Tagged: gaming

Nightly Open Thread

Nightly Open Thread

Eight myths about video games…debunked here. And are consoles limiting the potential and future sales performance of high-end PC graphics cards? Discuss…or discuss something else.

ExtraLife: Play Games. Heal Kids.

ExtraLife: Play Games. Heal Kids.

One of the game devs I follow on Twitter, GameDevFTW, is participating in ExtraLife, a fundraising initiative for the Children’s Miracle Network in which gamers take pledges and raise funds to sponsor a 24-hour...

Do games cost less these days?

Do games cost less these days?

Well, yes, in a manner of speaking. The sticker price might well be the same: you’re still paying $40 to $70 per game, depending on various factors (and obviously, we’re discounting “special editions” from...

Found Image: Papa British on Skylab

Found Image: Papa British on Skylab

That would be NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, father of Ultima creator (and private astronaut himself) Richard Garriott (known to us all as, of course, Lord British). Here he is posing by a console aboard...