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Revolutionary industry developments in the geek sphere.
Technology's Influence on Slot Machines
The future of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technology is backed up by data. Investment in the field often surpasses that of the majority of tech sectors. In early 2016, augmented reality super-hush-hush startup Magic Leap closed a $794 million round C. And every tech company worth mentioning (Google, Samsung, Facebook, Apple, LG) is pouring substantive resources into those still-weird-looking headsets. Case in point—financial data to prove an assertion. Slot machines are the most successful game ever created. Did we say “KaBOOM”? And mind you, this isn’t the opinion of the writer who pens these lines, nor is it wishful thinking. It is cold, hard data. Don’t believe it? Just keep on reading.
By Geeks Staff10 years ago in Geeks
Weirdest Siri Glitches
The year is 1968. That guy Stanley Kubrick has released a new mind-bending film called 2001: A Space Odyssey. Quite a lot of people thought it was the most incoherent film ever made. But after all, Arthur C. Clarke said about the film, “If you understand '2001' completely, we failed. We wanted to raise far more questions than we answered."
By Geeks Staff10 years ago in Geeks
Best Strategic Board Games
The board game: humanity’s fun, social, and cheap form of easy entertainment. Man’s love for competition has evolved over the centuries; and in recent years, strategic board games have triumphed as man’s greatest and most challenging game passion. Play them with family or friends, drunk or sober, and watch in amazement as board games make a boring night into a I’m-going-to-destroy-you-if-you-don’t-pass-me-the-dice kind of night...you know, fun! The board game is making a comeback, and there is no better way to celebrate than testing out your strategy skills with these best strategic board games. Let’s skip the digital world of online and video games, and stick to the good-ol’-fashion cardboard and plastic.
By Natasha Sydor10 years ago in Geeks
Business of Being a Female Gamer
The relatively mild mannered “other” Ryan of 8-Bit Gaming posted an impassioned vlog entitled “This has to stop.” In the video, Ryan explains that he finally had enough of one woman’s presence on Twitch. Given Ryan’s usual focus on more positive aspects of gaming, “this has to stop” as a title definitely jumps out among his other videos. The woman in question apparently turned her channel into your average pay for play porn streaming site. Ryan’s problem with her was focused on the fact that the woman had potentially reached the eyes and ears of Twitch’s largely underage user base.
By Patricia Sarkar11 years ago in Geeks
Cosplay as an Alternate Career Option
Female cosplayers are often the main attraction at anime and comic conventions, drawing novice and professional photographers with their intricate costumes and ability to maintain difficult poses. While the eye-catching sexiness of many characters is what initially draws onlookers, many women are motivated to cosplay because of a sense of empowerment. Female cosplayers have flourished through their ability to create their own costumes while building successful personal businesses.
By Patricia Sarkar11 years ago in Geeks
