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Steam Discovery 2.0, Stegosaurus Tail 2.0
Steam Discovery 2.0, Stegosaurus Tail 2.0
Steam just launched Discovery Update 2.0, and it's been a long road getting there. We provided five years of detailed stats & graphs on how it's changed.
Jan. 4, 2017
Engagement in VR. 3 Lessons from Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody Experience
Engagement in VR. 3 Lessons from Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody Experience
Working in Bohemian Rhapsody Experience helped me clarify some personal ideas about what makes VR compelling and what ingredients can help us make more powerful virtual reality content. In this article I will group some of these ideas into 3 lessons.
Jan. 4, 2017
Obama Expels 35 Russian ‘Spies’
Obama Expels 35 Russian ‘Spies’
Obama Expels 35 Russian ‘Spies’. Move comes after warnings over state interference in presidential election
Jan. 3, 2017
Russian Hackers Suspected of Attacking War Monitor
Russian Hackers Suspected of Attacking War Monitor
Russian Hackers Suspected of Attacking War Monitor. OSCE is heavily focused on Ukraine conflict
Jan. 3, 2017
US Military Healthcare Pros Exposed in Privacy Snafu
US Military Healthcare Pros Exposed in Privacy Snafu
US Military Healthcare Pros Exposed in Privacy Snafu. Contractor Potomac faces questions after incident
Jan. 3, 2017
US Law Firms Hacked by Chinese Nationals for $4M in Insider Trading Profits
US Law Firms Hacked by Chinese Nationals for $4M in Insider Trading Profits
The three traded on that information about imminent M&A deals in order to make $4 million in illegal profits.
Jan. 3, 2017
Leet IoT Botnet Bursts on the Scene with Massive DDoS Attack
Leet IoT Botnet Bursts on the Scene with Massive DDoS Attack
The Mirai botnet now has its first real competition.
Jan. 3, 2017
CNN Report Shows Fallout 4 Screenshots to Explain Russian Hacking Scheme
CNN Report Shows Fallout 4 Screenshots to Explain Russian Hacking Scheme
No matter how hard you try, nowadays it is literally impossible to explain what computer hacking entails only because the scope of hacking has become so vast
Jan. 3, 2017
Game Design Deep Dive: Using vision as cursor in Tethered
Game Design Deep Dive: Using vision as cursor in Tethered
"VR offers new ways of interacting that allow us to get much closer to that mouse and pointer functionality by turning your face into a mouse pointer," says Ian Moran, technical director of Tethered.
Jan. 3, 2017
Video games have pushed music to the background, says Doom composer
Video games have pushed music to the background, says Doom composer
In an interview with Noclip, composer Mick Gordon shares his take on the role music should play in game design and talks about how he created the soundtrack for id Software's latest Doom.
Jan. 3, 2017
Lead writer Rhianna Pratchett is taking her leave from Tomb Raider
Lead writer Rhianna Pratchett is taking her leave from Tomb Raider
After working with Crystal Dynamics on both the Tomb Raider reboot and its sequel, Rhianna Pratchett is moving on from the series to pursue new adventures.
Jan. 3, 2017
Planet Coaster dev suing Atari over $2.2M in unpaid royalties
Planet Coaster dev suing Atari over $2.2M in unpaid royalties
The RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 dev is suing Atari for royalties owed on the 2003 game, following a third-party report that Frontier is owed significantly more than originally paid.
Jan. 3, 2017