped his gun in formed the hospital to “hell on the room after police shot him in the Earth.” leg. She threw his handgun into the On Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, about hallway, the clank of metal hitting 11 a.m., Hernandez seemed intoxicatthe tile floor. ed, Villatoro told jurors from the witHernandez, 31, is accused of ness stand Tuesday. He’d walked into fatally shooting two hospital workthe wrong room, mistaking another ers inside Methodist Dallas Mediwoman for Villatoro, who had just cal Center before he was wounded given birth to a baby boy. Hernandez
was seemingly giddy about being a new father, she testified in a demure, soft-spoken tone. But defense attorneys for Hernandez implied the two had a contentious relationship, and Hernandez was suspicious of whether he was the child’s father. Villatoro had given him an ultimatum as he drove her to the hospital days before: Ditch his small black handgun or she wouldn’t give the baby his last name. Hernandez, who had a history of robbery convictions and was on parole with an ankle monitor at the time of the shooting, had permission to be at the hospital. Once inside Room 6 on the fourth floor, he grew irate and accused his girlfriend of infidelity. Hernandez’s attorneys said they were fighting about whether Villatoro gave him a venereal disease, but Villatoro testified she didn’t know why he became so angry. See Dallas on 3
Dr. Pamela Fry, who brought transformational change to Oklahoma State University-Tulsa, was inducted into the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame on Nov. 6. Fry served as president of OSU-Tulsa from 2019-2022. “We are immensely proud of Dr. Fry,” said Dr. Johnny Stephens, OSU-Tulsa interim president. “Her visionary leadership and dedication have left an indelible mark on our institution and the Tulsa community. This well-deserved honor is not only a recognition of her exceptional accomplishments, but also her tremendous character.” As OSU-Tulsa’s third president and first woman to do so, Fry created new academic programs and initiatives focused on serving the workforce needs of Tulsa, most notably the Tulsa-based OSU College of Professional Studies. “I am forever grateful for the educational and professional opportunities that I have had as a student, faculty member and administrator at Oklahoma’s two major
public research universities, and especially as president of OSU-Tulsa,” Fry said. “I remain steadfast in my belief that access to quality education at all levels and for all students is fundamental to our state and nation’s success. My hope is that I have contributed to this goal, at least in some small part, during my career.” Fry also worked closely with Tulsa Community College to create College Park, a public four-year university experience that enabled students earn a TCC associate degree and OSU bachelor’s degree while spending all four years on the OSU-Tulsa campus. Service to the community was also a hallmark of Fry’s presidency. She facilitated partnerships with Tulsa community representatives with a special focus on the Greenwood District, where OSU-Tulsa is located. She also led the 100 Points of Truth and Transformation initiative, which created new opportunities for people nationwide to learn more about Greenwood and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
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