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Internet Archive settles two-year lawsuit with record labels over music preservation program

The Internet Archive has survived another legal battle in its seemingly endless war to defend digital preservation in the face of copyright law. A settlement was filed on Monday in a lawsuit between music record labels and the Internet Archive, which the labels alleged committed copyright infringement with its “Great 78 Project” music preservation program….

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Goofy open world sim Wobbly Life launches into space for its 1.0 update, adding rescue missions, asteroid mining, and the chance to be a space detective

I first encountered Wobbly Life a few months ago when searching for new games to play with my kid. It’s a physics-powered open-world sim that roughly resembles a child-friendly Grand Theft Auto, a big colourful playground with activities that include races, delivering pizzas, and taking on taxi fares. My quickfire take is that it isn’t…

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8-bit Commodore Gaming – by Marcus Albers

When Commodore Business Machines decided to move from typewriters and calculators to microprocessors, it was a decision that would change home computing forever. After Commodore’s lukewarm introduction of the PET/CBM II series of computers, they quickly progressed to what would be their first real home computer hit, the VIC 20. While it sold over 2…

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The Sims 4 gets a much-needed update to the increasingly buggy base game, as EA assures players that ‘your concerns are heard’ over issues like deformed pets and missing ghost children

The Sims 4 has been going through a bit of a mid-life crisis lately. A wayward patch issued in July triggered a rampant pregnancy epidemic, while the most recent Enchanted by Nature DLC received a less-than enthusiastic response from players. Now, it seems the community is generally fed up with the increasingly buggy state of…

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25 years ago today, Baldur’s Gate 2 set RPGs on the path to becoming the industry-defining genre they are today: ‘We were putting all the fantasies that we had into the game’

Read the full, unabridged, and beautifully laid out version of this behind-the-scenes feature in PC Gamer magazine issue 415, out October 9th! In 1998, Baldur’s Gate redefined what a computer RPG – and videogame interpretation of the D&D ruleset – could be. Just two years later, Baldur’s Gate 2 expanded on it so much that…

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