Here is a story about how I learned to code at age 13. How most of us learned. I was 13 in 1980. Back then, at home, our family had an Apple II Plus, but not a lot of software – especially we had very few games to play. But pretty much every computer had…
I love a new-old game as much as anyone, but it’s hard to pretend that today’s retro throwbacks aren’t drawing inspiration from a small, predictable selection of extremely popular games: Zelda. Chrono Trigger. Final Fantasy. Castlevania. Metroid. Mega Man. These are perfectly understandable picks for a game of any size to be inspired by—there are…
Nestled away amongst a pile of recently updated pages on Microsoft’s Learn site, which contains product documentation and technical resources, was a curiously titled article: “Excel incorrectly assumes that the year 1900 is a leap year.” I thought that can’t be right, surely everything would have fallen over long ago, but it turns out that…
It’s safe to say that Grand Theft Auto 6 is the single most anticipated videogame in history. But while it’s hard to imagine GTA 6 achieving anything other than a monolithic sales success, HipHopGamer said in an interview with PC Gamer that he expects it’s going to be making people outside of Rockstar and Take-Two…
It sure feels like a girl can’t reach into her closet for the old wizard school robe and hat without finding several skeletons hiding in there too. I really thought I’d never find a fun wizarding school game to play that doesn’t come with a boot full of baggage. Silly of me to have not…
Fighting games are hard. And I don’t just mean they’re hard videogames to master, with complex input strings and character match-ups to memorize. They’re seemingly hard games to sell and convince new players to devote hours of their lives to—just look at recent League of Legends fighter 2XKO, which saw 80 developers laid off shortly…
About 30 seconds into the trailer for Overwatch’s new hero Sierra, she shoots a little pink dart into her target. It has no obvious effect on Emre, one of the recently introduced characters, as he slips behind cover to avoid her rifle shots. It almost looks like Sierra never learned how to aim until the…
Say what you will about Crimson Desert protagonist Kliff, he is—by all accounts—present. Unfortunately, he isn’t much else. Guy’s got less personality than a tax office cubicle. Our man Kliff’s so much of a blank slate that it’s hard not to wonder whether Pearl Abyss might have been better off giving players the ability to…
Category: Xbox Insider April 8, 2026 Available for Xbox Insiders: New Improvements to Achievements Alex ChartersSenior Product Manager Starting today, select Xbox Insiders can begin testing improvements to Achievements that make it easier to celebrate your accomplishments and curate how they appear on your profile. These features will roll out to more Insiders over time, with…
Bang for your buck. Since launch back in June 2025, Switch 2 has steadily accrued a solid library of games that take advantage of the system’s improved specs and features. While many titles are also available on Switch 1, perks like better frame rates, sharper visuals, and easy chat and screen-sharing, not to mention game-sharing,…