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Reader, you’re looking at (an article written by) what might be the first person in history to 100% Stalker: Shadow of Chornobyl – Enhanced Edition on PC. GSC Game World properly released its “fully remastered and optimised” touch-ups of the original Stalker trilogy—Shadow of Chornobyl, Clear Sky, and Call of Prypiat—this morning, free for all…

PerriKaryal is a tech creator on Twitch with a Master’s degree in psychology, and she ain’t afraid to use it. Her latest headlining project is a largely hands-free control scheme using an EEG. The brain cap detects distinct peaks of brain activity, which the streamer’s brain-computer-interface coding then interprets as gamepad inputs. So, yes, of…

Earlier this year, we relayed a story about how Janet Jackson’s song Rhythm Nation just so happened to include the resonant frequency of 5,400 RPM 2.5-inch hard drives commonly used in laptops for many years. When played on (or even near) those laptops, the song would cause the drives to malfunction—and it was such a…

The thing you should know about me is: I love a ticker. A little breaking news ticker beneath an interview chyron? Incredible. Stock prices in bold greens and angry reds on the outside of an important building that’s probably in New York? Amazing. I’ve been known to stare at the weather updates in my taskbar…

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the decision in the Epic vs Google lawsuit, which began in 2020 and in late 2023 found that the Play Store and associated payment systems are monopolies. What does Epic co-founder and CEO Tim Sweeney think? “Total victory in the Epic v Google appeal!“ Google can still…

Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar Games fired more than 30 employees in October for reasons that still aren’t entirely clear. Rockstar says the employees were leaking confidential information in a public forum, but the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain called it “plain and simple union busting.” It was a big enough deal that…

Arc Raiders players have been trading info and sharing tricks of the trade with others in an effort to help newer players learn all the ways to ensure they get in, get loot, and get out. Recently, the hot new topic is the MK3 Survivor augment. The MK3 augments are the epic level (pink) variety…

As we write these words, Intel’s share price has dipped by over 12% today following the company’s latest financial results. However, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is conspicuously bullish about the company’s products and roadmaps, doubling down on a range of promises and confirming that we’ll see Arrow Lake CPUs later this year. Intel’s results for…