Archivist and filmmaker Jason Scott is currently reading the entirety of the original Leisure Suit Larry source code live on Twitch. As I write this, he's currently reading code related to the purchase and application of condoms. Nice.Scott has undertaken the task in order to encourage donations to three organisations responsible for safeguarding online history: the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Video Game History Foundation and the non-profit library Internet Archive. At the time of writing, he's already been going at it for just over seven hours.Last week, Leisure Suit Larry creator Al Lowe attempted to auction off the original source code for the lewd 1987 point-and-click adventure. Bids were going strong, but lawyers working on behalf of Activision eventually intervened. As Andy reported, Activision acknowledged that it doesn't own the Leisure Suit Larry name: it worries that code is shared with other titles it does own, including King's Quest.But never mind, because … [Read more...] about Someone is reading the original Leisure Suit Larry source code live on Twitch
BioWare Recommends Anthem Co-Op Multiplayer as the Way to Play
Anthem, the upcoming co-op multiplayer shooter from BioWare, features squad play with up to four players. According to BioWare itself, Anthem co-op will be the best way to play the game, and playing solo won’t be as rewarding. Anthem producer Thomas Singleton said the game will be best played cooperatively, in a recent interview with the Official PlayStation Magazine (via Wccftech). “This is launching a new IP for EA, for BioWare, and we’re super proud of it,” he said. “We’re excited because we’re bringing connectivity and co-op environmental gameplay to the game along with great storytelling and that’s rarely done. We’re pushing team dynamics, that’s where the game really begins to sell. Where the product shines is playing as that squad, you’re working together as a unit to go and conquer various missions. If you want to play the experience solo that’s your option, it probably won’t be as rewarding, you … [Read more...] about BioWare Recommends Anthem Co-Op Multiplayer as the Way to Play
Smash Bros. Ultimate Glitch Spawns Infinite Waluigis
A wild new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate glitch has been discovered, and it really is a sight to behold. As shown off by Master0fHyrule on YouTube, the glitch spawns an apparently infinite number of Waluigi Assist Trophies, which makes the game descend into some kind of purple nightmare.You can try to trigger the glitch for yourself by getting two Isabelle characters on a stage and, at the same time, deploy the fishing rod on a Waluigi Assist Trophy. If you do this correctly, and maybe get a little lucky, one of the Isabelles will continue to use the Assist Trophy again and again and again, until presumably the end of time. This apparently works with not only the Waluigi Assist Trophy, but numerous others as well. Take a look at the video below to see it in action. The infinite Assist Trophy glitch was apparently discovered by TheAfrowJow, and you can watch their video on the glitch here on YouTube.Waluigi is not a playable character in Smash Bros. Ultimate, but Nintendo is aware of the … [Read more...] about Smash Bros. Ultimate Glitch Spawns Infinite Waluigis
This Doom mod uses neural network image upscaling to improve on a classic
Doom—the 1993 version—is one of those classic games that have aged astonishingly well. If you compare its art style to, say, Duke Nukem 3D or Goldeneye, it still looks much better. But lately, modders and enthusiasts have been experimenting with neural network upscaling technology to bring the game's sprites and textures into the 21st century. Thanks to Doomworld user hidfan a wad file is now available featuring upscaled graphics straight from the maw of AI—specifically, Hidfan used Nvidia's GameWorks SuperResolution and letsenchance.io. Veeery generally speaking, hidfan fed upsized versions of the textures into these neural networks, retrieved the results, and then downsized them again in order to make them work within the game. It's not all achieved by the network, though: a fair bit of touching up needed to be done in order for things to not look weird."Unfortunately [the process] comes with some unwanted pixels here and there and a heavy de-noising work … [Read more...] about This Doom mod uses neural network image upscaling to improve on a classic
Watch Ninja teach Jimmy Fallon the Pon Pon Dance and explain why people like Fortnite
Famed Fortnite streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins appeared on The Tonight Show last night, bantering with host Jimmy Fallon about videogames, streaming, parental control, his New Year's Eve livestream from Times Square, and—of course—his famed Pon Pon dance. I can't help wondering if Ninja is dancing on the edges of over-exposure. The Drake team-up was cool and his appearance with Ellen was cute, but with the upcoming New Year's Eve stream, the ESPN cover athlete appearance, the NFL commentary, and now Fallon, it's getting to be an awful lot of Ninja floating around out there. But it's hard to argue his appeal as a high-profile "face" of gaming: He appearance on Fallon comes off as informed, genuine, and—maybe most important in the eyes of nervous parents of young children—safe. His answers to questions about why Fortnite is so popular, or why anyone would want to watch someone else play a videogame, are simple and direct—common sense, … [Read more...] about Watch Ninja teach Jimmy Fallon the Pon Pon Dance and explain why people like Fortnite