Hello gamers, and welcome back to the WIRED Games newsletter! It's been a relatively chill week, save for the launch of Splatoon 3. This is the first game in the series that I'm really getting into—it's super fun, colorful, and everything I want from the franchise. Beyond that, I've been doing my dailies in Destiny 2 and am even considering picking something from my game backlog to try. Maybe the 2016 Doom, or Doom Eternal? What are you playing? Let us know at Games@WIRED.com. So, let's get into it. First of all, Swapna Krishna, our Casual Gamer columnist who is also a science journalist, went down to see the Artemis 1 launch—er, launch attempt, since it never got off the ground—and she took her Steam Deck with her. She says it's the one thing that helped her survive the long, fruitless hours of waiting, and I completely understand that sentiment. Check out her full column; she's been making the best case I've seen for getting a Steam Deck. Next up, be sure to read Megan Farokhmanesh's dispatch from a VRChat Kmart, where she not only got in touch with the folks who run the whole experience, but also took part in a new-employee orientation and worked a shift in an extremely familiar-looking virtual Kmart. It sounds exactly like how it used to be, and that sends chills up my spine. Yes, my first job was working retail at a Kmart, why do you ask? Our culture editor and my friend Angela Watercutter's weekly column, called The Monitor, focuses on the art of video games this week, from new books on the topic to gallery displays in prominent museums, including an upcoming exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Read on for her conversation with Paola Antonelli, a curator at MoMA. Over on our Gear Team, Simon Hill just finished a review of the new Netgear Nighthawk RAXE300, a high-end gaming router that will absolutely make sure your household Wi-Fi is fast, stable, and strong. It's a dream come true … until you factor in its hefty $400 price tag and its subscription-based parental controls and other advanced features. Not many people can stomach both, and despite all of its advantages, it might not be for you. His full review will help you decide. Next up, just because I'm a huge fan and he's also a gamer, take a few minutes to check out our WIRED video in which John Boyega answers the web's most searched questions about him. He talks a bit about his favorite games and the anime he's been watching. Finally, a WIRED Classic story that made me stop what I was doing and read to the end: how Stewart Butterfield, the creator of Slack, wound up creating the app that everyone uses to communicate at work … while trying to develop a video game. It's a wild ride from start to finish, and what sounds like it might be a boring business story really, really isn't. Take my word for this one. Now then, as always, there's plenty more to read over at WIRED Games, and as we get closer to October, and our three-year anniversary, I hope to have some exciting news to share with you soon. Stay tuned, and I'll see you back here next week. |
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