Do You Think This Is A Game?

This week we talk about…

Google playing with photos (see image above), E3 where Microsoft and Sony show off all sorts of cool goodies, the future of virtual reality from Oculus, Valve & Starbreeze, Nintendo level maker and MarI/O, the death of the Mac, the possibilities of WebAssembly, Apple Music and TSwift, and finally Uber’s employees of the California Labor Commission.

• XBOX One Will Get Backwards Compatibility
• Microsoft Unveils A $150 Controller
• Microsoft Demoed Minecraft On The HoloLens
• The New Star Wars: Battlefront
• Microsoft Highlighted Games At E3, Not A Media Center
• Project StarVR Unveiled
• Microsoft Announced Plans To Partner With Valve for VR as Well
• The Oculus VR Games Worth Playing
• Halo 5 Is Making Team Play As Important As Destiny
• This Is The Pirate Sim You’ve Been Looking For
• The PS4 Is The New Home Of Call Of Duty
• The End Of The Mac
• The Way Nintendo Used To Make Mario Levels
• Automated Super Mario World gameplay through machine learning
• WebAssembly, JavaScript And The Future Of Programs On The Web
• Uber Driver Deemed Employee By California Labor Commission
• Amazon announces new Kindle Paperwhite with a high-resolution screen
• Androids Do Dream of Electric Sheep
• TSwift Acts Predictably About Apple Music

Image: theguardian.com