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Sean Hollister

Sean Hollister

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    Guess what I found in the Oculus VR lobby a decade ago?

    The other day, Vjeran discovered we still have the original Oculus Rift dev kit I brought back from Oculus HQ ten years ago. It made me nostalgic, so I decided to spruce up my story about touring their early offices to fix a little linkrot.

    Then, an old photo suddenly caught my eye.

    No idea how long this was on display, but it had a seat of honor at the front desk. Oculus sold to Facebook one year later.

    “Warning: Facebook may cause loss of time, poor work ethic, obesity, social disorders, and possible interference of destiny.”
    It’s an artistic commentary on Facebook by street artist 2Wenty, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/04/06/l-a-street-artists-unfiltered-take-on-facebook-social-cigarettes/?sh=37eb01db7d9f">as profiled by Kashmir Hill in 2011</a>.
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    “Warning: Facebook may cause loss of time, poor work ethic, obesity, social disorders, and possible interference of destiny.”
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    MicroActiBlizz might divest the UK streaming rights to its games to appease regulators.

    Bloomberg says Microsoft and Activision Blizzard are only “considering giving up” those UK rights, but I suspect it might genuinely work if they do.

    The CMA’s primary remaining objection to the $68.7 billion deal was a fear that Microsoft would make Activision games exclusive to its own cloud gaming service. (There’s a bit more to it, but still.) If Microsoft permanently removed its own ability to do so...

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    Ever think you’d see a Steam Controller on The Verge again?

    Our very own Owen Grove briefly teleports you into a three-dimensional world of ASMR gadget sounds (assuming you wear headphones). More binaural audio, please! It’s awesome stuff.

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    Sean Hollister
    The Internet Archive is hosting instructions for thousands of Lego sets.

    Did you know you can freely download instructions for loads of Lego? The Lego Group has its own searchbox, and the Internet Archive now hosts an easily browsable backup of 6,854 sets (via Hacker News).

    Neither has my childhood favs yet, but Lego’s scanning in new instructions all the time — you can already recreate the Black Seas Barracuda or the valuable Cloud City sets. Bricklink fan designs have downloadable instructions too.

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    Sean Hollister
    My 16-year-old PS3 plays The Last of Us better than a Steam Deck

    I’ve been playing Sony’s troubled PC port on the gaming handheld... and my 16-year-old launch PS3.

    There’s a lot to love about portable Joel and Ellie, but graphics ain’t it.

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    Sean Hollister
    We defeated bad elevator buttons!

    Remember when we we shared the utterly infuriating elevator buttons stationed in our very own offices? They’ve been vanquished!

    Now, instead of every soul aboard a crowded elevator stabbing a keypad in disbelief, a single tap and a single touchscreen press simultaneously summons the elevator, programs it to visit the appropriate floor(s), and points YOU in the right direction. And friends, the doors... they open instantly. Smartest elevators I’ve ever seen.

    My kids love Furby — send helpMy kids love Furby — send help
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    The EVGA situation is more complicated than we imagined.

    Turns out the statement that “Our Taiwan office is still operating and Kingpin is still with EVGA” is not good enough to explain what’s going on.

    Two weeks ago, Steve at GamersNexus revealed that there was no next project for the company’s motherboard BIOS team — they’re leaving. Steve tells The Verge two have since been hired by other vendors, Kingpin is entertaining offers, and sources say EVGA has offered buyouts across the company.

    If EVGA isn’t making graphics cards or motherboards... and is offering buyouts... well, we’re waiting on EVGA comment now.

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    EVGA says no, its entire Taiwan office did not just resign.

    EVGA, once but no longer a video card company, was rumored to be exiting motherboards too — Korean overclocker SafeDisk claimed he’d heard the entire Taiwan office had resigned, including EVGA resident overclocker Vince “Kingpin” Lucido.

    But EVGA just gave TechPowerUp this statement:

    We saw those message and they are rumors. Our Taiwan office is still operating and Kingpin is still with EVGA. EVGA is still doing business and supporting its customers. Thanks for reaching out.

    VideoCardz has pulled its story on the rumor.