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TSMC and Trump announce massive $100 billion investment in the US including 3 new fabs but it’s reasonable to ponder whether it will actually happen

President Tump and TSMC’s head honcho C.C. Wei took the the Roosevelt Room in the White House yesterday to announce a monstrous $100 billion investment plan in the US including three new fabs or factories that manufacture computer chips. However, the investment is under review by the Taiwanese government which has emphasised that TSMC’s most…

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Not only does Todd Howard not hate Obsidian, it was his ‘only choice’ to take up Fallout’s reins in the wake of Fallout 3

There’s a type of myth that survives not because there’s any evidence for it, but because it flatters the preconceptions of a particular group of people. Take the notion that Todd Howard, head honcho over at Bethesda Game Studios, clearly seethes with resentment about how much Obsidian knocked Fallout: New Vegas out of the park….

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Baldur’s Gate 3’s color filters are a sore reminder that most color-blind accessibility options are still a total mess in games

While accessibility options in games are by no means perfect—and often at the whim of a studio’s budget or predisposition—they’ve certainly improved. However, one particular niche I inhabit is all over the damn shop: color blind settings. Baldur’s Gate 3’s fourth patch introduced some, and for me? They didn’t really help. But first, I’m going…

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Intel announces XeSS 3 with multi-frame generation, putting it ahead of AMD in the AI-powered graphics performance race

At this year’s Technology Tour event in Arizona, Intel not only launched its Panther Lake CPU architecture but it also announced an update to its AI-powered performance scaling package, and it now brings XeSS on par with Nvidia’s DLSS, as Arc GPU users will soon get the benefit of multi-frame generation. Exactly how soon is…

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Happy Holidays from Roll7

Happy Holidays, everyone! We can’t believe it’s almost over! 2014 has been an absolutely mental year for the Roll7 Team. Starting with the launch of OlliOlli on PS Vita back in January, the PlayStation Nation has welcomed us into their hardcore hearts and minds from the word “grind.” As we all grew up on a…

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Pokemon ASMR videos released

If you have ever fully wanted to relax with Pokemon you now have your chance as The Pokemon Company have put together a duo of Pokemon ASMR videos. If you are not aware, ASMR stands for autonomous sensory meridian response, which is meant to provide chilled sounds to help you sleep or relax. The two…

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If you love Marathon’s vectorheart style but not its PvP, get your aesthetic fix from the gorgeously overstimulating demo for this time trial FPS instead

There are so many reasons I should be excited for Marathon, and many of them are aesthetic ones. I have a particular weakness for the stark, colorful, striking designs of its vectorheart-inspired art style that pairs cold sterility with bold, borderline-obnoxious color intensity. It’s like someone built a game from the desktop wallpaper I had—and…

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