Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Just when you think Microsoft could do no worse in Japan, the console proves that, yes, it can do even worse. Much worse. After a dismal Japan launch and then horrible sales, the latest weekly Xbox One sales for Japan are, simply put, awful. During the week of June 8 to June 14, Microsoft sold…
The Deus Ex series deals with a number of weighty themes, and the first game in the rebooted series is going to inform the story of the upcoming Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. What happens when some people have these augmentations, and the rest don’t? How much tension will that cause in our society? There was…
Xbox boss Phil Spencer just announced that the Xbox One is getting backwards compatibility with 360 games later this year, which is pretty damn cool. You’ll be able to access your digital collection of 360 games on Xbox One, as well as put discs in and download games you already own. The service will be…
Minecraft is a game we’ve seen countless times before. And yet! The virtual reality demo showcased by Microsoft today makes the game almost seem brand new. You can start a new world on any surface you’d like—as you can see in the GIF above. Magical. Here’s the full demo. The amazing stuff starts at the…
Witcher 3 is a fun game. It is also a game almost exclusively about white people. There are white humans, white elves, and white dwarfs with Scottish accents, and about a hundred different types of monsters that come in all shapes, sizes and colors of the rainbow. While playing the game you will encounter many…
Survival indie MMO Rust recently changed how players were assigned characteristics for their avatar. Everyone used to start as a bald white man, then the developers decided to alter avatars’ race and face. Here’s the catch: You don’t get to choose. As lead developer and studio owner Garry Newman wrote: “Everyone now has a pseudo…
Fallout is back, and, as expected, it’s headed to post-apocalyptic Boston. You can watch the first (great) trailer right here. As we already know thanks to an accidental early website leak, Fallout 4 is official, and it’s coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC. It’s been seven years since Bethesda Game Studios’ last Fallout game,…
It’s official: Fallout 4 is coming. Bethesda just put up a countdown timer leading up to the announcement, which will apparently take place tomorrow. It’s curious to see Bethesda announce the game before their E3 conference, which takes place on June 14, but it’s happening. Yesterday, a person familiar with goings-on at the company told…
On Caitlyn (and Blood Elf Paladins) (WoWWiki) When I was a teenager, I discovered the online message board. This was pre-Reddit, pre-Twitter days, and it’s still an enduring format. My main interests at the time were Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering, video games and indie rock. So, pretty similar to now. The difference between boards and…
goldvision tries to thrive in a world against its will. His selection of shoes is excellent. via Grand Theft Auto Pacifist: 1 Brand New Shoes – YouTube.