Kowloon Walled City, turning the infamous slum into an enormous low-income housing development with the goal of helping poor people to help themselves. Naturally this wasn’t a benevolent charity endeavour, but a strategic master plan by an all-powerful megacorp whose CEO sat on the Hong Kong’s ruling Executive Council. While there would be walkable shops […]Read More
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trial and error involved in perfecting robot movement, as we've seen in the past. It's expected when engineers go into a robotics project that the AI will need to repeat the same movements over and over before it becomes even vaguely adept at completing a given task. That process is made even more complex when […]Read More
The Wandering Village a few times already, and I even got to play a demo of it earlier this year. You manage a civilization that rests on the back of a giant, gentle dinosaur-like creature as it slowly roams a post-apocalyptic world. As you research and build new structures, some will benefit your citizens but […]Read More
Raft got real popular real fast. It came as a surprise to the three-person development team at the time, who were really just making a game for their university course, but they shook that off and parlayed their unexpected success into a whole development career as Redbeet Interactive. Raft is a survival game that has […]Read More
One of the biggest American holidays is no stranger to Legends! This time around, a whole lot of activities and bonuses is awaiting courageous captains on the high seas. First off, the Dum Spiro Spero mission. It is totally free and is named after South Carolina’s official motto. The ultimate prize? You guessed it right, […]Read More
Spectre and Meltdown CPU exploits, but this one is a whole new kettle of fish (via IFL Science). The research paper (PDF warning) goes through their process of exposing the vulnerability. It shows that power side-channel attacks can be turned into timing attacks, meaning hackers can analyse the time your CPU takes to execute cryptographic algorithms […]Read More
Richard Cobbett wrote Crapshoot, a column about rolling the dice to bring random games back into the light. This week, controversy is a load of balls. Literally. As anyone in the UK will know but those outside might not, our game ratings were historically handled by the BBFC: the same guys who a) handled film […]Read More
Summary The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is coming to Game Pass, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One in 2023. Watch the gameplay reveal trailer below, featuring the unique 3v4 gameplay struggle between The Family and the victims. Read on for a brief look into what went into the making of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre! […]Read More
Get ready to ride alongside the dark horses of World of Tanks! The new season for World of Tanks Modern Armor, The Independents, is ready to test you with new vehicles, challenges, and the biggest faction expansion to hit Xbox Series X|S. Let’s dive into the details! The new season gives you 100 levels loaded […]Read More
working in distraction free, virtual environments could be the future. But as it stands today, researchers say, working in virtual reality is not only more overwhelming and frustrating, it doesn't rank as highly for usability or productivity as we might've been lead to believe. The paper, 'Quantifying the Effects of Working in VR for One […]Read More