A Californian company wants to sell you an outrageously expensive $8,000 keyboard supposedly inspired by a Roman philosopher, but did the Stoics really go in for conspicuous consumption?

When it comes to keyboards, colour me a comparative philistine. I just don’t get the whole mechanical-switch, wobbly-key thing. They’re all awful. Which, in a roundabout, contrarian kind of way, makes me just about perfect to wax sceptical on the subject of the Norbauer & Co Seneca: First Edition, a keyboard that’s listed for up…

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Rejoice, Counter-Strike’s grenades now sound crisp and clear as a chorus of angels—plus subtick shooting is either better or the fanbase is experiencing a shared delusion

If there’s one thing, one single thing, that’s stopped me from going pro in Counter-Strike 2 all these years, it’s the audio on those grenades—fuzzy and low-fi, like it was recorded by the Elephant Six Collective. Atrocious mids, swampy highs, lows with the callous insouciance of a neglectful husband*. I refuse to subject my ears…

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Don’t get stuck grinding in Borderlands 4’s version of the Hinterlands—in fact, you’re screwing yourself out of EXP if you try to do every sidequest before beating the main campaign

Borderlands 4 is great, but it doesn’t quite make the best first impression. There’s nothing necessarily wrong with its first zone, The Fadefields, but it’s definitely the most droll place to quest in Kairos. You could be Mad Max-ing it with Zane and Moxxi in the Burn, after all. The problem with the Fadefields is…

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The Valve rumor mill goes into overdrive as VR influencers travel to Seattle for what seems likely to be the imminent reveal of the Steam Frame

Valve sure seems to be on the verge of announcing a new piece of gaming hardware, but don’t get your hopes up for a Steam Deck 2. Based on the company’s recent trademark of the term “Steam Frame” and a number of influencer types making cryptic social media posts about traveling to Seattle this week,…

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