15 posts tagged ‘Games’
Why the hell can't an Elden Ring expansion be a Game Of The Year contender?
AV Club,
As always, this year's Game Awards nominations have sparked controversy—this time, over the potential GOTY status of <i>Shadow Of The Erdtree</i>.
Aw, whoops, Pokémon Go users have been training robots to navigate the world
Turns out, getting millions of people to send you scans of their environment every day has wider implications than catching another Pikachu.
Temu was the most-downloaded iPhone app in the US in 2023
TechCrunch,
Temu, the Chinese e-commerce company whose app is now attracting longer engagement times than Amazon, is Apple’s most downloaded free app in the U.S. for 2023. The Cupertino-based tech giant today released an App Store feature that showcases the top iPhone apps of the year, free and paid, as measured by app installs — its […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Curated list of awesome engineering games
Boing Boing,
The term "engineering games" covers a lot of things, from casual Theme Park clones to elaborate Factorio-style machinery, but all of them scratch the itch for building systems that work within the rules of a computer simulation. Check out Awesome Engineering Games, Roger Tuan's list of contemporary offerings neatly organized by genre. — Read the rest
Rooms, an interactive 3D space designer and ‘cozy game,’ arrives on the App Store
Cozy game, interior decorating app, learn-to-code primer or something in between, the interactive, 3D spaces builder known as Rooms has made its way to the App Store. The startup, which earlier raised $10 million in seed funding led by a16z, offers a way to design 3D spaces — its “rooms” — that are filled with […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Play classic DOS games online
DOS Deck offers a selection of classic DOS games online to play in the browser. You can do this elsewhere, already, but the simple, just-works, controller-friendly user interface is the attraction. Experience classic games with modern convenience at DOS_deck. With full controller support and a carefully curated game collection, enjoy timeless classics and hidden gems, readily available for instant play in your web browser on devices you already own. — Read the rest
Pelosi hammer attacker David DePape tearfully testifies that he was radicalized by Gamergate
David DePape, the right-wing conspiracy-theorizing anti-semite who broke into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's house and attacked her husband with a hammer, had a sad on the stand at his trial yesterday. On Tuesday, in sometimes tearful testimony, Mr DePape told the court he used to have left-wing political beliefs before a political transformation that started when he was living in a garage without a toilet or shower, playing video games for hours at a time. — Read the rest