Author: Jack Slater

  • New Games on Apple Arcade

    New Games on Apple Arcade

    Apple added a heap of games to their video game subscription service today, new games like Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Tap Beat and old games like Mini Metro that have been updated for the service. Having just checked out Namco’s Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Tap Beat, it’s a decent version of the drumming series but…

  • OpenTTD on Steam

    OpenTTD on Steam

    OpenTTD, the open-source game of business transport simulation based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe, is now available for free on Steam for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The developers recommend that new players check out OpenTTD’s manual, a 26-part tutorial series on YouTube, and a short 14 minute video on signaling. This seems like it’s in the…

  • The Secret Life of Components: Springs

    The Secret Life of Components: Springs

    For springtime there’s nothing better to build with than springs

  • A VR Paper Jam

    A VR Paper Jam

    The title could be for a game jam, but Paper Jam! is a virtual reality word game for Steam VR. Looks like a little bit like a Diner Dash type of system where you’re serving a queue of customers at the book store, but you’re hitting huge VR typewriter keys to make words out of…

  • Microsoft Outfits Soldiers for AR Murder With Hololens

    Lucas Matney writing for Tech Crunch: Today, Microsoft announced that it has received a contract to outfit the United States Army with tens of thousands of augmented reality headsets based on the company’s HoloLens tech. This contract could be worth as much as $21.88 billion over 10 years, the company says. Microsoft will be fulfilling…