‘Someone is going to lose a phenomenal amount of money’ says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about unwise AI investment. ‘When bubbles happen, smart people get overexcited about a kernel of truth’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spoke to assembled reporters at a dinner in San Francisco late last week on the topic of, you guessed it, AI, the applications of AI, and the vast sums of money moving behind the scenes to fund it. Despite being one of the most vocal advocates of the tech, Altman had…

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‘You will definitely see some companies go make Japanese anime sex bots,’ says OpenAI’s Sam Altman about AI relationships. ‘You will not see us do that’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently attended a dinner with a small group of reporters, and apparently had a lot to say about the company, the future of AI, and some of its potential applications (via The Verge). No great surprises there. However, when it comes to, perhaps less savoury uses of the tech, Altman appears…

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Peak devs admit they’ve been speaking through Bing Bong, but not anymore: ‘Anyone claiming that the devs are joining them through Bing Bong, or any other way, they are full of sh*t’

There’s an incredibly high chance that the moment you started a run in Peak for the first time, you immediately ran to a strange green plush known as Bing Bong, which survived the plane crash. If you’re anything like me, this then continued to happen each run until you realised that bag space was super…

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Sketch crew Aunty Donna’s latest improv piece turned their set into a giant side-scrolling videogame and it’s great

What happens when you put three very silly sketch comedians in a fantastical videogame environment reminiscent of the most frustrating, foolish, and hilarious 1990s point-and-click adventures? You get Aunty Donna’s latest sketch, “IRL videogame,” which in addition to using the PC Gamer preferred spelling of videogame is pretty funny stuff. In it, comedians Mark Bonanno,…

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Five new Steam games you probably missed (August 18, 2025)

Best of the best (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios) 2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventures On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be…

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