Valve: ‘It Really Does Seem Bad Games Are Made by Bad People’
Valve shares more details about how it decides who’s a ‘straight up troll’ publishing video games on Steam. Continue reading Valve: ‘It Really Does Seem Bad Games Are Made by Bad People’
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Op Amps Before Transistors: A 600V Vacuum Tube Monster
Op amps. Often the first thing that many learn about when beginning the journey into analog electronics, they’re used in countless ways in an overwhelmingly large array of circuits. When we think about op amps, images of DIPs and SOICs spring to mind, with an incredibly tiny price tag to boot. We take their abundance and convenience for granted nowadays, but they weren’t always so easy to come by.
[Mr Carlson] serves up another vintage offering, this time in the form of a tube op amp. The K2-W model he acquired enjoyed popularity when it was released as one of …read more
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Steam Bans Developer After Outcry Over Cryptomining, Scam Items
A simple, 2D game raised eyebrows after it was found to be consuming big amounts of processing power. Continue reading Steam Bans Developer After Outcry Over Cryptomining, Scam Items
A Stereo Tube Amp For Less Than $5
Many of us have aspirations of owning a tube amp. Regardless of the debate on whether or not tube audio is nicer to listen to, or even if you can hear the difference at all, they’re gorgeous to look at. However, the price of buying one to find out if it floats your boat is often too high to justify a purchase.
[The Post Apocalyptic Inventor] has built a stereo tube amplifier in the style of the Fallout video games. The idea came when he realised that the TK 125 tape recorder manufactured by Grundig was still using tube audio …read more
‘Dota 2’ Player Who Used Programmable Mouse Disqualified His Team From $15 Million Tournament
The International 2018 organizers disqualified a South American team from a $15 million tournament when one of its players used a mouse with programmable buttons. Continue reading ‘Dota 2’ Player Who Used Programmable Mouse Disqualified His Team From $15 Million Tournament
Teardown: Box of Pain (Gom Jabbar Sold Separately)
I immediately felt uncomfortable when I realized this thing is called the “Breo iPalm520 Acupressure Hand Massager”. You’re supposed to stick your hand into it, and through unknown machinations it performs some kind of pressure massage complete with heating action. It’s like one of those pain boxes from Dune. It’s all the more disturbing when you realize the red button on the thing is an emergency release. That’s right, once your hand is in this contraption you can’t take it out until the thing has had its way with you or you tap out.
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Valve Disables Item Trading for Dutch ‘Counter-Strike’ Players, Making Their Expensive Gun Skins Worthless
The change to comply with Dutch regulations came with no warning, leaving players stuck with valuable inventories. Continue reading Valve Disables Item Trading for Dutch ‘Counter-Strike’ Players, Making Their Expensive Gun Skins Worthless
Hundreds of Thousands of Windows XP Users Won’t Be Able to Use Steam Soon
Valve is kicking the operating system off its service starting January 2019. Upgrade or GTFO. Continue reading Hundreds of Thousands of Windows XP Users Won’t Be Able to Use Steam Soon
The First Non-Valve Game on Steam was Weird as Hell
‘Rag Doll Kung Fu,’ the first game on Steam not developed by Valve, showed that the platform was great for small, weird games. Continue reading The First Non-Valve Game on Steam was Weird as Hell
An Exploit Left Millions of Steam Users Vulnerable for the Past 10 Years
A security researcher found a serious vulnerability that allowed hackers to take control of a Steam user’s computer. Continue reading An Exploit Left Millions of Steam Users Vulnerable for the Past 10 Years