I’ve become obsessed with building tiny houses for singing villagers in cosy decorating sim Twinkleby, which includes getting rid of the difficult ones by throwing their bags into the void

The best part of any cosy game is getting to decorate your own space. Whether that’s a single house, a shopfront, or an entire town, getting to customise your area is what makes these games so relaxing. The odds of you decorating in the same way as the next person are incredibly slim, which makes…

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The 43rd Golden Joystick Awards shortlist is out, and just looking at the indie list alone, I can tell it’s going to be a tough year

The 43rd Golden Joystick Awards’ shortlist has just been revealed, and the voting is now open, but the hardest part has only just begun. This year, there are 21 categories, such as PC Game of the Year, Best Multiplayer Game, and Best Indie Game, all of which are completely stacked with stand-out games—it’ll be almost…

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Lenovo LOQ 15 Gen10 review

You know what my biggest bugbear is for budget laptops? It’s the screen. It is always the screen. For some reason, notebook manufacturers seem to have this almost obsession with pairing massively underwhelming graphics cards with panels that would put most 4K TVs to shame. It’s madness. Yes, they might be these phenomenally pixel-dense, OLED,…

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Unity has found a security vulnerability that has sat dormant for almost a decade: ‘Take immediate action to protect your games & apps’

Any games or applications using Unity will need to be patched, the game engine company says, following the discovery of a new vulnerability. Unity is urging users to update their software as a new security vulnerability has been spotted in Unity versions 2017.1 and later. It’s present across versions for Android, Windows, Linux, and macOS…

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Worried about melty graphics cards? This seriously capable gizmo keeps power in check for more peace of mind

Graphics cards shouldn’t melt. Some have. That’s the reason for a device such as this one from Ampinel, which keeps a graphics card’s power demands in check across the compact 12VHPWR and 12V-2X6 connectors. The Ampinel from aqua computer is a small device that connects to a graphics card’s power connector. It’s compatible with any…

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New MIT research opens the door to faster-charging and longer-lasting batteries, and it could be implemented right away

Whether it’s a handheld PC, gaming laptop, or something much larger like a car, we all want batteries that can charge much quicker, store more energy, and last longer before wearing out. Until now, most advances in these areas have been discovered through trial and error, but a newly developed mathematical model, backed by experimental…

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Vampire Survivors-like Megabonk makes megabucks, selling a million copies in 2 weeks, and currently has more daily players than Borderlands 4 on Steam: ‘I’ll be eating spaghetti with EXTRA sauce tonight’

Our appetite for games like Vampire Survivors—dropping you into reverse bullet hells where your very existence is enough to slaughter wave after wave of enemies—has so far been unquenchable. We’ve slurped down Brotato, Halls of Torment, Soulstone Survivors, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, but it doesn’t sound like we’re even close to done. The good news…

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