October 9, 2014
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Analyst: The PC May Be Making a Comeback
October 9, 2014
The PC was marked down as dead as tablets began to outsell desktops a year ago. But new research from Gartner - as reported by GIGA OM - suggest that PC shipments are actually doing well again in developed markets. While tablet sales are still expected to be better than PCs in 2015, according to the research from Gartner, they are starting to show improvement in markets where they saw the most decline.
Read moreHighlights From Sen. Ron Wyden's Roundtable on 'The Impact of Mass Surveillance on the Digital Economy'
October 9, 2014
Earlier this month we reported that Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) would be hosting a roundtable on government spying this week called "The Impact of Mass Surveillance on the Digital Economy," with leading executives from the tech sector. Read more
Latest Episode of 'The Mysteries of Laura' Focuses on a 'MMO Killer'
October 9, 2014
Tonight's episode of the comedy crime drama, "The Mysteries of Laura," will feature a plotline about a killer inside a massively multiplayer online game.
According to a teaser for the show, "This smoking hot gamer geek is good enough to dominate a game, but is she good enough to catch a killer?"
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PSA: PlayStation Network Services Going Offline For Maintenance Oct. 13
October 9, 2014
Sony announced this morning that scheduled PlayStation Network maintenance is to take place on October 13 in North America, and October 14 in Europe. In North America, PSN maintenance will reportedly take place between 10am and 5pm PT on October 13, according to CVG. PSN maintenance in Europe will take place from 6pm BST next Monday until 1am BST on Tuesday.
Read moreOnLive and Extra Life Offer Free Day of Gaming
October 8, 2014
Cloud gaming service OnLive has teamed up with the Extra-Life charity to offer gamers a whole day to play its catalog of games for free. On October 25th, gamers everywhere (including yours truly) will play video games for 24 hours to raise money for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Read more
EA's Origin Offers 'Dragon Age: Origins' For Free During October
October 8, 2014
Electronic Arts announced this morning that its "On The House" program will feature BioWare's popular role-playing game Dragon Age: Origins for the month of October. To get the game for free, all you need to do is have an Origin account and the Origin client installed. If you have those things already, you can download the game for free from this link.
Read moreFlorida Supreme Court Hears Appeal Arguments for 'Xbox Murders' Participant Jerone Hunter
October 8, 2014
According to the Miami Herald Tribune's On Tap in The Capital political column, the "Xbox murders" case is being heard by the Florida Supreme Court today. The Florida Supreme Court will hear appeal arguments in the case of Jerone Hunter, one of the four men convicted of brutally murdering six people in a Deltona, Florida home in 2004.
Read moreMojang Vows Continued Support for 'Minecraft' YouTube Community
October 8, 2014
While Mojang has had a rocky relationship with its community over the last few months following some changes to Mojang’s EULA (that some interpreted as a threat against the business of Minecraft video casting), the company is trying its best today to reassure fans that Minecraft YouTubers will continue to have its support, despite being bought by Microsoft.
Read moreSuper Meat Boy' Co-Creator Hosting Fundraiser For Sick Mom This Week
October 8, 2014
Tommy Refenes, one of the co-creators of the indie hit Super Meat Boy, is hosting a fundraising event on the evenings of October 9, 10, and 11th to raise money for his sick mother. Specifically, Refenes says that he is trying to raise enough money to buy his mother a diabetic alert dog because she is having a difficult time with her type 1 diabetes. Read more
Chinese Mobile Game Uploads Almost 36K Private Videos Online Without Permission or Warning
October 8, 2014
According to a report in the South China Morning Post, a smartphone-based charades game popular in China uploaded 36,000 private user videos without notifying or asking the permission of its users.
Read moreGitHub Offers Game Development Tools and Services to Student For Free
October 8, 2014
GitHub revealed that it will give free access to a suite of development tools that small-scale game makers may find useful. The only catch? You have to prove that you are a student.
The offer is part of the GitHub Education initiative, and is available to students over the age of 13 and currently enrolled in an academic program. If you can do that, you can get access to project development help and tools like the Crowdflower crowdsourcing platform, a hosting plan with the DNSimple DNS management service, and free access to Unreal Engine 4.
