A daily dose of what’s up in the tech world
Daily tech news & jokes to have a good start for 03/04/2023
Quote of the day:
A secret to happiness is letting every situatiuon be what it is instead of what you think it should be. Anonymous
Jokes of the day:
Did you hear about the scientist who was lab partners with a pot of boiling water? He had a very esteemed colleague.
UDP is better in the COVID era since it avoids unnecessary handshakes.
Top 10 news of the day:
2023 BMW M2 | PH Review
As the last hurrah for pure internal combustion BMW M cars, is the new M2 the send off we all hoped for?
You may have read recently a rather damning assessment of the BMW XM. That was me, and I wasn’t only giving the car a bit of a kicking but the ethos that conspired to produce it. The XM is not an M car — sorry M. Anyway, I drove the XM in the good-ol… [14640 chars]
Destiny 2 Players Calls For Changes to Specific ‘Unreasonably Difficult’ Exotic Catalysts
Destiny 2 players object to the massive grinds now required to complete exotic catalyst quests brought about by new updates and expansions.
Many fans of Destiny 2 have noticed that completing quests relating to some of the older exotic catalysts is now unreasonably difficult. This appears to be related to Bungie’s practice of temporarily removing or “vaulting” content from earlier expans… [3036 chars]
Trackmania’s free spring 2023 season is available now
Trackmania’s new season is now available to play for free. The spring 2023 campaign brings 25 new tracks to race and 10…
Trackmania’s new season is now available to play for free. The spring 2023 campaign brings 25 new tracks to race and 100 additional medals to earn for free. “Creativity and fun are the motto of this Spring 2023 campaign with welcoming tracks designed… [1440 chars]
Physical editions of Sifu on Xbox One and Xbox Series X are out now in Europe
Physical editions of Sifu on Xbox One and Xbox Series X are out now in Europe, and will be coming later this month for …
Physical editions of Sifu on Xbox One and Xbox Series X are out now in Europe, and will be coming later this month for our friends in North America. To celebrate the launch of acclaimed martial arts adventure Sifu on Xbox and Steam after a year of Pl… [1600 chars]
Menko Cards And Niche Nintendo History — The Hunt For Mario’s Rookie Card
A different kind of ‘game card’ — If you have ever read up on the history of Nintendo, you know that before it went into t…
If you have ever read up on the history of Nintendo, you know that before it went into the video game business, the company began life by making cards and other novelties. The hanafuda and playing cards which Nintendo produced from its formation in 1… [13194 chars]
You too can buy a Death Stranding-inspired bucket hat for £65
Hideo Kojima has partnered with a “luxury London designer” to create a unisex line of “Death Stranding-inspired” clothi…
Hideo Kojima has partnered with a “luxury London designer” to create a unisex line of “Death Stranding-inspired” clothing. The range includes tracksuits, shirts, a bucket hat, a bomber jacket, and silk tux jacket, too, with prices starting at £65 for… [1506 chars]
20 Best Ever E3 Moments
RIP E3, we hardly knew ye.
E3 is dead, long live E3. In recent years there’s no denying that the relevance of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) has waned considerably, in large part due to major publishers reducing their presence there, and the pandemic showing companies … [900 chars]
The Last Worker Review (PS5 / PSVR2)
Welcome to the Jüngle
Games exploring the contemporary world of online order fulfilment work were inevitable, but we pictured they’d hit harder and have more to say than The Last Worker does. Playing as the last human employee picking packages to be delivered for a retail… [2006 chars]
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is an April Fool’s joke that turned out to be real
Sega celebrated April Fool’s Day by teasing a new game called The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog. The twist? It’s actuall…
Sega celebrated April Fool’s Day by teasing a new game called The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog. The twist? It’s actually real. Described as a “labour of love from the Sonic Social team”, the point-and-click visual novel adventure is available now on … [1928 chars]
Pokemon Go and Niantic Forgot about April 2023 Field Research, Players are not Seeing any New Tasks
Trainers, a new month is underway, but the Field Research tasks are the same. Yes, that’s right, Niantic didn’t release new Field Research tasks. Every
Pokemon Go and Niantic Forgot about April 2023 Field Research, Players are not Seeing any New Tasks Trainers, a new month is underway, but the Field Research tasks are the same. Yes, that’s right, Niantic didn’t release new Field Research tasks. Ever… [1328 chars]
