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Poll: Here Are Japan's Top 100 Video Games Of All Time
28.12.2021
Last night on Japanese television, there was a three-hour special to rank the hundred most popular video games of all time as voted by over 50,000 people in Japan. Since this poll has such a huge sample, the TV Asahi results are probably a fairly accurate barometer of people’s current gaming tastes...
A visual introduction to machine learning
17.12.2021
Just the first sentence alone here from Stepanie Yee and Tony Chu is solid:
In machine learning, computers apply statistical learning techniques to automatically identify patterns in data. These techniques can be used to make highly accurate predictions.
And what …
12 Games Killed In 2021 That Prove Preservation Is Vital
17.12.2021
2021 was a helluva year for games. Some of it good, most of it bad, and a handful of it truly disappointing, particularly around preserving older titles. Games deserve to be played in their entirety forever, regardless of when they came out, yet this year saw so many of them unceremoniously...
The PlayStation 1 Is Now 27 Years Old
3.12.2021
On December 3, 1994, the first PlayStation was released in Japan, and video games haven’t been the same since. It’s hard to underscore the PlayStation’s impact. The graphics and sound were all cutting edge for their time. Compared to the cartridge-based games of Sony’s competitors, the PlayStation...
Someone Please Explain This Hideo Kojima Tweet To Me
2.12.2021
Hideo Kojima’s Twitter feed is one of the best in the gaming industry. He talks movies, shares his eclectic interests with fans, and generally provides a dose of positivity in a world sorely bereft of good vibes. But I really need someone to walk me through what the heck he meant when he sent a...
Someone Needs To Send Hideo Kojima To Space
30.11.2021
If Jeff Bezos and William Shatner have been to space, surely someone can get Hideo Kojima there, too. He would really, really like to go. While hosting a recent press screening for Last Night in Soho, the game creator once again underscored his desire to be an astronaut. According to Oricon, while...
Jump Force Is On Sale For $6 Before It Goes Offline In August 2022
29.11.2021
Jump Force, a game that will be summarily executed by its publisher in just a few short months, is discounted to just $6 as part of Steam’s Fall sale—so this may be your last chance to grab the anime arena-fighter before the game is delisted in February 7, 2022, and sees its online services...
The PlayStation 3 Is Now Fifteen Years Old
11.11.2021
Can you believe it? The PlayStation 3 launched fifteen years ago today. It was an expensive console and a messy launch with hyper overload and some truly bad press conferences. But Sony didn’t give up on the PS3, and neither did gamers. Read more
Některé starší díly Metal Gear Solid dočasně zmizely z obchodů
8.11.2021
Metal Gear Solid Games Are Being Removed Over Historical Footage
8.11.2021
Konami just announced that both Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3 are being taken down from online shopfronts after issues emerged with “licenses for select historical archive footage used in-game”.Read more
Metaverse Tokens See Triple-Digit 7 Day Gains, Crypto Market Cap Inches Toward $3 Trillion
5.11.2021
While bitcoin has been consolidating for a few days now, a number of other digital assets have seen solid seven-day gains. The two metaverse tokens sandbox and decentraland have skyrocketed over 170% during the last week. Crypto assets like loopring, crypto.com coin, and arweave have spiked...
New Larger Xbox Storage Expansion Costs More Than An Xbox Series S
21.10.2021
Microsoft has just announced two new SSD storage expansion cards, made by its official storage partner, Seagate, to boost space on your Xbox Series S or X. Joining the already released 1TB card will be a 512GB card for $139.99, and a hefty 2TB for $399.99, released in November and December...
XRP Trades Sideways & Lacks Solid Bullish Stance
21.10.2021
XRP is the seventh-largest cryptocurrency by market cap and is amongst the leading competitors for digital assets for real-time payments by financial institutions around the globe. XRP made strong gains in 2018, reaching highs of over $3.00 when it was suddenly hit with allegations of unlawful...
Hands On: The PS5’s Storage Upgrade Is Quick And Easy
20.10.2021
Last month Sony finally upgraded the PlayStation 5 firmware with support for additional storage via NVMe M.2 solid-state drives (that is, the latest, fast models of SSDs). While not quite as simple as popping open the lid and slotting a chip, with the right hardware and a single small Phillips head...
October's Rock Solid Xbox Game Pass Proves Good Things Come To Those Who Wait
19.10.2021
I’m starting to wonder if Xbox Game Pass isn’t a potential pox on game sales. Full disclosure: Amid the deluge of stuff to play this year, I’ve demurred on picking up several interesting-looking games—like Backbone and The Forgotten City—holding my breath for the possibility that, some day, they...
Konami's New Soccer Game Is A Complete Disaster
7.10.2021
You might have heard that Konami’s new football games, eFootball 2022, is bad. I am here today to tell you exactly why it is bad, and just how bad it is.Read more
Valve's Steam Deck Teardown Video Warns Against Tearing Down Your Steam Deck
6.10.2021
In a new teardown video demonstrating how (or rather, how not) to replace Steam Deck parts, Valve said that tampering with the handheld PC’s chassis to get a look inside “might mess things up, like, profoundly.” How profoundly you ask? The gaming giant said the batteries could explode, which might...
Sony Is Buying The Remaster Powerhouse Behind All Those Rad Remakes
30.9.2021
Bluepoint Games is joining the PlayStation family. For real this time. Three months after Sony let the news slip in a rapidly deleted tweet, the PS5 maker has made it official.Read more
A (Playable) Game Boy For Ants
29.9.2021
You know what my grandmother used to say? “That blasted Game Boy of yours, it’s too damn big!” She was right, the old woman was wise. And if this fictional gram were alive today maybe she’d smile upon hearing word of Thumby, a very, very small Game Boy-like device that launched a Kickstarter today....
Death Stranding Director's Cut's Save Transfer System Is Kojima At His Best
23.9.2021
While the average game director would have players simply port their saves from the PlayStation 4 to the PlayStation 5 via some unobtrusive menu, Hideo Kojima is built different. No, players who want to play Death Stranding Director’s Cut on PS5 for high framerates and fast load times will have...