I’ve written so much hagiography for Morrowind on this website that I’m even starting to annoy myself. You’d think that means I’m not going to spend yet another article gushing about Morrowind. You’d be wrong. You should play Morrowind: it’s the best Elder Scrolls game and, quite frankly, one of the best games of all…
If you’re looking for a weekend filled with city-building, multiplayer battles, train simulations, and dinosaur fights, then you are in for a treat with Free Play Days! Anno 1800, Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker, and Train Sim World 4 are available this weekend for Xbox Game Pass Core and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to…
Protesting government policies can be a risky business in Russia, but despite those risks a Reuters report says a group of people in the Russian city of Tomsk recently braved brutal weather and the threat of reprisals to take a stand against an outrage they could not let pass: A ban on Roblox. Russia banned…
Half-Life celebrated its 25th anniversary last Sunday, and Valve laid out a buffet of Lambda-shaped treats to mark the occasion. The company added new multiplayer maps to the game, released an hour-long documentary delving into its design, and fixed a few of its most resilient bugs. But there’s one bug that escaped Valve’s digital butterfly…
When I reviewed The Edge of Fate, I had plenty of issues with the new direction Destiny 2 was taking. The expansion itself was… fine—a few highlights, but mostly unremarkable. The more pressing issue was the Portal, the new hub for Destiny 2’s seasonal power grind. Still, I figured I’d give it a chance. Maybe…
Turning the Xbox One into a Steam Machine When Microsoft announced that anyone with an Xbox One would be able to stream their games to a PC running Windows 10, we thought, ‘Cool! Now let’s see that work in reverse.’ And to be honest, we’re a little creeped out — apparently Microsoft can read our…
That’s according to its creators. Sierra’s classic adventure series King’s Quest has officially turned 40, according to its creators Roberta and Ken Williams. The series that primarily focused on the adventures of King Graham and his family in the land of Daventry got its start on the IBM PCjr back in 1984 with the original…
Loverwatch—the cheeky browser-based dating sim where you win the hearts of various Overwatch heroes—is back. It first appeared as an impromptu Valentine’s Day celebration in 2023, and back then you could romance Genji, Hanzo, or Mercy. Last year, western Overwatchers howled in lonely despair as China got an exclusive sequel of sorts to the event…
Ransomware is already a horrible blight on the tech world. These insidious programs are designed especially to hold your computer and its data hostage. Criminal hackers and the likes will then use this to extort money or further information from the victims. Of course security protections against things like ransomware are always being worked on,…
Recently, in a blog post titled “Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign”, Claude owner Anthropic shared details on a “Chinese state-sponsored group” it claimed was using Claude’s coding tool to try and infiltrate 30 global targets. This report claims “the threat actor was able to use AI to perform 80-90% of the campaign”,…