Two new gaming records were set last week after an Ohio man played the classic arcade game Armor Attack for more than 85 hours on a single credit, achieving both record-breaking total play time as well as a new all-time high score.
The Quiet Type: 44% of Twitter Users Have Never Sent a Single Tweet
Twitter has nearly a billion accounts, but a surprisingly large number of them are silent. According to new data from tracking firm Twopcharts, 44 percent of all current Twitter accounts have never sent a single tweet.
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Alpine Reportedly Planning Aftermarket CarPlay Device for Fall 2014
CarPlay is an exciting new feature that promises to integrate iOS into the driving experience like never before. But, thus far, access to CarPlay required the purchase of a new car. Now car electronics firm Alpine is reportedly working on an aftermarket device that can bring CarPlay to existing vehicles, although it’s rumored to still cost up to $700.
Reeder 2 for Mac Returns, Free While in Beta
Reeder was a popular RSS app for OS X, but it met its demise when the Google Reader service was discontinued. Now, after months of work, Reeder’s developer is ready to show off Reeder 2 for Mac, albeit in beta form. Now compatible with a variety of RSS services, Reeder 2 sports a new look, cool animations, and robust support for third party service integration. It’s free while in beta to all users, although a paid Mac App Store release is on the way.
SimCity 4 Updated for OS X Mavericks, Available on Mac App Store for $20
The latest version of SimCity disappointed many longtime fans of the franchise. But now gamers can easily go back to the “classic” days of city planning with the re-release of SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition for OS X. Mac gaming publisher Aspyr has updated the 10-year-old game for the latest version of OS X and made it available on the Mac App Store.
Original Developers Launch $600k Kickstarter for HD Remake of ‘Outcast’
The original creators of Outcast have launched a $600,000 Kickstarter campaign to fund an HD remake of the groundbreaking 1999 PC game, featuring all new graphics, sound, and environments.
Microsoft Ready to Excavate Atari’s Alleged E.T. Landfill on April 26th
A team led by Fuel Entertainment and Microsoft has cleared regulatory hurdles and is ready to excavate the landfill site where Atari allegedly buried millions of unsold copies of failed 2600 games, including E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Pac-Man.
PC Shipments Down Only Slightly in Q1 2014 Due to Windows XP Upgrades
Sales of new PCs have declined for eight straight quarters, but new reports this week from IDC and Gartner show that the losses may finally be leveling off. The saturation of the tablet market the upgrades from millions of Windows XP users paint a slightly brighter picture for the PC industry in 2014.