Andy Edser, Hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This month I’ve been testing: Microphones, laptops and flight sticks, which is a nice smorgasbord. My USB ports are full, but to be honest I’m never happier than when I’m in the middle of a gigantic mess of tangled cables and new hardware to get to grips with….
The modern day milk carton At last count (September 2014), Facebook was sitting pretty with 864 million daily active users, and 1.35 billion monthly active users (as of September 30, 2014). With so many eyeballs zeroing in on the world’s largest social playground each and every day, Facebook and the National Center for Missing and…
MK7, MK8, Deluxe & DLC. And we’re back, once again, on the road to Mario Kart World – and we’re in the final stretch. On the two previous laps we’ve looked at every console Mario Kart game from the Super NES up to the Wii. For this final go-round, we’re looking at two console entries…
Ready, download! Street Fighter V arrives on PC tomorrow (along with PlayStation 4), and if you want to be prepared for the brawls that await, Nvidia has a new Game Ready driver available to download, version 361.91. This is not an unexpected driver release—Nvidia and its driver team works feverishly “up until the last minute”…
The page has turned on another chapter of Fortnite Battle Royale, with Chapter 5 Season 1 beginning today after the conclusion of the game’s hugely successful 2018 throwback season. The new season brought not only a new map and weapons, but also a somewhat contentious revamp of the game’s movement animations. I’m just stuck on…
“Honestly, we were almost doing Mario Kart”. If you’re a keen follower of Formula One, then you’ll know that the Monaco GP is one of the most famous races on the calendar—even though it’s ironically one of the less exciting races. The principality’s narrow, winding streets weren’t designed for racing super-fast, open-wheel cars, and, as…
Rockman DASH: Great Adventure on 5 Islands & Rockman Tennis now preserved! Two more Japan-exclusive Mega Man games for feature phones have been preserved in full, thanks to the efforts of SciLab Secrets (as revealed by RockmanCosmo). Last December, the group announced that it had managed to preserve eight lost Mega Man games, including most…
Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted rolled out in October, and I thought it was pretty good: Really just a higher-resolution (and more expensive) version of the original PvZ phenomenon, sure, but fine overall, and of particular benefit for people who want to play the game on a Steam Deck. Serious fans were unhappy, though, for a…
Need a hint for today’s Wordle? We’ve got a whole selection for you. No? How about some clues written especially for the October 16 (1580) game instead? They’ll definitely help. Still not what you’re looking for? No problem. Keep it nice and simple with a quick scroll straight down to the answer to today’s Wordle….
