Tag: games
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The sustainability of nations and the defensibility of platforms is better when wealth isn’t concentrated in the top 1%. In the real world, a healthy middle class is critical for… more ›
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You know you’ve got a problem when you have a song about a graphics chip stuck in your head. A high-class, next-generation problem, that is. https://www.protocol.com/xbox-series-x-playstation-5-analysis more ›
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The debut of a video game console is a carefully choreographed event. It matches state-of-the-art electronics with complex software and big-budget games. It takes years of development and billions of… more ›
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Only 0.5% of the world’s population knows how to code, and the U.S. graduates only ~150,000 computer science graduates each year. Historically, problems that can be solved with technology have been bounded… more ›
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Google has pulled the popular Indian financial services app Paytm from the Play Store for violating its gambling policies. Paytm is India’s most valuable startup and claims over 50 million monthly active users.… more ›
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AMID THE economic devastation wrought by covid-19, video games are a rare bright spot. This year, the shares of Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard, two big games publishers, have risen… more ›
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As Saudi Arabia loosens gender restrictions on esports, the country’s female gamers are stepping up to meet the challenge. Over the past decade, Saudi Arabia’s gaming scene has dramatically evolved,… more ›
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Quick, what’s Microsoft’s most venerable franchise? Nope, it’s not Office (1990), Windows (1985) or even Word (1983). It’s actually Microsoft Flight Simulator, first released in November 1982. Thirty-eight years later,… more ›