Monthly Archives: October 2018
Twitter May Be Removing the ‘Like’ Button
Twitter may be removing the 'like' button feature on the social media platform.
CEO and co-founder, Jack Dorsey, mentioned the news at a Twitter event last week, originally reported by The Telegraph.
Twitter responded Monday in a tweet from their communications team, saying they have been rethinking the service to make sure they provide options for "healthy conversation" among its users.
As we've been saying for a while, we are rethinking everything about the service to ensure we are incentivizing healthy conversation, that includes the like button. We are in the early stages of the work and have no plans to share right now. https://t.co/k5uPe5j4CW
Twitter May Be Removing the ‘Like’ Button
Twitter may be removing the 'like' button feature on the social media platform.
CEO and co-founder, Jack Dorsey, mentioned the news at a Twitter event last week, originally reported by The Telegraph.
Twitter responded Monday in a tweet from their communications team, saying they have been rethinking the service to make sure they provide options for "healthy conversation" among its users.
As we've been saying for a while, we are rethinking everything about the service to ensure we are incentivizing healthy conversation, that includes the like button. We are in the early stages of the work and have no plans to share right now. https://t.co/k5uPe5j4CW
The Best Wireless Headphones
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There is so much audio out there to consume: music, audiobooks, podcasts, news, games. With our busy lives a lot of this consumption needs to happen on the go, and while regular wired headphones are a perfectly viable solution, there’s nothing better than the freedom afforded by a set of wireless headphones. Plus, phone manufacturers seem intent on killing the headphone jack for good, so it seems certain the future for audio on-the-go will be wireless.
THQ Nordic Bought My Teenage Years – So What Are They Going to Do With Them?
In 2002, I was 13, and I spent as much of my time as possible playing TimeSplitters 2. Six years later, I spent a sizeable portion of my 19th year in the extremely purple company of Saints Row 2.
Between those two fairly formative experiences, I invented my own game modes with my brother in Red Faction 2. I had my mind blown by blowing up minds in Second Sight. Adult pangs of nostalgia already setting in, I rented Stuntman: Ignition to recall its PS2 predecessor. Friends introduced me to Destroy All Humans, and Painkiller. I’m also fairly sure I played doomed racing sim Juiced but, looking at it now, god knows why I would have chosen to.
Aside from the fact that I played them at some point, there’s little to connect these games. That list represents different genres, developers, publishers, levels of quality. Some games I can remember as well as the alphabet, others I’d forgotten about until looking them up for this piece. Now, 16 years after I lost myself to TimeSplitters 2, they’re all connected – because THQ Nordic bought them.
Out This Week: Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far
With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
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No Man’s Sky: The Abyss Update Adds Aquatic Narrative, Submarine Vehicle and More
No Man's Sky's continuous stream of improvements continue today with the launch of The Abyss, a free update that focuses on underwater exploration and even adds a new story, The Dreams of the Deep.
Available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, The Abyss is the first major update since No Man's Sky's NEXT which introduced full multiplayer, a third-person viewpoint, and much more.
The Abyss introduces players to "aquatic environments with over five times more variety, new submersible vehicles, improved underwater visuals and much more."
The Abyss' new story, The Dreams of the Deep, has players exploring the deepest depths of oceans by discovering the fate of a crew that was stranded from a freighter crash by the rising tides or exploring underwater ruins to "uncover the tale of a lost soul trapped beneath the waves."
Tetris Effect Hands-On: It’s Like a Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dog
Tetris Effect is the video game equivalent of a bacon-wrapped hot dog. It is two great things joining forces to create something even better. The hot dog: Tetris, a timeless, proven puzzle game that needs no introduction. And the bacon is Tetsuya Mizuguchi, whose puzzle chops – not to mention audio-visual prowess – are Hall of Fame-worthy. I won’t go so far as to say that Tetris Effect (out November 9) is the best-ever version of the legendary block-dropping game from the hour or so I played recently, but I will confidently say that Tetris has never looked or sounded better. That should come as no surprise to anyone who’s played Rez, Lumines, or any of Mizuguchi-san’s other classics.
Nintendo Wiimote and Nunchuk GameCube Prototypes Appear Online
Prototype versions of the Wii's remote and Nunchuk controllers – initially planned as accessories for the GameCube – have appeared online, and they show that Nintendo almost got the perfect design right off the bat.
Posted on Twitter and spotted by users on ResetEra, the controllers look almost identical to the final Remote and Nunchuk controllers that eventually shipped with the Wii.
The Nunchuk in particular has the same analog stick placement as it did in the final version, while the Remote has a few of its buttons named differently. It also appears to have a slightly flatter design than the one Nintendo decided to go with.
Red Dead Redemption 2 Companion App Hints at PC Port and VR Functionality
Red Dead Redemption 2 is currently only available on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, but if files in the game's official companion app are any indication, that could be changing in the future.
Spotted by Rockstar Intel over the weekend, the Red Dead Redemption 2 companion app includes file names that appear to confirm -- or at least suggest -- a PC version in the works. The file names "PARAM_companionAutoConnectIpPC" and "CommandIsPcVersion(void) 000000000166A12C" directly mention the PC, and another mentions a feature available in Grand Theft Auto V on PC.
Why The Incredibles Won’t Get a Spin-Off Movie
Will any Incredibles character ever get a spinoff? Not if Brad Bird has anything to say about it.
During a recent junket interview for Incredibles 2, we asked the director which Incredibles character he would want to see get their own movie. While he thinks any character could carry a spin-off film, he strongly emphasized that, ultimately, he doesn't want to make one.
"I don't want to do a spin-off; this is the movie," he said. "I think any character could have a spin-off; I even think the Wannabes could have a spin-off. But again, I'm not endorsing a spin-off."
Bird continued by elaborating on his philosophy. "Here's the reason: I think that we're going over the same stuff too much in general. I would love to say 'Bird has new idea!' That would be a great headline."