Japanese book publisher ‘urgently’ reprints Dante’s Divine Comedy because a gacha game where you can summon him has the weebs thirsting for that 14th century epic verse

The Divine Comedy is one of the classics of world literature, and still taught in Italian schools to this day. This epic poem was finished in 1321, shortly before author Dante Alighieri’s death, and essentially follows his quest to right the world’s wrongs and put a lot of people he didn’t like in hell. Virgil…

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Feature: “I Would Have Slaughtered Goats To Make That Happen” – Ex-Monolith Staff On Mœbius & The Tron Sequel That Time Forgot

Tron 2.0 first released on PCs back in 2003. Many years before Disney decided to continue the Tron story on the big screen with Tron: Legacy in 2010, the Washington-based studio Monolith Productions collaborated with the House of Mouse on another direct sequel to the groundbreaking 1982 science fiction film, for PC (and later Xbox)….

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Guide: Best Nintendo Switch 2 Game Card Cases

One for the physical game collectors. If you’ve already picked up a protective case for your Switch 2 — and if not, you might want to check out our Best Nintendo Switch 2 Cases guide — the next thing to think about is how you’re storing your growing collection of physical games. Game card cases…

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US peripheral maker cites ‘global supply chain issues’ as the reason for releasing its new gaming mouse everywhere except the US

Glorious’ new entry-level lightweight gaming mouse is out. At least the Glorious Model O Eternal is out literally everywhere across the world except the US. And the reason? “Ongoing global supply chain issues,” apparently. Quite how a “global” supply chain issue prevents release in just one country isn’t clear. Perhaps the real reason would more…

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After 15 months and 3,800 hours of ‘worst case’ usage, one independent test finds OLED burn-in is now almost a non-issue

OLED is very nearly the perfect display technology. But two possible problems remain. The first, limited full-screen brightness looks like it’s been cracked by Samsung and LG’s next-gen panel tech. And now new evidence that burn-in isn’t necessarily much of a worry is here. YouTube channel, Monitors Unboxed, has been running a long term test…

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I couldn’t picture how Death Howl, a soulslike deckbuilder, could possibly marry the two genres—until I played its Steam Next Fest demo

Death Howl’s demo is part of Steam Next fest—which meant, after a glowing recommendation from PCG’s Robin Valentine earlier this year, I was obligated to give it a try. Partially because I get paid a salary for this sort of thing, but also because I heard the words “soulslike deckbuilder” and thought nah, surely not….

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