In eSports, 30-Year-Olds Are Considered ‘Seniors’
Your old ass gets its own gaming age bracket. Continue reading In eSports, 30-Year-Olds Are Considered ‘Seniors’
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After 19 Years, Germany Can Finally Murder Scientists in ‘Half-Life’
Uncensored version shows up on German Steam a week after Germany’s video game censorship body dropped Half-Life from its index. Continue reading After 19 Years, Germany Can Finally Murder Scientists in ‘Half-Life’
Restoring a Japanese Oscilloscope
Oscilloscopes have come a long way. Today’s scope is more likely to look like a tablet than an old tube-based instrument. Still, there’s something about looking into a glowing green tube, especially if you’ve done the work to resurrect that old hollow state device. [NFM] picked up a Kikusui OP-31C–a vintage Japanese scope at a second-hand store. He made a video of his restoration efforts that you can see below.
The scope actually powered up and worked the first time. Of course, unlike a modern scope, the OP-31C has to warm up before it will show up. However, the pots …read more
Dumpster Dive Speaker Results In Tube Amplifier
[Michael Wiebusch] found the leftovers of a wrecked vintage tube radio in a pile of electronics junk. Unfortunately, he could not recover any vacuum tubes in it. And to his dismay, it didn’t even have the output transformer, which he figured would have been useful in a guitar amplifier project. The output transformer is not easy to come by nowadays, so he was hoping to at least score that item for his future build. All he could dig out from his dumpster find was a pair of speakers and he ended up building nice Output-Transformer-Less Tube Guitar Amplifier around them. …read more
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Now You Can Watch the Nuclear Apocalypse Unfold in VR
It’s spectator mode only, but at least there’s more to look at besides maps and stats. Continue reading Now You Can Watch the Nuclear Apocalypse Unfold in VR
Steam’s New Policy Could Really Hurt the ‘Bloody Boobs’ Franchise
Steam ends its Greenlight program, creating more questions than answers about its replacement. Continue reading Steam’s New Policy Could Really Hurt the ‘Bloody Boobs’ Franchise
Valve Patches Trivial XSS Bug in Steam
A cross-site scripting vulnerability on the Steam gaming platform has been patched. The flaw could be exploited by simply viewing a crafted profile. Continue reading Valve Patches Trivial XSS Bug in Steam
As Valve eradicates serious bug in Steam, here’s what you need to know
Booby-trapped profiles could be used to spend visitors’ market funds, experts warn. Continue reading As Valve eradicates serious bug in Steam, here’s what you need to know
How Hackers Could Have Pwned You With a Nasty Steam Bug
Hackers could’ve exploited Steam users just by tricking them into visiting a user profile. Continue reading How Hackers Could Have Pwned You With a Nasty Steam Bug
Portal Ported To the Apple II
[deater] readily admits they’re a little behind on what’s new in gaming – only having just gotten around to Valve’s 2007 release of Portal. It’s a popular game, but [deater] didn’t want anyone to miss out on the fun – so set about porting Portal to the Apple II.
The port uses the “hires” mode of the Apple II for the flashy graphics that were state of the art around 1980 or so. It’s not a copy of the full game – only the first and last levels, combined with Jonathan Coulton’s now-classic ending theme, Still Alive. As is to …read more
