During my time at the 2016 SMITE World Championship, I had the chance to sit down with co-founder and COO of Hi-Rez Studios, Todd Harris.
A GamerGate supporter who snuck into an anti-GamerGate panel at Northeastern Illinois University and streamed it online was reported to campus p0lice and falsely accused of making “threatening comments.” He caught the whole thing on film. Cristian Flores, who goes by
The chaos that erupted across college campuses earlier this month escalated racial tensions among students to levels not seen since the 1950s and 60s, as radical activists sought to enforce a new orthodoxy of ‘white privilege’ across universities. The inevitable consequence — a newly-racialized American campus — is beginning to emerge.
Dell has compromised their customers’ security by installing a vulnerability in their own computers.
Kotaku managed to hit peak absurdity last week when their editor-in-chief, Stephen Totilo, came out with a long piece about the unfairness of his publication being blacklisted by Bethesda and Ubisoft.
In a dubious victory for the moral outrage police, Koei Tecmo has decided not to bring their newest titillating entry in the Dead Or Alive Xtreme volleyball series to Western shores. The company has decided it just isn’t worth the expected criticism from social justice warriors. The thing is, they’re probably right.
This developer video diary for the upcoming Just Cause 3 details the capabilities of the game engine from gameplay mechanics to environmental destruction.
The latest trailer for Escape from Tarkov, the first-person shooter/RPG MMO hybrid from Battlestate Games, shows off lots of co-operative action as well as gives a glimpse at the game’s weapon customization.
The latest update to co-op sidescrolling shooter Broforce adds new characters, levels, and power-ups to the game.
Yahoo is blocking users out of their own Yahoo Mail accounts until they disable any ad-blocking software being used.
Last weekend, Activision Blizzard gave the peasantry a large a glimpse of their upcoming shooter/MOBA hybrid Overwatch. Against all odds on these preview events, it seems to have gone off without a hitch.
The Teamsters Union, representing shuttle bus drivers for tech companies, have kicked up pay for drivers from $18 dollars an hour to $25 after signing contracts with Apple and other Silicon Valley companies, part of a “domino effect” to organize the tech sector.
The big social media services have been generally aggressive about purging ISIS content—if sometimes unable to keep up with the sheer volume of it. One example is the “Khilafah News” page on Facebook. The social media giant initially hesitated to take it down, but upon review, concluded that it does violate their community standards.
Earlier today, a student newspaper called Nouse published an op-ed titled, “We Need To Talk About Milo.” It’s a long explanation of why I’m so popular, influential and successful. I’m mortified by its appearance, obviously. That said, it’s worth reflecting on. So
A new study conducted by Pew Research came out on Friday, revealing the depressingly sorry state of today’s youth and the respect that they have for the 1st Amendment and freedom of speech in general.
Fractures are emerging in Anonymous’s war on ISIS. We previously covered the hacking group’s alleged takedown of thousands of ISIS-affiliated social media accounts. But rival factions in Anonymous are now at odds over a list of alleged “ISIS targets” released
Hostility between the hacker collective Anonymous and the Islamic State escalated into a ‘cyberwar’ after the Paris terror attack, with Anonymous hackers claiming to have taken out hundreds of ISIS websites and thousands of their social media accounts. However, the
In the wake of the Paris attacks, there have been fresh calls for tech companies to weaken their privacy protections to allow western security services to monitor online communications. Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has called on Silicon Valley to “not view
The excuses have started again. Despite the atrocities in Paris, tech companies continue to stubbornly insist that they have no business helping the government catch terrorists. Governments have upped the pressure on Silicon Valley recently, pointing to tech companies’ support
I just can’t stop winning. Earlier this week, Breitbart Tech reported on Freedom of Tweets, a campaign to support the legal fund of Toronto artist Gregory Alan Elliott, currently on trial for criminal harassment for disagreeing with feminists on Twitter. Today, following our reporting I
You’ve probably heard of Bahar Mustafa, the diversity and welfare officer at Goldsmiths University in London. She shot into the limelight after tweeting in support of #KillAllWhiteMen and banning white males from a conference on – ironically – diversity. Schadenfreude
Popular YouTube comedian and lets-player, Steven Williams, better known to the internet as Boogie2988, claimed Friday that Gawker‘s gaming and technology vertical Kotaku had blacklisted him because he refused to publicly disavow consumer press ethics movement GamerGate. After Kotaku spoke out against game publishers
Tumblr, the digital hiding place for fifteen-year-old girls and their teenage angst, is commonly associated with social justice, third-wave feminism and fluorescent-dyed hair. It is a place regularly mocked by other online communities for its politically-correct stances and oversensitive reactions to anything
Star Wars Battlefront is a game reminiscent of the era before multiplayer games became weighed down by extraneous features and superfluous content. While it lacks a lot of the gilding we’ve come to expect from competitive shooters, this focus on the core experience had paid off in spades.
Undertale is the next big indie gaming darling, resulting in a hardcore fanbase across the internet immediately following its September 15 release. The game features a well-rounded cast of characters, humorous dialogue, and inventive gameplay mechanics. I found it to be one of the most memorable RPGs I have played in recent years.
12 Is Better Than 6, a top-down Western shooter with a hand-drawn art style, has been released on Steam Early Access.
