STERN OF THE UNION ADDRESS – NOVEMBER 2023

STERN OF THE UNION ADDRESS – NOVEMBER 2023

The Stern of the Union Address, your monthly resource for news, information and highlights on all things Stern Pinball.  Without further ado my fellow pinheads: Elvira Blood Red Kiss Edition: [embedded content] In addition to a killer new Blood Red Kiss Edition of Elvira’s House of Horrors, Stern Pinball released several exciting updates for fans…

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Hackers could steal your data via an unpatched GPU pixel-stealing attack. Though that ‘could’ is doing some real heavy lifting

A potentially scary, though difficult to implement side-channel attack that could allow malicious websites to read and extract sensitive data has broken cover. The vulnerability affects all GPU manufacturers across devices ranging from PCs, to laptops and phones. According to a paper released by researchers from four American universities (via Ars Technica), the so-called GPU.zip…

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‘The mid-2000s was the golden era of first-person shooters’: David Syzmankski, creator of Dusk and Iron Lung, discusses the games on his PC

Disk Cleanup (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come back every weekend to read a new interview, digging into the important questions, like “How tidy is your desktop?” and “What game will you never uninstall?” David Szymanski, creator of Dusk and one…

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The company that made a Dark Souls tabletop RPG is doing the same for Elden Ring Nightreign, and honestly, that’s harder to imagine

Elden Ring Nightreign was a major shakeup to the formula FromSoftware cultivated over several Dark Souls games, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring—while each of those games is a departure from the last, Nightreign’s multiplayer focus and battle royale-inspired format make it a different beast altogether. But even though it was less of an RPG than…

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‘Dragon Age isn’t dead because it’s yours now,’ former BioWare writer reassures fans: ‘EA/BioWare owns the IP but you can’t own an idea’

Dragon Age appears to have reached the end of the road, at least for now. Despite the largely positive reception, sales of Dragon Age: The Veilguard didn’t meet C-suite expectations, the game’s most recent update appears to be its last, and developers at BioWare have been scattered to the four winds as the studio focuses…

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Silent Hill f: hands-on report

Silent Hill f: hands-on report

Silent Hill f, a standalone spin-off of the Silent Hill series from developer NeoBards, comes to PlayStation 5 on September 25. We recently had the chance to play the game at its world premiere event in Tokyo, Japan. Psychological horror set in 1960s Japan The story begins when Hinako leaves her home to escape from…

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Share of the Week: No Man’s Sky

Last week we asked you to take advantage of No Man Sky’s NEXT update, and share stunning moments from across the galaxy using #PS4share and #PSBlog. After looking through your celestial shares, here are this week’s highlights: @YouSpoonyBardd takes in the sight the this planet’s glowing rings. @depressedgaymer shared this electric portrait of their traveler….

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