In the last few decades our world has increasingly run on software. Most of the time it's impossible to do anything - shopping, finance, communication - without software being involved somewhere, if not driving the entire process.
As a software developer I'm often asked for my thoughts on this, and my answer is always the same - I'm amazed it works at all.
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Overdue Reviews is an occasional series in which I pretend to be a videogame journalist. This week: Orbital Bullet.
It's been a while since I've been properly hooked on a game, particularly a platform shooter.
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I'm a bit late to this party, but Windows 11 was recently foisted on me, so here we go again.
Having used it for a few weeks, I'm beginning to suspect that Microsoft are approaching operating system releases in the same way that Star Trek films were made.
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Over the last few years I've collected dozens of free games from various online stores, most of which I've yet to even try. I think it's time I at least acknowledged their generosity.
For a long time I couldn't play The Outer Worlds because it wouldn't run on my computer. Now that I've got a new one, I still can't play, but for a much more complex reason.
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Too often I encounter a website that either isn't clear, isn't helpful, or isn't working properly. Occasionally I get frustrated enough to try to understand why.
Reel Cinema have a reasonably good website, but for a few quite important problems.
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