2025

Well, that was quick. A little over a week since I last brought you the joyous news that Halls of Torment—2024’s true game of the year—would be getting a meaty new DLC and free update at some point before the end of the year, the devs have gone and announced exactly when in a post…

As long as I’ve known it the internet has always been a rapidly changing phenomenon. From humble beginnings it has grown into a world-connecting platform by evolving to meet the needs of the public, often before they even know they have them. As websites like Google grew into infamy, they became integral in forging the…

This weekend saw disruptions to Microsoft’s Azure Cloud services after cables in the Red Sea responsible for internet connectivity were found to be damaged. The company released a status warning explaining that while it has managed to redirect traffic any traffic going through the Middle East will experience delays in service until the cut cables…

Having the most powerful and fastest hardware is often the goal of many PC builders, so we are often left comparing things on pure benchmarking and performance. So when AMD swapped from using SK Hynix to Samsung GDDR6 memory in its new Radeon RX 9060 XT GPUs, gamers were quick to jump to performance comparisons…

If it’s been a minute since you drove your trusty patchwork station wagon through Pacific Drive’s exclusion zone, here’s a great reason to gas up for another run. The driving survival game is getting its first major expansion, called Whispers in the Woods, and as you can see in the trailer above, it’s spooky as…

Tackling the Great Taste of Pharloom quest in Hollow Knight: Silksong is likely one of the most involved quests you’ll pursue in the game. Feeding Loyal Mergwin’s master in the Choral Chambers’ dining hall requires you to collect five unique items from throughout the kingdom, which, in turn, means you’ll have to explore extensively and…

Sometimes, you want a device simply because of how freaking cool it looks, and today is one of those times. The Pocket Scion seems to have fallen from the pages of a sci-fi novel, except its functionality is arguably even cooler. This cryptically-designed device responds to small changes in bioelectricity generated by natural organisms, like…

I’ve not touched my Steam Deck in months. Were it not for my other half commandeering it as a dedicated visual novel machine and chewing through Higurashi’s hundreds of thousands of words, the Valve handheld would have been getting dusty. It’s not that I’m averse to gaming handhelds—I won’t tell you how many hours I’ve…