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No, positive reviews didn’t ‘trick’ Steam into thinking a game was fake

Jan09
by on January 9, 2019 at 10:52 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


A small indie game on Steam was on probation for several months after its release, only yesterday being granted access to the platform’s full features. While the exact reason for the problem appears to be a small bug, the developers seemed to think, at least for a bit, that the game’s huge amount of positive reviews had fooled Steam into thinking the game was a phony. The indie game in question is a rhythm game called Wandersong, the Steam page of which appeared to be held in a kind of purgatory, with certain features such as achievements not available. The small…

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HTC unveils VR’s future with new Vive headset, eye-tracking, and more

Jan09
by on January 9, 2019 at 9:56 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming, Plugged, virtual reality


2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 is the year VR will finally break into the mainstream! Okay, so we’ve all heard that one before. Despite the fact analysts predict it’ll be a great year for VR companies, the tech is still a novelty to most. HTC hopes to change that by finally addressing VR‘s biggest problem: a disjointed user experience. HTC unveiled a slew of updates to its Vive platform earlier this week during its presentation at CES. The biggest splashes came in the form of the new Cosmos hardware (an Oculus Go/Quest competitor) and a new eye-tracking system to be debuted…

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HTC unveils VR’s future with new Vive headset, eye-tracking, and more

Jan09
by on January 9, 2019 at 9:56 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming, Plugged, virtual reality


2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 is the year VR will finally break into the mainstream! Okay, so we’ve all heard that one before. Despite the fact analysts predict it’ll be a great year for VR companies, the tech is still a novelty to most. HTC hopes to change that by finally addressing VR‘s biggest problem: a disjointed user experience. HTC unveiled a slew of updates to its Vive platform earlier this week during its presentation at CES. The biggest splashes came in the form of the new Cosmos hardware (an Oculus Go/Quest competitor) and a new eye-tracking system to be debuted…

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PSA: Windows 10 will soon ‘reserve’ 7GB of your system drive for updates

Jan09
by on January 9, 2019 at 6:10 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


Fair warning: next time Microsoft rolls out one of its big semi-annual Windows 10 updates, you’ll probably lose a big chunk of storage. In a blog post, Microsoft announced that “with the next major update,” Windows will set aside about 7GB of disk space for updates, apps, temporary files, and system caches. Though that may be annoying for those of us on limited drive space, the logic seems pretty sound. By Windows reserving space beforehand, you can avoid having to clear up space for updates later – something I expect is a big reason some people don’t install updates in…

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PSA: Windows 10 will soon ‘reserve’ 7GB of your system drive for updates

Jan09
by on January 9, 2019 at 6:10 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


Fair warning: next time Microsoft rolls out one of its big semi-annual Windows 10 updates, you’ll probably lose a big chunk of storage. In a blog post, Microsoft announced that “with the next major update,” Windows will set aside about 7GB of disk space for updates, apps, temporary files, and system caches. Though that may be annoying for those of us on limited drive space, the logic seems pretty sound. By Windows reserving space beforehand, you can avoid having to clear up space for updates later – something I expect is a big reason some people don’t install updates in…

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