Users have shown Gigabyte cards are leaking some of the thermal gel used to keep their memory/VRM cool when placed on their side. Igor’s Lab, an expert on all things thermal paste, has gone hands-on to try to explain it, not just to understand why this is happening but also why manufacturers may choose a…
When The Super Mario Bros. Movie came out in 2023, it was an instant hit, much to the pleasure of both fans and Nintendo. A Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel was expected, but apart from confirming its existence, Nintendo and animation studio Illumination have been notably silent. Now, it seems, we have a potential title…
With a focus on quality over quantity. Square Enix has released its financial results for FY2025, detailing a rather middling performance for the company with a distinct lack of major releases. The good news is that its HD Digital Entertainment sub-segment (i.e. the big games we’re all interested in) turned a profit, but only because…
But he’s a big fan of Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga. Without Tomohiro Nishikado, there would be no ‘shmup’. When he created the legendary Space Invaders in 1978, he effectively birthed an entire genre, and every 2D shooter created since owes a debt to that single-screen smash-hit. However, in an interview with Time Extension, Nishikado reveals…
“Younger people who want to make games should play really old games”. One of the formative figures of video games is Tomohiro Nishikado. Known for creating the arcade game smash hit Space Invaders, I caught up with him about his long and storied career. “I was born in Osaka, in a place called Kishiwada, and…
The internet is famous for two things, weird stuff, and bringing people together. It’s especially good when it hits both those pillars at once. with a positive result There’s just such a wonderful sense of community in watching a million people collectively consult the helix fossil, or if you want to go really old school,…
Decide how you want your Switch to look. It might be incredibly late in the Switch’s life to be doing this, but Nintendo will allow fans who visit its new store in San Francisco to fully customise the colour of their brand-new Switch OLED. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
In a sentence that reads like something out of a very derivative sci-fi novella, peers in the House of Lords have pushed back against the United Kingdom government’s bill around training AIs. Yes, this is exactly the kind of future I imagined living in. Not the cool one with flying electric vehicles. As the Guardian…
In a sentence that reads like something out of a very derivative sci-fi novella, peers in the House of Lords have pushed back against the United Kingdom government’s bill around training AIs. Yes, this is exactly the kind of future I imagined living in. Not the cool one with flying electric vehicles. As the Guardian…
“Bring a piece of Nintendo San Francisco home with you”. Nintendo is opening its new San Francisco store in the US this week on 15th May and if you do plan on taking the trip there, you’ll able to pick up one of five minature “sculpture replicas” based on the same statues in Nintendo’s stores….