Australian T3 - May 2018

You’re over-hammering the

processorbyplayinggames

with no reward other than

quieting voices in your head

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Awhileback,beforethe

lawyers sent him letters,

Guru used to do a bit every

issue where he said rude things

about Kickstarter projects. It is not

entirely clear whether any of those

wacky products came to fruition,

butitdoeshighlightKickstarter’s

key feature: it allows motivated

creators to throw whatever they like

atthewallandseewhatsticks.

There are Kickstarter projects

that are paid but never ship, and

someofthosethatdoarebesetby

infuriating delays or compromises.

Never pump money into Kickstarter

thinking you’re guaranteed to get

what you paid for, because normal

consumer protection rules simply

don’t apply. Caveat kickstartor.

What colour are

your lights?

he battery on

my mobile is

draining fast!

Howsafeis

Kickstarter?

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White. They are white.

Bluey-white when Guru is

concentrating on answering

odd questions like this one,

yellowy-white when GaGu is eating

oneofhisthreedailylunches,and

orangey-white when the Guru clan

aresettlingdownforthelatest

episode ofNeedlessly Grumpy

Detective Solves the Crimes.

Sure,GaGufiddledaboutwith

colourswhenhefirstgothisHue

kit.Theloungelookedlikethe

insideofa’50sjukebox.But

beyondonebulbinGuru’scinema

room which goes red for a bit of

pre-showing atmosphere, RGB

hasn’t stuck around. Maybe Hue’s

new atmospheric tie-ins will bring

the colour back into his life.

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Come on, you can’t keep

taking Guru up this road.

Really. You’re not stupid.

You know each one of the answers.

The battery is old. The screen’s too

bright.TheWi-Fi’sconstantly

seeking a network it can’t find.

You’re over-hammering the

processor by playing pointless

games with no reward other than

quietingthevoicesinyourhead,

which is possibly a valuable reward

onitsown,Gurumustadmit.Also,

maybe there’s something using

data in the background, that sort of

thing. Phone batteries are getting

bigger, but no giant change is

comingsoon,sogrababattery

case or pack and just keep juicing

’til you can’t no more.

STEVEN W,

BALLARAT

ABOVE

Well, it’ll drain

too quickly for

sure this way...

DAVE S,

ALBURY

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Aviciousblackcomedytelling

thestoryoficefigureskater

Tonya Harding that’s billed

as “totally true”. his tell-all

mixes(fake)voxpopswith

more conventional scenes.

HELLBLADE:

SENUA’S SACRIFICE

he BAFTA-winning and darkly

decadentHellbladehas just

been released on Xbox. Join a

quest to the underworld and

soak up the gruesome sights.

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hisPCadventureputsyouin

chargeofafuzzyfurballonhis

journeytofindacherry.Playful

andunapologeticallysurreal,it

feelslikeit’sbeenpluckedfrom

the head of Terry Gilliam.

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