Here’s the thing: I know on a concept level how public/private key crypto, blockchain, bitcoin, etc work and I have now read several articles about NFTs and none of them explained how you ensure that an NFT actually represents a certain work of art. I mean, there has to be some mechanism for that, right? Like the…

I had this game as a child. It was bad. Legoland and RockRaiders, which were released before LEGO Creator: Harry Potter, were much better.

The right one is the logo of “Reconquista Germanica”, a new internet network of German right extremists. Unlike the Siegrune (the one on the left), it is not banned (yet) in Germany, but Reconquista Germanica is being watched/investigated by the German “Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution“…

Another point is that Frontlines gave you significantly more XP for the Tides of War progression system. So if you wanted to reach level 40 and were lacking behind (the current ToW chapter ends on July 20th) this was the mode to grind some XP. Also I never had issues finding a game, at least on the European servers…

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Here, have some more Wii Shop Remixes

The update got delayed, but I am not sure which parts are affected by it:

Relevant:

That’s not completely correct. Trader Joes is owned by Aldi Nord (North) and the Aldi US stores are owned by Aldi Süd (South). The company was split in 1961 because of a dispute about selling cigarets. The line that divides Germany into Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd is called Aldi equator.

It’s nice that so many Indie titles are comming to switch, but without a system-wide achievement system I rather buy them on Steam if they release there too. Not having a achievement system kinda feels like a disadvantage in comparison with other platforms. I like using them to track my overall progress in a game.

Relic is making Age of Empires IV!

Meanwhile in Europe:

I am pretty sure using a password manager like KeePass is way more secure that hiding your passwords somewhere on a piece of paper. Sure, someone could gain access to your password file by stealing your device for example, but that’s why these programs use your strong master password and some heavy crypto to encrypt…

Websites usually don’t allow unlimited tries to log in. But most of the time passwords are being hacked using a different way anyway. Usually the attacker gains access to a copy of the password database of a website. If the passwords are saved in plain text, his work is done. But in most cases these databases only…

Net neutrality and geoblocking are two different things. Net neutrality basicly says, that an ISP should not be allowed to artificial slow down the traffic between you and a content provider (Netflix, Youtube, or any other website) if you or the content provider doesn’t pay an extra fee to the ISP.

Netflix not only produced an English dub, but also a French, a Turkish and a German one. There might be more but these are all I can select in my region. So far Netflix seems to be the only streaming service that offers dubs and subs in multiple languages in a region, even if these are not official languages in that…

Pokeballs are the worst thing you could buy with your PokeCoins. You can get them much easier from PokeStops. Instead you should invest your coins in additional pokemon or item storage space or in additional egg incubators.

I really wish Nintendo would implement a system wide trophy/achievement system. Though I don’t think they need to add achievements to their own games. They could easily implement a system that gives the developers the choice if they want to add achievements. Something similar to what Steam does.

Niantic just recently rolled out a new system that let the highest level Ingress player work through their backlog of portal submissions. Just 3 weeks ago a portal that I submitted 2 years ago got accepted. It is very likely that the portal/pokestop submission system will be reactivated once they sorted through most…

The version is mentioned in the credits. It is this one: