Driving games aren’t as popular as they used to be in this shooter-dominated world, but two of the biggest game publishers aim to put players behind the wheel soon, as EA revealed Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit and Sony showed off Twisted Metal. This confluence of car-related events relegated a handful of racers to E3′s pit stop, but we’re hoping to shed a light on some of the show’s overlooked (or less attention-gathering) games in the genre. For the PlayStation 3′s... Read→
Many professional photographers and serious hobbyists have been using Adobe Lightroom 2 as an integral part of their editing workflow. With Adobe Lightroom 3 ($299 for first-time buyers, $99 as an upgrade; prices as of June 25, 2010), even more photographers are likely to adopt it as a one-stop photo-editing resource. Lightroom’s core purpose has always been to provide tools for sorting, organizing, developing, and publishing photos, but version 3 upgrades Lightroom’s flexibility with... Read→
The term “hack” was first used by US university computing centre staff in the mid-1960s. The context determined whether the complimentary or derogatory meanings were implied. Phrases such as “ugly hack” or “quick hack” generally referred to the latter meaning; phrases such as “cool hack” or “neat hack”, to the former. In modern computer programming, a “hack” can refer to a solution or method which functions correctly but which... Read→

