Pacman 30th Anniversary – A Look Back at the Iconic Arcade Classic

The Bazaar could be the future of autobattlers, if it stops strangling itself to death with its own microtransactions

If you’ve heard of The Bazaar, it’s probably not for a good reason. Any excitement around its recent launch into open beta seems to have been almost entirely overshadowed by community outrage about its newly introduced microtransactions. The pot has only been stirred further by creator (and former professional Hearthstone player, esports team owner, and…

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Varjo Aero VR headsets seem to be not working on RTX 5090s, and its community is opting for strange solutions while waiting for an Nvidia driver release to fix it

After buying a fancy new $2,000 RTX 5090 card, some VR users are discovering their Varjo Aero headsets are not working with their rig. The answer, for now, seems to be plugging the headset in via a Thunderbolt cable, setting the Varjo Base (Varjo’s software) to ‘Very Low’, or waiting for drivers—but none of these…

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Microsoft co-authored paper suggests the regular use of gen-AI can leave users with a ‘diminished skill for independent problem-solving’ and at least one AI model seems to agree

If you think that workers heavily reliant on generative AI may be less prepared to tackle questions that can’t be succinctly answered by the machine, you may just be right. A recent paper from Microsoft and Carnegie researchers attempted to study generative AI’s effects on “cognitive effort” from workers in a recent self-reported study. In…

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Final Fantasy 14 patch 7.2’s trailer has me finally hyped to get stuck back in—and to go to the moon and pilot some mechs, because why not

Final Fantasy 14’s next big patch, 7.2, had both its release date trailer reveal and live letter broadcast today—and it’s looking like the most jam-packed update we’ve had in a while. Here’s a quick shortlist of what’ll be bundled into the patch, and when: March 25 (7.2): New main story quests, including a new dungeon…

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Share of the Week: Monster Hunter Wilds

Share of the Week: Monster Hunter Wilds

Last week, we asked you to join the hunt and share rapturous moments from Monster Hunter Wilds using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: shimo_ps shares their hunter and Palico sitting atop their Seikret. Tomkat_XII shares a view of the desert. youhaveawhat shares a forest view. laya_photo shares Gemma in front of a forge…

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