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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. It was also the first version for Macs, with a number of custom mods and add-ons developed for it.

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A setback for Microsoft: New Xbox exclusive ‘Redfall’ gets negative reviews on launch day

GeekWire

Bethesda/Arkane Image) One of the big system exclusives for Microsoft’s Xbox video game system was met with poor critical reception on Monday, shortly ahead of its wide release. Arkane Studios’ Redfall was scheduled to release on Xbox, Windows, and the Xbox Game Pass Monday evening.

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Former Microsoft exec Ed Fries shares behind-the-scenes stories from the original Xbox project

GeekWire

In an hour-long conversation with Takahashi, Fries talked about the Xbox console, its development, his personal history with it, and his current business, a venture capital fund that specifically invests in up-and-coming game developers. xbox20 #xbox #ogxbox pic.twitter.com/oTYNnWKHJy — Ed Fries (@Ed_Fries) November 14, 2021.

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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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Geek of the Week: Elizabeth Lawlor brings her lab — and hope for a cancer cure — to Seattle Children’s

GeekWire

“I am an immigrant — I arrived from Canada in 2001 — and though I hold only two passports, I consider myself a citizen of the world,” Lawlor said. There is an intersection of fundamental knowledge about biology, advances in technology, tools in big data and informatics and genomics, and development of new drugs.

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Five steps to effective content distribution strategies

Trends in the Living Networks

Develop and implement aggregation strategies. By 2001 analysts were growing concerned that Microsoft’s revenue stream could falter, as the IT managers at large corporations began baulking at upgrading the software on all their PCs every time a new version of Microsoft Windows or Office was released.

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Xbox Series X and S: everything you need to know about the next-gen of Xbox

The Verge

Not only that, but Microsoft’s initial crop of first-party games will also be playable on its last generation Xbox, the Xbox One, as well as Windows PCs. a month subscription also lets you download and play over 100 games directly on your Xbox or Windows 10 PC, as well as EA Play. New games, new hardware. Paying the price.

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