Apr 15, 2020
John Horton Conway, mathematician and creator of Game of Life, has died aged 82 of complications related to COVID-19. Princeton University announced the news today, where Conway was John von Neumann Professor in Applied and Computational Mathematics between 1987 and 2013, after which he attained emeritus status. First shown in 1970, Conway’s Game of Life […]
Apr 15, 2020
Esports obviously figures largely in Riot’s plan for Valorant: League of Legends is more than ten years old, yet remains a massively popular game thanks to its thriving pro scene. Riot sees similar potential in its new shooter, and today it shared some of its...
Apr 15, 2020
The Fallout 76 Wastelanders expansion welcomes new human factions to Appalachia: the settlers and the raiders. But what happens if you nuke the settlements of these two factions? Turns out: not much, really! Players naturally were curious what would happen if you...
Apr 15, 2020
An October 2018 Kotaku investigation into working conditions at Rockstar Games painted an ugly picture, as multiple developers reported extended periods of punishing crunch—”death march” was a term used by one to illustrate the grind. Rockstar itself...
Apr 15, 2020
Death in Sea of Thieves is a temporary state: When you get stabbed, shot, eaten by a shark, or blown up by a teammate who decides to play a game of Swingsy Swordsie while other people are moving gunpowder barrels around, you take a quick trip to the Ferryman, ride on...
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