An old AMD Athlon K7 Easter egg has a revolver and map of Texas etched onto the chip. They don’t make em like that anymore, eh?

When AMD’s Athlon K7 CPU was launched way back in 1999, it turned out to be something of an Intel-killer, smashing the heavyweight’s Pentium III CPU. Now it turns out those K7 chips were actual gun slingers, at least insofar as they had bullet-blasting guns etched right into their silicon dies. That’s the discovery made…

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Guide: Best Street Fighter Games, Ranked By You

Capcom’s million-selling series, ranked. Capcom’s Street Fighter is now over 35 years old, and following the launch of the most recent entry, Street Fighter 6, it felt as good a time as any to ask the most important of questions: no, not “What’s the meaning of life?” or “Why do I only have odd socks…

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Nintendo Will Offer “Unique Propositions” To Overcome Challenges Of Platform Transitions

Approaching business with “a profound sense of urgency”. In a Q&A session following Nintendo’s quarterly financial report earlier this week, company president Shuntaro Furukawa addressed the challenges of transitioning between generational platforms, stating that Nintendo will continue to offer “unique propositions” to stand out from the crowd (thanks, VGC). When asked what risks the company…

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