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Disk Cleanup (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come back every weekend to read a new interview, digging into the important questions, like “How tidy is your desktop?” and “What game will you never uninstall?” David Brevik’s gaming history began before the…
I’ve long held that no RPG is quite as spectacular as Kingdom Hearts, and I’m careful to specifically use the word “spectacular.” For every ounce it is great, it’s specifically great to gawk at, ideally with a mixture of awe and bewilderment. This is a game series where, if you die at a climactic moment,…
Who knew that all I needed to be interested in maths was the command of a five-thousand-tonne artillery battery? If only my secondary school teacher had known. Turns out that the ticking clock of exam pressure is a hell of a lot less motivating than the boom of artillery shells growing ever closer, as enemy…
The humble combo trial is a time-honoured tradition in fighting games. It’s a quick and relatively easy way of trying out a new character, feeling out their general flow and kit in a low-pressure environment. They are, also, fundamentally useless. The combos in question are rarely optimal, and often devolve into simply playing Simon Says…
They called me mad. They called me a fool. They said it would never work—my plan to build a business empire on the back of a single department store that sold three products and a silica mine. ‘You’ll bankrupt us!’ yelled red-faced advisors. They saw no wisdom in my schemes at all. And, frankly, they…
Quake mappers are absolutely killing it in celebration of Quake’s 30th birthday. The Quake community has been running map jams of varying themes all year. In the last few months there have been two ‘Quickie’ speedmapping jams, a 1024 Jam where contributors had to build maps of 1024 units cubed, and a Limits Jam, with…
If you’ve ever fancied giving PC game modding a go but have struggled for motivation, maybe a share of €30,000 will provide the incentive you need. Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord developer TaleWorlds Entertainment has just announced a modding contest for its War Sails expansion, inviting players to create the best add-on for its nautical…
Four long years after it was announced, we finally have some idea when we’ll be able to play Kingdom Hearts 4. At Disney’s D23 fan event, Square Enix revealed that the sequel will arrive sometime in late 2027. That isn’t everything new that Square Enix had in store for fans either. The reveal was accompanied…
An electrician once told me that turning your computer off and then on again uses more electricity than just leaving it on for hours, an oversimplification if not an outright lie that I believed for years. While it is true that turning your PC off and on puts wear and tear on the components, so…
The Rideshare Stimulator AI fiasco almost, but not quite came to a close today when writer Stella Sacco shared that she had received a private message from Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch, who apologized for his hurtful comments to the press regarding her employment and capabilities. In a separate post on LinkedIn, Karch reflected on…