Month: September 2018

SCUF’s Vantage Wireless PS4 Controller is possibly the closest thing the PlayStation has to the Xbox One’s Elite Controller. It’s a well-made, comfortable controller that delivers some handy customization options you don’t get from the standard DualShock 4. It has made me at least feel like I’m performing a little better. But as much as it does right, it misses the mark just as often, and at $200 it’s too expensive for that, especially for more casual players.

The Vantage is roughly as comfortable to hold as a standard DualShock 4, though definitely a little larger, thanks to the sturdier, textured grip. and feels familiar aside from the very obvious change of the offset analog sticks that resemble the Xbox One’s configuration. Obviously symmetrical versus offset can be quite the personal preference — I’ve grown fond of the DualShock setup having used it so frequently over the years. But playing offset on a PS4 feels good in my hands, especially when combined with analog stick height and contour customization options that let you tune it to your liking for fast-paced genres like first-person shooters.

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For the last several years, PlayStation has found a way to continue the conference hype of E3, Paris Games Week, and TGS months after the fact, with PlayStation Experience serving as another home for big reveals. And while the confirmation that there will be no PSX 2018 is a bummer for PlayStation fans, myself included, Sony’s behavior over the last year is indicative of the fact that they don’t need PSX to deliver important news or celebrate big releases.

While PSX allows fans to come together and demo tons of upcoming and recently released PlayStation games, its place as a centerpiece for the entire PlayStation community is waning given Sony’s recent strategy and last year’s underwhelming show.

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In most squad-based games, communication is king. In Post Scriptum, that’s taken to new heights: the need for constant coordination with your team is not only necessary for success, but easily the most enjoyable aspect of this World War 2 military simulation. This formula of squad-based team cohesion on steroids would make for a worthwhile shooter were it not for the frustrating maps, overly simplistic game mode, and a few baffling design decisions that get in the way of experiencing what Post Scriptum does well.

Post Scriptum is an unforgiving game where some players are inherently more powerful than others, and a single whizzing bullet can unceremoniously end an otherwise uneventful five-minute trek through its WW2-era Netherlands maps. This may sound difficult for difficulty’s sake but this opaque environment is ultimately what drives people to work together: there’s safety in numbers. If you’re gunned down while alone you have absolutely no recourse, but with a section of soldiers (a group of anywhere from four to nine) at your back you can be avenged and revived. And while this incentive also exists in Battlefield 1, the sheer amount of waiting and running required to get back into the action of Post Scriptum makes sticking with your squad feel even more essential. As someone who loves team play, this element was immediately gratifying, but as time pressed on getting back to this baseline of cooperation proved arduous.

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If you had to log back into your Facebook account and were wondering why, a massive security breach is to blame.

On Tuesday, Facebook “discovered a security issue affecting almost 50 million accounts,” one that allowed attackers to “steal Facebook access tokens” and take over innocent people’s accounts.

Facebook reset the access tokens on the 50 million affected accounts, as well as an additional 40 million user accounts as a “precautionary step.” Affected users would need to log back into the app, desktop version, and linked apps as a result.

A notification at the top of your Facebook news feed will explain what happened, Facebook said.

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Acer has been shipping its own keyboards with its Predator desktops for a while now, but has never offered them for sale to the public before. That’s going to change with the new Aethon 500 (See it on Amazon). It’s a full-size gaming keyboard positioned at the very top echelon of the mechanical keyboard market. It features dedicated macro keys, per-key RBG backlighting, clicky Kalih Blue switches, and a snazzy magnetic wrist wrest. As you can see, this keyboard is full-loaded, and priced accordingly at $180. I took it for a spin to see if its lofty price is justified.

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