Month: August 2023

Paper Trail: the unique origami adventure that unfolds quite literally

Inspired by folding up a piece of paper, Henry and Fred Hoffman explain their new game’s spatial manipulation mechanic – even the British Origami Society likes it Many ideas start on paper, few go on to be made of it. Yet, when brothers Henry and Fred Hoffman, the duo behind Norwich-based Newfangled Games, sketched their …

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X Corp accuses climate group of helping anti-hate researchers target Twitter

Elon Musk firm alleges in lawsuit against Center for Countering Digital Hate that it got data help from European Climate Foundation Elon Musk’s X Corp has accused the European Climate Foundation of helping an anti-hate speech campaign group conduct research against its rebranded Twitter platform. The claim was made in a blogpost on Monday that …

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Norway to fine Meta $98,500 a day over user privacy breach from 14 August

Country’s data protection regulator said firm cannot harvest user information such as physical locations for showing targeted ads Facebook owner Meta Platforms will be fined 1m crowns ($98,500) a day over privacy breaches from 14 August, Norway’s data protection authority told Reuters on Monday, a decision that could have wider European implications. The regulator, Datatilsynet, …

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Tinder wants to sell a $500-a-month subscription. Can they justify that? | Nancy Jo Sales

Tinder’s users say long-term relationships are their number-one goal. Yet dating apps are failing at finding people love Romance scams are among the most common type of online fraud, with losses in millions of dollars. Scammers prey on people’s need for love and connection, which can make them vulnerable to manipulation. “There’s no end to …

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Citizen Sleeper 2: learning to live on the edge of a corporate war

Like sea mines washing up on the beaches of the Black Sea, the consequences of someone else’s war keep arriving in the lives of this science-fiction game’s characters In any other game, two mega corporations obliterating each other in a galactic war would be the story’s focus. But in Citizen Sleeper 2, the conflict between …

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The Ultimate-Rare story: 40 years of brilliant British games, from Jetpac and GoldenEye to Sea of Thieves

Forty years since the release of its first game, British developer Rare – formerly known as Ultimate – has cemented its place in gaming history. We look back at its origins on the ZX Spectrum and NES For five long years, the ZX Spectrum magazine Crash tried to get an interview with the people behind …

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Videoverse review – a profound exploration of love, games and fandom

PC; KinmokuThis new visual novel from the creator of One Night Stand is an engrossing, emotional study of digital relationships that will hit a raw nerve with gamers Anyone who ever played and loved a video game, especially as a teenager, will know that the game itself is often only part of the experience. It …

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