May 2026

A confession: I’ve never played the original PS2 version of Metal Gear Solid 3. Though I had (and loved) MGS1 on PlayStation, I became an Xbox—and then PC—boy thereafter, which meant I only got access to the series’ sequels when they got Bluepoint HD editions in 2011. Those same Bluepoint HD editions would become the…

Located on the outskirts of Tokyo, in a bare bones room you can find The Sorting Bureau where things arrive to be put in order by your diligent self. Much like A Little to the Left and other sorting sims that have come before it, The Sorting Bureau is a slow paced mindful experience which…

I reckon I’m supposed to at least attempt to base my mouse review verdicts on the most objective things—specs, performance, features, price—as well as some of the more objective of the subjective elements (click feel, build quality, and so on). Because those are the things that most of you reading will also agree about, regardless…

Is this the news we’ve all been waiting for? An end to the memory crisis? Possibly. No lesser an authority than the former president of Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor division says that memory prices could fall starting in the second half of next year thanks to a “surge” in manufacturing capacity in China. Speaking at the…

I spent a lot of time trying out a 600 Hz esports panel recently, and I thought that it was about as good as you could get on the refresh rate front, at least for 1080p. But now, LG has announced the world’s first 1,000 Hz FHD (1080p) gaming monitor. The new LG UltraGear 25G590B…

The PlayStation 3’s arcane architecture is why many never thought we’d actually see Metal Gear Solid 4 on PC, soon to finally be free of its last-last-gen prison. It’s fair to say that PlayStation 3 emulation has come along in leaps and bounds over the years, but the advancement of AI may end up pumping…