Blindly deploying IPv6? Watch your sales!
OnePlay’s website is available over IPv6 through Cloudflare. However, its backend servers blocked my purchases as they weren’t IPv6 ready.
Gaming
Beware of treacherous dual-pairing with DualShock 4 controller
I’d connected my DualShock 4 controller to my PC, but ended up making an accidental purchase from the PlayStation Store while gaming on the PC.
I’ve given up on the Xbox One Kinect
There weren’t really any games released for the Xbox One Kinect, and Microsoft is slowly killing it off. I stuck mine in a drawer.
I’m never pre-ordering another game
I’ve been burned one too many times over launch-day issues and poor quality control on new game titles. I’m a paying customer and not a beta tester!
Xbox One won’t tell you when new game episodes are released
More games are being released episodically. However, the Xbox Store won’t keep you up to date on new game episode releases to series you’ve previously purchased.
Origin game platform sends login and messages in plain-text
EA’s Origin game client puts customer’s security and privacy at risk. Fails to encrypt login data and direct messages exchanged between users.
Don’t save game progress in My Documents!
Windows has long had a My Games folder, but many games insist on saving your game-progress to My Documents instead. Game developers, please stop it!
Forza’s social interactions with your friends’ clones are a bit creepy
Forza Drivatars are a light-AI ghost clone of your friends, and they want to race you in Forza Horizon and Motorsports. But is it a creepy experience?
Everyone wants to know the release dates of upcoming games
Game release dates are a hot search topic. Online gaming outlets rush to produce the best garbage result to fill the niche.
Online gaming is DRM in disguise
Nintendo is discontinuing support for games for the Nintendo Wii, and I fume over vendor lock-ins and other consumer-hostile practices in the game industry.
Touch-typing crash-course with Typerdick
Quickly learn how to touch-type using a free browser-based game called Typerdick. It’s fun and require you to pick up the pace of your typing to progress.
Game consoles broadcasts players’ microphones by default
I wasn’t aware modern games enabled the microphone by default, and held a little concert for an unwilling online audience.