‘Chat do I go to the office on Saturday to fix this:’ The clock is ticking on Peak accidentally hitting players with a map that’s impossible to beat

If your next Peak run looks impossible, it just might be. On Saturday, dev Aggro Crab posted a screenshot of an impossible-to-reach campfire that spawned on top of an unclimbable tree. Peak is challenging, but it’s not supposed to be quite that challenging. Aggro Crab explained the glitch in a post on X (with a … Read more

It sounds like all the pieces are in place for one of the most underrated RPG greats—from the creators of Fallout⁠, no less—to get the remaster it deserves, but good luck getting someone to make it happen

In a new video on his YouTube channel, RPG veteran Tim Cain outlined the challenges inherent to remastering Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, one of the true hardcore sicko legends of CRPGs, and a game that could really use a remaster. Vexingly, it sounds like the dark ritual to reanimate Arcanum is pretty much … Read more

Nearly two-thirds of Brits surveyed about the UK’s new age verification laws think the changes aren’t effective, but even more support them being made in the first place

It’s been one week since the UK government introduced its Online Safety Act, legislation that requires people to provide age verification in order to access content that is adult-related. Two surveys conducted before and after the rules came into place, by a research and data analysis group, suggest that a significant portion of the British … Read more

Microsoft made $27.2 billion in 3 months and still chose to lay 9,000 people off, in case you thought there was simply no other way

Every time I feel like I’m getting a handle on the growth-based nature of capitalism—the idea that the number has to go up, and simply making a profit isn’t enough, yadda yadda—a stat in an earnings report clocks me over the head and uproots me from whatever mooring I thought I had. For example, did … Read more

Razer BlackShark V3 review | PC Gamer

Today’s best Razer BlackShark V3 deals There are many differences between Razer’s BlackShark V2 and the new V3 line of gaming headsets—from sparkling new drivers to super-speedy low-latency connections—but the thing that really jumps out to me is the fact that it’s wireless from top to bottom. Once, it was just the Pro version that … Read more

One of Elden Ring Nightreign’s returning Dark Souls bosses launches into the stratosphere halfway through the fight to hide that he gets replaced by a second, smaller guy

Prolific FromSoftware dataminer Zullie the Witch is back with another interesting piece of Elden Ring Nightreign esoterica: The version of Dark Souls 3’s Nameless King you fight on foot is different than the one riding the dragon, and FromSoft had to get creative with how it hides the transition. In the first phase of his … Read more