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40 Chill Games to Unwind From Your Stressful Life With

2024-08-242024-08-24 Danie

Video games are the ultimate form of escapism—they can absorb you into their world better than any other form of media. This means they can be a great way to relax and unwind, but not […]

Steam’s new native gameplay recording tool also works on the Steam Deck

2024-06-272024-06-27 Danie

Blue and green patterned background with title STEAM in black font

Valve has added a native gameplay recording tool to Steam (Beta version) so that you can more easily capture and share clips. The game recording feature is available now in beta — including on Steam […]

How do Video Game Graphics Work? This is likely why GPUs costs so much!

2024-06-212024-06-21 Danie

Image of a steam locomotive with the front end showing in full resolution, and then the resolution few towards the rear end degrades in stages through three primary colours, black and white, and ending in a blueprint type resolution.

The link below is to a video that explains quite well, with illustrations, how realistic and responsive 3D scenery and objects are generated. Yes, the bulk of the work performed today is done by 3rd […]

The StepWell Saga: first South African cellphone game for mental health aimed at youngsters

2024-06-212024-06-21 Danie

A cartoonish looking gaming screen showing starry sky with some clouds, and bluish colour mountains in the background. In the foreground is a side view of some green grass, with a cutaway showing the underlying brown rocks and dirt below the grass. On the surface of the grass, in the centre, can be seen a figure that looks a bit like a monk with light colour clothing and a hood hiding the person's face. A bit off the left on the grass is a small r robot looking character with an astronaut's helmet on their head.

Mental health among South African youngsters is a serious concern. As part of a wider project to improve mental health policy and services in South Africa generally, the Foundation for Professional Development (FPD) has launched […]

10 of the most useful apps available on Steam

2024-06-132024-06-13 Danie

Four different windows open on a desktop screen. Top left one has the title Wallpaper Engine and shows 15 thumbnail views of different wallpaper designs. Bottom left is a media playing app window showing a progress bar with four song titles listed below it. Top right is a window titled Settings Displayfusion Pro and it has various start-up options for that app. Bottom right is a window titled Lossless scaling and it has some settings options for scaling mode set to auto and aspect ratio, scaling type set to LS1, and a few other similar options.

Whether you’re a casual gamer or a hardcore PC enthusiast, you must have heard of Steam. As one of the biggest digital game distribution platforms, Steam has a huge library of games spanning several genres. […]

South African Military Vehicles in War Thunder

2024-06-022024-06-02 Danie

Teal coloured background with bold white title saying South African Vehicles in War Thunder. Also shown are the images of a Rooivalk Attack Helicopter and a Rooikat Armoured Vehicle.

War Thunder is a highly realistic battle game where players can choose from a number of armoured vehicles, tanks, ships, helicopters and planes represented for different countries. The player chooses a country and vehicle type, […]

Take Control Of MS Flight Sim With Your Smartphone And This Open-Source App

2024-06-022024-06-02 Danie

Microsoft Flight Simulator view from behind an aircraft, with it flying towards a bridge in the background and some land on either side covered with trees and greenery. Bottom left, and bottom right are shown some gauges such as airspeed, power, fuel level, altitude, etc. Top right is an insert showing two hands holding a smartphone in landscape position with 7 blue buttons on the screen. To each side of the phone are two game controller attachments fastened to the side of the phone.

Anyone with more than a passing interest in flight simulators will eventually want to upgrade their experience with a HOTAS (Hands On Throttle-And-Stick) setup that has buttons and switches for controlling your virtual aircraft’s assorted […]

Jumblie is a challenging browser-based open-source puzzle game to guess the four words of the day

2024-05-242024-05-24 Danie

Browser page showing title Jumblie at the top left. In the centre are various letters of the alphabet which will be used to try to guess the words. Above the letters it says Today's Theme "moon". Top right is a help button with a timer running. Below the letters are three buttons labelled Shuffle, Deselect All, and Submit. Below the buttons is the title Incorrect guesses showing a total of 0 so far.

The game has a theme word for each day, so keep that in mind when guessing the words. It is more challenging than Wordle because there are no hints apart from the theme word. So, […]

Netris is an open-source and self-hosted alternative to GeForce NOW, inspired by Stadia

2024-05-222024-05-22 Danie

Background title Netris open-source alternative to GeForce NOW made just for you and your friends. Below it appears part of a browser window with the window controls on the top left like macOS Safari browser has. The URL can't be seen but various game avatars appear, one which looks like a soccer player kicking the ball in the air, and another a woman holding a large automatic rifle.

It’s a cloud gaming platform where the latest titles and your beloved classics are always just a click away, ready to be played on any device you own. Imagine the freedom to dive into your […]

Wolf Grid is an OpenSim World With AI Integration and Other Innovations

2024-05-142024-05-14 Danie

Seems this virtual world is only 3 years old, but it already has a landmass larger than Second Life’s. The reason could also be that land is cheaper than Second Life and there is the […]

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