One of the defining trends of tech in recent years has been the colonization of the real by the digital. By that, I mean the tendency for technology to overlay our experience of people, places, and things, with networks that exist primarily online. The classic example of this is the digital map. Maps have always […]
A pair of emperor penguins in Antarctica filmed themselves with a camera that had been left on the ice by an explorer. In the short video, posted by the Australian Antarctic Division, you can see one penguin approach the camera, somehow flick it up so that it’s focused on its face, and then a second […]
The Halo universe is filled with strangeness and oddities — but some of them are way stranger than the others. In this article, we identify what we think are the top five freakiest things in Halo. When it comes to science fiction, species, societies, weapons, and everything between are often considered to be “out there,” […]
As we move into 2018, it’s time for a look at the biggest and brightest Xbox games on the horizon. In 2017, Microsoft launched the Xbox One X and closed the gap between itself and Sony’s PlayStation 4 platform. The X is a 6TF beast that can provide higher-fidelity visuals than any other video game […]