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Activision’s 2003 shooter Star Trek: Elite Force 2 had to be rewritten because of 9/11, developer says
The game's plot was originally about a terror attack on Starfleet Academy
DualShockers just posted:
2026 Has Averaged 44 Gaming Jobs Lost Per Day So Far
2026 has been a terrible year for the video games industry, with over 10,000 jobs lost during the first half alone, and more potentially to come.
https://www.dualshockers.com/unfortunate-milestone-2026-averaged-44-gaming-jobs-lost-so-far/
RAM prices are up ~500% YoY per Tom's Hardware price tracking: the cheapest tracked 128GB DDR5 kit now sells for $3,399 vs an all-time low of $329 — some kits at 10x their lows. A standard 64GB DDR5-5600 set that cost under $200 last summer is over $1,100 today.\n\nhttps://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/memory-prices-climb-500-percent-in-12-months-up-to-10x-the-lowest-ever-tracked-prices-128gb-of-ddr5-now-usd3-399
RE: https://mastodon.social/@hbons/117099208164126991
Disgusting. Pausing my volunteer tablet driver contributions and any future Linux-related work until The Linux Foundation grows a bit of ethics. If they don’t change, I’ll look elsewhere.
➡️ Edit: Thanks to all your comments and feedback, I now see I'm reacting against The Linux Foundation’s misbehavior, not the open-source Linux community and ecosystem itself. They’re separate entities; I needed that reminder. My frustration is with that corp, not the code. I'll reconsider my pause.
Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI
Amazon’s team uses a T. rex preparing to devour a book as its logo.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/hidden-airtag-reveals-amazon-is-trashing-rare-books-to-train-ai/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Stunt Paradise 2 - Official Playtest Trailer
Developer: Chocolate Dungeon
Publisher: Chocolate Dungeon
Release date: Q2 2027
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Hotel Is Hungry got a store page
"The world ended. You got a hotel job. Check guests in, serve their orders, and feed the hotel before it decides to feed itself. One wrong room, someone dies. A body horror hotel management game."
Developer: Robin Entertainment
Publisher: Robin Entertainment
Release date: To be announced
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POLYSTRIKE got a store page
"POLYSTRIKE is a competitive top-down tactical shooter where every angle, every utility and every decision can change the outcome of the round. Coordinate with your team, master tactical combat and outplay your opponents in intense 5v5 objective-based battles."
Developer: Dark Dark Goose
Publisher: Devolver Digital
Release date: 2027
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HYPERDROP: A Pachinko Roguelite got a store page
"Build impossible scoring machines in HYPERDROP, a hypnotizing physics-based pachinko roguelite bursting with satisfying chain reactions and game-breaking combos."
RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/117111298604722631
SIT WITH THIS FOR A MOMENT
why is the chip maker giving money to a company that is supposed to be buying from them?
during Occupy Wall Street, a paper came out about the plutonomy’s (aka globalized oligarchy) self-enclosed economy. how their incestuous wheeling & dealing cut out the rest of us. the paper warned how this could lead to them pricing out the working classes out of everything if allowed to hoard whole aspects of the economy.
this is techbros pricing us out of computers.
TUXEDO Computers Introduces New #Linux Kernel Concept for #Debian-Based TUXEDO OS https://9to5linux.com/tuxedo-computers-introduces-new-kernel-concept-for-debian-based-tuxedo-os
PC Gamer just posted:
SSD price increases might be with us for the long haul, as Phison's CEO says NAND supply won't catch up with demand for four years
More bad news, I know.
Nvidia discloses $21B stake in SpaceX
Filing comes after Elon Musk announced exclusive arrangement to kit out its data centers.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/08/nvidia-discloses-21b-stake-in-spacex/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Kotaku just posted:
Sony Terminates Stonks-9800 Dev’s Publisher Agreement Without Warning, 14 Titles Set To Disappear In Under A Week
'PlayStation Support refuses to listen to my arguments or even respond to my emails in any way,' stated Ternox Games
https://kotaku.com/stonks-9800-playstation-store-sony-ternox-games-shovelware-2000724952
Echoes of Mora VR got a store page
"Swim with your own arms through a mysterious sunken village in VR. Hidden in flooded houses lie traces of those who lived here. One of them is Mora. Follow her trail through portals to the days before the flood and help her find her lost brother. What you uncover could change everything."
Developer: Selkies Interactive
Publisher: Selkies Interactive
Release date: 21 Sep, 2026
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.