Ars chats up the team behind Searching. Click here for transcript. (video link) Searching may seem like a pass on paper: yet another thriller that plays out on computer screens. From Unfriended to Modern Family, viewers have seen this schtick before. To potentially complicate matters further, this one comes from a brand-new director. But Aneesh Chaganty ..
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We appreciate your business. Ya-hoo! (credit: Nintendo) After initially struggling to attract wider support from third-party developers, the Switch library is now absolutely filled with ports of big-budget and indie games available on other platforms. However, some Switch players have started to notice that those ports often come at a pricing premium when purchased on ..
The Nintendo 64, known before launch as the “Ultra 64.” (credit: Wikimedia Commons) Many monumental video games have reached their 20th, 30th, and even 40th anniversaries at this point, and fans can be forgiven for missing a milestone or two. But in the case of GoldenEye 007‘s 21st birthday, the N64 classic received quite the ..
LOS ANGELES—A new kind of entertainment is opening next month: a large, carnival-like arcade filled with VR headsets, brand-new arcade cabinets, holograms, escape rooms, a robot bartender named Guillermo del Pouro, hidden passages, and more. It’s called Two Bit Circus, and it’s run by a company of the same name. Founded by Eric Gradman (a ..
Enlarge / The Logitech G Pro Wireless Gaming Mouse. (credit: Logitech) Gaming hardware is not often known for the tastefulness of its design, but the $150 Logitech G Pro Wireless Gaming Mouse bucks that trend—you could use this in public without drawing any undue attention to yourself. The new mouse has been designed with the feedback ..
Enlarge / Human villains and rivals ground Octopath Traveler in a set of societal rules to follow or break. Octopath Traveler isn’t structured like most other Japanese RPGs. Part of this is apparent on the face of it: the game splits its narrative into eight stories following just as many protagonists. Each has its own ..
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) says his son spent over $1,300 of campaign funds on Steam games. (credit: David Brooks / San Diego Union-Tribune) Update: August 21, 2018 In a 47-page indictment today, federal prosecutors formally charged Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) and his wife Margaret with wire fraud, falsifying records, campaign finance violations, and conspiracy involving ..
(credit: Aurich Lawson) Valve announced today a beta of Steam Play, a new compatibility layer for Linux to provide compatibility with a wide range of Windows-only games. We’ve been tracking Valve’s efforts to boost Linux gaming for a number of years. As of a few months ago, things seemed to have gone very quiet, with ..
Enlarge / Florence’s famed Il Duomo has been plagued by cracks for centuries. Muon imaging could help preservationists figure out how to fix it. (credit: CAHKT/Getty Images) The soaring dome atop the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Flower justly dominates the Florence skyline and has stood for centuries, ever since Filippo Brunelleschi designed it ..
Enlarge / Yes, those are real human cells inside a fictional galaxy. Citizen science, which asks the public to help out science projects, has produced some spectacular successes. But finding a way to grab and maintain hold of the public’s attention can be a challenge. That has led to a number of projects that turn ..
