It was the perfect crime. Over at Valve’s Bellevue headquarters, one Shawn Shaputis had put together a plan that would enable him to break into the famed digital distribution company’s building and walk out with anything he could possibly get his hands on.
Normally, if you’re looking to plan the perfect crime, you need to wear some gloves to hide your fingerprints, use a weapon of choice that can’t be traced back to you and plan a rock-solid alibi to depend on (no, I have not thought about this too much – I blame all the movies). You will also need to leave …
Statistics show a drop in violent crime when a major game releases. Could violent games actually be good for society's crime rate?
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A study suggests that violent video games might be resonsible for a decrease in US crime.
Remember Justin May? He’s the guy who tried to steal the Breach source code off Atomic Games’ stand at the Penny Arcade Expo earlier this year. He didn’t get very far (only managed to swipe 14MB of the 2GB source code) before he was spotted and was forced to flee into the crowds. He was caught, however, and charged with …
Child Pornographers have been getting smart lately, encrypting the nefarious data they send over the internet. Federal agents are tasked with cracking this encryption, in an effort to send paedophiles to the very special part of hell reserved for them. Lately, instead of using the $8000+ machines they had been using, they’ve opted to employ $300 PS3’s. According to one …
CS: GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) is one of the most popular first-person shooter games, …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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