Review – Lake
I've often had dreams of ditching suburbia and moving off into the woods. The fast pace of city life seems exciting at first for those of us who grew up…
Square sells Tomb Raider dev to focus on blockchain
Square Enix has sold off Tomb Raider developer Crystal-Dynamics to Embracer Group as the company shifts its focus to blockchain, AI, and the cloud. The deal, worth $300 million, Embracer…
What the heck is going on with 2D Sonic?
Sonic Mania is widely considered one of the best games in the series, if not one of the best 2D mascot platformers ever made. The game was considered a fine…
Arcades and microtransactions are not the same thing
Microtransactions. They may very well have replaced cheating and emulation as the most controversial topic within the gaming community. This past month alone, we've seen numerous releases that have gone…
My adventures daily driving Linux, or why I went back to Windows
Big tech kind of sucks. It's stupid that we have to rely on these giant corporations, who scoop up our data to their financial benefit, all while dictating what we…
Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
Microsoft has purchased major third party publisher Activision in reported all-cash deal of $68.7 billion. "Together with Activision Blizzard, we have an incredible opportunity to invest and innovate to create…
MMNTech GOTY Awards 2021: Best of the Best
It's been a rough couple of years for the games industry. The beer bug has ground production to a complete halt, with many titles getting delayed or rushed out the…
PlayStation exec fired following allegations they solicited a minor
A top level PlayStation executive has been fired after it was alleged they solicited a minor. Senior Vice President at PlayStation Network, George Cacioppo, was caught by online vigilante group…
MMNTech GOTY Awards 2021: Biggest Disappointments
Ho ho ho, it's that time of year again. The time of year where we sit around a roaring fire with a cup of hot cocoa, and remember all the…
Bad tech design trends
An underappreciated amount of industrial design goes into every product you buy. Every part, every curve has a lot of thought put into it. However, that doesn't mean that all…