Games, games, games!
This scene from God Of War pretty much sums up the essence of a boss fight, where you, the player, are faced with an enemy five times your size, with huge powers of destruction, fearsome weapons and usually in an arena devoid of any hiding […]
I’m not really a gamer but I enjoy playing a few classic games now and then, but many of the older DOS-based games don’t work on modern-day systems. That’s where DOSBox comes in. I’m going to attempt to play the first game I ever
More Competition Means More Value It’s no secret that Valve’s Steam has dominated the digital games market in the last few years, both with their store and gaming platform. Steam pretty much became the de facto gaming standard, having revolutionised the way we buy games,
Following my recent article, Steam Loses Patience With The Argentine Economy, I was browsing through Steam for bargains and new releases when I came across Gears 5, a AAA game which is due for release on 9th September with a base price of US$60. Now,
Whinging Argentine Gamers Want Games For Nothing Read More »
According to Simon Kuznets, there are four types of countries: developed, underdeveloped, Japan, and Argentina. Well, it’s not that difficult to pin down the first three, but getting your head around Argentina’s economy still taxes the minds of most people, not least those of us
Twitch Is Creating Gaming Millionaires Video streaming star Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has been snatched away from Twitch by Microsoft’s Mixer platform for an undisclosed sum of money. Video game streaming is now enormously popular with the figures speaking for themselves. In “Ninja’s” case, here are
DCT Tech News 2019 – Week 33 Online Millionaires Read More »
Make no mistake, this is one scary game. My last post from May 2018 – Alien Isolation: Progress Update, saw me about one third through the game and more than likely cowering in a crew locker somewhere aboard the space freighter, Sevastopol, praying that the
Steam Discounts Up To 80% The Steam Summer sale has kicked off with some incredible discounts on your favourite games and software until July 9th. Here are some great examples that I’ve hand-picked. Software Action! is one of the best screen capture programs currently available
Google Stadia To Launch In November What is Stadia? That’s a good question. From what I can gather, Google Stadia is a revolutionary new subscription gaming platform, which allows you to play games through the cloud. In simple terms, Google Stadia lets you play modern
In my article, How To Create A Passkey On Xbox One, I wrote about how to create a passkey for your Xbox One and about creating a password before someone purchases something on your Microsoft account. Since I have four kids, this was a must on
Welcome to the new Dave’s Computer Tips Tech News where we’ll try to bring you the latest news on all technology-related matters. Nothing moves quite as swiftly as computer-related technology and keeping up with developments is what we do here at DCT, so let’s get
In August 2017, Marc Laidlaw, the former Valve writer of the entire Half-Life series, penned a tongue-in-cheek storyline entitled Epistle 3 on his website, which fans saw as his interpretation of what Valve may have planned for Half-Life 2: Episode 3 (aka Half-Life 3). Most
125 million people now play Fortnite What Is Fortnite? Fortnite, from Epic Games, is an online, third-person video game in the Battle Royale genre, where a team of 100 players is dropped into an ever-shrinking map and the key is survival (ie, not to be
It’s all too common nowadays for game developers to release games which are either half completed or not representative of what they originally promised us. In Square Enix’s teaser and launch trailers for Just Cause 4, we were promised revolutionary graphics and a host
Just Cause 4 Is Embarrassment To Gaming Industry Read More »
