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RIP JJ

Jungju Kim, the founder of Nexon, passed away yesterday [https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/01/south-korean-gaming-company-nexon-founder-jung-ju-jay-kim-has-passed-away-at-age-54] . I knew him personally (we have been in the same college and major); we usually called him JJ, but the last time I met him in person was more than 20 years ago -

BioShock Remastered

BioShock Remastered

I suddenly came not to play PC/console games around 2007. Partly because I quit a gaming studio and started my Ph.D. courses, but mainly because around 2010, I thought the PC/console gaming was too saturated, nothing interest and mobile would prevail. Yes, it was true: mobile games

Blizzard

Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard in a $68.7B deal [https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/microsoft-buying-activision-blizzard-in-68-7b-deal] . It shouldn't be only me who was thrilled by the news of this morning. Two words for me: Blizzard and 68.7B. The anticipation that the once greatest but strayed studio might return

Reset

Reset

During the Holiday weekend, I read "Press Reset." [https://www.amazon.com/Press-Reset-Recovery-Video-Industry/dp/1538735490/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2X4GV4QPY6A4V&keywords=press+reset&qid=1640759881&sprefix=press+reset%2Caps%2C162&sr=8-1] The author's (Jason Schreier [https://www.amazon.com/Jason-Schreier/

Where will the App Store go?

Where will the App Store go?

Yesterday, Judge Gonzalez Rogers adjudicated on the "Epic" case in the game industry. [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/technology/epic-apple-app-developers.html?searchResultPosition=2] The judge defined the market as "digital mobile gaming" and said Apple did not have a monopoly on that market. However,

The 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2020

The 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2020

In late July, my daughter complained that her iPad - the first generation of 9.7 inch iPad Pro that I used before - was too slow. So... (you know) it was a perfect excuse for my upgrade. I turned my third-generation 2018 11 inch iPad Pro over to her

Ultima IV - The End

Ultima IV - The End

The end of Ultima IVSo, I completed the Ultima IV last week. There is no pre-defined route in Ultima IV, but the requirement to enter the abyss - The Great Stygian Abyss - is as follows: * 1) Find all runes of 8 virtues. * 2) Get to know all mantras of