Last minute geek

1. Velocilinx Brennus Gaming Mouse review
(English/the-gadgeteer)

REVIEW – One of the key components of any computer system is obviously the mouse, which is used to select items on the screen.  For a gaming computer, a good mouse is extra important, as a gamer must be ...

2. Remedy fixes 'Control' on the Epic Store so it will work offline
(English/engadget)

The update that added a photomode to Remedy's moody shooter Control also added some new headaches for PC players who purchased it from the Epic Games Store. Although the team says that changes made ...

3. 'Okami' veterans want to make a sequel
(English/engadget)

After years of remasters and ports, Okami is finally getting a sequel... well, maybe. Two veterans from the game who now work at Platinum Games, director Hideki Kamiya and Ikumi Nakamura (the star of ...

4. ‘Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville’ is available today
(English/engadget)

The latest game in the long running Plants vs. Zombies series has arrived for PS4, Xbox and PC. Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is a third-person shooter, but it's cartoony enough for ...

5. Nintendo's 'Ring Fit Adventure' hides grown-up workouts in a kids' game
(English/engadget)

I'm standing in the middle of my living room. Something resembling a garter belt is wrapped snugly around my left thigh. I'm squatting, fast. I may as well be twerking. I haven't had ...

6. Another man filmed keying a Tesla, by the Tesla
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... while his car was parked for an Eskimos football game. It is super upsetting that folks think it is acceptable to damage other people's property, regardless of the reason. Unfortunately, Alberta doesn't ...

7. 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare' swaps loot boxes for a battle pass
(English/engadget)

... any loot boxes or a season pass, and the game will feature... Read all  ...

8. Attribution is hard: the incredible skullduggery used to try to blame the 2018 Olympic cyberattack on North Korea
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... down into the devastating cyberattack on the South Korean Olympic games in 2018, which shut down whole swathes of Korean tech infrastructure and compromised the ability to carry out the games. But the ...

9. Ace Marks is making high-end dress shoes affordable
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... That doesn't feel fair. Ace Marks didn't think so, either, so they're redefining the high-end shoe game. Their founders have spent a lifetime in the luxury footwear business, and they've structured their ...

10. The Linux Mint 19.2 Gaming Report: Promising But Room For Improvement
(English/Linuxtoday)

Forbes: Sure, we play games on “Linux.” But it’s not that simple. Read all  ...

11. Game Boy fans will love the Analogue Pocket which works with actual GB cartridges
(English/the-gadgeteer)

... into retro gaming – specifically Game Boy gaming and still have some cartridges and don’t feel like dealing with the … Game Boy fans will love the Analogue Pocket which works with actual GB cartridges ...

12. Watch the first trailer of ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ for PC
(English/engadget)

Red Dead Redemption 2 developer Rockstar Games has shared the first trailer for the upcoming PC release of the game, which showcases the open-world western running at 4K and 60 frames per second. It also ...

13. 'Anthem' gives its Cataclysm in-game event a second try
(English/engadget)

If you've stuck with Anthem through its many challenges -- and there have been a lot -- then congratulations, you're being rewarded with the return of the Cataclysm, and updates for the Season ...

14. Review: Untitled Goose Game is a difficult delight
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

I downloaded Untitled Goose Game to my Nintendo Switch a few days ago. It's the most self-abusive fun that I've had (with a video game, I mean we're all friends here) since I owned an NES back in the day. ...

15. Analogue Pocket
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Analogue Pocket is a forthcoming handheld game console that runs old Nintendo carts and offers a built-in synthesizer and sequencer. A multi-video-game-system portable handheld. A digital audio workstation ...

16. Google Stadia controller's wireless capability will be limited at launch
(English/engadget)

If you were planning to play Stadia games on your computer or phone while using its official controller, you'll have to get used to being tethered to your device with a USB-C cable. The Google Stadia ...

17. ‘Harry Potter: Wizards Unite’ gathered location data while users slept
(English/engadget)

It's no secret that games like Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and Pokémon Go track their users' locations. But it can be alarming to see just how much data companies like Niantic have. ...

18. Blizzard suspends college gamers from competitive play after they display "Free Hong Kong" poster
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... what we were doing,” said Chambers to me over Discord this morning. “No regrets.” As teased in a piece with VICE Games last week, this incident resulted in Chambers starting to play God’s Unchained, a ...

19. Terrified of bad press after its China capitulation, Blizzard cancels NYC Overwatch event
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... the gamer Chung Ng Wai, known as Blitzchung. The player wore a gas mask and chanted a pro-Hong Kong slogan in a post-tournament interview, leading Blizzard to ban him from events for a year and strip him ...

20. Watch John Darnielle from the Mountain Goats play a D&D campaign inspired by their newest record
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... descent into the maddening mind of a disfigured man who runs mail-order tabletop RPG games from his bedroom. As a musician, his band had previously released "concept albums" (of a sort) loosely themed ...

21. Internet Archive adds 2,500 more DOS games to playable database
(English/engadget)

Since 2013, the underappreciated heroes at Internet Archive have been working diligently to preserve old and abandoned PC games. In 2015, the organization started hosting 2,400 DOS games, allowing you ...

22. Giphy Arcade lets you play, create and share your own bite-sized games
(English/engadget)

While it has evolved over the last few years to be more than just a place to find your favorite looping images, Giphy's experiments with short-form video and emoji have felt like an extension of its ...

23. IrisVision gives people with low vision problems the ability to see clearly again
(English/the-gadgeteer)

NEWS – If you thought VR goggles were only good for playing games, you would be wrong. The people at IrisVision are using VR headsets to give people with low vision problems like macular degeneration, ...

24. Waze, in Italia la funzione “Costo Pedaggio”
(Italiano/webnews)

Waze porta in Italia la funzione Costo Pedaggio che confronta i costi del pedaggio per le strade a pagamento. The post Waze, in Italia la funzione “Costo Pedaggio” appeared first on Webnews. ...

25. Screensavers VR lets you explore classic screensavers in virtual reality
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Screensavers VR is out this week and will let you explore classic screensavers.  I can't vouch for the "gameplay," but I learned I am powerfully nostalgic for 3D Pipes: Plunge your body into five screensavers ...