Heart-wrenching game ‘That Dragon, Cancer’ is now on iOS

Delving into the human experience and one of the toughest things we can go through, That Dragon, Cancer is now available on iOS. The game, which first launched on the PC and Mac back in early January, is a semi-autobiographical game developed by Ryan and Amy Green that deals with their son Joel’s battle with cancer. Ryan and Amy worked with a small team from Numinous Games on the game that has a series of interactive vignettes showing Joel’s life before and during the heartbreaking ordeal. Unfortunately, Joel didn’t live to see the game finished.

Aside from the mobile version of That Dragon, Cancer, a PBS special called Thank You for Playing is airing on PBS in the US on October 24.

Source: The Verge

US regulators investigate replaced Samsung Galaxy Note7 that caught fire

Samsung isn’t out of trouble just yet. A report has surfaced that a replaced Samsung Galaxy Note7 has caught fire on a Southwest Airlines flight in the US. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating the incident. According to an emailed statement from the commission, there were no passengers hurt in the flight and they are currently talking to the FAA and Samsung to get facts about the incident. They’re also planning to talk to Brian Green, the owner of the phone.

According to The Verge, Green powered down his phone when requested during the airplane safety presentation. But moments after that, it started smoking heavily and he dropped it on the floor of the Boeing 737 plane. The plane, which was traveling from Louisville to Baltimore, was then quickly and safely evacuated and the flight cancelled. Of course, the main concern here is that a replacement unit (or at least it appears to be one) is displaying some issues. We hope more is brought to light regarding this matter.

‘Gears of War’ is getting a movie

One more video game is getting a movie adaptation. Gears of War 4 developer The Coalition announced during a livestream that Universal Pictures is working on a movie adaptation based on the series. According to Rod Fergusson, head of The Coalition, the plans are “the next logical step” to support the franchise. “We’ve done comics and novels in the past but the opportunity to work with Universal to bring the movie to life was perfect,” he told Variety.

It isn’t clear if Universal will follow a straight adaptation of the game but Fergusson has shared his thoughts on the matter. “I think you have to let the movies be the movies. They’re two different mediums, and two different audiences in some cases, and I think some video game movies in the past have failed because they tried to make a movie for gamers. If you have this great IP with a deep backstory and lots of lore that you can make interesting stories out of it’s great, but if you just go after the gaming audience then it isn’t going to be a successful movie.” Let’s hope whatever they work on would fare better than the video games turned movies in the past. If you want to get more of Gears of War though, Gears of War 4 will be out on Xbox One and Microsoft Windows on Oct. 11.

Review: Lenovo Moto Z

Text and photos By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

On its own, the Moto Z is an inspired flagship device. It’s made of top tier materials, offers the best of Moto’s bespoke software experiences, yet presents users with a pretty pure Android experience with very little in the way of unwanted bloatware (unless you’re getting it from a carrier).

It’s my impression that Motorola, one of the oldest makers of smartphones in the industry, has always seen a future beyond the smartphone. 

Their first Android device, the Droid (sold in Canada as the Motorola Milestone), was the first to have a slide-out keyboard which differentiated it from most candy bar Androids of the time.

The Moto Atrix smartphone, had the ability to be mated to a laptop accessory and even a desktop, it preceded Microsoft’s Continuum feature of extending a smartphone to become a notebook replacement.

With Moto Maker on the Moto X, the company championed customization and personalization, plus they introduced leather, wood, and other materials to the smartphone market. Kicking off a trend that companies like OnePlus, LG, Huawei and others picked up on, but never really pulled off elegantly. Now, with the Moto Z, we're seeing the next phase of evolution.

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