I recently had the chance to try Newshosting‘s Usenet service, and I was very favorably impressed. For those who don’t know, Usenet is one of the oldest communication systems on the Internet, dating back to 1979. It was born as a bulletin-like system, and is very similar in usage to e-mail. Unlike e-mail, however, it’s…
Category: Video games
Portal bookends: HUGE SUCCESS
I don’t know if these are actually for sale or not, but I would buy them immediately. Probably more than just one pair. This was a triumph, I’m making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS. It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction. PS: the cake is a lie. 🙁
Turning casual gamers into frustrated gamers with a PS3
Ars Technica talks about how the fast pace of firmware releases for the Playstation 3 adds to the frustration of casual gamers. Being forced to update your system once per week or so makes people pissed off, and it’s worse for those who only play once in a while because it’s more likely that they…
Video games: are they addictive?
Every now and then, we hear news that someone around the globe has ruined his or her life by playing video games. It appears to be a big problem, to the point that the American Medical Association had considered adding it to the next edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The…
Oh, the memories
I think I’m going to need a Commodore 64 emulator, so I can feel like I’m six again.
Most gamers prefer physical media
The research company Ipsos ran a poll in the UK, and found out that “64 per cent of the users polled would rather have games on physical discs, while only 25 per cent would prefer digital copies”. The survey involved “over 1,000 Internet users aged between 15 and 50.” A detailed article about the findings…