The Elements of Gadgets and Gaming
Epic continues to escalate their fight with Apple. This week, they joined the Coalition for App Fairness. A group of companies and organizations who seek to “preserve consumer choice and [create] a level playing field for app and game developers that rely on app stores and the most popular gatekeeper platforms.” Members of the coalition…
Well, I was right. Back in August, I made the case for delaying next gen consoles until 2021. Due to concerns over low stock, I predicted that launching this year would be an unmitigated disaster. Well… so far it’s been an unmitigated disaster. Pre-orders for the Xbox Series X and S went live today, and…
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve complained about YouTube, so let’s see what BS they’ve been up to lately. Well, it seems they’ve given MxR Plays a strike for alleged content violations. So for those unfamiliar with the channel, gaming YouTuber couple Henry and Jeannie riff on various SFW Reddit posts and other viral…
Over the past few years, I’ve become greatly concerned by what I’m seeing happening in the games industry, and what that means for consumers. This erosion of trust and good faith is doing great harm to a pass time which is intended to be fun. Many game companies are now actively engaging in egregious anti-consumer…
You’ve probably heard the whole kerfuffle about Doom Eternal this past week. id Software released a surprise update to the game that included the kernel (“ring 0”) level Denuvo Anti-Cheat tool. Needless to say, many fans, myself included, were not happy. Kernel level software can cause a whole host of problems. Not to mention the…
Nintendo dropped Switch Firmware 10.0.0 yesterday. It adds a whole slew of cool new features, like button mapping and the ability to move game data from the internal storage to a MicroSD. Which is certainly handy given the console’s very limited internal storage. But most games will automatically default to the card anyway if its…
The Rise of Skywalker, the “final” (for real this time) chapter in the Star Wars saga, just came out. I haven’t seen it yet, but from what I’ve heard, it’s hilariously bad. Pretty much all the leaks reported on by Doomcock (hail) proved to be true. It’s a dumpster fire of a movie that has…
It seems like it’s finally the end of the road for the rotting corpse of the Gakwer media empire. The company’s new owners, G/O Media, are laying down the law, and it’s not going over well with the “journalists” working there. Many are now threatening to walk out or quit their jobs entirely if they’re…
Activision-Blizzard has banned professional Hearthstone player Ng “Blitzchung” Wai Chung… for supporting the Hong Kong protesters. Blitzchung was being interviewed after a Grandmaster match on Sunday when he yelled out “liberate Hong Kong. Revolution of our age!” In response, Blizzard has banned him from competing in future matches for a year, and will lose any…
Night in the Woods co-developer Alec Holowka has passed away, his family announced earlier today. Holowka had been suffering from mood and personality disorders for years. However, it appears his death may be related to recent sexual assault allegations made by a fellow developer. Whether Holowka was guilty or innocent is not for me to…