| Indie Hit The Stanley Parable Under Fire For Questionable Content Posted: 26 Oct 2013 02:39 PM PDT  Creator is complying with requests to remove content
Indie game The Stanley Parable is under fire by fans and critics for some controversial content included within. Creator Davey Wreden has received several requests to remove or alter the content in question, in which a man is depicted setting a young child on fire. The joke is in reference to the nature of choice, and some players find it uncomfortable due to the race of the child and the violence depicted on-screen in the ilustrations. Davey Wreden is receptive to the changes, responding with the following statement via PC Gamer: "I've gotten hundreds of complaints and requests for changes, this one happens to be very small and doesn't affect my artistic vision for the game in any way. This choice is mine to make, no one else's." Wreden is being praised for his level-headed approach to criticism, but it does raise particularly interesting questions about censorship and how far a creator should be asked to go to alter their work to appease players. Have you been playing The Stanley Parable? What are your thoughts on the situation? |
| Spooky New Halloween Update Now Available in Terraria Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:41 PM PDT  Goodie Bags, spooky costumes, and Pumpkin Moon events await
Terraria fans can get in on some ghoulish fun with the Halloween update available to PC players. We detailed this world-building adventure recently in our Most Relaxing PC Games list, so if you haven't snapped it up yet, now's a great time. Terraria's Halloween event comes packed with Halloween pets, gear, new NPCs, and spooky costumes to get you into the spirit of the season. Enemies will drop goodie bags, and your in-game world will undergo some spooky transformations to match the Halloween festivities going on in the real world. If those aren't enough creepy treats for you, developer Redigit was kind enough to include a "Pumpkin Moon Event" that can be activated in hard mode -- fight off different waves of enemies according to the phase of the grinning Pumpkin Moon high in the night sky. Get your Halloween on in Terraria until November 10th, and come back and let us know what kind of spoils you had in your Goodie Bags. |
| Leaked Xbox One Manual Details Kinect Positioning Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:02 PM PDT 
Smaller living spaces may now function well with Kinect Back in August we reported that Microsoft had done an early unboxing video to showcase its latest Xbox One console. Now that we're less than a month away from getting our hands on the piece of new tech, new details are surfacing left and right, like manual leaks (via ExtremeTech) that offer insight into how the console and the Kinect peripheral must be set up. The scans floating around are written in Portuguese and is a PDF detailing where and how the Kinect must be placed upon setup, an important piece of information when you consider one of the reasons the Kinect barely functioned the way it should, this is big news: it can be mounted anywhere from two feet to six feet from the ground. Players must stand at least 1.4 meters away, a significant improvement for those of us who haven't the luxury of huge living spaces. The quality of the Kinect library probably won't change, but hopefully the functionality will, so this manual is certainly promising in that regard. Are you purchasing an Xbox One? |
| Mozilla Lightbeam Tracks Your Online Activity Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:38 PM PDT  See who's tracking your online browsing with this new add-on
Online privacy is already tough to nail down, and everywhere you go on the internet retains little traces of your presence. You're still easily traceable, even if you take more precautions than the average user takes. Lightbeam (via PC World), is an interesting new add-on from Mozilla, is an informative new tool that shows us exactly which sites are tracking or otherwise gleaning data from you. This cool little tool offers an exciting infographic that provides an interactive visualization of how you use the internet. When you visit a new website, this is reported via Lightbeam with a circle. A triangle appears to denote third-party sites that are receiving information from that page you just visited. Hopping from page to page is connected with a line, with purple lines denoting cookies. Lightbeam is useful when it comes to highlighting sites you normally visit and who's getting your information, plus it organizes all of these links in an attractive way. Give it a look and let us know what you think. |
