Kyle Orland

Pittsburg

Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica

Legacy account, check out (at)https://t.co/dFiUbBULjz on Bluesky. Senior Gaming Editor, Ars Technica. I wrote a Minesweeper book: https://t.co/MK8zcJSo60…

Articles

Elden Ring: Nightreign is an epic RPG squeezed into delicious bite-size capsules

1 week ago | arstechnica.com | Kyle Orland

Fast-paced multiplayer action fits surprisingly well with the old Elden Ring formula. Kyle Orland – May 28, 2025 10:00 am | At this point, Elden Ring is well-known for its epic sense of scale, offering players dozens of hours of meticulous exploration, gradual character progression, and unforgiving enemy encounters that require deliberate care and strategy.
The problem with The Last of Us season 2 is that it’s too faithful an adaptation

1 week ago | technewstube.com | Andrew Cunningham |Kyle Orland

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Desktop Survivors 98 is more than just a retro Windows nostalgia trip

1 week ago | businessandamerica.com | Kyle Orland

That blue bar sure does take me back… If that kind of nostalgia were all there was to Desktop Survivors 98, it would probably not be worth much more than a 15-minute demo. But the underlying game actually takes the developing Survivors-like genre in some interesting directions. As usual for the genre, the gameplay here centers around navigating through throngs of encroaching enemies (and their projectiles), all while herding those enemies together so your auto-firing weapons can take them out.
Desktop Survivors 98 is more than just a retro Windows nostalgia trip

2 weeks ago | arstechnica.com | Kyle Orland

Tight mouse controls and inventive weapons build on a loving old-school computing homage. Kyle Orland – May 23, 2025 12:48 pm | Is it weird to have nostalgia for an operating system? I don't mean missing a particular feature that's been removed from modern versions or a specific productivity setting that's no longer supported. I mean a sense of longing for the vibes of the computer interface you grew up with, an ache for the aesthetics of user interfaces past.
Desktop Survivors 98 is more than just a retro Windows nostalgia trip

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Kyle Orland

11 hours agoA luxury jetliner gifted by Qatar is currently sitting on a tarmac at an airport in San Antonio waiting for a specialized overhaul to become the next Air Force One. The United States officially accepted the Boeing 747-8 on Wednesday, and the Air Force has been tasked to upgrade it to be used as a …
Why console makers can legally brick your game console

2 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Kyle Orland

“Unfortunately, ‘bricking’ personal devices to limit users’ rights and control their behavior is nothing new,” Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Victoria Noble told Ars Technica. “It would likely take selective enforcement to rise to a problematic level [in court],” attorney Richard Hoeg said.
Why console makers can legally brick your game console

2 weeks ago | technewstube.com | Kyle Orland

Tech News Tube is a real time news feed of the latest technology news headlines.Follow all of the top tech sites in one place, on the web or your mobile device.
Why console makers can legally brick your game console

2 weeks ago | arstechnica.com | Kyle Orland

"If the ability [to brick a console] is there, someone will want to 'see how it goes.'" Kyle Orland – May 22, 2025 6:09 pm | Earlier this month, Nintendo received a lot of negative attention for an end-user license agreement (EULA) update granting the company the claimed right to render Switch consoles "permanently unusable in whole or in part" for violations such as suspected hacking or piracy.
Why console makers can legally brick your game console

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Kyle Orland

NowI bet you haven’t seen a first-person shooter quite like thisThere is no shortage of first-person shooters out there, to the degree that some of them can start to blur together. Mouse: P.I. For Hire, however, has one of the most unique art styles I’ve ever seen in the genre. Think Cuphead, but with more explosive action — and way more mice to kill. The …NowSteamOS now officially supports a second handheldThe Lenovo Legion Go S starts shipping on May 25.
New portal calls out AI content with Google’s watermark

2 weeks ago | technewstube.com | Kyle Orland

Last year, Google open-sourced its SynthID AI watermarking system, allowing other developers access to a toolkit for imperceptibly marking content as AI-generated. Now, Google is rolling out a web-based portal to let people easily test if a piece of media has been watermarked with SynthID. After uploading a…