Google+ Hangouts Get Remote Support, Now You Can Chat While Helping Out Friends and Family
It’s not that I don’t have any friends, I was just too impatient to wait for someone to connect to me.
Google+ Hangouts, that cool video chat software that lets you virtually hang out with friends, got a little cooler today. While in a Hangout, you’ll notice an app on the left to start a remote desktop session. Once the other party accepts the invite, you can start clicking away on their computer pretty darn quick. Read the rest of this article…
RUMOR: ‘Full Throttle’, Perhaps Other LucasArts Classics Coming Soon To GOG/Steam?
“You know I’d be on a bike right now if it weren’t for my… destabilizing inner-ear condition…”
LucasArts may be dead, but it still has a massive library of games that are simply sitting on a shelf being unmonetized and unadapted to new computers everywhere. What a lost opportunity! Well, it looks like Night Dive Studios, the guys behind the recent System Shock 2 resurrection (which we told you about!) are at it again with a tease for a Full Throttle port!
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The New Tabs in Gmail Suck
You’re worthless!
At the beginning of June, Gmail started rolling out its new tabbed inbox. I thought it was cool at first, but now it’s just a pain in the ass. Let me start off by saying that I don’t label a lot of my email and that could be one of the reasons but also, there’s really no need to label mail. Let me break it down. Read the rest of this article…
The N5 Show: Week #26, 2013 – ‘World War Z’, ‘Monsters University’ And ‘MANEATER’!
Make you work hard, make you sweat hard…
Looks like everyone’s having technical issues this week! TC was unable to join us this week because of microphone issues and Russell drops out halfway through, but not after we have a rousing conversation about World War Z, Brad Pitt’s stardom level and Monsters University and Pixar films of recent! Starting at the 40:20 mark, we dive into our introduction for the MANEATER: The Fall of Mankind Kickstarter and talk about our inspirations, where various elements came from and ask you to come along for the ride! Come check out the latest and greatest episode of the N5 Show!
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Facebook Home Is Dead
They just couldn’t make it work out.
Facebook Home is an interesting idea. Notice I didn’t say that in the past tense because their effort is still ongoing with monthly updates now three months after it debuted. Their Android launcher/conversion kit was built on a lot of interesting ideas within Facebook and designed for the user who really just uses their phone to check on friend statuses and News Feeds. Unfortunately, it looks like much of that initial spice is gone now and it’s going to be an even tougher uphill battle to get things done. Here’s what happened.
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‘Dark Matter’ Kickstarts: This Is Why You Should Back This Metroid-vania Shooter
You’re not quite alone here…
The world isn’t short on Metroidvania-style adventure games, but few are quite as taut as this one. Developed by Netherlands-based Interwave, the gamemaker is seeking £50,000 (about $80,000) to bring Dark Matter past the finish line. They sent over a (very) early for me to try out and while I’d once been unconvinced, an hour with the game swayed me. Let me explain what makes Dark Matter unique.
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‘ARMA III’ Beta Begins Now!
Running in a shooting competition in ARMA III
That’s right kiddies, it’s time for the official beta of ARMA III, the award winning mil-sim, to hit the world like a nuclear bomb. Ever since the original ARMA came out back in 2006, they have been redefining the way people look at strategic shooters.
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Facebook Has #Hashtags Now, But Are You Using Them?
#noonecares
Twitter launched with hashtag functionality and the ecosystem – from users to developers – learned to use them. There’s a place for them on Twitter, but what about Facebook? I used to laugh at people on Zuckerberg’s network that used hashtags. What is this, Twitter? Get out of here with you hashtags! Years later, Facebook rolled out Graph Search, which is hardly impressive on its own, but adding hashtags to that mix seems to be the best option to get people to use it. But are they? Read the rest of this article…
5 Games Microsoft Should Bring To Android And iOS
Bring these games over, Microsoft!
When word got out that Microsoft was secretly deploying their games – including Age of Empires – in Asia on Android and iOS, people went crazy. Maybe not quite that far, but while Microsoft has been playing the field for a while, the idea of bringing some of their Xbox-only franchises to platforms they don’t complete with (no, Windows Phone doesn’t count), it got me thinking back to some heyday franchises that would be perfect. With that, I present to you the five franchises that Microsoft should be bringing to smartphones.
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Microsoft: You Don’t Get A Headset With Xbox One, That’s What The Kinect’s For
Sold separately.
Word is getting out (via Ars Technica) that Microsoft is not including a headset with their Xbox One console. Now before you scream ‘rip-off!’, think about it for just a moment. Think about all those Xbox headsets you’ve owned, used and more importantly, not used.
