Bits: The Byteside Blog
Which of you sick bastards has been playing Plague Inc. in 2020?
Should we be concerned that Plague Inc. - a classic game about creating a pandemic - was so damn popular in 2020?
How to use your Android phone as a webcam
How to easily set up and use your Android phone as a high-quality webcam for meetings or streams without needing to buy new hardware.
Why you shouldn't buy a PlayStation 5 Digital Edition in Australia
Sure, you'll save $150 on the console, but in the long run you're going to end up way behind. Here's the maths that proves it.
Not allowing for breasts isn’t “gender neutral”, it’s misogyny
From clothes to PPE, A/C to CPR, the world has been designed for cis-men. Let's stop pretending 'unisex' designs are truly made for women too.
The right time for a new era
When is the right time to do ‘the new thing’? Whatever that may be? I’m a big fan of using the New Year as a launching pad for new ideas, new goals, new efforts. It’s arbitrary, but our brains still really like latching onto milestones as starting or
I played 30 mins of Fuser and am convinced I'm a DJ
Fuser is the new music mixing game from Harmonix, and within 30 minutes it had me living the DJ fantasy in my living room.
New survey results reveal Disney's unsettling monopoly on pop culture franchises
An entertainment research company found the top 20 entertainment franchises. Unsurprisingly, Disney owns most of them.
Game of Houses: the secret power in European royal history
What happens when you look at family lines through matrilineal data instead of the fathers? You find a cool new way to appreciate history.
Why I (still) love World of Warcraft
What changes about how you feel about a game when it shifts from being something you play for the gameplay? Is that when it's truly a hobby?
Why are gaming chairs so actively hostile?
Sure, gaming chairs look cool. But why do they hate our bodies so much? And why do we keep pushing through the pain?
Prize-winning AuREUS material turns food waste into renewable energy
Carvey Ehren Maigue has won the James Dyson Sustainability Award 2020 for developing AuREUS, a crop-based material turning UV into energy.
Rosetta comet probe completes "ingredients for life" bingo card
Scientists have discovered the final chemical building block of life on a comet, furthering the idea that our life all came from space.
Find out how expensive an upgrade to NBN's fibre to the premises is
It turns out that upgrading your NBN connection to FTTP is pretty expensive, but it should've been done right in the first place.
Finally the government is trying to do something real to stop spam calls
The Australian Government has a new code to try to tackle spam calls which robbed Australians of approximately $36 million in 2020.
Super? No, this is Supper: A chat with Supper Mario Broth
From concept art to glitches and everything between, we chat to Supper Mario Broth about his unceasing, unwavering love of all things Mario.
Go to the shops looking like Daft Punk in this face mask
Protect yourself from the outside world with the Blanc Mask while you look like a futuristic French DJ at the same time.
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales is the penultimate Spider-Man experience
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales is a PlayStation 5 launch title which improves upon it's predecessor in almost every way.
DeepMind AI claims massive breakthrough in protein folding
New advances in AI are smashing the competition and determining the structure of proteins which has huge implications for scientific research.
Xbox Series X competition: we have a winner!
The winner of our Xbox Series X competition has been drawn! Lights. Drumroll. Envelope. And the winner is...
Tasmania boldly claims state is 100% powered by renewable energy
Tasmania's recent wind farm projects tips it over into generating enough renewable energy to power the state.
