A livestreamed D&D one shot will take place inside the vagina of the game’s biggest monster, and it’s for a good cause—science and education

I did not misspell ‘critical’ in that subheadline. The D&D streaming show Science & Sorcery has teamed up with the UK’s Vagina Museum to host a money-raising one shot—titled Clitical Hit—to help promote the museum’s mission statement of raising awareness regarding “gynaecological anatomy and health”. While Science & Sorcery does have long-running campaigns, it also…

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Intel CEO bullish about chip roadmap and confirms Arrow Lake CPUs for this year as share price plummets 12%

As we write these words, Intel’s share price has dipped by over 12% today following the company’s latest financial results. However, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is conspicuously bullish about the company’s products and roadmaps, doubling down on a range of promises and confirming that we’ll see Arrow Lake CPUs later this year. Intel’s results for…

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Stunned devs left scrambling for livelihoods in wake of yesterday’s layoff bloodbath: ‘In the end the contributions didn’t matter’

The entire game industry is still reeling from yesterday’s bombshell announcement that Microsoft—hot on the heels of its $69 billion acquisition of Activision—would be laying off 1,900 employees across Activision-Blizzard and Xbox. Inevitably, Twitter is awash with reactions highlighting the human cost, both from dazed devs waking up in a world in which they no…

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Popular Japanese rhythm game sets cancellation record by announcing release date and closure in the same tweet

The Japanese multimedia series Love Live! has been around since 2010, and has enjoyed popularity through various anime series, films, and rhythm-action videogames. The setup is fairly simple, and revolves around girls who attend school with each other but are secretly the planet’s greatest pop idols. One especially successful entry is Love Live! School Island…

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Dwarf Fortress’ missing best mode is tantalisingly close to release, just as soon as they nail down how to ‘target toes with your crab pincers’

In the cavernous recesses of my heart I nurture the belief that Dwarf Fortress is the greatest game ever made. And ever since it got its shiny Kitfox-branded new version in 2022—now with graphics!—I’ve been convinced that’s the best way to play it. But that version isn’t quite feature complete. It’s still missing original Dwarf…

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MoErgo Glove80 review

Ergonomic keyboards pretty much come in one of four categories: not-really-ergo, entry-level, serious, and one for the absolutely committed. The MoErgo Glove80 is well and truly in the last one. This particular model is a second revision of the original Glove80, first launched in 2022 after a successful Kickstarter campaign, following years of design, experimentation,…

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