Acer Nitro V15 (2025) review

The budget gaming laptop sector is booming, as the CPU and GPU gains of the last few years are trickling down nicely and you can get a very fast frame rate at 1080p for a lot less than you’d pay for something like an Alienware 18 Area-51. You’re not getting quite the same level of…

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Acer Nitro V15 (2025) review

The budget gaming laptop sector is booming, as the CPU and GPU gains of the last few years are trickling down nicely and you can get a very fast frame rate at 1080p for a lot less than you’d pay for something like an Alienware 18 Area-51. You’re not getting quite the same level of…

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Bethesda’s former Elder Scrolls loremaster on why he left, Starfield’s ‘communication breakdowns’, and how he wanted The Elder Scrolls 6 ‘to be The Empire Strikes Back’

Kurt Kuhlmann, the longtime Elder Scrolls “loremaster”, hasn’t revealed why he left Bethesda in 2023 after more than 20 years—until now. His departure didn’t make headlines but it rumbled those who know the series best. Michael Kirkbride, who worked alongside Kuhlmann on Morrowind and Oblivion, wrote at the time that “Kurt was the best writer…

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Redditor claims that Monster Hunter Wilds runs better ‘the more DLC you own’, and it does—but not by much on my machine

Monster Hunter Wilds is somewhat infamous for its performance woes, leading its Steam user rating to drop to “Mixed” since release thanks to a host of reported technical issues. However, redditor de_Tylmarande recently posted a potential fix—a homebrewed mod that skips a DLC check, which is said to massively boost performance. They claim to have…

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Total War: Warhammer 40,000 surpasses Steam wishlist milestone, with over 1 million people ready to fight for their dessicated corpse of an Emperor

I’ve been utterly obsessed with Warhammer 40,000 lore videos recently. You may not think learning about the 19 extra organs Space Marines have would help lull me to sleep, but it does. I’m jumping on the Warhammer bandwagon at a great time, because the recently announced Total War: Warhammer 40,000 just hit an impressive milestone;…

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It’s 2026, CES is over, and there’s still no sign of Intel’s Arrow Lake refresh, but one hardware channel is adamant it’ll be here in the spring

After a rough few years, Intel has clearly been hoping for better times, and it’s fair to say that the official launch of Panther Lake at CES 2026 was a major step in the right direction. However, while all the attention was focused on the new mobile chips, the distinct lack of anything about an…

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QPAD Flux 65 Model 5 review

Ah, QPAD, my old friend. For those unaware of the brand, it isn’t just your average third-party attempt to replicate mainstream offerings for cheap. QPAD has been around for a long time, and back in the day it was somewhat of a leader in gaming peripheral tech. In the early 2000s, I recall its mice…

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