A multi-month delay for Deus Ex turned into a huge payoff for one of its best characters, says designer Harvey Smith
Smith's story about the late stages of Deus Ex development takes some time to get to the point, but it's a fun ride.
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While us lot in the West might like Dragon's Dogma 2's friction, Japan doesn't quite agree, and its producers say balancing that has been a real challenge
Both the original and Dragon's Dogma 2 are not games for everyone. Not in the Dark Souls, uber challenging sort of way necessarily, just in that...
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The bizarre spirit of classic Elder Scrolls games is alive and well in little lo-fi RPG A Short Quest
A few hours with a recent playtest has me eager to play the full thing next year.
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VMware migration reduces Tottenham Hotspur's licensing fees by 85 percent
Pro soccer team's CTO points to "issues with the Broadcom takeover."
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Congressman says TikTok backed out of a meeting to avoid child safety questions
TikTok backed out of a congressional committee's "public roundtable" set for this month over concerns it would be asked about child safety practices, the chair of...
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Exploring the Downsides of Cooling Roof Paint
The idea of painting a roof or wall white in order to reflect sunshine and keep the building’s insides cool is hardly a new one, and...
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Cut GPU inference cold start from 8 minutes to less than a minute
We instrumented the full path from pod creation to first inference response on a GPU node running a 70B-class model. The post Cut GPU inference cold...
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The systems guide to production token optimization
When enterprise AI applications scale, they inevitably hit a wall. For many engineering teams, this wall is initially diagnosed as The post The systems guide to...
Read moreKubernetes v1.37: DRA Updates
Kubernetes 1.37 is here and Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA) keeps pushing past where it started! This release brings DRA Extended Resource support to GA, a milestone...
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Just like a fruit fly, a new algorithm never forgets old scents
Insect-inspired "sparse coding" does fast learning, avoids catastrophic forgetting.
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Building a DIY handheld thermal camera for work and play
Thermal cameras are really cool, because they give you the ability to clearly see something we humans usually can’t: temperature. It is interesting to look at...
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Samsung’s beloved Q Series sound system is hundreds off for Labor Day
Researching, buying, then finally assembling a sound system for your TV is daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. If you want one of the best...
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