Yeah yeah, this looks exciting and all, but the spreadsheets are where the real action happens There aren’t many games for which built-in integration with Microsoft Excel would be a major feature whose announcement would draw literal cheers from fans. But Eve Online showed itself to be the exception when developer CCP announced coming Excel […]
Enlarge / While some see NFT games like Axie Infinity as the future of gaming, the IGDA is increasingly worried about the ethical issues inherent to the space. The International Game Developers Association (IGDA), a professional group of thousands of game makers from around the world, is progressively concerned that the “ethical issues” surrounding the […]
Back in the era of slavery — which wasn’t as long ago as racists, conservatives, and the GOP would like you to believe — Black bodies would be stripped naked, or close to it, and put on the auction block where they were sold to the highest white bidders. Their height, weight, skin color, sexual […]
Enlarge / Artist’s conception of New World players watching their in-game investments explode. (credit: Amazon Games ) Amazon has shut down wealth transfers in New World for the second time in a month, hobbling the in-game economy in an attempt to limit the particular damage from yet another product duplication bug in the popular MMO. […]
Enlarge / China has cracked down on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in a bid to limit capital outflows. (credit: Nuthawut Somsuk/iStock Editorial ) China’s crackdown on cryptocurrencies intensified today, with the country’s central bank announcing that all crypto-related transactions are illegal. “There are usually legal risks for individuals and organizations participating in virtual currency and […]
Federal bills aimed at NCAA reform just keep coming. This time, on Thursday morning, Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced the first legislation specifically related to the collective bargaining rights of college athletes. Read more…
The Buffalo Bills’ cheerleaders, the Jills, have been at the forefront of the fight for fair wages and treatment in their craft for years. Their cause has been the focus of lawsuits and a documentary film. Now, the legislature in New York State is picking up the cause. Read more…
The vaccine rollout and incoming Democratic administration has Wall Street feeling pretty darn optimistic: Goldman Sachs is even going as far to project 2021 GDP growth of over 6%—which, if it occurred, would be the highest growth rate since 1984. But don’t pencil it in just yet. Look no further than the jobs report on […]
For the past decade, international economists and ratings agencies have been blaming Italy’s gigantic debt load for making the nation the most worrisome basket case among Europe’s major economies. That burden is so heavy that Italy can only lure investors to buy its bonds by paying rates 2.5% higher than those of fiscally prudent Germany. […]
The streak of seven consecutive months of job growth has come to an end, as the country netted 140,000 lost jobs in December. Those layoffs come at a time when more than 19 million Americans are still receiving unemployment benefits. The good news? Aid is on its way. The $900 billion stimulus package signed into […]