Critical Role Campaign 4 is off to a terrific start—even if it is a borderline magic trick to see DM Brennan Lee Mulligan handle thirteen players at once for its first four episodes (they’re not all at the table at once, mind, but it’s still a terrific feat). I’ve been equally impressed by the new…
Even after a couple of hours with Full Metal Schoolgirl, I’m not entirely sure what it wants to be: a shooter, a roguelite, a campy yet lewd robo-corpo hack-and-slash? It’s a little bit of everything, and doesn’t particularly excel in any aspect. Yet I’m weirdly endeared to its bizarre late 2000s jankiness. It reeks of…
The utterly baffling status of Intel’s Arc graphics technology just got a bit clearer. Oh, and a whole lot more confusing, too. In a nutshell, the Xe3 iGPU in the new Panther Lake chip definitely isn’t based on Celestial, Intel’s supposed next-gen graphics architecture. Instead it’s a tweak of Xe2, as seen in the Intel…
The new Painkiller is out now on Steam, and it brings me no pleasure to say that it’s really not very good—although it does at least maintain the 20-year streak of Painkiller follow-ups being pale, flaccid imitations of the original. Painkiller—intended as a reboot, I guess, hence coming to the table with the same unmodified…
Generative AI is no longer a novelty; it’s part of everyday writing. Yet teachers, editors, and even students themselves still need a reliable way to tell whether a piece of text was produced by a human mind or by a language model. In this guide, I’ll walk you through practical, up-to-date techniques I use when…
For the first time ever, the Gran Turismo World Series is heading to Los Angeles, and you are invited to join the celebration at the inaugural GT World Series Fan Fest, a full day event dedicated to the passion, culture, and community that define Gran Turismo. Play Video On November 8, the Orpheum Theatre in…
NEED TO KNOW What is it A breezy first person RPG in a future that’s part raygun, part deco.Release date October 29, 2025Expect to pay $70/£60Publisher XboxDeveloper ObsidianReviewed on RX 9070 XT, Core i5 12600K, 32 GB RAMMultiplayer NoSteam Deck UnsupportedLink Official site The Outer Worlds 2 was a slow burn for me, and it…
I sometimes wonder if Steam Next Fest has run its course, if—like so much of Steam—it’s become so overwhelmed by stuff that it’s impossible to pick through it all and find the real gems. Is it really possible for little-known games to make a big splash anymore? I had my doubts. And turns out I…
Quantum computing is one of the most intriguing, and complicated future technologies currently under development. The esoteric tech always seems on the cusp of making a major breakthrough, but like a beach ball in a swimming pool, it consistently remains just out of reach. It’ll power the supercomputers of the future, we’re consistently told—eventually, once…
Sakurai 2.0. Yes, you read that right, Masahiro Sakurai is back for another Nintendo Direct presentation all about Kirby Air Riders. The game’s second showcase gets underway today at 2pm BST / 3pm CET / 6am PT / 9am ET, and promises another 60 minutes of info about the upcoming Kirby racer — pfft, and…