I spent all weekend playing Hollow Knight Silksong and I'm totally enthralled, but nothing could completely live up to the hype after so many years

I spent all weekend playing Hollow Knight Silksong and I’m totally enthralled, but nothing could completely live up to the hype after so many years

Up front: Silksong is obviously a good videogame. I’ve played it for around 15 hours in the last four days, and all the while I’ve watched online communities grapple with it, most of whom seem to have progressed further than me. I’ve spent at least half as many hours reading about Silksong these past few…

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It’s hard to say whether Final Fantasy 14’s new combat will be a win or a flop, but I’m just happy to see the developer trying something new

When Final Fantasy 14 director and producer Naoki Yoshida took to the stage for his opening keynote at the North American Fan Festival, I knew change was coming. He’d been hinting that the next expansion—which we now know is called Evercold—would mark a new era of Final Fantasy 14. Despite that, I still thought it…

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While PC chassis manufacturers still favour black over every other color, at least you don’t have to put up with rubbish if you fancy perfection in pink

My very first PC—a random IBM clone with an Intel 80286, I think—was housed in a chassis that every other desktop computer used at that time: a rattling, cavernous beige box. As manufacturing processes improved, the plastics became black in colour, and it’s still the norm today. What is surprising to me is how it’s…

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