Radar detects awesomeness
SimCity 5 a flawed beauty
Despite desperately wanting to dislike SimCity due to EAs handling of its release and the shoehorning in of a completely unreliable always-on DRM, I’m finding myself rather enjoying the game despite hitting some of the current problems on the EA servers head-on.
Carmack on VR in 2011
Time is ticking down on the release of the Oculus Rift Dev Kits, and I’m starting to get excited. Its been a long time coming and I hope that it could really herald the beginning of a new era in gaming. Heres an interesting video with Carmack talking about Rift-like tech way back in 2011.
First dive of the year
A cold morning start and a short dive at the Inner Lees, visibility was dreadful but thankfully the water wasn’t as bad as it could have been, a balmy 8 degrees. DV Diving have a great video with Kate Humble diving the same wreck for BBC’s Autumnwatch.
Gabe Newell on Productivity, Economics, Political Institutions & The Future of Corporations
Fascinating perspectives on running a successful software company which transcend the gaming sector.