PC Gaming
As a human being of a certain age, I’m starting to feel the urge to buy power tools I don’t really need purely because they might come in useful at some point in the future. I’ll always be a PC hardware obsessive, though, so this hard drive converted into a variable disc sander is right…
GOG’s game preservation program has been busy since its November launch last year. Over 100 games are currently included in the company’s noble effort to not just get Good Old Games working on modern hardware but actively maintain them and even offer tech support for anyone who buys them. This protective promise covers everything from…
Making cool electronics is often a damn fiddly process requiring hand eye coordination at a microscale. This isn’t helped by the fact that components continue to get smaller and more complicated, thanks a lot Moore. The benefit of this progression in tech is we can make grander things in little packages. Some of which might…
World of Warcraft’s latest patch launched Tuesday in North America, and players are still encountering massive, gamebreaking delays and bugs in nearly every aspect of the update more than 48 hours later. Originally, the 11.1.5 content update appeared to be packed with new features: A new faction to grind and related rewards to earn The…
Need a hint for today’s Wordle? Then you’re in the right place. We’ve got a fresh clue for Friday’s game all written up and ready to go. Don’t need a hint? Then we’ve still got something for you. Our tips can give your daily guesses a fresh twist, and the April 25 (1406) answer is…
The Cursed Hollow is the first Phasmophobia event of the year, and you’ve got until May 7 to finish hunting for pesky forest spirits and racking up those event points. This one is a little different than previous Easter events and more in line with 2024’s community-driven festivities with tweaks based on player feedback. Instead…
We quickly discovered that the new Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion remaster is an impressive and shiny UE5 wrapper over the janky gem we’ve always loved, and that’s led to some surreal developments like a beloved line reading flub getting some delightfully high-quality new lipsyncing. It also means that speedrunners can slip right back into well-worn…
If you’re reading this, I’m sure I don’t need to explain to you that modding and PC gaming go hand in hand. Likewise, I’m sure I don’t need to explain that the lively culture of games modding has provoked an equally lively culture of IP litigation. Every year, we publish countless stories about modders finding…
The Marathon alpha has only been live a day, but the slowly expanding player pool has already ignited its first major discourse. It’s an evergreen topic among FPS enjoyers, and a personal favorite to complain about until someone tells me to shut up: That’s right, baby, we’re talking about aim assist. Marathon has aim assist…
There’s an infamous anti-piracy advertisement from back in 2004 that online oldsters will immediately recognize: “You wouldn’t steal a car,” it begins, complete with shakycam footage of some sketchy looking dude popping a lock, before rolling into various other types of theft and eventually equating it all with downloading a copy of Shrek 2. The…