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The AI future would be bad enough on its own, eroding the human spirit and upending the economy in the name of a homework cheating revolution, but I find it especially galling that Microsoft is spending so much money trying to get me to turn on Copilot in Windows 11 and not fixing basic features … Read more

BioShock’s Big Daddy is one of gaming’s most iconic enemy designs. The drillbit-wielding, diving-helmet wearing protectors of Rapture are synonymous with Irrational’s classic shooter, to the point where they were plastered all over the game’s box-art when it launched back in 2007. But it turns out that, like so much else about BioShock, the Big … Read more

Portal is not only one of the most mechanically inventive puzzle games ever made, but it’s also one of the most elegantly crafted. Each of its Euclid-defying conundrums was built with surgical precision by Valve’s mega-brain designers, created to slowly and specifically introduce you to the power of thinking with Portals. Central to this is … Read more

Logging into apps or websites is one of our most-repeated digital activities, a sacred handshake between internet and user that says “I’m me, please let me in.” To my disappointment, at some point in the last few years we reached a point where logging in wasn’t a matter of extending your hand and completing a … Read more

Sometimes it’s hard to get enthusiastic about a new performance record with PC hardware. That’s because most GHz records involved absurd setups that are ultra-niche. But one top-notch overclocker has managed to get a genuine workstation-like PC rig to hit RAM speeds that it has absolutely no right to do so. The overclocker in question … Read more

Image 1 of 2 (Image credit: Noctua/Asus) (Image credit: Noctua/Asus) Great-looking GPUs can be a bit of a waste in the wrong setup. With the glass side of your case smushed against a wall, there’s no point getting something pretty if you can’t look inside. However, in Noctua’s case, looks aren’t the only reason to … Read more

I don’t believe in manifesting—I don’t make dream boards, and I don’t think the universe is listening to any positive vibes I put out. I will, however, take a moment to tell you about the Batman game I’ve always wanted (you want proof? Here’s a messily written blog from three years ago). My desire has … Read more

The tragedy of Wildgate is that it might be too clever for its own good. Although it’s a hero shooter on its surface, Wildgate is really a competitive ship battler. As you race other players to gather resources and build a better spaceship, it feels like playing as a unit in a sci-fi RTS. It’s … Read more

1997 Japanese Best Two-Year-Old Colt award winner and Umamusume inspiration Grass Wonder has died at the age of 30, Thoroughbred Daily News reports. The American-bred, Japanese-trained thoroughbred was diagnosed with age-related multiple organ failure at Japan’s Big Red Farm, where he had been spending his last years in retirement. (Image credit: Cygames) Grass Wonder debuted … Read more

PC Gamer once declared virtual toilets the secret to understanding the unspoken priorities of a game and the people making it, but I’d argue virtual ladders have even more to say. If you approach from the top, does it wrest away control or let you Wile E. Coyote yourself right off the ledge? Does the … Read more