Day 97 (or something like that), the saga of the imploding AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs continues. Yesterday, we reported on a tally of well over 100 reports of dead Ryzen 7 9800 X3Ds on Reddit, most of them in ASRock motherboards. Now we have an official statement in response from AMD, essentially mirroring ASRock’s…
Once upon a time, back when videogames were properly visionary, we had a command called /pizza. You could just whack that command into the text chat on EverQuest 2 and, bammo, Pizza Hut would deliver a pie right to your door (after you’d entered your details). It was the closest humanity has ever come to…
You’ll need to find the Sunless Cell fragments in Destiny 2 if you want to complete the Dyadic Perfection quest and earn the final intrinsic upgrade for the Barrow-Dyad SMG. The Sunless Cell strike arrived alongside act three, so first you’ll have to progress the seasonal story all the way to act three to unlock…
Walter Day Books Are NOW IN (and the movie is in theaters) If you are going to be at the Midwest Gaming Classic this weekend, save Saturday at 7 p.m. for the showing of the new Walter Day Movie and make sure to stop by the meet-and-greet at the Old School Gamer Booth. We will have…
It’s time! It’s finally here! After what’s felt like an age, the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct is upon us. We don’t know about you, but even with the avalanche of information that’s about to drop (and the hand cramps that will no doubt follow in the coming hours from all the typing), it feels like…
Available to order now. Tokihiro Naito, creator of the seminal Hydlide series, has produced a new game for the MSX2 computer system. XeGrader is a “fantasy shooting game,” which Naito says “might be easiest to describe as a puzzle-solving adventure shooter.” Unlike traditional shmups, power-up items aren’t present; instead, upgrades are earned by solving puzzles….
“You fight fire with fire”. Of all the gaming brands, it’s fair to say that Tetris and Super Mario can both stand proud as two of the most instantly recognisable. They’re practically synonymous with the medium, and it’s clear that Henk Rogers, the entrepreneur who secured the rights to Tetris, knew the value of Alexey…
“I was just zoning out, thinking about random game ideas”. When people in the past talk about the inspirations behind Capcom’s arcade fighting series Street Fighter, they typically default to discussing the role of Irem’s Spartan X (better known as Kung Fu Master in North America) — and for pretty good reasons too. Both games…
Disco Elysium is a real special game at PC Gamer—we gave the original 2019 release a score of 92, calling it “an irresponsibly deep detective RPG that lets you be any kind of detective you want.” Then developer ZA/UM stepped it up a notch in 2021 with Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, adding full voice…
Dungeons & Dragons might be, if trends continue, one of the most mishandled success stories I’ve ever seen. And, if my powers of prophecy are correct, we’re starting to approach the low bend of a 10+ year arc where Hasbro, the parent company of D&D creators Wizards of the Coast (WoTC), has continually fumbled the…