How to get diamondine dust in Dune: Awakening

As you progress in Dune: Awakening, you’ll need ever more obscure and rare materials. Long gone are the days of taking just a few steps and mining copious amounts of copper and iron to craft everything you need to survive the sands. Better gear demands better materials, so eventually you’ll need to get diamondine dust….

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Kinesis mWave keyboard review

Ergonomic keyboards make a lot of sense if you’re someone who spends all day behind a computer and then uses the same rig to game during the evening. Split keys, tenting, and tilting might be alien terms to many a PC user, but once you’ve made the jump, you’ll wonder why you stuck with the…

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Dune: Awakening review-in-progress: Fun in the sun

It will hopefully come as no surprise that I don’t have a Dune: Awakening review ready yet. The “head start” launch of Funcom’s survival MMO was only a few days ago—full launch is today—and even though I’ve already sunk about 25 hours into it, Dune: Awakening is a massive game and I’ve still got a…

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After 10 months, SAG-AFTRA union has reached a ‘tentative agreement’ with major companies including EA, Warner Bros, and Epic over AI voice acting protections

SAG-AFTRA, a large US-based union covering a ton of performing talent across multiple industries, has finally reached a “tentative agreement” with a series of major companies after 10 months of strike action. The strike, which began July 26 of 2024, is still ongoing until details are finalised—but there’s a light at the end of the…

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Great, so now farms are going to be crawling with giant robobugs like something straight out of Horizon Zero Dawn

Here’s something to look forward to. Fields, hillsides and vineyards crawling with giant robobugs. This, it seems, is the future envisaged by Ground Control Robotics, an Atlanta-Geogia based startup. Cue Horizon Zero Dawn style dystopia as the farm bugs suffer a “derangement” and we’re all in deep trouble? Hold that thought. Ground Control Robotics is…

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