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I Spend More Time Watching Games Than Playing Them (and I’m Not Alone)

2025-02-102025-02-10 Danie

A woman sitting with a laptop surrounded by gaming elements, featuring game controllers and 3D shapes against a digital backdrop.

“A recent study suggests that gamers spend, on average, around 7.5 hours playing compared to 8.5 hours watching games. With so many great games around, why do these gamers spend more time watching than playing? […]

Linden Lab Test Launches Browser-Based Streaming for Second Life — And You Can Try it Now

2025-01-032025-01-03 Danie

This works pretty well, actually. Starts up in about a minute, although on Brave browser I did have to disable Shields and uBlock Origin (may have been the latter that was blocking something). Interestingly enough, […]

Bringing OpenStreetMap Data Into Minecraft

2024-12-312024-12-31 Danie

The image shows a city scene, in the style of a Minecraft video game. In the foreground, there is a wide road with crosswalks and what looks like a bus stop or a small transit station. The background is dominated by skyscrapers of varying heights and colors, showcasing a mix of architectural styles. There are green spaces visible between some of the buildings, hinting at parks or planned landscaping.

Over the years, dedicated gamers have created incredible recreations of real (and not so real) locations and structures within the confines of Minecraft. Thanks to their efforts, you can explore everything from New York City […]

8 best free-to-play games on Steam

2024-12-252024-12-25 Danie

The image shows a person sitting at a desk in what appears to be a home office. In the foreground is a computer monitor displaying the Steam store page for a game called Marvel Rivals, and a keyboard. There is a pair of headphones to the left of the keyboard and a smartphone next to it. The background includes a partially visible white brick wall, a Rubik's Cube, and some other office supplies on the desk, suggesting a workspace setting.

Gaming doesn’t have to break the bank, especially when you have Steam’s incredible library of free-to-play games. Whether you’re into first-person shooters, strategy games, or fantasy worlds, Steam offers something for everyone. Here are the […]

10 Awesome Games You Can Play Right Now In Your Browser Without Installing Anything

2024-12-212024-12-21 Danie

The image shows a computer screen displaying multiple video game windows arranged in a grid-like fashion. In the foreground are various game interfaces, including a chessboard, a hexagonal tile game resembling Settlers of Catan, a Wordle word puzzle, and what appears to be a first person shooter. The background is dominated by the vibrant colours and designs of the games themselves, creating a visually stimulating and dynamic scene.

Sometimes you have the urge to play some video games, but you don’t have the right hardware with you. Perhaps you’re stuck at work or school, or you have a basic device like a Chromebook. […]

Thanks to Whiskey, You Will Be Gaming on Your Mac More Than Ever

2024-12-192024-12-19 Danie

The image shows a dimly lit bar scene, with shelves of liquor bottles blurred in the background. In the foreground, a bottle of whisky, a glass of amber liquid, and a laptop displaying a pixelated video game are arranged on a wooden surface. The laptop's screen showcases a scene seemingly from a retro-style role-playing game, vibrant colours adding a touch of fantasy to the otherwise mature environment. The bar's soft lighting creates a warm, inviting ambiance, contrasting with the focus on the digital world displayed on the screen.

Whiskey is a free app that you can download right now, and use to play Windows games on your Mac. It brings together the WINE compatibility layer as well as Apple’s own Game Porting Kit, […]

You can ‘play’ AAA games on a Pi (or anything else) using open source Sunshine and Moonlight

2024-12-092024-12-09 Danie

The image shows an adorable cartoon penguin wearing headphones and holding a video game controller. It is positioned in the foreground against a background of a circuit board, with various electronic components and labels such as "Raspberry Pi 5" and "HDMI" visible. The background has a vibrant teal and green color scheme, with streaks of light emanating from behind the penguin, adding a dynamic element to the scene.

Moonlight allows you to play your PC games on almost any device, whether you’re in another room or miles away from your gaming rig. Moonlight (formerly Limelight) is an open source implementation of NVIDIA’s GameStream […]

Red Dead Redemption 2 Relaxing Ambient Third Person Horse Carriage Ride

2024-12-042024-12-04 Danie

The image shows a person in a horse-drawn cart traveling down a dirt road. In the foreground is the cart itself, appearing to be made of wood with large wooden wheels. The road is dusty and shows tire tracks from previous vehicles. In the background, there's a railway track running parallel to the road, suggesting a rural or countryside setting. Beyond the tracks are sparsely populated trees and rolling hills, with a bright sun dominating the sky. A wooden signpost indicating directions to different locations is also visible in the distance, as well as some birds flying in the upper right corner.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is an amazing game in more ways that one. But it is not just about gun fights. The scenery, sounds, and numerous small details are truly remarkable. We are seeing more […]

5 of the coolest things you can run on Docker

2024-11-112024-11-11 Danie

A desktop with a browser open. Shown on the browser screen is the game of Doom with the hand in the foreground holding the pistol.

These are some refreshingly different things to consider running on Docker. Covered in the linked article are: See https://www.xda-developers.com/coolest-things-you-can-run-on-docker

10 brilliant PC games you can enjoy without a graphics card

2024-10-292024-10-29 Danie

A floating city with neoclassical architecture, flying ships, and a giant statue in the center.

Modern PC gaming often gets a bad rap for being too demanding, pricing out countless gamers who lack powerful graphics cards. Plus, the state in which some AAA games get released, makes them a struggle […]

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