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This Microsoft Flight Simulator video highlights 40 years of PC gaming changes

The Verge

Microsoft’s video begins with Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0 , which was originally released in 1982 for IBM-compatible PCs. The beginning of the video also demonstrates just how much PC sound cards have changed over the years. map out the real world into a virtual one. Several versions later, Flight Simulator 2000 appeared in 1999.

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Even Utah’s mysterious monolith may be no match for Google Earth

The Verge

Apple Maps has 3D photogrammetry of the region, but sadly it seems the exact location of the monolith was shadowed at the time and thus there isn't a lot of detail: pic.twitter.com/bIKViFtF96 — Bruno Philipe (@BrunoPhilipe) November 24, 2020. Possible Utah monolith site, August 2015. Possible Utah monolith site, October 2016.

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Confirmed: The PS5 is the biggest game console in modern history

The Verge

Did you say the original 2001 Xbox, or the VCR-sized original Xbox One? The PS5 is so much bigger, you can’t even argue the 3D perspective throws off its actual size. And boy oh boy is this box bigger than the new Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S : Notice that the 3D tool doesn’t line up the backs of each console. DVD ~3.2xCLV.

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Xbox architects share stories from the console’s early days and discuss the future of gaming

GeekWire

The topics covered included anecdotes from the start of the project, insight into what motivated some of the earliest decisions in the Xbox’s history, and predictions about what’s coming next in the video game industry. “Music and video and TV real-time broadcasting, that’s all coming together.

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