The Fridge

Birds Watching turned my comforting hobby into a fight for survival at the end of the world, against a monster that will haunt me for the rest of my life

I didn’t think there was any way birdwatching could become fear-inducing, but Birds Watching proved me very wrong. Instead of the relaxing walking simulator you’d expect from a game primarily about watching the birds, it keeps you nervous: looking over your shoulder at all times in case some towering monster is lurking behind you. I…

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Gamers are buying fewer graphics cards according to a new research report, although Nvidia looks to be sitting pretty with roughly 94% of the market share to AMD’s 5%

According to new Jon Peddie research, people are buying fewer graphics cards, and they’re still mostly Nvidia ones. For the final quarter of 2025, overall AIB (graphics card add-in board) shipments “decreased by 4.4% compared to the prior quarter.” And within that market, “AMD’s overall AIB market share decreased by -1.6% from last quarter; Intel’s…

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Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Roger Sharpe

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Roger Sharpe, who is displayed on card number 204, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection.  Roger is also featured on trading cards 841 and 1709.  Roger’s impact on the pinball industry dates all the way back to the 1970’s and is still going strong today. Roger was responsible for securing the rights to hundreds of licensed…

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In the battle for our living rooms, Xbox Project Helix and the Steam Machine make for unlikely rivals on paper—but Microsoft’s new PC gaming-capable console might be raising some eyebrows at Valve

Microsoft is beginning to take the wraps off Project Helix, its newly-teased Xbox console that has been promised to play both Xbox and PC games. While we know very little about the machine for now, new CEO of Microsoft Gaming Asha Sharma says we’ll be finding out more at next week’s GDC. Which makes me…

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