Enlarge / The Apple II, one of the myriad personal computers used to play Infocom games years ago. reader comments 58 with 41 posters participating Share this story The source code of every Infocom text adventure game has been uploaded to code-sharing repository GitHub, allowing savvy programmers to examine and build upon some of the ..
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reader comments 89 with 73 posters participating, including story author Share this story How Super Mario Kart looks under traditional bsnes emulation… …and how it looks with the HD mod activated. Check out the checkerboard starting line pattern to see how pronounced the improvement can be. In the original Pilotwings, the far-off island is just ..
Enlarge / Illustration of Beowulf about to battle a fire-breathing dragon. A new study using a statistical technique called stylometry provides further evidence the poem was the work of a single author. reader comments 5 with 3 posters participating Share this story The epic poem Beowulf is the most famous surviving work of Old English ..
Enlarge / Microsoft needs to give customers a better deal to convince them to give up discs for good. reader comments 143 with 86 posters participating, including story author Share this story [Update: Since Microsoft’s announcement, the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition has appeared for pre-order on retailers such as Amazon and Best Buy for the MSRP for $249.99. ..
reader comments 45 with 33 posters participating Share this story This is the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition. Sure looks like an existing Xbox One S, doesn’t it? The existing Xbox One S and its new, no-disc sibling. Other than that solid panel where the disc drive slot used to be, they’re identical. New box, ..
Enlarge / Shadow Fiend, looking shadowy and fiendish. reader comments 81 with 54 posters participating, including story author Share this story Over the past several years, OpenAI, a startup with the mission of ensuring that “artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity,” has been developing a machine-learning-driven bot to play Dota 2, the greatest game ..
Enlarge / The purported box for an “All Digital” Xbox One S. reader comments 95 with 64 posters participating, including story author Share this story Following a November report on Microsoft’s plans for a disc-free Xbox One S option, new reports suggest that new hardware will arrive on May 7 and sell for €229 in ..
Enlarge / Jon Snow (Kit Harington) brings Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) home to meet the family at Winterfell. reader comments 16 with 13 posters participating Share this story Winter is here! The first episode of the hotly anticipated final season of HBO’s Game of Thrones aired Sunday night, and it proved a solid, if not ..
Enlarge / Jonathan Pryce stars as an aging Spanish cobbler who becomes convinced he is Don Quixote in Terry Gilliam’s film, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. reader comments 65 with 50 posters participating Share this story It’s been 25 years in the making, but The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, director Terry Gilliam’s tribute ..
Enlarge / You know nothing, Jon Snow—like, maybe wear a hat when conditions are freezing in the North. Even if it musses up your luscious locks. reader comments 88 with 52 posters participating Share this story Warning: This story contains some mild spoilers from the first seven seasons of Game of Thrones. The world of ..
