Category: video games
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Are Steam Machines a Failure After Only 7 Months?
Valve’s first foray into home computing hardware, the Steam Machine collaborations with various computer makers, have sold fewer than 500,000 units since they were released last November. A figure estimated by Ars Technica via the number of Steam Controllers sold which includes Steam Machines as a portion of that total: Half a million might not sound…
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GOG Connect
Online DRM-free retailer Gog announced Gog Connect. Gog Connect connects your Gog account to your Steam account and receive DRM-free Gog versions of some games if you already have them on Steam. The list of supported games is short at just 23 currently, but Gog have said they will change the list up frequently by adding…
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Microsoft Lays Off 1,850
Microsoft’s press release: Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced plans to streamline the company’s smartphone hardware business, which will impact up to 1,850 jobs. As a result, the company will record an impairment and restructuring charge of approximately $950 million, of which approximately $200 million will relate to severance payments. That’s a lot of weasel words…
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Testing at Sega in the 1990’s
The Internet’s Gray Fox uploaded this video “trainumentary” from Sega of America’s Redwood City test department in 1996.
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When Mom and Dad Turn Out to Be Boris and Natasha
Shaun Walker interviewed the two adult children of Russian spies who were living in the United States as Canadian citizens: After a buffet lunch, the four returned home and opened a bottle of champagne to toast Tim reaching his third decade. The brothers were tired; they had thrown a small house party the night before to…