I got a message from a Smash Bros. player recently that made a bold promise: he'd figured out how to reduce every character's lag time in the game. That's a tall order, so I was skeptical. But then other players started to think he might be on to something. And that's when things got really interesting.
Did you really press that button in time, or did your brain just think you did? Chances are your brain just thinks so and it's just too stubborn to believe otherwise.
Lag is the worst. Anyone who has ever used technology can tell you that first hand. But what if your whole world lagged. With the Oculus Rift you can find out. Spoilers: It sucks.
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Yes, games used to exist on a different learning curve than they do now. And sometimes, when we might backtrack to an older favorite like Parappa the Rapper, we might have a a hard time getting back in the groove of a forgotten, unforgiving skill set.
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Regarding life in space, everyone has three questions: How do you poop, has anyone screwed, and can you play video games up there. Alright, maybe the first two are more commonly asked, but we have an answer to the third question now.
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Artist Guy Collins tackles the concept of online latency issues leaking into the real world in Lag, the animated movie. Hopefully it'll load okay for you folks.
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When EVE Online developer CCP games asked players to cast a vote for the game in the European Games Award, the response was overwhelming: fix the game first.
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If you've got any strength left to hold a controller after gorging yourself this Thanksgiving, why not hop online to give the eagerly-awaited Tekken 6 lag patch a spin?
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