Good news for Intel Core Ultra 200S gamers: some major gaming PC builders say the new Boost profile won’t void your warranty

Yesterday Intel announced a free performance boost for its 200S processors in the form of a Boost Overclocking Profile that you can enable in the BIOS. But while boxed processors permit enabling this without breaking warranty, Intel pointed out that warranties for PC purchases through system builders and OEMs are “provided exclusively” by those companies,…

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OG Oblivion designer thought the remaster was just ‘a texture update’ until he laid eyes on it, and now he thinks we need a new word to describe it

The remaster of Oblivion is here and I’m running out of ways to start news articles with variations of ‘the remaster of Oblivion is here.’ So here’s a Young Scrolls music video made out of male Bosmer voice clips and the Adoring Fan’s model. Anyway, it’s not just rabble like you and me that are…

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AI Overview is still ‘yes, and’-ing completely made up idioms despite Google’s best efforts to restrict it

Anyone studying a second language will tell you that learning idioms is often a stumbling block. I mean, just take my mother tongue, British English—’raining cats and dogs’, ‘on it like a car bonnet ‘, ‘Bob’s your uncle, Deborah’s your aunt’—I mean, what bizarre fairytale creature would even talk like this? Because idioms spring up…

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Best races and origins in Oblivion Remastered

Mere minutes into Oblivion Remastered, you’re tasked with making your hero in the character creator. It’s a tall order, only made more complicated by each race having unique bonuses and drawbacks. Picking the best race for your playstyle goes a long way in making a powerful build. Once you’ve picked your race and made your…

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Hori’s New Switch 2 Camera Is Built For Handheld Play

Just look at that little guy! Both Nintendo’s official Switch 2 camera and Hori’s Piranha Plant offering have their perks (the former has much better resolution, the latter… looks like a Piranha Plant), but neither is going to be all that useful for handheld play — being pretty bulky models, and all. Fortunately, it looks…

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