The world of AI boffins really is baffling, sometimes. I’m finally used to the idea that I can chat to a non-sentient, very knowledgeable and occasionally hallucinatory machine, and already we’re talking about AI models interacting with AI models. It’s only in such a world that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang could think to utter the…
Completing the Sanctum of Temperance puzzle in Crimson Desert first requires you to unlock the Witch faction questline in Chapter 3’s main quest. These vendors let you slot Abyss Gears, but they also unlock all of the sanctum puzzles across Hernand, letting you actually engage with them versus it just giving you a message that…
If you’ve never heard of Q-Day, the moment when quantum computers become capable of breaking traditional encryption methods and exposing vast amounts of data, often referred to as the ‘quantum apocalypse‘, then Google’s latest announcement might come as something of a shock. The company is giving itself a 2029 timeline to “secure the quantum era”…
The term “K-shaped economy” is one that economists and finance writers came up with to avoid having to say “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.”* It goes like this: as the economy recovers from shocks like the Covid-19 pandemic, the recovery is uneven across sectors and income levels. The already-affluent at the…
R2-D2 is proof that the humble astromech droid is the unsung hero of the galaxy far, far away. During every climactic space battle, bombing run, and ill-considered marriage between dignitary and warrior monk, there was a heroic animate trashcan nearby guiding the course of history. Star Wars wouldn’t be the same without the astromech’s nobility…
Final Fantasy 14‘s had its age rating in Japan increased—and it might be because people can’t stop taking sexy pictures of their catgirls. Alright, that’s not literally the reason, but it’s potentially a root cause. In a recent blog post, Square Enix explained that the long-standing MMO would be increasing its age rating—which is called…
Fearsome. Amnesia: Rebirth, the horror FPS that originally launched right when Covid had us all locked up indoors, is heading to the Switch 2 on 30th April 2026. Developed by Frictional Games, Rebirth is arriving to Nintendo’s console as a “complete and optimized version, ensuring peak performance on the system”. Hopefully that means we can…
Mario Wonder! The Midnight Walk! South of Midnight! Neopets! The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch…
AMD has announced a new X3D processor, the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition, set to launch on April 22. This chip will have 3D V-Cache on both of its eight-core chiplets, something we’ve not seen before. Though don’t expect this to mean twice the gaming performance—far from it. “Together,” AMD Computing and Graphics SVP…
Epilogue’s new Retrace app could save you a fortune. We covered Epliogue’s amazing GB Operator a while back, and found it a great way to combine your physical collection of Game Boy carts with the comfort and functionality of modern emulation. The adapter is capable of accepting Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy…