Matthew Murray

Director of Labs, CNET Group, Ziff Davis

[Matthew Murray @MMurrayTech]

I am thrilled to announce that, starting today, I am now working as the Director of Labs, CNET Group, for Ziff Davis. I have been away from Ziff Davis for a long time, and I am very happy to be back, supporting the great work of its fine technology publications.

[Matthew Murray @MMurrayTech]

So, yes, Civilization VII is better now, but I’m still not convinced that it’s good, or that it will turn around the games fortunes. I will keep playing at least for now, though. We’ll see whether this stands the test of… replayability.

[Matthew Murray @MMurrayTech]

I’ve been busy today, so I’m just now catching up to the Civilization VII Test of Time update. Huge UI improvements right out of the gate. The opening menus make sense now and things work the way it seems they should. Advisors have been hugely improved, and options are clearer.

[Matthew Murray @MMurrayTech]

All that said: (A) This is still Civilization VII, so a lot of stupid, unforced errors remain, and (B) it does not speak well of Firaxis that it’s taken them 15 months to put basic Band-Aids on all the things that were wrong. They should never have made their original mistakes.

[Matthew Murray @MMurrayTech]

I am looking to hire a mechanical engineer for a short-term project in Louisville, Kentucky. If you are available, please contact me!

[Matthew Murray @MMurrayTech]

@Romudeth I didn’t know/realize until the last couple of years that that was Tim Russ!

[Matthew Murray @MMurrayTech]

* Located in or near Louisville, Kentucky?
* Have experience with audio signal processing, prototyping new product design, or data validation?
* Looking for freelance work?

If so, send your resume to [email protected]. We have some excellent opportunities coming up soon!

[Matthew Murray @MMurrayTech]

* Located in or near Louisville, Kentucky?
* Have experience with audio signal processing, prototyping new product design, or data validation?
* Looking for freelance work?

If so, send your resume to [email protected]. We have some excellent opportunities coming up soon!

[It's FOSS @Itsfoss]

Comment 🐧

[Matthew Murray @MMurrayTech]

@FedEx @FedExHelp You have not delivered a package to me, and I have received nothing but broken promises and the runaround from your phone representatives. Can you please help me get the package I should have received two weeks ago?

[Matthew Murray @MMurrayTech]

This is incredibly exciting.

[Tom Warren @tomwarren]

Microsoft is making the original Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III games open-source today. Microsoft, Xbox, and Activision have teamed up to preserve the clever Z-Machine engine that powered the Zork games and allow others to learn from it https://t.co/7o78aacGwQ

[Matthew Murray @MMurrayTech]

My theatre and tech interests rarely overlap, but today, I got to suggest a practically perfect headline for a story about a Samsung product:

“No DeX, Please—We’re Skittish”

(Yes, I know it’s hugely impractical—I just loved having the opportunity to say it!)

[Matthew Murray @MMurrayTech]

@jamille5150 @Tee4PF @FearedBuck They aren't removing Cartman--they probably just won't have him do the Charlie Kirk thing again.

[Astronomer @astronomerio]

Thank you for your interest in Astronomer.

[Matthew Murray @MMurrayTech]

A typical day in the office...

[Matthew Murray @MMurrayTech]

I love that I no longer have to take my shoes off when going through airport security. Now they need to end the "take all your laptops out of your suitcase" restriction.

[Matthew Murray @MMurrayTech]

Yeah, well, today sucks. I don't know how else to say it.

[Matthew Murray @MMurrayTech]

Color me just a little tiny bit skeptical that every single person this site asks for opinions always agrees with everyone else on every topic.

[Aubrey Strobel @aubreystrobel]

Microsoft will literally invent a new form of matter instead of fixing Teams