Tilghan – Active Wirehead http://www.activewirehead.com Cyberpunk Web Magazine: Tech - Video Games - Sport - Entertainment Fri, 01 Jul 2016 21:50:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.14 The Top 10 Games I Spent Time With This Year http://www.activewirehead.com/top-10-games-spent-time-year/ Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:12:46 +0000 http://www.activewirehead.com/?p=1242 Right from the start I want to go ahead and say not everyone is going to agree with this list.  I have made omissions in certain areas so as to leave out games that were re-released or remastered this year.  That ended up removing some really solid games from the list.  On top of that, […]

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]]> The Benefits of a Universal Currency http://www.activewirehead.com/the-benefits-of-a-universal-currency/ Thu, 18 Dec 2014 17:39:14 +0000 http://www.activewirehead.com/?p=1200 Imagine you’re a businessman on a trip around the world.  You begin your journey at LAX in Los Angeles with a cup of coffee while you wait to board your flight to Narita.  Upon arriving in Tokyo you hail a cab to a local restaurant, eat some lunch, and walk to your meeting.  You rest […]

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]]> Deus Ex: The Game That Fueled a Generation of Cyberpunks http://www.activewirehead.com/deus-ex-game-fueled-generation-cyberpunks/ Mon, 15 Dec 2014 18:25:35 +0000 http://www.activewirehead.com/?p=1136 It has long been my opinion that the original Deus Ex developed by Ion Storm (the good Ion Storm, not the ones who made Daikatana) and published by Eidos Interactive in 2000 is far and away the greatest video game ever devised.  It is difficult for me to put into words why the game is […]

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]]> Drone Technology and its Place in Transportation http://www.activewirehead.com/drone-technology-and-its-place-in-transportation/ http://www.activewirehead.com/drone-technology-and-its-place-in-transportation/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2014 16:36:07 +0000 http://www.activewirehead.com/?p=1177 There have been huge advancements in drone technology over the last few decades.  Drones have become smaller, faster, and much more agile, turning them from a science fiction dream into a real piece of equipment with several practical applications.  One of the more recent bi-products of the drone boom is the Quadrotor Helicopter and their […]

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]]> http://www.activewirehead.com/drone-technology-and-its-place-in-transportation/feed/ 1 Augmentation and AI: Food for Thought http://www.activewirehead.com/augmentation-ai-food-thought/ http://www.activewirehead.com/augmentation-ai-food-thought/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:40:05 +0000 http://www.activewirehead.com/?p=1118 It is said that history repeats itself.  However, this is not to say that humanity is in a time loop that restarts every twenty years.  It is more a statement that as we progress as a society, new situations come to light that can often run parallel to past scenarios of a similar nature. With […]

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]]> http://www.activewirehead.com/augmentation-ai-food-thought/feed/ 2 A Rift in Time: An Examination of the Oculus Rift in Development http://www.activewirehead.com/rift-time-examination-oculus-rift-development/ Mon, 08 Dec 2014 06:25:55 +0000 http://www.activewirehead.com/?p=1085 One cold morning in November of 2013, I woke up and thought to myself, “Man, I sure would like to dig into some virtual reality gear”.  A half hour later and $300 poorer I emerged from a what turned out to be a deep, dark hole with a new toy on the way. All it […]

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