Advanced chip manufacturing is a very costly but also very lucrative business, and for TSMC, business has been extremely good. However, that’s not been the case for Samsung, the world’s second-largest chip maker after TSMC, as it has been struggling to bring in new customers. There is some good news on that front, though, as…
Valve co-founder and yacht-loving billionaire Gabe Newell has given a new interview to the YouTuber Zalkar Saliev (TikTok, IG). . It’s a wide-ranging chat that covers everything from Newell’s earliest jobs to his current daily routine (“get up, work, go scuba diving“) and at one point Newell, by any metric one of the most phenomenally…
When it comes to winning races and completing careers, knowing the best Umamusume: Pretty Derby builds for each horse girl is vital to victory. If you’re all willy-nilly with your training or dumping everything into a single stat, you’re more than likely going to struggle to see the finish line. When it comes to Umamusume,…
The Evolution Championship Series (Evo) returns to Las Vegas from August 1-3, hosting players from more than 60 countries around the globe for a weekend of high-stakes competition. Tens of thousands of the most passionate members of the fighting game community will reunite at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the second year in a…
We don’t want any adventures here, thank you. A Lord of the Rings cosy game? Made by Weta Workshop, who made the sets, costumes, and props for the beloved Peter Jackson movie trilogy? Say no more, right? Unfortunately, Tales of the Shire is not the perfect mashup of hobbits and hygge we’ve all been waiting…
NEED TO KNOW What is it? A cozy life sim set in a the small Hobbit town of BywaterExpect to pay: $34.99/£29.99Developer: Wētā WorkshopPublisher: Private DivisionReviewed on: Intel i7 9700K, RTX 4070 Ti, 16GB RAMMultiplayer? NoLink: Official site Bilbo Baggins’ trip to Lonely Mountain (and back again) in The Hobbit was roughly 2,000 miles. In…
When it comes to design, the mark of any good company is its ability to take criticism well. It’s such a critical element that’s often overlooked when we evaluate overall brands, but being able to take critique from a flawed product and then feed that back to the design team is incredibly advantageous on so…
You don’t reach the top of Hollywood without stepping on heads. It’s a rough game out in La-La Land, and only the most ruthless and bloodthirsty can survive long enough to get their star on the Walk of Fame. Like Bob Odenkirk, for instance, who gave us a taste of the killer instinct under that…
In case you missed the news, let me get you up to speed—payment processors like Visa and Mastercard have, likely at the behest of anti-porn group Collective Shout, pressured both Steam and Itch.io to either delist or limit ‘adult’ games. These blanket bans not only sweep erotic and NSFW works into their net, but have…
Sometimes in the world of PCs, a new product gets launched that’s so niche, rare, or unusual that mere mortals never get a chance to see what the fuss is all about. One such example is from Japanese firm Clock Work Tea Party, which deems that what all PC gamers really want are scented thermal…