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The Joy and Pain of Game Mastery
The Joy and Pain of Game Mastery
'Mastery is not something as a designer that you can force players to go after, but it does have benefits for casual players that you might not realize.'
April 18, 2024
Bringing Lotería from the Kitchen Table to Mobile Phone Screens
Bringing Lotería from the Kitchen Table to Mobile Phone Screens
Translating 100+ Years of Gameplay, Cultural History, and Memories Into a Digital Experience.
April 18, 2024
Russian Sandworm Group Using Novel Backdoor to Target Ukraine and Allies
Russian Sandworm Group Using Novel Backdoor to Target Ukraine and Allies
WithSecure researchers said it is likely Russian state group Sandworm has added a novel backdoor dubbed ‘Kapeka’ to its arsenal
April 17, 2024
Insider Threats Surge 14% Annually as Cost-of-Living Crisis Bites
Insider Threats Surge 14% Annually as Cost-of-Living Crisis Bites
Cifas reveals 14% rise in dishonest employees, driven mainly by financial necessity last year
April 17, 2024
Ivanti Patches Two Critical Avalanche Flaws in Major Update
Ivanti Patches Two Critical Avalanche Flaws in Major Update
Ivanti has fixed two critical vulnerabilities in its Avalanche MDM product which could lead to remote code execution
April 17, 2024
EU Election: Pro-Russian Propaganda Exploits Meta's Failure to Moderate Political Ads
EU Election: Pro-Russian Propaganda Exploits Meta's Failure to Moderate Political Ads
This year’s EU election will be a stress test to see whether the newly adopted Digital Services Act can efficiently mitigate misinformation threats
April 17, 2024
US Government and OpenSSF Partner on New SBOM Management Tool
US Government and OpenSSF Partner on New SBOM Management Tool
OpenSSF, in collaboration with the US Government, has developed Protobom, a open source tool designed to simplify SBOM management for organizations
April 17, 2024
North Korean Group Kimsuky Exploits DMARC and Web Beacons
North Korean Group Kimsuky Exploits DMARC and Web Beacons
Proofpoint confirmed Kimsuky has directly contacted foreign policy experts since 2023 through seemingly benign email conversations
April 17, 2024
Linux Cerber Ransomware Variant Exploits Atlassian Servers
Linux Cerber Ransomware Variant Exploits Atlassian Servers
The attacks exploit CVE-2023-22518, a critical flaw in Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server
April 17, 2024
Descent 3's source code has been released for free use
Descent 3's source code has been released for free use
Programmer Kevin Bentley put out (most) of the 1999 game's source code for players to help maintain and use for their own ends.
April 17, 2024
70 percent of devs unsure of live-service games sustainability
70 percent of devs unsure of live-service games sustainability
With so many games fighting for players' attention and interest losing out over time, time sink games are at risk of eventually losing steam.
April 17, 2024
Rovio's Moomin mobile game goes offline in July
Rovio's Moomin mobile game goes offline in July
The soon-to-be offline Moomin game is the first (and so far, only) game for the franchise from Rovio's multi-year game deal.
April 17, 2024