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Valve Destroys Steam Gifting
Valve’s Kristian (no surname given) with a Steam blog post titled “Steam Gifting Changes”: Today we’re announcing changes to gifts on Steam. The gifting process has had a bunch of friction in it for a while, and we want to make it easier for you to share the games you love with friends. Steam Gifting…
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Flint’s Water Situation is Still Screwed Up
Stephanie Parkinson: Thousands of people in Flint are at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure if they don’t pay up on their water bills. After recently putting out shut-off notices the city is now back to threatening tax liens on people’s homes. This is water that is still not potable, and has been broken…
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Windows 10 Something Went Wrong Edition
Microsoft just announced a new laptop Surface device, it’s $1000 and comes with an intentionally broken version of their Windows 10 operating system. Matt Weinberger: The one thing to know is that the Surface Laptop is the poster child for Windows 10 S, a new version of the operating system that Microsoft says is more…
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The Internet Archive’s Collection of Classic Mac Software & Simple Beep
The latest episode of Simple Beep, a great podcast that recently popped up on my radar, has a great retrospective on some classic Mac games and reminded me that I had yet to post about the Internet Archive’s classic Macintosh software collection. There are a ton of great games like Prince of Persia and Hitchhiker’s Guide to…
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Nintendo’s New Nintendo 2DS XL on July 28th, $150
Nintendo’s got a new version of their 2DS handheld coming out on July 28th. The New 2DS XL has many of the features of the big boy New 3DS XL, like the clamshell design, c-stick, and faster processor, without the 3D functionality that almost no games are taking advantage of anymore. It looks good in that two-tone black and turquoise…