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Pulsar to study how we all use our gaming mice to make them better, offering prizes to those who help them build the mouse of the future

How do you create a gaming mouse that sits comfortably in the palm of most gamers? With science, that’s how. As such, Pulsar Gaming is taking matters into its own hands with a research study—and nine survey participants will get a gaming mouse for their trouble. In collaboration with the High-Performance Human-Computer Interaction Lab at…

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Random: “Parents Thought It Looked Like A Wiggling Penis” – Remember When Animal Crossing Triggered A Lot Of “Angry Calls” To Nintendo?

“Our database even had a special page on dealing with the call”. The Animal Crossing series is known for its family-friendly nature, so it’s something of a surprise to learn that one of its most iconic features caused complaints back when the GameCube title hit store shelves in 2002. I’m talking, of course, about the…

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‘AI PCs will become more important’: AMD’s Lisa Su remains optimistic about the market despite runaway pricing caused by *checks notes* the AI industry

PC gamers (and PC users as a whole) find themselves in an increasingly expensive landscape, in part due to the AI data centre industry’s apparently bottomless appetite for memory. And yet, AMD CEO Lisa Su reckons “AI PCs will become more important” for the average consumer. Lisa Su told investors during AMD’s most recent earnings…

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Saudi-acquired EA is reportedly planning to make massive cuts after taking $18 billion of debt, and we all know what that means

Electronic Arts has officially now passed into the hands of Saudi Arabia—specifically, the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, as well as firms Silver Lake and Affinity Partners. It is with a grim lack of surprise that I now inform you that this will, reportedly, involve a lot of layoffs. The news comes courtesy of Bloomberg’s…

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