The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists for their path-finding work in the field of quantum mechanics. It’s been a long time coming—three whole decades, in fact—but that’s seemingly how long it took to recognize that work was pivotal to the development of a whole lot of technology since the 1980s….
I’ll be honest, if you asked me to run down a list of good settings for a survival/crafting extraction shooter, ‘train’ would not feature highly. By their nature, trains are long, cramped, and narrow, and the only material you’re likely to come across is that one weird tissue that some former passenger has left wedged…
It’s Tuesday morning on the west coast, and Steam is down. The website Steamstat.us is reporting multiple errors on the gaming storefront. The APIs for multiple Valve games, including Counter-Strike 2 and Deadlock, are also registering as offline. While Steamstat.us reports that many players are still connected to Steam’s services, the store and community websites…
All is not well in Destiny 2. Last month I detailed my many issues with the Edge of Fate expansion’s new Portal—the disastrous replacement for the game’s seasonal update model. Since then, nothing about the recent Ash & Iron update has persuaded me to return. And it’s not just me: Bungie’s recent moves have done…
If you spent your childhood with a joystick in one hand and a crumpled dollar bill for the quarter machine in the other, you know the feeling. The arcade wasn’t just a place; it was a sensory overload in the best way possible. The hypnotic blare of chiptune music, the crazy flashing lights, the solid…
If you’ve lived in California, you drove. The uniqueness of your personal transportation said a lot about who you were, since you spent most of your day relegated behind the wheel, and that car was indeed an extension of you. The average person accumulates about 12,000 miles on their car per year. This was another…
Say, you want a revolution? Has it really been 25 years? Yes, my wizened friends, it has. Back in the year of our lord 2000 (or 1999 if you’re from Japan), if you weren’t still calming down from the trauma of Y2K (still can’t believe nothing happened) you may have been getting completely sucked into…
The latest Insider Preview build of Windows 11 includes a rather ominous update. Ominous, that is, for anyone who prefers to install Windows without being hooked up to the internet and signing up for a Microsoft account. According the to accompanying Microsoft blog post (via The Verge), Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.6772 dispenses with…
Vampire Survivors is aptly named—because of all the vampire stuff, sure, but more because it stubbornly refuses to die. With an announcement trailer released this morning, Vampire Survivors developer Poncle began a weeks-long teaser rollout to preview the additions of the upcoming 1.14 update, starting with the long-awaited online co-op mode. The teaser begins with…
The new Skate game has been a bit of a weird one—EA’s first free-to-play foray with the series, one that currently sits at a 66% ‘Mixed’ rating on Steam. No Steam Deck compatibility thanks to Easy Anti-Cheat and a subpar open world seem to be the biggest culprits, according to the 33,000 user reviews. ‘Fun…