Why Sit-Down Chain Restaurants Are Struggling
By Alana Semuels
Red Lobster filed for bankruptcy in May. TGI Fridays closed nearly 50 locations abruptly in October, then filed for bankruptcy in early November. Hooters shut down dozens of stores in June, while Buca di Beppo declared bankruptcy in August. Even budget standby Denny’s said in October that it would close about 150 stores in the next two years, citing “choppy economic conditions” and the fast pace of inflation for food away from home.
Sit-down chain restaurants may be the quintessential American business, beginning with the expansion of Howard Johnson’s after World War II as families got in the car and started to travel. But the economy is challenging the business model. Although inf…
Read moreHalo Infinite Doesn't Have A Fuel Rod Cannon, But Will Have A Rocket That Fires Fuel Rods
Halo Infinite’s upcoming Spring Update will add its first new power weapon since launch, and it’s one that will be familiar, yet different, to longtime Halo fans–the Fuel Rod SPNKr.
It’s not exactly the Fuel Rod Cannon first introduced as a usable weapon in Halo 2, but rather a UNSC SPNKr rocket launcher that has been heavily modified by Halo Infinite’s enemy faction, the Banished, to fire fuel rods.
While the weapon shares many similarities with the franchise’s classic Fuel Rod Cannon–like a large magazine and massive green bolts of exploding plasma–it does behave a little differently. Most notably, the Fuel Rod SPNKr’s plasma bolts don’t bounce off targets, acting more like Halo’s traditional rocket launcher.
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