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“From the town of Lincoln, Nebraska, with a sawed-off .410 on my lap,” Bruce Springsteen crooned in his magnificent 1982 ballad Nebraska. “Through to the badlands of Wyoming, I killed everything in my path.” The Boss was of course relating the tale of infamous mass murderer Charles Starkweather, but he might as well have been … Read more

Puzzling out how to beat The Sorrow in Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is a significant challenge, especially if you’ve spent the game wantonly murdering every enemy and guard you’ve come across. This boss is essentially a punishment for players who’ve decided that they’re not going to engage with the game’s stealth system. So, … Read more

Tracking down weapon locations in Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater might seem a little redundant in a game centered around stealth and not getting discovered. Still, it’s handy to have a selection of weapons in case things do go south, or even if you just want to ignore stealth entirely and turn the game … Read more

I’ve spent my day thoroughly updating our best 14-inch gaming laptop guide, and the new top spot is no surprise—it’s the magnificent Razer Blade 14. However, it’s still a pricey beast, so if you’re tight with the pennies like me you’ll be looking for the best bang for your buck instead. Which is why I’ve … Read more

Overwatch 2 Season 18 has brought the usual new additions, like a small map overhaul, a new hero, and an upcoming rank reset. But the best part of the new season, in my humble opinion, has to be the truckloads of loot boxes that have been left for players like myself to open. My evening … Read more

How many bases do you need in a single game? Ask someone who likes base-building, like me, and they’ll probably say “As many as you can give me.” No Man’s Sky already has a few kinds of player bases. Base-building was added to the space sandbox in 2016, along with freighters that can be parked … Read more

Byte magazine is very much before my time. First published in September 1975, Byte magazine’s in-depth technical coverage of this new-fangled thing called microcomputers earned it a loyal readership. Also notable was the fact that the monthly publication didn’t focus on just one platform, but the entire field of small personal computers. The print edition … Read more

Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn turned 12 years old this week—pause while I crumble into dust. Alongside a sweet ol’ video message from director and producer Naoki Yoshida came the news I and many others have been waiting for: dates and locations for this expansion’s Fan Festivals. There are two reasons these dates are … Read more

Betwixt more standard meetings, last week I sat on the floor of the halls of Gamescom Cologne with a keyboard on my lap that is apparently a “new solution for the boring entry-level keyboard market.” That’s according to Glorious, and the keyboard in question is the GMBK 75%. I’m happy to say, even just a … Read more

Framework has finally broken the silence on the future of its modular 16-inch gaming laptop, the Framework 16. And the good news is that it actually has one. With AMD essentially exiting the mobile GPU market this generation the company only had one option, and that was to turn to Nvidia. Today, it has announced … Read more