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Dan Isacsson

Dan Isacsson

Former Contributor
Author/Co-Author of 135 articles

Being a gamer since the age of three, Dan took an interest in mobile gaming back in 2009. Since then he's been digging ever deeper into the possibilities of mobile tech and has his head full considering the possibilities of virtual reality. Every other week or so he ponders whether buying a Chromebook was a good idea. Usually the answer is: Yes, for writing.

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Hang out with your friends in the mountains in Ubisoft’s newest game

In Steep, you traverse the mountains and ski, fly in a wing suit, snowboard, and parachute together with your friends.
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This 3D brain may unlock the mysteries of language

The brain is even more complex than researchers have believed thus far. In a recent study, researchers mapped meaning across the brains of seven volunteers.
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Qualcomm reveals next generation of budget processors

This year's range of budget Qualcomm processors in the low- to high-end spectrum has been revealed.
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No Man’s Sky devs confirm delay; death threats ensue

No Man's Sky has been confirmed to be delayed by two months until August 9, and no matter how sad it is we shouldn't lower ourselves to death threats.
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Nvidia Ansel introduces VR photography to games

Nvidia takes the next step in screenshots and enables anyone with a desktop worth its weight in performance to take great screenshots, even in 360 degrees.
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More than 600 Android-running phone models were launched this past year

Taking the banner of branding empowerment, Google took the stage on Google I/O and presented very pretty numbers.
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Asus announces the winged GK2000 premium keyboard

Keyboards don't often come with wings, but don't underestimate aesthetic purchase incentives. Asus new keyboard both looks stylish and seems functional.
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Asus new $200 notebook has a Cherry Trail processor, now up for order

After first putting it up on the storefront in January, Asus latest lightweight laptop is up for order in the U.S.
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Filter away Pokémon With PokeGone, the Chrome extension that offers relief

As the internet continues its craze on Pokémon it may come as a relief that a new Chrome extension lets you filter away whatever Pokémon references you want.
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VR explosions are en route as Michael Bay teams with The Rogue Initiative

As director Michael Bay leaves Transformers behind, he delves into virtual reality together with The Rogue Initiative's VR production studio.
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‘Fifa 17’s’ Journey story mode revealed at E3

Perhaps one of the biggest surprises at Electronic Arts' conference was the inclusion of a story about fictional player Alex Hunter in Fifa 17.
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Updated: Batman v Superman had the biggest worldwide opening for a superhero movie

Batman v Superman has been panned by critics, but it had the biggest worldwide opening of any superhero film in history.
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Three robots show their skills in ‘Recore’ trailer debuted at E3

New gameplay footage of ReCore shows off robot-specific mechanics and a quick pace meant to keep players on their toes.
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Think your solid state drive is fast? It has nothing on MRAM

The memory that reads and writes data in our wearables is getting old. Say hello to the future of wearable memory.
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App developers wanted for Apple’s first reality TV series, ‘Planet of the Apps’

Apple is getting ready to enter television, and with 'Planet of the Apps' it wants to show a hundred developers working on something for their platform.
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Within CEO Chris Milk says VR will be ‘the last medium’ at TEDTalks

The CEO of Within took to the stage and showed the audience why he believes the virtual frontier could represent the last medium in history.
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Abusive chat should drop after ‘World of Warcraft: Legion’ pre-expansion patch

Blizzard "only" took 10 years to implement a silencing system for abusive language in World of Warcraft, but it's getting serious with its latest patch.
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Follow a city In political turmoil as a nest-building bird in 'Copoka'

Taking on the role of a nest building bird, 'Copoka' lets you fly around a totalitarian state and follow the progress as a revolution threatens.
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Faking locations in Pokémon Go is a bad idea, unless you want to be banned

A game like Pokémon Go relies on the real-life interaction between players, so when a cheater does everything from their couch the developer sends a ban.
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After 10 years of development, Dean Kamen's futuristic prosthetic arm is now available for pre-order

From moving by leaning to creating artificial limbs that extend an amputee's bodily functions, the segway inventor's prosthetic arm is coming this year.
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Nintendo shares skyrocket in the wake Of ‘Pokémon Go’ release

Pokémon GO is already a global phenomenon, and not just to the millions of people that are running around outside, but also to Nintendo which it may save.
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Software may make your battery last longer if Nextbit has its way

Battery life is a constant pain as we try to stay in touch with each other, Nextbit is trying to solve this problem from a different angle: software.
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The promised level editor has finally come to 'Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number'

It's been a year since the release of Dennaton Games' murder fest, and at long last the long-promised level editor is here.
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Lose your senses to 'Rez Infinite' in VR this October

Tetsuya Mizuguchi's coming remaster of his masterpiece, Rez, will launch on October 13, 2016, alongside Sony's PlayStation VR.
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PlayStation Neo 'is still PS4,' says Shuhei Yoshida

Sony announced the PlayStation Neo ahead of E3 2016, and now the President of Sony's Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida, confirms that it's an improved PS4.
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‘About a third’ of Valve’s employees are working on VR

The company behind the world's largest digital game distribution service and creator of Half-Life has dedicated a third of its workforce to VR.
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Facebook pressures users to set Messenger as the default texting app with confusing prompt

Facebook users were misled by a Messenger pop-up prompt that asked users to set the app as their default SMS texting app.
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Choices are ‘shades of gray’ in ‘Mass Effect: Andromeda’

The next Bioware sci-fi epic will have choices in shades of grey rather than the good or evil choices that were prevalent in the previous games.
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SmartBoy turns your Android phone into a GameBoy, buttons and all

Last year's April Fool's Day joke has become reality, Hyperkin Lab's Smart Boy runs Game Boy cartridges on your smartphone and is up for pre-order.
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VR Therapy firm is seeing ‘pretty much nothing but success’

There are many uses for virtual reality, and one promising prospect is the ability to help improve mental health via experiential treatments.
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Samsung imitates Apple’s ‘Shot on iPhone’ ads with the Galaxy S7

Samsung's latest advertisement campaign reminds us of Apple's "Shot on iPhone", minus all of the consumer touches that made it so popular.
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Bethesda says it's working to improve Fallout 4 mod support on PS4

PS4 owners may have to wait a bit longer with issues on mod support for the PS4 as Bethesda says it's working with Sony to improve mod support.
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A boy and his bird: ‘The Last Guardian’ has a release date

After years of waiting, Fumito Ueda's game about a boy and bird trapped together gets a release date.
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‘Detroit: Become Human’ could feature multiple android protagonists

Quantic Dream has released more footage from its latest creation, Detroit: Become Human. It introduces a new protagonist, and it might not be the last.