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It’s real. It’s kick-flip and-a-sodie-pop real.
Source: We’re testing Video Chat and Screen Share with 5% of players, today.
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[Ars Technica] Niantic cancels European Pokémon Go gatherings after Chicago fiasco
The fallout continues…
Dev wants to “guarantee the best possible gameplay” after Chicago cell failure.
Source: Niantic cancels European Pokémon Go gatherings after Chicago fiasco | Ars Technica
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Disastrous ‘Pokémon Go’ Fest ends with anger and refunds [Mashable]
“Niantic was not prepared.”
No they weren’t, not by a long shot.
The game itself was a nice start. Getting people out and about. When the update went out that locked out jailbroken/rooted devices, it meant I could no longer play (still can’t, although I can get the app to load and login, but never get a GPS signal, even though I’m happily able to play other AR games like Ingress. And I’m only L22 if I remember, so way behind most active players now)
Source: Disastrous ‘Pokémon Go’ Fest ends with anger and refunds
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Epic, near-EVE-worthy troll sabotages Elite: Dangerous community event | Ars Technica
How to trust no-one in the deep dark world of space — kinda also reflects real life.
I need to figure out how to play this game properly (I have it on Steam and like the graphics, but the controls are really frustrating….)
“Smiling Dog Crew” shows how you should never let a wolf guard your chickens.
Source: Epic, near-EVE-worthy troll sabotages Elite: Dangerous community event | Ars Technica
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FINAL FANTASY 30TH ANNIVERSARY – Timeless Legacy Trailer – YouTube
Has it really been 30 years since Final Fantasy first graces our TV screens? Wow. And all these different versions — not including spin-offs (X-2 , XIII-2, Mystic Quest, and Lightning Returns) and expansions (FFXIV’s Heavensward and upcoming Stormblood, for example) are not included. But the franchise has been going for 3 decades and doesn’t look like it’s stopping any time soon :)
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MOBIUS FINAL FANTASY™ on Steam
A mobile phone game ported for the PC? This can’t end good, right?
(Checks reviews)
…. yep.
A team of veteran developers of the FINAL FANTASY franchise, headed by venerated producer Yoshinori Kitase, brings you MOBIUS FINAL FANTASY, a mobile RPG of unprecedented quality. The PC version comes 4K visuals and 60 FPS gameplay.
Source: MOBIUS FINAL FANTASY™ on Steam
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It’s true, ‘Pokémon Go’ is becoming a fitness craze
It turns out that there’s an amazing side effect to joining the ranks of the millions now addicted to Pokémon Go: better health.
Fitness tracker Jawbone UP claims that users of its fitness band who also mentioned that they used Pokémon Go logged a whopping 62.5 percent more steps this weekend compared to their steps taken during a normal weekend.
Source: It’s true, ‘Pokémon Go’ is becoming a fitness craze
As someone who is a runner, I can confirm this thing is like Ingress — encouraging you to go to new places or making you treat pokestops and gyms as milestones – which is great for interval training. I’m running circles around my local area, stopping by at three different pokestops each loop :)
Currently Level 12 with about 251 pokemon caught, 47 unique ones seen, and 47 active in my bag.
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How To Install Steam on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – OMG! Ubuntu!
Steam was one of the many things that broke with Ubuntu 16.04 because of numerous changes in package names and dependencies. Fortunately, here’s a guide to fix that. Now, back to my Dungeon Defenders :D
Source: How To Install Steam on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – OMG! Ubuntu!
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Tinkering
Looks like my weekend is going to be filled with tinkering again. ^_^;
I need to reinstall windows on my laptop as I think there must be some graphics conflict somewhere and it’s lagging when it gets taxed (didn’t normally). Most commonly, it happens when I’m playing Final Fantasy XIV, but has lagged a bit on Alice: Madness Returns and Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed. I figured it might be my connection, since FFXIV is an MMORPG, so I switched from my WiFi to my 4G connection via tethering and it still lags. I then switched from DirectX 9 to DirectX 11, amd still nothing. I even downgraded my Nvidia driver to a REALLY old version (since Nvidia ran into a huge bug with one of their drivers, if you recall), so I’m planning to run my Clonezilla backup tonight (which should take a few hours since I’m also backing up my Ubuntu install), and then run my Windows install then then boot-repair to get grub back (凸(>皿<)凸 Microsoft)
And then, I have to go through the process of installing drivers and updating Windows, though I will probably skip updating Windows since I only use it as a gaming environment. And downloading my Steam games again. Including the Heavensward expansion, Final Fantasy XIV is probably about 20-30GB. With the spikes and dips in download speed on my 4G, it’s going to take about 3 hours.
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Linux Gaming Setup Part 2: Software configs, Nvidia binary driver, bumblebee, steam and playonlinux howto – Out Here In The Field : Persistence
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