reader comments 62 Share this story The film adaptation of Ready Player One bares its broken, disappointing nerd heart better than any negative review possibly could. The telling moment takes place nearly halfway through the teen-adventure romp, when unlikely, awkward hero Wade Watts begins winning a major contest within the futuristic film’s virtual-reality universe (mirroring ..
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Jeremy Reimer reader comments 18 Share this story History of the Amiga View more stories The year 2000, which once seemed so impossibly futuristic, had finally arrived. Bill McEwen, president of the new Amiga Inc., celebrated with a press release telling the world why he had bought the subsidiary from Gateway Computers. “Gateway purchased Amiga ..
reader comments 64 Share this story You can press buttons on the outside of the case or open it up and begin installing or removing components. Samuel Axon Free-build mode gives you a full workshop to work with. Samuel Axon There’s a tutorial that explains each step of building a PC, though it’s a broad-strokes ..
reader comments 13 Share this story Survios staffers working on VR games in the company’s Culver City, Calif., office. Samuel Axon A QA station for testing VR games at Survios. Samuel Axon The Survios offices sit in the back of a parking area on an unassuming lot—not an uncommon setup for the numerous VR studios ..
Enlarge / Falling from this height won’t lead to a gold penalty, thanks to pushback from fans. reader comments 79 Share this story As we noted in our initial impressions of Sea of Thieves last weekend, the game is probably going to need some serious changes to be a truly enduring multiplayer lark. Developer Rare ..
reader comments 19 Share this story [embedded content] One Strange Rock trailer, National Geographic. If you work or live in a city, it’s easy to forget how powerful and delicate nature is. Even if you do get quality outdoor time on a regular basis, it’s hard to hold in your mind how this dichotomy of ..
reader comments 46 Share this story Despite underwhelming performance thus far, Apple isn’t giving up on its original programming ambitions. According to a report from The New York Times, the tech giant’s entertainment plans are slowly but surely taking shape. Apple could reportedly push out a number of original series and films any time between ..
Enlarge / High boredom on the high seas. reader comments 87 Share this story Game details Developer: RarePublisher: Microsoft StudiosPlatform: Xbox One, WindowsRelease Date: March 20, 2018ESRB Rating: T for TeenPrice: $60Links: Microsoft Store | Xbox.com Sea of Thieves leaves a bewildering first impression, a magnificent second one, and, so far, a disappointing lasting taste. The ..
reader comments 11 Share this story SAN FRANCISCO—With every year of the Game Developers Conference, there comes a rash of panels. This being a developer- and coder-centric event, they focus largely on niche game-design topics like rendering techniques, procedural generation, and art pipelines. That’s all informative and thorough, well and good, but one animator’s treasure can ..
Enlarge / Nope, that’s not an Xbox, Playstation, or even a Dreamcast… reader comments 53 Share this story Apple in mid-1993 was reeling. Amidst declining Mac sales, Microsoft had gained a stranglehold over the PC industry. Worse, the previous year Apple had spent $600 million on research and development, on products such as laser printers, ..
