Sour grapes for sore losers Attention gamers and streamers, go update your Skype installation if you haven’t done so recently. The reason why is because the latest build finally hides IP addresses by default. “Starting with this update to Skype and moving forward, your IP address will be kept hidden from Skype users. This measure…
GOG’s game preservation program has been busy since its November launch last year. Over 100 games are currently included in the company’s noble effort to not just get Good Old Games working on modern hardware but actively maintain them and even offer tech support for anyone who buys them. This protective promise covers everything from…
1000×2. After a sneaky ESRB rating appeared online earlier this year, we’ve been waiting for Fellow Traveller and Sunset Visitor to make 1000xRESIST – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition official. Well, surprise, the studios have now done exactly that, and the release is right around the corner. This souped-up version of the 2024 hit will arrive…
Valve has announced the price of a Steam Machine, its new SteamOS-powered gaming PC. There are a few options available—two storage capacities and with/without a Steam Controller—and if you’re still interested after seeing the price, you can sign up for a chance to buy one from today. 512 GB: $1,049 USD / 1,509 CAD /…
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Now available to download on Steam, The Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit’s demo allows AVGN fans to experience two stages from the highly-anticipated title ahead of its Q2 2025 launch Philadelphia, PA – Feb. 21, 2025 –Starting today, AVGN fans can now get an exclusive sneak peek of the upcoming Angry Video Game Nerd 8-Bit. Indie developer…
Welcome to 2024 and the second generation of OLED gaming monitors. Or should that be the third as Asus is claiming for this new panel? It depends how you measure, but the new Asus ROG Swift OLED PG34WCGM definitely moves the game on courtesy of the very latest LG OLED panel tech. We’ll come to…
Via the “Polymega Game Shop”. The latest Polymega system update has revealed that arcade games are coming to the modular console via its digital game store, known as the Polymega Game Shop. A digital offering of some form has been on the cards since before the Polymega launched, but this is the first confirmation that…
It’s 3 am. You can’t sleep. You’re tossing and turning because you simply must speak to your MP to ask them what their favourite crisp flavour is. Or if they’d be up for reintroducing the death penalty. Or how they feel about the many pointless uses of AI that are being foisted upon us. Good…
As a kid I grew up on the Isle of Man, and near where I lived was a town called Castletown. In Castletown there was, predictably, a castle, and in the castle gatehouse was a model of an archer, standing with his bow drawn as if to aim through an arrowslit. Whenever someone passed through…