When you're buying your lunch today, you might want to take a moment and spend a little more. Gizmodo's Lunch Time Deals posts point out any particularly good bargains for Aussie bargain hunters around the 'net. Today EB Games are having a "Mad Monday" sale, and it is actually not terrible. There's a Steam controller going for $63, a Steam link for $36, a decent PS4 Pro bundle for $599 and a three-games-plus-Xbox One S bundle for $349. The Steam controller, with its dual touchpads and internal gyroscopes, is even able to be used outside of regular gaming. At $63, it's not a bad investment. The Steam Link is going for $36, and if you pick one up you'll be able to mirror games from your desk-bound gaming PC onto a big-screen TV in another room over Wi-Fi or a wired connection. There's also a 1TB PS4 Pro bundle with Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Edition, Dishonored 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special edition and Fallout 4 going for $599. What makes it Pro? Basically the new system from Sony features higher powered guts than the original PS4, and game designers can take advantage of those guts just as they would on a PC with a high-end video card.
You can check out our review here. Lastly is the 500GB Xbox One S bundle, with FIFA 17 with Rare Player Pack game download, Battlefield 1 game download The LEGO Movie 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and a choice of Forza Motorsport 6, Rare Replay, Gears of War Collection or Tomb Raider as a full game download for $349. When we reviewed the console, it was pointed out that it is so future-proof most current TVs won't be able to take advantage of its best features yet. You can read more about it here. So there you go. There's probably a few more deals on the site as well to catch your eye, but in the lead-up to Christmas, these aren't too bad.GTA 5 is out now on PC and is already proving popular if Steam figures are anything to go by.Outside of a slick new video editor and the potential for all kinds of mods, one of the PC version's main selling points is 4K resolution at 60 frames-per-second.GTA 5 is out now on PC: What are people doing with the video editor?While Rockstar hasn't made it clear exactly what you'll need for 4K, a number of websites and publications have investigated the kind of hardware required and the money you'll need to spend.
Ars Technica put lots of different graphics cards through their paces, and said that if you want 4K resolution at 60 frames-per-second, a dual-GPU is most definitely required."With the game running at 'ultra' or 'very high' in its standard graphics settings, and with only FXAA enabled, a dual-GTX 980 setup (that's nearly $1200 in hardware) managed a respectable 56fps average, falling just short of the magical 60fps mark," the report reads."Switching to a single 4GB GTX 980 drops the performance almost in half, with a 30fps average. AMD's now-aging R9 290X fell short of the 980, averaging 28fps, but dropping to 19fps in an average of the lowest 1% of results."The website says that if you want 4K resolution with a single GPU, then Nvidia's Titan X is one of the better graphics cards to use, although it averages 40 frames-per-second, but never drops below 30 frames-per-second."Whether you'd regard that as playable depends on your own personal preference, but remember that the game only ever ran at that frame rate on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3," the report adds.
Eurogamer, meanwhile, discusses what it would take to run the game at 1080p and 60 frames-per-second."The results on even budget set-ups still outstrip those on PS4 and Xbox One," the report reads."The GTX 750 Ti paired with the i3-3410 is a real success, for example - a combo that forms part of a circa-£300 PC, where 1080p60 at high settings is very doable."The site points out that if users already have a quad-core i7 machine, then the AMD R9 290 offers the "best performance per pound"."At £100 less than Nvidia's GTX 780 Ti, it makes sense to go with AMD in this bracket given the relatively small difference in frame-rate," the report continues."It must be stressed that the AMD path is only viable if other, top-end components are in place, in particular a strong CPU."But whichever way you turn, the two-pronged attack of 60fps gameplay and superior draw distances on PC makes the 18-month wait worth it."Trending>>MWC 2017: what we're most excited to see >>Mass Effect: Andromeda hands-on review
>>Horizon: Zero Dawn review Lego Dimensions hands-on review Our community, 705 want it Our community, 477 want it Our community, 979 want it Our community, 490 want it Our community, 625 want it Our community, 2651 want it Our community, 1378 want it Our community, 783 want it Our community550 want this set Our community, 413 want it Our community, 369 want it Our community, 319 want it Our community, 279 want it Our community, 321 want it Our community, 42 want itWelcome to the Children’s Creativity Museum’s Summer Camp page! Learn about our robust lineup of summer camp programming that serve children from ages 3-12. Give your child the opportunity to explore their creativity through art, playwriting, engineering electronics, musical theatre, dinosaurs, super heroes, and more! Register now, space is limited!June 5-16, 2017 | 9:00am to 4:00pm | This fast-paced musical theatre camp takes campers through daily fun and engaging rehearsals as we prepare for a fully produced show.
