December 2024

Yep, it’s true. Zuckerberg might call him “Taylor Swift, but for tech,” but back in 1978 someone was calling now-Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang “perhaps the most promising junior ever to play table tennis in the Northwest” in a letter to Sports Illustrated. Lou Bochenski wrote in to the mag (archived here), explaining: “In mentioning promising…

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a top-to-bottom triumph, but Larian’s moving onto other things. Which, personally-speaking, I’m fine with—but it does present a bit of a tricky moment for Hasbro, which suddenly has a world-famous franchise on its hands. What the heck do you do without Larian, and with your cadre of famous characters? Well, turn…

Well, that was quick! Bioware’s long-awaited (and moderately successful) return to the Dragon Age universe has been out for a little over a month, and already EA is treating us to a steep discount on the game. Dragon Age: The Veilguard is now available to buy on Steam for $39 (£32), marking a hefty 35%…

Steam has begun testing new settings for game updates in the Steam Client Beta, which anyone can opt into, meaning they’ll soon be added to Steam for everyone. The improvements essentially give you more granular control over when and what Steam downloads in terms of updates, and it seems to be a response to the…

As someone who was once upon a time enthralled with TV poker in its heyday, it saddens me to see some of the ruin technology’s wrought upon the game. Despite joining the online crowd some years ago (and considering myself the best UK-based, 5-foot-11, under-bankrolled, hazel-eyed, bearded, break-even micro-stakes player to ever grace the virtual…