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Of the thousands of demos on offer during the current Next Fest, I’ve far and away been most fond of About Fishing, The Water Museum’s downright Lynchian “fishing mystery game” of surrealist, psychological angling that’s eerie, absurd, and endearing in equal measure. My tackle box has a conspiracy board inside it, the town church has…

Life is about to get much easier for World of Warcraft players tired of having to track down guildmates to get a group together for a raid. Blizzard is officially acknowledging that Discord is the most convenient solution to this problem and will be integrating its chat directly into the MMO in the next update….

I’ve got some exciting news for fans of Sharknado, Sharknado 2: The Second One, Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!, Sharknado: The 4th Awakens, Sharknado 5: Global Swarming, and The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time. Anthony C. Ferrante, the director of all six Sharknado movies (and the upcoming Sharknado prequel, Sharknado Origins, coming soon to probably-not-a-theater)…

Although my mental conception of time is convinced it came out perhaps three weeks ago, Nightdive’s System Shock remake is three years old. The game released in 2023 after a long and winding road through development, consisting of various course corrections and reboots. All in all, it was eight years between the game’s announcement—originally as…

Though I do wear glasses and I’m intrigued by the idea of techie wearables on paper, I’m far from all-in on AR glasses. Still, depending on how Qualcomm’s fresh chip geared towards augmented and virtual reality headgear is implemented, I can see myself changing my mind. Qualcomm has just revealed the Snapdragon Reality Elite, a…

I recently had the chance to test two different Melgeek keyboards at the same time. They are the space-themed Centauri 80 and the black and gold Real 81. Though they’re made by the same company, they couldn’t be more different in approach. The Centauri 80 is heavy, flashy, with a built-in OLED screen, and it…

According to one PC peripheral YouTuber, some of the best gaming mice on the market that use the latest sensors aren’t sticking at the DPI they’re set to (via MouseCast). At least, not when moved at a very slow speed. An X user noted the problem a couple of years ago, pointing out the problematic…