This morning I encountered an odd error on one of my Plesk servers: it wouldn’t let me log in, with an error message like this: I’ve tried running the Plesk repair tool, which found some errors and corrected them, but it kept telling me that that spurious repository could not be opened. I found this … Read more
When I first tried the HALO Master Chief Collection shortly after its release, we had no idea how to enable co-op mode so we could play campaigns together over LAN or the internet. There was just no intuitive way to get this going, nor were there any instructions around. I returned the game for a … Read more
I was excited to try out the remastered version of HALO: Combat Evolved this weekend during the Steam Free Play period. It was just as exciting as I remember it, with modern controls and a wonderful way to switch between new and classic graphics at anytime during the game. We even streamed some co-op campaign … Read more
I’ve had an interesting puzzle with my various Z workstations and their analogue audio outputs over the years: while the 3.5mm jacks at the back seem to be working fine, I can only get the front input to work, but the front output. It’s handy to have sometimes when you want to plug in a … Read more
We’ve recently installed DS4 Windows on Julia’s PC so that she could play Fortnite with her PS4 controller. The moment we did this Windows started complaining that ms-gaming overlay link needs to have some app installed, with a link to the Windows Store that never completed installing an app we didn’t want in the first … Read more
Loot chests and footsteps are audio effects in Fortnite that can be heard thanks to spacial sound. To pinpoint their exact location we need stereo headphones or good speakers. Not all of us have either, so the developers added an option visualize these effects with icons, letting us see where players are coming from, and … Read more
On my streaming PC I have two internet connections: one is my main wired connection that comes in from a fibre, the other is an LTE router that works with a SIM card. On some days my upload speed on the main is terrible, so this is an ideal setup that lets me switch over … Read more
I picked up Playdead’s Limbo for $2.49 on EPIC a couple of weeks ago. I really enjoyed it and played it almost through to the end. When I picked it back up, I’ve noticed that the game had started me right at the beginning, and not where I had left it off. I have no … Read more