Gamer Fridge

I’m fairly certain I’ve been alive long enough to see singleplayer games definitely, 100%, for sure die at least three times, roughly on par with the number of times I’ve seen industry panjandrums declare PC gaming dead, too. These days, it’s because C-suites are convinced splashy live-service games stuffed to the gills with microtransactions are…

Ah, birthdays. Love them or hate them, there’s no escaping the unwavering gaze of Father Time. Except in the world of computing, where most tech only sees a handful of birthdays before heading out to pasture. There are one or two exceptions to this, though, and this year sees the 25th birthday of USB 2.0—the…

I could tell Mycopunk and I were gonna be good friends when its developers started trolling each other in the hub area. While one dev streaming for a room of press over Discord showed off the upgrade system, another bounced around the spaceship interior firing stray rockets at our demoist. A third dev started grinding…

In semiwork’s recent Q&A, the question of whether or not mimics would ever come to REPO was answered, and you’ll be pleased to know that it was a very firm “maybe.” But since this isn’t really a confirmation, nor is it a solid no, no details on how they’d work or what exactly this would…

Image 1 of 4 (Image credit: Asus) Image 2 of 4 (Image credit: Asus) Image 3 of 4 (Image credit: Asus) Image 4 of 4 (Image credit: Asus) I’m not normally one for game-themed graphics cards, but in this case I’ll make an exception. Asus has announced the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 OC Doom…

Camera pans down to capture the back of Chris Redfield as he’s addressing his Hound Wolf Squad; there’s a new threat on the horizon, an evil threat that’s emerged from the BSAA using cloned humanoid bioweapons and exacerbated by some unpaid intern accidentally leaving its cage open. But Chris’ elite task force won’t be enough…

Ask any PC enthusiast ‘What are the best CPUs for gaming?’ and you’ll get a practically unanimous response: one of AMD’s Ryzen X3D processors. They work well in just about any build, from no-expense-spare builds down to compact budget rigs, so if you’re looking to make your own small form factor gaming PC, you’re probably…