Chris Till

The situation with PC (Mac / Linux) Gaming

In the past, I used to play PC games quite a lot. I played MMOs like World of Warcraft and Star Wars: The Old Republic a lot for example. I played StarCraft and other RTS games quite often too. But for the last 5-10 years, I’ve been almost exclusively a console gamer. As in pretty…
Would the world be better without Twitch.tv?

I’ve been thinking about this topic a lot recently; since I basically gave up on mainstream media of all kinds and dove into Twitch streaming for something more human to watch (even if it is owned by Amazon). Twitch is an interesting platform. It was definitely a pioneer in live-streaming as we know it today.…
It’s time to ban (or boycott) AI

I used to think AI had some legitimate benefits. Mostly in areas like healthcare. I still believe that it’s likely to be beneficial in that one specific instance. But I started getting the feeling recently that the capitalist class are using the very few actually useful scenarios for AI as a way to sell their…
We should be demanding DRM-free eBooks

Since Amazon recently removed our right as Kindle eBook owners (or licencees?) to download our books (and subsequently strip the DRM – Digital Rights Management) from them to enable use on other devices; I’ve seen YouTubers talking about switching to the Kobo store for example. As though Kobo is perfect. People talk about how they…

The situation with PC (Mac / Linux) Gaming