In this animated GIF of Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule made from two
images taken 38 minutes apart, the “Thule” lobe is closest to the New
Horizons spacecraft. As Ultima Thule is seen to rotate, hints of the
topography can be perceived. The images were taken by the Long-Range
Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) at 4:23 and 5:01 Universal Time on January
1, 2019 from respective ranges of 38,000 miles (61,000 kilometers) and
17,000 miles (28,000 kilometers), with respective original scales of
1017 feet (310 meters) and 459 feet (140 meters) per pixel.
If there’s a constant in the gaming universe right now, it’s pixelated side-scrollers. Door Kickers: Action Squad is pixelated, yes, but it isn’t another exploratory metroidvania style adventure. Action Squadis a co-operators special that’s for distant or couched friends to shoot bad guys with the not-at-all-questionable…
Untold riches are promised on Mystery Brand, a website that sells prize-filled “mystery boxes.” If you buy one of the digital boxes, some of which cost hundreds of dollars, you might only get a fidget spinner—or you might get a luxury sports car.
For just $100, users can win a box filled with rare Supreme streetwear. For only $12.99, they can win a Lamborghini,…
Tom Francis is the developer of Heat Signature, games about ant eaters, Gun Point, and he’s made a ton of other stuff. Currently, Francis is working on Tactical Breach Wizards, which I’m very interested in. He’s also recently had to figure out how to solve for making business cards when you need each one to have a different design:
At one point I wanted to get business cards made that would…
If you’re a weirdo like me you have about three or four operating systems running on your desk at any time, but your command-line roots run up against the limitations of…
Well I suppose this is more firey than bloody… Screenshot provided by Nightdive
There are family-friendly classics like Katamari Damacy getting remastered this year, and then there are the games we played as teenagers who thought that the coolest thing in the world was getting a little bit violent with our incredibly ridiculous games that just look silly compared to more modern gorefests like
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is the latest update to the classic Counter-Strike gameplay, and it is now free-to-play, and the game’s developers at Valve have added a battle royale mode called Danger Zone. Unfortunately that mode doesn’t involve crashing cars through puzzle-y intersections.
