Improbable Insights

Meaning Once upon a time, you'd update a game maybe once or twice in its lifetime. In the new, always-connected world, games are seemingly patched weekly. It's annoying, but given the social nature of modern gaming, may be necessary? Or is it?  Getting into a game during our Friday night LAN parties can be a crapshoot. Sometimes we just fire up a game and play. More often, though, we either need to wait for a big update to install, or start playing only do discover some of us can't connect to the server because we're running different versions of the game. The only solution: exit and update. David Bryant and I talk about the endless patching cycle of modern games, and how this state of affairs came to be. Tools I've got my D500, and the learning curve has begun. On the other hand, it's also so familiar, even though it's been years since I shot with a D300. I also picked up an Aputure LED lighting kit, as I think about shooting more video. The Aputure kit is definitely low-budget, but should be a good sta