For something intended to mimic good old pencil and paper, drawing tablets and the tech behind them are surprisingly complicated. If you fancy a crash course in how they work and want to build your own from scratch, I have the open-source project for you. Project Patchouli from designer Yukidama is a project to “build…
“Cucciolo somehow managed to do something important”. Opened in 1996, SegaWorld London was a massive indoor theme park located within the UK capital’s Trocadero venue, and was packed to the rafters with Sega arcade machines and other rides. Despite the amazing array of games on offer, SegaWorld London was not a commercial success and would…
Intel went on record at CES about a planned version of its new Panther Lake chip specifically configured for handheld gaming PCs but didn’t provide any details. Now Videocardz claims the chip will be branded “Intel Core G3 Extreme” and have the same iGPU as Panther Lake in laptops. That means the Core G3 will…
Intel went on record at CES about a planned version of its new Panther Lake chip specifically configured for handheld gaming PCs but didn’t provide any details. Now Videocardz claims the chip will be branded “Intel Core G3 Extreme” and have the same iGPU as Panther Lake in laptops. That means the Core G3 will…
Who you gonna call? Codemasters’ LMA Manager series was a short-lived rival to the likes of Championship Manager and Football Manager, and used a unique system for unlocking codes which allowed players to tinker with the gameplay. A hotline was established in the UK that charged £1 per minute and provided special codes that could…
Seeing all things AI at a tech tradeshow is hardly unusual these days. However, there was something about the tenor of CES 2026’s tidal wave of AI announcements that really got under my skin—namely, many of the exhibitors seem to have forgotten the ‘consumer’ part of this electronics tradeshow. CES 2026 (Image credit: Future) Catch…
Super Robot Wars 64 originally released for the Nintendo 64 in 1999. We have some great news for fans of giant anime and giant robots. It has been announced that a fan translation of Super Robot Wars 64 for the Nintendo 64 is currently in development, meaning that fans of the series will one day…
“Shut up!”. Capcom has released a new teaser trailer for Alex, the latest addition in the Year 3 Character/Ultimate Pass for Street Fighter 6. There’s no raw gameplay here, but if you ever wanted to see Final Fight‘s Andore (Hugo) get beaten to a pulp, this trailer has you covered. Alex fully turns heel for…
Will be used in the upcoming shmup, Metal Canary. When considering its status as Sega’s final home console, the Dreamcast’s recent resurgence is perhaps surprising. We’ve seen new hardware, such as next-gen VMUs and controllers, as well as a raft of homebrew releases and amazing ports, all of which help keep Sega’s 128-bit system alive…
Linux is a beautiful thing. From a completely open-source base, we have probably ten quintillion different distros that treat us like adults, capable of actually owning, controlling, and tinkering with our software. Including, of course, recent boons for gaming such as SteamOS, Bazzite, and Nobara. But that very same free and open foundation might also…