I didn’t think a 2D platformer could be scary, but oh boy did this game about a forsaken nun in a dead world of demon cockroaches prove me wrong

I always try to keep an open mind when playing unfinished games and ones that are slow to start: even when it’s just not clicking for me, I’m looking for how it could improve or what about it might be more to someone else’s tastes. Then I’ll play something like Metamorphosis, whose demo is available…

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Hit cowboy co-op shooter’s servers are struggling, developer says its service provider ‘is currently drinking mojitos instead of helping’

After dominating the Steam Next Fest in February, the robot wizard cowboy shooter Far Far West is now out on Steam, and it’s a hit. So much of a hit, in fact, that the servers are struggling—with confusion. The issue doesn’t appear to be one of simple capacity, based on a Steam update from developer…

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YouTuber discovers dry ice can indeed cool your gaming PC, if you have a very specific model from a very specific manufacturer

Hey, it’s mryeester again. We’ve covered this particular YouTuber’s attempts to build an infinite ice-based CPU cooler, and edible thermal paste. The PC prankster has upped their game this time, though, as they’ve now figured out a way to cool a CPU with dry ice, regular ice’s even cooler cousin. Sort of. Anyway, it turns…

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Razer Kiyo V2 X review

There’s a good argument to be made that 1440p webcams are almost as niche as 4K ones. A webcam has a specific purpose (fitting on your monitor and letting your meeting participants/gamer buddies see you), and if you end up paying enough, it almost just makes sense to go for something dedicated instead. At least…

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This historic OS was not stored digitally, so a fleet of historians have transcribed the source code from ancient print-outs in order to make it open source

I’m dating myself here, but the operating systems I remember most clearly banging my head against in my youth were Windows 95 and Windows XP. Obviously, plenty of computer interface history predates the panel-style design we’re so familiar with now, and Microsoft has announced fresh efforts to preserve this. Microsoft has shared the source code…

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Everyone’s favorite egg-shaped rodent might be getting the Superlight treatment, meaning Logitech could once again snatch the budget gaming mouse crown

Only recently did we swap out the internet’s most beloved egg-shaped mouse, the Logitech G305, as our pick for the best budget wireless gaming mouse, with the Mchose G3 V2 Pro. Although the G3 V2 Pro shares the same eggy shape—it’s a G305 ‘clone’—the Logi mouse is simply a little dated compared to the G3…

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