• Tacoma Giveaway

    Fullbright’s Tacoma is a very thoughtful narrative-focused sci-fi adventure that I enjoyed and would like to share with you. You can enter to win a copy of the game on Steam for Windows, macOS, Linux here: Tacoma Giveaway The last day to enter this giveaway is on February 9th. This giveaway is not in collaboration…

  • Surprise, Shadow of the Colossus is Still Great

    Shadow of the Colossus is one of my favorite games. It is from a unique moment in time before independent developers had found the ability to publish their novel ideas widely. Instead, we had this deep series of boss fights from Team Ico that turns out to work just as well today as it did…

  • Apple’s Ongoing Laptop Nightmare

    A MacRumors forum member, project_2501, has posted this extensive log (via Nick Heer) of his attempt to work with Apple’s support to get a refund for one of the latest MacBook Pro’s after his couldn’t play video at 4K without overheating. Of course that overheating also caused other issues, like the glue holding the glass onto…

  • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Now Protects Predatory Lenders

    One of the few possibly good things to come out of the financial crisis in 2007 and 2008 was a government entity that existed solely to protect people from predatory businesses. It’s the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and it’s new Trump-appointed leader, Mick Mulvaney is unsurprisingly, a real piece of shit. ProPublica’s Paul Kiel: Last…

  • Joakim Sandberg’s Iconoclasts Out on Steam, PS4, Vita

    It can be pretty frustrating to find out that something you want to fix is difficult or impossible to repair. Glued-on screens cover batteries that are all custom fit inside small cases that prevent curious people from learning how things work and fixing problems with their devices. Iconoclasts from Joakim Sandberg takes that a step…