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Videogames can sometimes feel like the Ship of Theseus paradox: if you slowly replace every single part of a ship over time, is it even the same ship anymore? The question perplexed philosopher Thomas Hobbes who talked for a very long time before concluding, and I’m heavily paraphrasing here: “Sorta!” DayZ has been in development…
N 7 Day, the annual celebration of all things Mass Effect, is one again upon us, and BioWare is once again teasing the next Mass Effect with codes, encryption, and video clips—but whether or not we’ll get any insight into what’s actually coming in the next game remains to be seen. The whole thing started…
Jacob Ridley, Steam Deck enjoyer (Image credit: Future) This month I’ve been playing: Alan Wake 2. Good lord this game is pretty. A proper glimpse at the future of videogame visuals, though you need some beefy Nvidia hardware to get it looking its best. Not only that, it’s an absolute blast to play. This week…
Motherboard BIOS updates are rarely newsworthy but the latest ones from Asus and ASRock, for some of their AM5 X670 models, contain an Agesa update that provides more evidence AMD is definitely going to release a Ryzen 7000G desktop APU, using its laptop Phoenix architecture. Just don’t ask when. As reported by Hardwareluxx, the fresh…
Lucid dreams are defined as the experience of knowing you are dreaming while you are asleep, and can range from the sublime to the genuinely terrifying. According to the CEO of new startup Prophetic, its latest project aims to “detect when dreamers are in REM to induce and stabilize lucid dreams” via a wearable device…
Xbox has announced a partnership with a company called Inworld AI in order to “empower game creators with the potential of generative AI” and no, you aren’t the only one who thinks that sounds incredibly ominous. In a post to the Microsoft Developer blog, Xbox’s general manager of gaming AI Haiyan Zhang announced a “multi-year…
The new Diablo 4 Malignant Rings are special Unique Items that channel the heart-based powers from last season. Even though we’re in the Season of Blood now, these items will let you use a popular Malignant Heart ability from the first season in either the Seasonal or the Eternal Realm. Nothing is free in Sanctuary,…
While exploring Sotenburi’s many delights in Like a Dragon Gaiden and completing odd jobs for Akame, you’ll likely run into Quizzy Quester—a character who presumably works for the Sotenbori tourist board based on his interest in local trivia. This odd job will pop up throughout the game and each time the quiz master will pose…
The Like a Dragon Gaiden Locker Keys will be pretty familiar to anyone who’s played previous Yakuza games. You run around town collecting scattered keys that can be used to open coin lockers containing a variety of valuable items—it’s effectively a lucky dip where you might get a really good piece of gear, or instead,…
The Hidden One’s Challenge is one of the more complicated odd jobs that you’ll undertake for the Akame Network in Like a Dragon Gaiden. This one sees you challenging a small child to a long-winded game of hide ‘n seek, as you use his riddles to suss out his location in the winding streets of…