Today’s links are dedicated to the fine art of avoiding productivity through interactive entertainment.
Counter-Strike: Football
Someone built a multiplayer FPS game called “Counter-Strike: Football” and put it on GitHub. It’s exactly what it sounds like, and I’m honestly impressed by the commitment to this particular brand of chaos. Open source gaming at its most beautifully absurd.
Razer Cortex
Game booster software from Razer that promises to optimize your PC for gaming. It’s the digital equivalent of a spoiler on a Honda Civic – probably doesn’t do much, but it makes you feel faster. The placebo effect is strong with gaming software.
Virtual Desktop on Meta Quest
Stream your PC to VR headset because apparently we needed to make computing more isolating. The technology is genuinely impressive though – wireless PC gaming in VR is the kind of sci-fi stuff that still feels magical when it works.
Hardstyle Artist Rankings
Spotify data on the top 100 hardstyle artists, for when you need to know exactly where your favorite electronic music producers rank. The fact that someone compiled this data says something about both music fandom and data obsession in the internet age.
Gaming: the intersection of technology, art, and our collective inability to focus on important things.