I’ve already used my quota for Gen Z slang for the year in the headline—as a 33-year-old man, I’ll keep things age-appropriate from here on out. And nothing has made me feel older than this programming language my colleague just put me onto that exclusively uses Gen Z slang and was dreamt up by Anthropic’s…
“Perfect for gaming obsessives, retro collectors, tech historians, and product design obsessives”. Bitmap Books has just announced that its latest project, Leaps + Bounds: a Visual Guide to Nine Console Generations, will be available to order next month. Running to 336 pages, the book is billed as “a journey through the history of home gaming,”…
It’s a great day to be a rubber duck collector in Arc Raiders. Ok, that’s very specific, but it’s a great day nonetheless. As part of the Headwinds update, Embark has overhauled the OG yellow rubber duck and has added heaps of new collectable rubber ducks, all with different skins. Part of the new map…
Should you wish to allow the (extremely dubious) astrological laws of the universe to decide the CPU scheduling within your home machine, I’ve found just the Github project for you. Also, you shouldn’t. I just wanted to get that in early. Nevertheless, scx_horoscope is a fully functional CPU scheduler that loads into the Linux kernel…
Nostalgia is a potent thing in the technology world right now. And I say that as someone with a brand new Commodore 64—a faithful replica of my very first computer—sat beside my desk. AMD is smart enough to understand this, to understand the way the cosy old days tug at the heart strings of PC…
It’s only been a day since Arc Raiders’ big Headwinds update launched, but unfortunately, it hasn’t had the release Embark would’ve hoped for, as a massive DDoS attack has affected server stability. “Both Arc Raiders and The Finals have been under extensive, coordinated DDoS attacks,” one of Embark’s community managers, Ossen, says in a post…
The game would have been inspired by Star Wars, Akira Kurosawa films, and Lone Wolf and Cub. Before working on Metal Slug: Super Vehicle-001 for SNK’s Neo Geo platform, the former Nazca & SNK artist Akio Oyabu envisioned making a “sci-fi comedy game” based on the Samurai Shodown series. If you’re a diehard fan of…
For a limited time only. If, by some chance, you are one of the six remaining people on Earth who haven’t played Stardew Valley and you have a Nintendo Switch Online membership, then boy, do we have good news for you. Nintendo has announced that ConcernedApe’s beloved farming sim is the next title to get…
2025 was a bumper year for Korean memory specialist SK Hynix. In fact, the latest financial results show it was the company’s best year ever. Do I even have to explain why? OK, it’s AI, of course. But first, the bald numbers. SK Hynix raked in 97 trillion KRW in revenues in 2025. That’s about…
The Combat Recon quest in Arc Raiders‘ new Headwinds update sees you exploring a familiar location: the Buried City. Despite how many trips you’ve undoubtedly taken here, it doesn’t make scoping out locations to find cover spots any easier. Similar to the With a View and Prime Specimen quests, you’ll also have to nab an…