Posts Tagged Valve

4 results.

Re:Fresh 34 – No Words

Jul30
by Nate on July 30, 2012 at 5:06 pm
Posted In: Podcast


This week on the show: we talk about the shooting in Aurora, Colorado and the insane conspiracy theory circulating since the incident, Lord Finesse sues Mac Miller over a track on a mixtape, Fred was whacking his Willard, a dude in Oregon has been infected with black plague. Also, Skype is probably monitoring your calls, more details on the Ouya, and Final Fantasy comes to Android. We’ll also play a video

that makes Will…well, just listen and find out.

Music

News

No Words [ 2:19:21 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (73)
└ Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
 Comment 

Valve's Newell: Windows 8 "catastrophe" driving Valve to embrace Linux

Jul29
by Nate on July 29, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Posted In: News

Valve head—and one-time Microsoft employee—Gabe Newell has branded Windows 8 “a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space” at videogame conference Casual Connect in Seattle. The Valve boss continued, saying that in the fallout from Windows 8, “we’ll lose some of the top-tier PC/OEMs, who will exit the market. I think margins will be destroyed for a bunch of people.” Newell criticised Windows 8 while talking about the future of the gaming industry, and you can read everything he said at VentureBeat.

He argued that one of the last remaining things keeping people away from Linux was the lack of games. Valve is working to bring Left 4 Dead 2 and other Steam titles to Linux in a move that Newell describes as “a hedging strategy.” If

his predictions about Windows 8 come true, he says “it will be good to have alternatives to hedge against that eventuality.”

Click here for the full article

Being discussed right

now on Re:Fresh on GhettoRadio. You can listen live by clicking here

└ Tags: , , , ,
 Comment 

Re:Fresh 25 – Very Blunt Stories

Apr30
by Nate on April 30, 2012 at 2:50 pm
Posted In: Podcast

Another brand new Re:Fresh to tickle your Sunday. Today we'll talk about cannibals, The Dutch, a Marine who got discharged for his comments on Facebook, and how discounted Subway subs could bring down the Romulus, Michigan police department. We'll also talk about Apple's recent security problems, the ousted Secret Service agents new job offer and the Wal-Mart Mexico bribery scandal. That's not even half of the show! Tune in & check it out.

Music

News

court-hearing?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE”>Discounted Subway sandwiches key to Romulus police corruption case

  • HUFFPOST Walmart Bribery Scandal Under Investigation By Department Of Justice Since 2011
  • KOTAKU Norway Mass Murderer Was ‘Unremarkable,’ Says Former World of Warcraft Guildmate
  • TECHDIRT Valve Tries To Charge People Based On How Likable They Are: Trolls Pay Full Price
  • TECHDIRT As CISPA Hits Congress, Cybersecurity Company Hypes The Fear Of Anonymous
  • HUFFPOST Malware Infects One In Five Mac Devices
  • SLASH GEAR Apple “ten years behind Microsoft” in malware readiness
  • TMZ Ousted Secret Service Agents New Job Offer — Help Us Find the Real Hookers!
  • HUFFPOST 'Hot Problems' Dubbed Worst Song Ever; Double Take Can't Get Dates To Prom
  • HUFFPOST Michael Kheop Drives Van Off Cliff Allegedly To Elude Police, Wife Jumps From Vehicle
  • HUFFPOST Woman's Torso Sent To BJ's Wholesale Headquarters Accidentally
  • OCCUPY WALL ST May Day Directory: Occupy General Strike In Over 125 Cities
  • YAHOO Newest Michigan museum showcases racist artifacts
    • zp8497586rq
    Very Blunt Stories [ 3:05:42 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (38)
    └ Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

    Valve Tries To Charge People Based On How Likable They Are: Trolls Pay Full Price

    Apr29
    by Nate on April 29, 2012 at 3:36 pm
    Posted In: Live Blog, News

    We've talked plenty of times about unique business models and experiments by Valve Software. it's latest experiment sounds particularly interesting, if perhaps difficult to pull off well. It appears that the company wants to try to charge jerks more — but let likable people play free (story found via Slashdot). The specifics are a bit vague, but the plan is for the game DOTA 2. Valve's Gabe Newell has hinted at this:

    “The issue that we're struggling with quite a bit is something I've kind of talked about before, which is how do you properly value people's contributions to a community?” he said, reflecting on a discussion he had with Develop last year.

    Last year Newell told Develop that “the games industry has this broken model, which is one price for everyone. That’s actually a bug, and it’s something that we want to solve through our philosophy of how we create entertainment products”.

    Click here for the full article

    Being discussed now on Re:Fresh 2pm-6pm on GhettoRadio

    zp8497586rq
    └ Tags: , ,