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Daniel McKleinfeld

Former Digital Trends Contributor

Nvidia resuscitates Mac Pro with Quadro K5000 for 4K editing

NVIDIA's new graphics card will help keep the Mac Pro relevant for professional users, at least for now

Whoops, our game is on sale: Double Fine Games takes advantage of a terrible mistake

When an App Store mishap sent an unfinished game on sale by accident, Double Fine Games turned the potentially company-destroying screw-up into a bonding experience with fans.

Game developer Freeverse suffers massive downsizing

Freeverse, one of the great Mac and iOS game developers, has laid off over two-thirds of its staff, and its future is murky.

GaymerCon to provide safe space for LGBT gamers

The gaming world gets its own Pride Parade in GaymerCon: a special convention just for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community.
Screenshot from Planescape:Torment

Black Isle studios is back, but not in a good way

The resurrected Black Isle seems more likely to be a publisher than a game maker.

It’s not just because you suck: Guild Wars 2 explains account suspensions

Guild Wars developers ArenaNet stopped by Reddit to explain, in gory detail, why certain gamers got kicked out of the fantasy world.

Xbox Live getting its first free-to-play game: Happy Wars

Happy Wars will be Xbox Live's first free-to-play game, bringing the hip new business model into Microsoft's venerable gaming service
NBA 2K13 screenshot

Watch your language in the living room: Kinect to punish gamers for potty mouths

Upcoming basketball game NBA 2K13 will use the Kinect to assign technical fouls for players who swear at the ref. If it's not the silliest use of Kinect ever, it may be close.

EverQuest II characters mimic real-life facial gestures with SOEmote technology

Sony's SOEmote system translates real-life facial expressions to in-game characters, lending EverQuest II another layer of immersion.