Gamer Fridge

If any one thing can claim responsibility for sending me down the dark, dark path of writing for a living, it’s probably MUDs—text-based MMOs from an era before 3D graphics that somehow still endure today. It wasn’t school, it wasn’t uni, it wasn’t a mentor’s encouragement or some precocious childhood proclivity. I just spent most…

One TUF cookie If Mad Max were to build a system around Skylake, we have no doubt he’d opt for the new Asus TUF Sabertooth Z170 Mark 1. True to its name, this “TUF” board is littered with features designed for durability, such as port-protecting Dust Defenders, military-grade components, ESD guards, and so forth. Let’s…

Almost everyone ignores the persuasion minigame in Oblivion if given the chance. I don’t blame them—it’s really weird and doesn’t make any sense if you think about it for five seconds. Why the heck would you always need to admire and coerce every person you try to persuade? And yet, I earnestly enjoy this weirdo…

Perfect Dark was one of the biggest projects gutted by Microsoft’s latest round of layoffs, which is really saying something given one of the other canceled games is an MMO. The rebooted shooter was in under-wraps development for several years before a fantastic-looking gameplay reveal debuted just last year—and now that all that work is…

Competitive gaming gear often isn’t all that exciting. That’s because, like the ill-fated switch to Dvorak or Colemak (if you had to Google that, it proves my point), players get used to a certain standard. You can’t push the boat out too much or overcommit to a single selling point. Most competitive players simply want…

Best of the best (Image credit: Rockstar) 2026 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventures On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be understandably hard…