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
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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
Valve Has Removed a School Shooting Simulator From Steam, Calling the Developer a ‘Troll’
Valve said the maker of ‘Active Shooter’ is “a troll, with a history of customer abuse, publishing copyrighted material, and user review manipulation.” Continue reading Valve Has Removed a School Shooting Simulator From Steam, Calling the Developer a ‘Troll’
‘It’s an Anime Titty Holocaust:’ Steam Is Cracking Down on Visual Novels
Developers are saying that Valve is going to kick them off of Steam despite already going through a ‘vigorous’ review process years ago. Continue reading ‘It’s an Anime Titty Holocaust:’ Steam Is Cracking Down on Visual Novels