1981: General Hospital's Luke had a calling.
1984: Jack Boyd arrived in Edge of Night's Monticello.
1990: A topless Carly impressed Justin on Days of our Lives.
2000: Bold and the Beautiful's Brooke played footsie with Thorne."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1936: Popular serial Just Plain Bill aired on CBS Radio for the final time. The show returned in September on NBC, where it remained until 1954.
1941: On The Guiding Light,...
1984: Jack Boyd arrived in Edge of Night's Monticello.
1990: A topless Carly impressed Justin on Days of our Lives.
2000: Bold and the Beautiful's Brooke played footsie with Thorne."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1936: Popular serial Just Plain Bill aired on CBS Radio for the final time. The show returned in September on NBC, where it remained until 1954.
1941: On The Guiding Light,...
- 6/13/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Thq Nordic have just released a brand-new gameplay trailer for This is the Police 2, the follow-up to the critically acclaimed original, which we reviewed last November on the Nintendo Switch.
Just like the first game, This Is the Police 2 is a mixture of adventure and management genres, and this time it enjoys further unexpected mechanics that will strengthen both the strategic and tactical parts of the game. It won’t be enough just managing the equipment of your policemen and keeping in mind their individual skills. Every challenge requires the player’s direct participation, and the outcomes will depend on every decision you make. Now your subordinates aren’t just some resource; they are living people with their own strengths, weaknesses, fears and prejudices, and you’ll have to reckon with all these things in order to survive.
Back in the big city, Police Chief Jack Boyd, the protagonist of This Is the Police,...
Just like the first game, This Is the Police 2 is a mixture of adventure and management genres, and this time it enjoys further unexpected mechanics that will strengthen both the strategic and tactical parts of the game. It won’t be enough just managing the equipment of your policemen and keeping in mind their individual skills. Every challenge requires the player’s direct participation, and the outcomes will depend on every decision you make. Now your subordinates aren’t just some resource; they are living people with their own strengths, weaknesses, fears and prejudices, and you’ll have to reckon with all these things in order to survive.
Back in the big city, Police Chief Jack Boyd, the protagonist of This Is the Police,...
- 4/16/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
“This Is the Police 2,” the sequel to the 2017 adventure-strategy game, will include turn-based tactical combat, developer Weappy Studio announced Friday. The new gameplay mechanic is similar to the combat popularized by the “XCom” series, where players can choose different positions and adapt to changing outcomes.
“Police Chief Jack Boyd, the protagonist of ‘This Is the Police,’ was too deeply mired in bureaucracy to pay much attention to field tactics,” the developer said in a press release announcing the new mechanic. “But in Sharpwood, a cold frontier town where a young woman named Lilly Reed has recently become sheriff, you’ll need to take a new approach: you’ll have to take your cops under direct control during particularly difficult and dangerous missions.”
Boyd’s team won’t always be professional law enforcement agents. Sometimes, the developer says, he’ll only have what’s available to him, such as “drunk and stupid bums.
“Police Chief Jack Boyd, the protagonist of ‘This Is the Police,’ was too deeply mired in bureaucracy to pay much attention to field tactics,” the developer said in a press release announcing the new mechanic. “But in Sharpwood, a cold frontier town where a young woman named Lilly Reed has recently become sheriff, you’ll need to take a new approach: you’ll have to take your cops under direct control during particularly difficult and dangerous missions.”
Boyd’s team won’t always be professional law enforcement agents. Sometimes, the developer says, he’ll only have what’s available to him, such as “drunk and stupid bums.
- 4/13/2018
- by Blake Hester
- Variety Film + TV
Owning a Nintendo Switch console is paying off… Unleash your inner police chief with This Is the Police! Grab your Joy-Con and help Jack Boyd, Chief of Police, Freeburg Pd, to fight crime, annoy the Mayor, the Mafia, the Labor Union and everyone else… but, more importantly, make a f****** fortune!
This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you’ll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken … or worse?
Your mission is clear: make $500,000 in 180 days, before Jack Boyd reaches retirement. How? That’s up to you! Decisions, decisions! This Is the Police is all about a dark story and how you react to it. Whatever you decide, your choices will influence the...
This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you’ll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken … or worse?
Your mission is clear: make $500,000 in 180 days, before Jack Boyd reaches retirement. How? That’s up to you! Decisions, decisions! This Is the Police is all about a dark story and how you react to it. Whatever you decide, your choices will influence the...
- 10/11/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
This Is the Police is a game that seems designed for controversy. Developed in corruption-stricken Belarus by a fledgling team, the game delivers a bleak, gritty take on police work that leaves hope and progress to the imagination.
Dropped in the shoes of Jack Boyd, an experienced and aging police chief with only six months left on the job, your aim is to line your pockets with as much cash as you possibly can, no matter what it takes. Everything you do as head of the Freeburg police force, from your character’s personal story to the minutiae of managing your squads on a day-to-day basis is in service of that singular goal, for better or for worse. And while it may sound like a straightforward mission, it won’t be long before you realize just how deep this rathole is going to take you.
The driving force of This...
Dropped in the shoes of Jack Boyd, an experienced and aging police chief with only six months left on the job, your aim is to line your pockets with as much cash as you possibly can, no matter what it takes. Everything you do as head of the Freeburg police force, from your character’s personal story to the minutiae of managing your squads on a day-to-day basis is in service of that singular goal, for better or for worse. And while it may sound like a straightforward mission, it won’t be long before you realize just how deep this rathole is going to take you.
The driving force of This...
- 8/2/2016
- by Josh Holloway
- We Got This Covered
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