Games
The Olympics don't want violent esports, just virtual sport esports
As backward as you'd expect from the IOC. President Thomas Bach (a former Olympic fencer) has said he's not against esports, as long as they're mostly
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On screen, on tables, wherever play is possible
New Realities
Microsoft's Mixed Reality platform will support SteamVR games
Big announcements this week as Microsoft's long hyped world of 'HoloLens' (which has been all hype, not much else) finally gets its shift into an ecosystem of
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Where did Apple TV gaming go wrong?
A good piece about a very good question. I had such hopes for the Apple TV platform as a gaming space. iOS had all the best mobile games. It should have been
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Should Minecraft be in the classroom?
Samuel Horti looks at the question of using Minecraft as an educational tool. Does it really help? Or is it a gimmick that gets in the way of real learning?
Big Ideas
10 years of Bioshock: The genius of Rapture
A lot of 10th anniversary talk around Bioshock, a game worthy of such reflection. There's good Remastered edition options out there. If you haven't played it,
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The grand ambition of Dreams, led by Siobhan Reddy
A fab Rolling Stone Glixel interview with Media Molecule's Studio Director (and Australian) Siobhan Reddy. The maker of Little Big Planet is taking on one of
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Blizzard built StarCraft: Remastered from scratch. From. Scratch.
Interesting to learn that Blizzard had lost most of the old code and assets for StarCraft, so when it decided to create a 'Remastered' edition they had to go
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Event business launching Australian esports league
Is this an esports league or a marketing exercise?
Games
Buy a custom romantic game for the one you love
Kotaku reports that a new division of an established Australian studio is offering custom games to offer up a very special message of love.
Games
PVP pinball
Great carving machine work to create a modern-yet-old-school take on 2-player pinball. Literally PVP pinball as you aim to knock the ball over the top into
Games
Pokemon Go cracks $1.2 billion in a year
Pffft... that flash in the pan augmented reality Pokemon game only made a little more than a billion in a year. And by 'a little' more I mean around $200
Technology
Ethereum mining hurts gamers right in the wallet
Graphics card prices are getting pushed higher because of folks looking for a piece of the cryptocurrency mining action.