A super expensive smartwatch, augmented reality, and virtual reality With the holidays here, my tech wishlist this week is full of expensive and unreasonable things to ask Santa for, but then again, that’s the whole point of our Technolust column. $1,500 Tag Heuer Connected smartwatch Up until now, I’ve been a watch guy, but I…
The PlayStation 3’s arcane architecture is why many never thought we’d actually see Metal Gear Solid 4 on PC, soon to finally be free of its last-last-gen prison. It’s fair to say that PlayStation 3 emulation has come along in leaps and bounds over the years, but the advancement of AI may end up pumping…
GrammaCrackers, an 81-year-old Minecraft streamer raising money for her grandson’s cancer treatment, fell victim to a swatting recently, with numerous police cars, SWAT trucks, and officers appearing at her home as she slept (via TheGamer). “I was asleep,” recounted the streamer in a video posted after the experience. “And these policemen came in the door……
Who would win in a fight? Comics writers know this is what fans argue about, endlessly, and feed those arguments with crossovers and stories like Batman vs. Superman. Usually it’s naff stuff where characters just biff each other for a bit and then abruptly form a getalong gang as if they weren’t battering each others’…
Samsung announced this morning that customers can now pre-order the Oculus-powered Samsung Gear VR headset here in the United States. Costing a meager $100, Gear VR can be purchased from online retailers including Amazon.com, BestBuy.com, and Samsung.com. Shipping will begin on November 20, and Best Buy stores are slated to get the VR headset sometime…
Marvel’s Iron Man VR is proving itself to be a highly intuitive VR action experience, offering up an immersive mix of flying and shooting that is sure to make Marvel, and especially Iron Man, fans cheer. My demo’s setup was simple. As teased in the announce trailer, classic villain Ghost has taken control of Tony…
Roguelike FPS Abyssus was one of the more interesting games to embed itself in my Steam library last year. Generally, I am of the belief that first-person shooting and roguelike randomisation should never meet, as it generally results in mushy combat and poorly paced levels. But Abyssus beat the odds, successfully infusing the power-curve of…
We’ve been recommending the NeueChair as the best office/task chair for years, even since before I joined as overlord of PC Gamer’s hardware coverage. As I’d not had the privilege of trying out the chair for myself, however, I wanted to make sure that it was a recommendation I could stand behind. But I’m not…
Which one will you be playing first? As part of today’s Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase, Nintendo announced that 5 classic Rare games have just been added to the Nintendo Switch Online service. These titles include two NES titles (R.C. Pro-Am & Snake Rattle ‘N’ Roll), two SNES games (Battletoads in Battlemaniacs & Killer Instinct), and…
Diablo 4’s upcoming season was shaping up to be a big disappointment after the excitement around its latest expansion. Blizzard threatened to completely flatten the identity of the most powerful loot with a change that—while healthy in the long run—spoiled the fun of having ultra-rare items to chase in an action RPG. But after holding…