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Games: Godot 4.5 Beta 5, Microsoft Weaponising Fake 'Security', and More
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The Digital Antiquarian ☛ » Rollercoaster Tycoon (or, MicroProse’s Last Hurrah) The Digital Antiquarian
Back in 1994, MicroProse had published a game called Transport Tycoon, by a lone-wolf programmer named Chris Sawyer, who worked out of his home near Glasgow, Scotland. Building upon the premise of Sid Meier’s earlier Railroad Tycoon, it tasked you with building a profitable people- and cargo-moving network involving not just trains but also trucks, buses, ships, ferries, and even airplanes. Written by Sawyer in pure, ultra-efficient Intel assembly language — an anomaly by that time, when games were typically written in more manageable higher-level languages like C — Transport Tycoon was as technically impressive as it was engrossing. When it sold fairly well, Sawyer provided a modestly upgraded version called Transport Tycoon Deluxe in 1995, and that also did well.
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Godot Engine ☛ Dev snapshot: Godot 4.5 beta 5
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Tom's Hardware ☛ 50 years after its inception, desktop PCs are less popular than ever — a rise in PC gaming interest means it's in no danger of disappearing
Is the desktop PC dying? In 2025, things might seem worse than before. But hope yet remains.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 7' will require TPM 2.0, backdoored Windows Secure Boot — Activision testing Ricochet anti-cheat update in upcoming season
Activision will require 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 7' players to use TPM 2.0 and enable backdoored Windows Secure Boot as part of its anti-cheat initiative.