Harold Halibut is an adventure game where everything is handmade. “Almost every object you see in the game exists in real life,” one of the game’s developers told me during an Xbox event at GDC yesterday.
The demo I played felt like a streamlined take on standard point-and-click adventuring (with some worrisomely clunky dialogue), but the BioShock-esque undersea setting and claymation visuals knocked me flat. It’s coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC sometime this year.
Trailer:
Game looks amazing.
Some crazy stuff. Also aliens. Don’t watch before bed.
The French government has unveiled a complete overhaul of the French Tech Visa for employees working for a tech company. And France is taking a contrarian stance by making it easier to come work in France.
Let’s start with the big number. According to French Tech Mission director Kat Borlongan, there are more than 10,000 startups that meet the requirements to access the French Tech Visa and hire foreign employees more easily. (And if you live in the European Union, you don’t need a visa, of course.)
Some good news for tech workers looking to migrate.
Major Android mobile apps from companies including Yelp and Duolingo send data that could be used to personally identify you for ad tracking straight to Facebook immediately upon logging in, according to a new report from the London-based UK charity and watchdog group Privacy International (PI).
This data transfer happens even if a user isn’t logged into Facebook on that device and even in the event the user doesn’t have an active Facebook account at all.
Amazing.
What is The Information Paradox and Why Do We Care About Black Holes?
Could black holes simply be a way of recycling the Universe? It’s a bizarre idea.
Great video explaining the problem with far space travel. Sometimes only cartoons can explain the most difficult problems.