Read moreDICE Admits It Lost Player Trust With Bad 'Battlefield 4' Launch
October 8, 2014
DICE LA producer David Sirland admits that his company lost player trust with the less-than-stellar launch of Battlefield 4. When the game launched in 2013 it was a mess on all platforms, and the trouble with technical issues and server stability continued well into 2014.
Read morePlayStation Plus Version of 'DriveClub' Delayed
October 8, 2014
The free version of DriveClub for PlayStation Plus subscribers has been delayed, according to a report on Eurogamer. The PlayStation Plus version of DriveClub - free to those who subscribe to the monthly subscription service for PlayStation family platforms, was originally due to launch this week.
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Neo_DrKefka: Gawker loses advertiser MERCED ES https://mobile .twitter.com/TheRalphRetort/status/522813815260733441/photo/1 after Gawker writer advocates bullying of nerds with an anti Gamergate rant10/19/2014 - 12:32pm
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Matthew Wilson: https://soundcloud.com/totalbiscuit/weaponised-charity a interesting audio log.10/19/2014 - 12:04pm
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prh99: Also there is no story in rational and respectful discussion (where you can find it).10/19/2014 - 10:44am
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prh99: Well they are probably doing it on Twitter and probably the GG hashtag so any voice reason gets drowned out by idiocy. Also it's far easier to broad brush a group.10/19/2014 - 10:41am
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Wonderkarp: dont fool yourself, Technogeek. Remember Mass Effect 3? How about the ferver against Phil Fish?10/19/2014 - 10:18am
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MechaTama31: None of which is the fault or responsibility of the people who are not trolling, harassing, threatening, doxxing, etc. So why is their opinion hostage to the people who are?10/19/2014 - 10:06am
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Technogeek: If the developer were male there wouldn't have been a "conversation" in the first place.10/19/2014 - 2:27am
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Monte: trolls are just at their absolute worst when it comes to women and feminist. You could bet good money that if the developer were male the trolls would be silent and the conversation would actually focus on the journalism.10/18/2014 - 9:18pm
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Monte: Papa: Not the first time we've had a journalism scandals before, but the harassment never got close to this level; the difference with this scandal is that feminists are involved. Without the feminist angle, their would be A LOT less harrassment10/18/2014 - 9:15pm
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Papa Midnight: Monte: That's honestly rather short-sighted. As has been proven with other persons who have been targeted, if it wasn't Quinn, it would be someone else.10/18/2014 - 6:26pm
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Avalongod: I think that's part of what gives an esoteric news story like this real life...it taps into a larger narrative about misogyny in society outside of games.10/18/2014 - 3:29pm
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Avalongod: @Monte, well the trolls made death threats that came to police (and media attention). I think this is tapping into a larger issue outside of games about how women are treated in society (like all the "real rape" stuff during the last election)10/18/2014 - 3:28pm
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Wonderkarp: Zippy : Havent tried the PS4 controller. might later.10/18/2014 - 2:37pm
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Monte: Seirously, If Quinn was not involved and GG was instead about something like the Mordor Marketing contracts, the trolling would have never grown so vile and disgusting. There have been plenty of movements in the past that never sufferred from behavior..10/18/2014 - 1:57pm
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Monte: We have seen scandel's before but the trolling has never been as vile as what we see with GG. Trolls usually have such a tiny voice you can barely notice them, but its like moths to a flame whenever femistist are involved.10/18/2014 - 1:53pm
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ZippyDSMlee: Wonderkarp: You might be able to if you had a PS4 controller.10/18/2014 - 1:00pm
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MaskedPixelante: http://store.steampowered.com/app/327940/ Night Dive starts charging for freeware.10/18/2014 - 12:21pm
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Matthew Wilson: the sad thing is there are trolls on both sides of this. people need to stop acting like their side is so pure.10/18/2014 - 12:19pm
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MechaTama31: So, only speak out on a scandal that hasn't attracted trolls? I wouldn't hold my breath...10/18/2014 - 10:49am
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Monte: I feel like GG just needs to die. The movement is FAR to tainted by hatred and BS for it to be useful for any conversation. Let GG die, and then rally behind the NEXT gaming journalism scandal, and start the conversation fresh.10/18/2014 - 10:33am
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