Kaser Focus: Squared away
It’s always fun when major news breaks on a weekend, and while I’m asleep no less. I’m not being facetious — it means I...
A guide to systems-based game development
In my senior year at the University of Michigan, one of my roommates and I had a nightly tradition: playing NCAA Football 2005 (it was 2007)....
Modern VR is ‘like the dog who catches a car but doesn’t know what to do with it’
The modern virtual reality market is new, but the idea of virtual worlds has existed in fiction for decades. Austin Grossman is a sci-fi...
Fighting the big ugly boss in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Viktor Marchenko is a particularly nasty boss in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. He’s built like a tank, and he’s a bullet sponge. No matter...
Humanity tears itself apart in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is a sci-fi video game with a story that is disturbing because it reminds me so much of our own...
Updated: Tips and tricks for staying alive in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
[Updated 8/28/16 with advice from more playthroughs]. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is the latest epic in the long-running series about the moral dilemmas humanity...
With new human augmentation event, Square Enix gets serious about Deus Ex in real life
Square Enix and CNN’s branded content studio, Courageous, have teamed up to create a documentary that explores the world of human augmentation. They are...
A closer hands-on look at the oppressive atmosphere of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is one of the biggest games coming this summer, debuting on the consoles and the PC on August 23. It’s...
Deus Ex: Go is the latest big budget franchise to get a mobile game
The Deus Ex universe is expanding into mobile, as Square Enix is taking the wraps off of Deus Ex: Go. The announcement from the...
Hands-on with the black-and-gold world of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Few sci-fi stories are as good as those that question the line between what’s human and what’s not. The tales resonate across media, like...