GPT (Gaming, Production, & Tech) Journal – Monday, 19 Feb 2024

Gaming Journal (early evening): got a couple of sessions of CoDMWIII (PC) in btn last night and today on the box with the 7800X3d+4080. Can’t say enough how I’m loving the map rotation in Season 2, although voting sometimes swerves maps away (no one is voting for Breenbergh Hotel, LoL), which sometimes makes it justContinue reading “GPT (Gaming, Production, & Tech) Journal – Monday, 19 Feb 2024”

Has Building PCs Gotten Boring? A Look Back at Where We Were

Last night on the first episode of Rounding Off Infinity – Talking About Games, an audience member asked me how I got to running multiple PCs in the studio / lab. As I’ve been walking back through that history over the last 24 hours, mentality putting together the script to convey that story, it struckContinue reading “Has Building PCs Gotten Boring? A Look Back at Where We Were”

You Buying Call of Duty Modern Warfare III Shouldn’t Have Anything to Do with Bloomberg. Or XBox

Let’s start with that should be the obvious. No one should pay attention to anything Jason Schreier writes. He’s a man-baby that blocks anyone who asks him a question on Twitter, was speaking up in defense of Andrew Tate, has never written a line of code in his life, and has no domain expertise inContinue reading “You Buying Call of Duty Modern Warfare III Shouldn’t Have Anything to Do with Bloomberg. Or XBox”

Of Game Lengths: Light or Endless; it’s the In-Between I Don’t Care for

I Like My games Skinny or Thicc, but nothing in-between. Spider-Man 2’s campaign is supposedly only 15 – 20 hours. And yet the traversable and playable city geographic area is almost twice the size of the first game’s map. And you can play as both Peter and Miles. What this translates to me is whatContinue reading “Of Game Lengths: Light or Endless; it’s the In-Between I Don’t Care for”

Dark Winds, S2E1- NA’NIŁKAADII: Review; the Show’s Success Was Its Own Petard; We Hope it Changes

Dark Winds is a great TV show. And therein lies its problem. Were the show less of a critical success, then enjoying it might not feel so problematic. I’m still, in truth, untying a lot of my understanding of the social controversy and the feelings that Indians have over the show. Their reception of itContinue reading “Dark Winds, S2E1- NA’NIŁKAADII: Review; the Show’s Success Was Its Own Petard; We Hope it Changes”

It’s Been 13 Years; Will Google’s New Policy Finally Fix the Android Tablet App Ecosystem?

I’ve been living the Android tablet lifestyle pretty much since inception. While many will have the impression that the Motorola Xoom was the first Android tablet, dozens of tablets were released by Asian manufacturers and sold as weird one-offs before tablet use of Android was officially supported. The product descriptions of these were always sketchy.Continue reading “It’s Been 13 Years; Will Google’s New Policy Finally Fix the Android Tablet App Ecosystem?”

The Parallels Between the Hollywood Strike and the Games Industry – Part I

Ben Thompson posted an article on Stratechery this week that paints many parallels between the Hollywood Strike with things I have been calling out as warning signals. Potential impacts from subscription services that could have a disruptive impact on the gaming industry. The ongoing conversion of games to Software-as-a-Service, where it is taken beyond aContinue reading “The Parallels Between the Hollywood Strike and the Games Industry – Part I”

Gamers Have Relationships with Content – Subscription Services Change that Relationship (Part 1)

In general, my feeling about subscription gaming services is that they are just yet another thing I have to manage. To make sure I am consuming enough of to justify the cost. Which means I have to establish criteria; work out mathematical formulas. Determine thresholds of acceptability. Measures of effectiveness. It becomes work. They areContinue reading “Gamers Have Relationships with Content – Subscription Services Change that Relationship (Part 1)”

A Handheld XBox Would Fail; a Handheld Microsoft Surface Might Not

As much I’ve wanted one in the past, I don’t think I would be very much interested in an Xbox Handheld Gaming device today. It would have the same market problems that the Vita had. It would be pinched somewhere in between the Nintendo Switch, the smartphone that everyone is basically required to have today,Continue reading “A Handheld XBox Would Fail; a Handheld Microsoft Surface Might Not”