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Meta Reveals Quest 3, A Sleeker VR Headset With Notable Upgrades
1.6.2023
Facebook, I mean, Meta, has officially announced the long-rumored Quest 3, its next virtual reality headset. The Quest 3, the successor to the most popular VR headset so far, will be out later this year starting at $500. Read more
Meta's Popular Quest 2 VR Headset Pricing Is A Roller-Coaster
1.6.2023
Did you think Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta was done with its soon-to-be old virtual reality headset? Think again. The company formerly known as Facebook announced the popular Oculus Quest 2 will get an upgrade and see its price slashed by $100, bringing it back down to where it was a year ago before Meta...
Guitar Hero Modders Are Keeping The Stoner Game Alive
20.4.2023
A few months ago, a video came across my Twitter timeline, starring one of the most nightmare blunt rotations I’d ever seen: Mr. Incredible, Marlin from Finding Nemo, and Spy and Pyro from Team Fortress 2 performing “Carry On Wayward Son.” Of course, this motley crew of cartoon characters couldn’t...
The Biggest Gaming Disappointments Of 2022
8.12.2022
Congrats everyone, you all made it through another awful pandemic year! 2022 is nearly at an end, meaning that it’s a good time to look back at all the terrible and disappointing shit that happened over the last 12 months. It’s enough to make me crave a distraction from it all, maybe even hop into...
The Game Awards’ Fashion Highlights The Industry’s Identity Crisis
7.12.2022
Like everyone else, I watch The Game Awards for a few reasons: to see “world premiere” trailers, to find out which obvious favorite wins Game of the Year, and to learn how Geoff Keighley is going to cash in his Hideo Kojima friendship coupon this year. But what fascinates me is never the latest...
Here Are The Best Black Friday Gaming Deals
18.11.2022
It’s that time of year again. The pumpkins have all been smashed, the peppermint is in the mocha, and all Mariah Carey wants for Christmas is you (and her big fat royalty check from Columbia Records). The holiday pre-season is officially upon us, with deals and discounts on a ton of games...
How To Become A Beer Pong Champion, According To The Pros
14.11.2022
The Aztecs had spiritual ballgames, games with physical displays of devotion and a struggle for collective triumph that remains central to our notions of sport. In the 3,000 years since, we’ve streamlined these fundamental concepts into FIFA 23 and beer pong. But I’m not complaining. I think it’s...
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Firing 11,000 After Company Spends $15bn On Metaverse
9.11.2022
Rumors have swirled this week, and now it’s confirmed: Meta, the owner of Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Oculus VR, is sacking 13 percent of its workforce, a total of around 11,000 employees out of work. This comes in the wake of the company having spent an extraordinary $15 billion on...
Facebook's Legs Video Was A Lie
14.10.2022
Earlier this week Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to the stage to demonstrate that, having spent billions of dollars to create a virtual reality universe (Horizon Worlds) that looked like it was from 2004, his company was working on improving that universe to make it look like it was from 2009...
Meta Can’t Wait For You To Use Excel In Its New $1,500 VR Device
11.10.2022
Meta just showed off its latest headset, the Meta Quest Pro. While it’s got real-time expression tracking and mixed reality, it’s also going to set you back $1,499. So who’s buying this tech that costs roughly the price of three current-gen consoles? The answer is *drumrolls* working professionals....
Everyone Cheers As Mark Zuckerberg Reveals Feet
11.10.2022
Facebook’s virtual reality metaverse is getting a major upgrade. After a year of being floating torsos, people in Horizon Worlds are finally getting feet. The feature is set to launch sometime in 2023. Please clap. Read more
Report: Even Facebook Isn't Using Its Own Metaverse, Begs Employees To Spend Time In It
7.10.2022
According to a report by The Verge, Meta’s Horizon Worlds metaverse app is so dreadful, even the people making it don’t want to use it. So if you woke up this morning wondering, “I wonder if anyone’s figured out what the metaverse is for?” you can rest assured, it’s still nope.Read more
8 Forgotten Web Games That’ll Bring You Back To The Weirdest Parts Of The Internet
15.9.2022
I don’t like thinking about the past. But none of the new video games I play make me feel how the browser games I used to boot up on my parents’ computer and on my friends’ parents’ computers. Those web games, free-to-play, with dangerously, enticingly rotten graphics and stories, had my brain...
Meta's Hyped VR Headset Accidentally Leaked By Guy In A Hotel
12.9.2022
It’s always worth rooting around down the side of the bed, or in the drawers, when you stay in a hotel room. Who knows what exciting items may have been forgotten by the previous guest? Like, for instance, a top-secret Oculus VR headset. That’s what happened to hotel worker Ramiro Cardenas,...
Hate Forum Kiwi Farms Practically Dead As Owner Posts Conspiracy-Laden Rant
6.9.2022
Only 24 hours after it was forced to flee to Russian servers, it now looks like hate forum Kiwi Farms—which has been in the news once again for its role in harassment campaigns and threats against life—has seen its last days as a functional website.Read more
Mark Zuckerberg Responds To Graphics Backlash, Promises Metaverse Won't Be Depressing To Look At
19.8.2022
Earlier this week was supposed to be a celebratory time for the folks at Meta, as its reality-devouring project Horizon Worlds was now available in more countries. The occasion was marked by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself posting a “selfie” of his in-game avatar in front of a digital Eiffel...
Mark Zuckerberg's Soulless Metaverse Avatar Has Me Worried About Our Digital Future
17.8.2022
“Metaverse” is a buzzword that has become quite popular in the last two years. Fortnite is a metaverse. Web3 and blockchain will help power the metaverse. Maybe cows will even be a part of it? However, nobody seems more invested in shaping our collective notion of what the metaverse is than Meta...
8 Books That’ll Challenge, Deepen, And Change Everything You Know About Video Games
16.8.2022
Books about video games can be enchanting and inspiring, and as easy to dive into as the immersive medium that inspired them. Whether you’re looking to enjoy your hobby from fresh new angles or just need something to read as you lounge in the sand in the final ocean-friendly days of summer, I’ve...
Facebook Jacks Up Price Of The One Affordable VR Headset
26.7.2022
Usually gaming hardware prices get cheaper over time. But Meta is bucking that trend and raising the price of its entry-level Quest 2 VR headset by $100. The company formerly known as Facebook says it’s to help pay for innovation, a move that comes as Mark Zuckerberg’s social media company...