Hearthstone Ranked Ladder gets a March update!
If you've been tired of the long, slow road to the middle of the table, there's good news afoot. In a blog post - complete with Ben Brode video update -
Matt Wyble on how to train smarter to chase Hearthstone glory
Matt Wyble is one of the leaders behind the scenes of Hearthstone esports. A man who has pursued serious sport himself at the highest levels (trialling for
Hearthstone's Dean Ayala on his game design journey and the critical value of QA work
Dean Ayala. Restaurant Consultant. In that other, darker timeline, we don't have the Dean Ayala we know from the Hearthstone Game Design team. Thankfully, Ayala found his way into Blizzard, and we thought we'd explore a little of his heroic journey into game design and what
Gfinity building a path toward making grassroots esports get real
How do you build an esports empire that builds a good business AND creates the chance for everyone to have a shot at a pro contract?
Interview: Gfinity Australia CEO Dom Redmond and COO Sam Harris
With Gfinity Challenger Series underway, we spoke to the leaders of this new esports operation. Hit the link for our full conversation with the leadership
Interview: Blizzard's Overwatch Commissioner, Nate Nanzer
I recently interviewed Nate Nanzer, Blizzard's Overwatch Commissioner for all things Overwatch League, for this story in the Australian Financial Review.
Brevity is the soul of Twitter... but doesn't move the needle
Skim Reading as a Service is never going to pay the bills.
LuMee's clever iPhone case for better photo lighting
Carrying better lighting to use with your phone is mostly a non-event. It's just too hard to bother for most people.
The '$2000 iPhone' problem isn't the problem you think
The ‘$2000 phone’ thing annoys me. There's a lot of it about after today's Apple launch. It’s a classic judgment on ‘things I value’ vs ‘things you value’.
A critical work skill that won't be automated by robots (anytime soon)
Social drives are a critical part of the human experience. Being able to comprehend these subtle cues and work with them, work around them and embrace them,
StarCraft is astronaut Daniel Barry's favourite game. So he took it to the ISS with him.
Boy loves space. Boy loves space game. Boy becomes astronaut and flies to space, taking copy of space game with him.
Sphero launches new programmable Star Wars robots - including R2-D2!
Sphero has been making excellent programmable robots for years, and last year everybody went nuts for their gorgeous little BB-8. And rightly so.
Orbital Reflector: space artwork to inspire us all
Trevor Paglen's Orbital Reflector is a satellite launch for purely artistic purposes, delivering a reflective object that we'll all see orbiting above us,
Blizzard vows tougher action against toxic players in Overwatch
Nasty, aggro, rude players love to ruin games for everyone. They make good people stop playing, which tips the scales toward only those willing to fight
Why creativity matters in schools
Here's a good piece on cultivating creative thinking in schools, and why it matters for both students and for their success in today's world.
Microsoft gets set to push Mixed Reality for Christmas season
VR is excellent, but the best experiences are still expensive. Microsoft has been touting the promise of its HoloLens technology, but it just hadn't entered
Cortana and Alexa becoming new BFFs
The partnership to allow Microsoft's Cortana and Amazon's Alexa to speak to each other is big for the companies involved, and big for progress around voice
The Olympics don't want violent esports, just virtual sport esports
As backward as you'd expect from the IOC. President Thomas Bach (a former Olympic fencer) has said he's not against esports, as long as they're mostly
Screen recording and screen sharing coming in iOS 11
I haven't been following the new features all that closely, so this news peaked my interest. If you're into mobile gaming or streaming from mobile, these
Augmented Reality will help you find your lost keys
I can imagine a world where augmented reality key finding technology becomes the 'killer app' for mainstream AR adoption. At least, as a demo that makes
