Category: video games
-
Christopher Livingston, Structural Analyst
Christopher Livingston has become obsessed with safety in a new game, INFRA: I began walking around, exploring the terrain, looking inside power plants, dams, and other structures, and solving the occasional puzzle. I quickly found, however, that I wanted to my job–that of a structural analyst–more than I wanted to solve puzzles or investigate a mystery. Yes,…
-
TheThrillness Reviews the Elgato HD60 Pro
TheThrillness reviews the HD60 Pro, the first pci-express HDMI capture card from Elgato: I was pretty sceptical about a card that only accepted HDMI. I found it very weird that they dropped Composite/S-Video/Component support from the original Game Capture HD design. After having time to reflect on it, I think Elgato has chosen wisely. The…
-
The Difference Between Two Realities
Speaking of VR, the two leading virtual reality head-mounted displays (HMD) are very different in how they’re intended to be used. Although the Oculus Rift has head-tracking, it is intended more for playing games in a seated or standing position with extremely limited amounts of head movement. You can think of this as being limited…
-
Oculus Rift Pre-orders At Pricey $600
The only head-mounted displays (HMD) for virtual reality games and other activities available last year were pre-release versions for developers only (the $350 Oculus Development Kit 1 & 2, limited quantities of the HTC/SteamVR Vive), through crowdfunding campaigns, or scraped together garbage used to fill in the features and benefits lists of terrible smartphones. This year…
-
Valve Releases Statement Regarding Information Leak
Valve put out a statement today about the recent leak of user information via cached pages being presented to anyone who visited the Steam website on the 25th. Notably, if you didn’t visit the website during the attack, your information should be safe: On December 25th, a configuration error resulted in some users seeing Steam…