Gamer Fridge

In 1999, designer David Dunham and his studio A Sharp released King of Dragon Pass. Part mythic fantasy RPG, part cattle management sim, King of Dragon Pass was initially a commercial failure—but it gradually amassed a cult following, and is remembered today by those with excellent taste as one of the finest narrative experiences in…

IBM’s share price just dropped by a whopping 25%. That’s thanks to IBM’s CEO, Arvind Krishna, saying the company didn’t adapt quickly enough to the industry moving towards spending less on software and more on data centre infrastructure (via CNN). As noted by CNN, this puts the company in the vicinity of its worst day…

I’m pretty neutral on World of Warcraft’s current in-between patch content—this sort of thing isn’t necessarily Blizzard’s strong suit, and you get losers and winners. I’m already deeply ambivalent to the Omnium Folio, but I’ve been having an acceptable time in its void invasion zones. Sometimes it’s nice to just turn your brain off for…

Say what you want about Windows—I’ve certainly said my fair share—but recent months have shown at least that Microsoft is willing to make some positive changes. Now, at least some of these are coming to fruition, as the company is releasing an improved Windows start menu search box for Insiders. The changes are ones that…