Working with a director, choreopgrapher, and music director, campers learn vocal technique, basic dance vocabulary, and storytelling. Staff place an emphasis on building a strong ensemble who support each other on and off stage and use the craft of theatre to help campers build life skills such as creative thinking and problem solving, empathy, and self-confidence. In addition to rehearsals, campers play theatre games, and have outdoor breaks for snack and lunch. Tuition: $695/ two weeks June 12-16, 2017 | Nurture your child’s creativity this summer through songs, stories, games, and sensory-based art. Art Lab will build children’s creative confidence, encourage exploration of new sensory experiences as a group, and help children learn through artistic play. HALF DAY (9:00am to 1:00pm): $250 (members), $265 (non-members)/ week FULL DAY (9:00am to 3:00pm): $350 (members), $365 (non-members)/ week June 19-23, 2017 | 9:00am to 12:00pm | Save the world with LEGO® Super Heroes!
Build the hideouts and vehicles of your favorite caped crusaders and learn what makes them not only Super Heroes, but Super Hero Engineers! An experienced Play-Well instructor guides young heroes as they design, build, and save a city where ingenuity and imagination can solve any conflict. LEGO® Super Heroes need your help to defeat the destructive forces of evil arch-villians as they threaten LEGOpolis! Explore the tools and techniques of your favorite caped crusaders and learn what makes them not only Super Heroes, but super engineers. An engineering curriculum designed by Play-Well challenges heroes to design, build, and save a city where ingenuity and imagination can solve any conflict. *Aftercare available from 4pm-5pm, $100/ week9:00am to 3:00pm | Entering K – 1st Grade | Play games, sing songs, create characters, tell stories! In this one-week camp, we will explore theatre through fun activities that will help teach the basics of drama while engaging the imagination.
The camp will finish with a final sharing on the last day of camp where all campers get to show off their new skills. Kid’s will embrace their inner maker with an assortment of tools to construct things and tinker with the materials of clay, sound, paper, code, and cardboard to engineer and create amazing pieces of work. Learn basic electronics such as lighting up LEDs, making musical switches on the MaKey MaKey with conductive materials, and code Dash and Dot through a series of challenges! Build sculptures that move with clay, paper, and cardboard, and even add electronics to enhance them. $475 (members), $500 (non-members)/ week June 26-30, 2017 | Entering 3rd – 5th Grade | Introducing the newest addition to our summer theatre camp experience focusing on improvisation and storytelling. We will dive into the collaborative world of creating an original piece of theatre from the ground up! Through basic improv skills, theatre games, story building workshops and artistic collaboration, our actors will construct their very own unique theatre experience.
The week will culminate in a final sharing for friends and family. Emphasis will be placed on building a strong ensemble and exploring artistic creativity. Explore the world of Playwriting! Theater games will inspire campers to come up with their own fun characters. Writing exercises will provide campers with the basics of story structure. We will introduce the concepts of character objectives, obstacles, metaphor, and conflict resolution. Each camper will develop her/his ideas into their own two-character, ten-minute play. The week will culminate in readings of all the plays by special guest actors on the Creativity Theater stage. $375 (members), $400 (non-members)/ week Girls S.T.E.A.M. camp is designed to offer exciting hands-on learning projects that will empower girls to creatively express themselves and develop skills in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Design, and Mathematics (S.T.E.A.M.) fields. Each day, campers will engage in challenges that introduce girls to solving problems by building moving inventions, learning to code and program robots, conducting experiments in a science lab, creating interactive art work with electronics, and more!
Girls will present their projects and process at the end of camp, providing a rich experience in leadership.July 17-28, 2017 | 9:00am to 4:00pm | This fast-paced musical theatre camp takes campers through daily fun and engaging rehearsals as we prepare for a fully produced show. Bring Minecraft to life using LEGO! Resourcefulness, creativity, and cooperation come together in this unique building adventure game; roll the dice to mine for resources, and use these resources to build special items to help in our adventures! Build a Zoo, create a Medieval Castle, and design a Tree House Village! This LEGO experience is an original game designed by Play-Well instructors inspired by the popular game, Minecraft. Students will have a blast, even without any prior experience with Minecraft or LEGO!roll the dice to mine for resources, craft tools, and watch out for the Creepers! This ultimate LEGO Minecraft experience is an original game designed by Play-Well instructors, using gameplay elements and characters inspired by the popular game Minecraft video game.