First playable version of Doom on the Playdate. Still very early but I guess I will cross out “Port Doom” from my bucket list. My main inspiration was @fabynou Game Engine Black Book. pic.twitter.com/Qy21oTYkvf
— Nic (@NicMagnier) May 31, 2020
Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web.
- First playable version of Doom on the Playdate [@NicMagnier]
Yes, it runs Doom: Developer ports the classic first-person shooter to the Playdate handheld game system (the one with a hand-crank on the side). But… can it run Crysis? - AFTVnews is back! [AFTVNews]
After taking a year off to go be a product manager at Amazon, @Elias is back in the editor’s seat at the premiere site for Amazon Fire TV news and how tos. - iOS 13.5.5 code provides evidence of future Apple services bundle [9to5Mac]
More evidence that Apple is planning to launch an Amazon Prime-like subscription bundle that grants customers access to Apple Music, TV+, and News+. The latest clues come from code in iOS 13.5.5 beta. - Hulu scraps support for older Roku devices [Ars Technica]
Hulu ends support for some older Roku media streamers including devices released around 2011/2012. You already couldn’t use those devices to watch Hulu’s live TV streams, later this month you won’t be able to stream Hulu at all. Netflix has already dropped support for some older Roku devices.
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Hey Brad, Is it just me but scrolling back chronologically in the list of articles not all articles are always visible. A few days ago the article about the news cheap ASUS Windows laptop, the E210 was hidden (now it’s back), today it’s the article about the new Google TV dongle that is hidden. These articles can be found by searching your site, they just might not appear in the chronological list.
Huh, not sure what caused that to happen. It’s probably a caching issue, but opening the article in my editor and saving it again seems to have gotten it working again. Let me know if you see this happen again!
Brad
It may be the caching issue. But it was the same on my laptop and phone, too as I recall. Now it’s showing up. OK, if I notice anything suspicious later, I report back to you!
Definitely — I meant a server caching issue. I confirmed the same behavior, but it seems to be resolved for this particular post.
If it happens again I’ll see if my hosting company can help me figure out what’s causing it.
“grants customers access to Apple Music, TV+, and Music.”
Huh?
Whoops. The second music was supposed to be Apple News+. I’ve updated the article. Thanks!
I thought the whole idea behind the “playdate” was that it’s a snob console that does not do “mainstream” games and should instead be enjoyed as an art gallery full of bananas taped to the wall. Porting Doom on it as vulgar as …. ooooh, I see what’s happening, it’s a dadaist art piece!