Duck Hunt: The Ultimate Shooter – By Todd Friedman

Arc Raider’s defining feature, according to Embark’s CEO, is all the odd player interactions: ‘We did not expect people to take on roles of Defender of the Swamp’

I’m a fan of extraction shooters, sure, but I’ve never liked one as much as Arc Raiders. Now, Embark Studios has made the notoriously difficult sub-genre slightly easier with more forgiving death penalties, plentiful loot, and nicer lobbies, but the standout feature for me is undoubtedly the social element. I’ve encountered bloodthirsty raiders who’d fit…

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Todd Howard didn’t want Deathclaws to be ‘just another creature’ in Fallout Season 2, and from I’ve seen so far they’re just as terrifying as I remember

We’re on week four of Fallout season 2, and what a ride it’s been so far. We’ve seen classified locations, some old-school Fallout spots, and finally found out one of Fallout’s oldest mysteries. But the episode brings something better: Deathclaws. Fans of the games have been waiting to see a Deathclaw in the series since…

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Intel says it’s shipped ‘slightly north’ of 100 million AI PCs, which equates to roughly four ‘ZOPS’, or ‘Zetta OPS’ of AI processing power

Here’s a topic we all know and love: AI PCs. The often nebulous term refers primarily to PCs with dedicated NPUs built to perform local AI computing, which I know we in the PC gaming community are all very excited about. Ah, enough snark. It’s certainly represented a major change in the way the tech…

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