Crowdfunding is killing board game expansions

Crowdfunding has changed the world of tabletop gaming. Platforms like Kickstarter were originally a vehicle for creatives to bring innovative and radical ideas to life. Over time, however, the churn of new campaigns has become primarily a marketing framework for design studios to push mounds of plastic and cardboard at ever-increasing price points. Publishers are […]

Facebook Killing Oculus Rift Line To Focus On Quest's Link

Oculus Rift S is being retired in Spring, and Facebook tells us it won’t be releasing any new PC-only VR headsets. RIP, Rift! The just-announced Oculus Quest 2, like the original Quest, supports Oculus Link- it can act as a PC VR headset via a USB cable. In Link mode tracking, boundary system, controller input, […]

GTA Online players are killing sex workers to duplicate cars

Grand Theft Auto’s inclusion of sex workers has a long-standing infamy thanks to players who supposedly kill the NPCs for money, but in modern games, such violent tendencies have subsided — it’s hardly the best way to make cash. Recently, however, GTA Online cheaters have brought the gruesome murder practice back. In early 2020, players […]