There haven’t been any cosplay conventions in over a year, which sucks! But when life gives you lemons, you can make lemonade by having a convention from the comfort of your own home. In your PJs, no less.
The 12 Best Games on PlayStation Now
Illustration: Jim Cooke
When PlayStation Now first launched, in 2015, it was more confusing than enticing. On paper, it was meant to be a streaming service that allowed modern gamers access to classic games. But the monthly price was steep higher than Netflix and it featured a vexing pay-per-hour model on top of that. Plus, even though PSNow was a game-streaming service for the PS4, it didn’t support PS4 games, at least not at first.
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These days, PSNow is very different. Sony has since switched over to a straight-up subscription model, following in the footsteps of Microsoft’s popular Xbox Game Pass. As of October 2019, for $10 a month or $60 a year, if you pay up front you can get access to a vast library of video games, including, yes, PS4 titles. Select a game you want, stream it or download it, and play.
Earlier today, there were Japanese news reports of a single-story wooden house catching fire in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. According to anime maker Studio Nue, the house’s inhabitants were Kazutaka Miyatake and his wife Tomoko.
Odyssey, a large expansion for space exploration simulator Elite Dangerous, launched last week as a buggy mess. This led to a lot of fan backlash and negative Steam reviews. In response to these issues, developer Frontier Developments’ CEO apologized for the terrible launch.
Returnal Converted Me To 3D Audio
Returnal, a PlayStation 5 action game about dancing with death at an inescapable time-loop space rave, is a visual delight. It’s also an aural one. And at no time is that more apparent than when you play with a pair of 3D audio headphones.
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Returnal, I rarely if ever played games with headphones. Now, I can’t play
Returnal without them.
Sony touted detailed, strongly directional “Tempest” 3D audio support as a key selling point of the PS5. The PS5-specific headset that launched alongside the system, the Pulse 3D, was supposedly tuned to get the most out of “Tempest 3D AudioTech’s” “custom engine for 3D audio,” not to mention match the PS5’s