Bungie has learned its lesson about vaulting content in Destiny 2 and won't be so cruel with Marathon: 'It doesn't matter when you join'

Bungie has learned its lesson about vaulting content in Destiny 2 and won’t be so cruel with Marathon: ‘It doesn’t matter when you join’

These days, it’s hard to talk about Destiny without inevitably touching on its hated content vault. Whole chunks of the game, including the base story, some expansions, and seasonal content, were wiped from Destiny 2 and thrown into the abyss, lovingly called the Destiny Content Vault. The Final Shape’s story wrapped up a decade-long story…

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This creator shoved a Framework inside of a 2006 MacBook: ‘A reimagined classic, that’s only a little bit janky’

There’s a cheeky allure to the whole hackintosh thing. The idea of turning a Mac (a famously unupgradable and walled-off device) into something Frankenstein-esque is a nerdy joy, and this person who fitted their ‘06 MacBook with Framework embodies that cheekiness. As they say, it’s “a reimagined classic, that’s only a little bit janky”. You…

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Counter-Strike’s ‘X-ray scanner’ for loot containers is coming to Germany later this month

Counter-Strike 2 players in Germany will soon find themselves in possession of an “X-ray scanner” that will enable them to see what’s inside containers before opening them. It sounds good, superficially—no more throwing money away on randomized garbo-tier skins—but, of course, there’s a catch. That catch, as detailed in this FAQ, is that once you’ve…

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I’ve somehow created Cthulu’s own cursed Wingdings with this vibe-coded tool that promises to create fonts from your own handwriting

Today, I tried to create a font based on my own handwriting using a free, browser-based tool. Unfortunately, I think I may have summoned something deeply cursed into being. FontCrafter is the vibe-coded creation of Chris Pirillo. It’s incredibly easy to use—just print out the supplied template, fill it out using a felt-tip pen specifically…

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