What’s the name for that phenomenon when you learn about something for the first time and then start seeing it everywhere? Ah, the frequency illusion! I was frequently illused while scanning through these July 1996, 2006 and 2016 issues of PC Gamer magazine, because they just keep talking about RAM. And given our current RAMpocalypse,…
Biomechanical Toy is a frantic, arcade-style 2D side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer built for retro gaming enthusiasts who crave intense, nostalgic challenges. It delivers a highly unique, imaginative dark-fairytale aesthetic centered on biomechanical toys that have come to life, offering expressive, frame-heavy pixel animations and explosive combat mechanics that stood side-by-side with the absolute best of mid-90s…
The living room PC is a certified thing now, and not just for those of us with extra long HDMI cables. The Steam Machine is “out” for the dozens of people who’ve picked up the $1,000 cube, but before that, folks were already making their own living room machines that run SteamOS. Anyone can make…
In what feels like an inevitable move to combat an avalanche of criticism over the new Diablo 4 season, Blizzard has dropped an emergency patch that alleviates all the frustrations at the cost of undoing the entire point of it. The Season of Death Awakening has the usual stuff you’d expect from a Diablo 4…
One of the biggest questions left in the aftermath of the Xbox layoffs earlier this month is the state of legendary Doom and Quake studio id Software. Some have claimed the cuts ran so deep that the studio’s ability to make new games and support its proprietary idTech engine are in question, while id Software…
Just four months after the release of Marathon, game director Joe Ziegler has announced that he’s leaving the game, and Bungie, effective today. His role will be filled by Del Chafe III, previously the assistant game director, who along with creative director Julia Nardin will “guide Marathon into the next chapter with an even better…
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Well what a silly goose I am. Only a few days ago I was hyping up some new Windows (Insider) updates for actually looking like they might be decent for a change, and now I’m tearing my hair out trying to fix whatever the latest update (KB5101650) seems to have done to my PC. And…
When I heard the that Team 4 would be stopping work on Overwatch’s Stadium, I didn’t feel very surprised. Then when I learned that only 6% of the playerbase actually engaged with the game mode, and I was even less so. But that doesn’t mean I’m not really sad to hear the news. I didn’t…
A post shared by Everyone Hates Elon (@everyonehateselon_) A photo posted by on Acerbic activism group Everyone Hates Elon (EHE) don’t just aim their ire at Mr. Musk. The group’s latest guerilla effort involves two bus stop ads lampooning Meta’s latest smart glasses offering, taking aim at the wearables’ capacity for covert surveillance. The first…