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RTX 3090 Owner Finds Old Glove Inside $1500 GPU
23.8.2021
Imagine this. You’ve just paid a ton for a new RTX 3090 Founders Edition GPU. You plug the card in, boot everything up and … wait, why is my super-expensive GPU running at 230 degrees?Read more
It's Shocking Just How Shady Roblox Actually Is
20.8.2021
I’ve long been wary of letting my kids play Roblox because of fears over its community and moderation, along with the fact that I just don’t think its floaty physics and hideous player models are any good. I can now add “a ghastly player economy” to my list of grievances.Read more
ScummVM Is Bringing CD-ROM Games Back
19.8.2021
ScummVM, the collection of recreated last-century game engines that allows replaying classic adventures from the likes of LucasArts and Revolution, has just added support for Macromedia Director. This opens the door for the return of previously unplayable ‘90s CD-ROM games, starting with...
Gigabyte Will Replace 'Exploding' PSUs, Takes Shot At Media On The Way Out
16.8.2021
In the wake of very public examples of two of their power supply units failing spectacularly, Gigabyte have offered replacements to anyone affected, while simultaneously casting doubt on the methodology used by those raising the issue in the first place.Read more
Valve Patched A Steam Exploit That Let Users Add Unlimited Funds To Steam Wallets
15.8.2021
A security researcher on Hackerone recently submitted an exploit that could be used on Steam to gain unlimited funds. The exploit has since been patched by Valve and the company awarded the user who discovered this exploit $7500. Read more
Keyboard Group Buys Rule When They Don’t Suck
12.8.2021
More than any group I’ve ever been part of, the mechanical keyboard community is hardcore af. The die-hard keeb freaks who haunt it aren’t content to wait for some big-name manufacturer to make something good. These folks are ready and willing to design, fund, and finance their own hardware...
Gigabyte Hackers Threaten To Leak Internal AMD, Intel Documents
12.8.2021
Taiwanese manufacturer Gigabyte has suffered a major cyberattack, courtesy of the hacker group known as RansomEXX. It appears the attack hasn’t impacted the day-to-day manufacturing side of the business, which focuses on PC hardware, but it has hit internal servers hard.Read more
Streamers Are Rallying Behind ‘Twitch Do Better’
10.8.2021
Over the past few days, you might have seen the #TwitchDoBetter hashtag pick up steam on social media networks like Twitter. You might’ve further wondered why it’s popping now, and what it’s all about. Twitch is a company, after all, and companies can always, always do better. But this recent...
One Of The Wildest Console Hacks Ever
10.8.2021
When Microsoft released the Xbox 360, it was designed to be unhackable. Security-wise, the machine was a step up from the original Xbox with custom hardware and encryption keys to keep hackers and modders at bay. Of course, they figured out an in, but what makes this exploit for the Xbox 360 Slim...
The Steam Deck Might Struggle To Play Some Games On Big TVs
8.8.2021
The Steam Deck, like the Nintendo Switch, can be docked and connected to a TV or monitor. Valve confirmed this back when it was announced. But now the publisher behind Steam has revealed that docking the portable PC won’t lead to any performance boosts in games. This could lead to some issues...
I Want This Portable PlayStation 2
7.8.2021
The PlayStation 2 is a great console, but does have one annoying flaw: It’s not portable. So one YouTuber, GingerOfOz, decided to fix this glaring design deficit and in the process created a sweet-looking handheld console he named the PS2 Eclipse.Read more
Apex Legends Hackers Exposed For Plotting Wild Scheme
6.8.2021
Early last month, Apex Legends was effectively shut down by hackers who claimed to be attacking the game in an effort to “save” Titanfall. A website, SaveTitanfall.com, was believed to be connected to the shutdown; however, the site pushed back, saying it had no connection to the hackers. Now...
Game Payment Company CEO Sounds Like A Massive Jerk
6.8.2021
Game payment company Xsolla is reportedly planning to lay off 150 people for being “unengaged and unproductive.” CEO and founder, Aleksandr Agapitov later wrote on Twitter, “Work your fucking ass off or get your fucking ass out.” It’s a big old mess made more complicated by the CEO’s continued...
All Those Cool Games You Thought Were Already On PS4 Are Coming To PS4
6.8.2021
Typically, big companies batch their announcements. Maybe that’s by way of a digital showcase, or issuing a press release. In those long-ago, very precedented times, it could even involve shuffling hundreds of folks into an auditorium where they might catch a glimpse of Keanu Reeves. Today, Sony...
No One Can Fully Explain This Baffling Roblox Ad Scam
5.8.2021
Over the past few days, a bewildering TikTok ad featuring clips from Roblox has torn through the internet. Some believe it’s an instance of performatively offbeat marketing. Some think it’s a fairly run-of-the-mill scam. Others say it was an accident, a technical mishap on the app’s backend....
The Tricky, Essential Art of Preserving Canceled Games Like Starfox 2
4.8.2021
What we know of history is preserved in the art we create, and what we leave behind. Cave paintings tell stories of great hunting feats, crumbling texts give us a glimpse into ancient cultures, and film reels show us how far life has come. In the same way, these artifacts represent the breadth...
The Shorter Games With Worse Graphics Bundle Is No Joke
2.8.2021
Featuring 28 different games from 25 independent developers and starting at $20, The Shorter Games With Worse Graphics Bundle on itch.io is a celebration of small games from small studios that refuse to be part of the increasingly troublesome AAA development culture.Read more
Halo Infinite's Bots Are Impressive (And Making Me Nervous)
1.8.2021
Halo Infinite’s first big multiplayer technical preview started this weekend and the main star are the bots. For the first time in the history of the series, there are online multiplayer bots. I wondered how much of a fight they would put up against teams of human players. Now, after being chased...
Unionize
30.7.2021
Steve Kim is a software developer and graphic designer.Read more
PS2 Game Boxes Almost Looked A Lot Cooler
30.7.2021
PS2 game boxes were entirely unremarkable, because they looked like every other plastic case available at the time, from Xbox games to DVDs. But an earlier design for them that Sony ended up ditching was a lot more interesting.Read more