Month: June 2024
One of the biggest games on Steam right now is… a clickable banana
If you regularly stare at the Steam charts to see if there’s anything new and exciting to play, you may have noticed an odd little “game” called Banana. It has quickly become a huge success and, as of this writing, sits at the number three spot with over 400,000 concurrent…
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Metaphor: ReFantazio feels like a JRPG free from restraint and sanity
Metaphor: ReFantazio has been a long time in the making. It was announced in 2017 as Project re Fantasy through a weird long video that said very little. Since then, Atlus has swapped the Project for Metaphor and scoured Google Translate to find a cool way to say ‘fantasy.’ It’s…
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Truist Bank confirms data breach after stolen data appears online
The Sp1d3r cybercrime gang is making quite a name for itself as it is now selling sensitive data on thousands of Truist banking employees. Truist is a major US commercial bank formed in late 2019 after SunTrust Banks and BB&T merged, and now has $535 billion AUM (assets under management).…
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The DJI Mini 3 is only $329 right now, its best price yet
Drones aren’t just fun to fly — they’ve also become nearly mandatory in creative arsenals to satisfy clients and social media followers hungering for aerial photography and video. Thankfully, the entry-level price barrier has come crashing down over the years. The previous-generation DJI Mini 3, for example, is now just…
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Remote workers using ‘mouse-mover’ technology are getting caught
According to a report from Bloomberg based on “disclosures filed with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority,” last month, Wells Fargo fired “more than a dozen employees” after an investigation revealed they were using devices or apps to simulate productivity on their computers. What’s not known is how over a dozen staffers had…
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Neva hands-on: A grand achievement in emotional game design
Neva is going to make me cry. It very nearly did at Summer Game Fest, as the game’s introductory cinematics faded to black, literally just one minute into my time with the demo. I won’t divulge what happens in those initial frames, but it shattered my heart. It also perfectly…
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