Posts tagged with Mobile
The Dying Art of Photography
I print out a fair amount of photos throughout the year. There are canvas prints that I opportunistically order on sale to hang up the stairs[1]; bigger posters that I frame and hang up in strategic locations around the…
Where the Numbers Keep Getting Bigger
I’ve been messing around with the recently released Diablo Immortal. It’s the latest game in the Diablo series, which popularized this Action RPG + loot genre of games that has largely displaced MMORPGs, by replacing monthly subscription fees with…
To Still Carry an Actual Camera
Smartphone cameras are getting very good, very fast. Phones are, of course, nowadays how the vast majority of pictures are taken. I had simple point-and-shoot digital cameras before as well, but eventually upgraded my photography kit when we had our…
Peak Smartphone
A couple years back, in the midst of the revival of PC hardware—new construction materials, screens, touch interfaces, etc.—, there were a handful of bearish takes which noted that the industry was on its last gasps, that in the…
Evolving Real-Time Strategy Gaming with DotA Underlords
Mods are unique to PC gaming. Unlike their mobile and console counterparts, the open nature of the PC allows for amateur game designers and programmers to take an existing game engine—sometimes along with the art assets—and build something…
MacOS is the Last Bastion of Desktop Software
It took some 30 months, but I'm finally also giving up on my MacBook Pro. Of course, I'm hardly the first to come to this conclusion. This latest design has been roasted in the beginning for…
