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In Project Zomboid, every brutal death is a learning experience

Project Zomboid is a brutal zombie survival sim that gives players wonderfully tragic stories to learn from.
January 15, 2022
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CES 2022 felt a bit lacking in the smart home department

Perhaps the biggest smart home trend of CES 2022 is that there wasn't one. Despite a wave of interesting announcements, no pattern stood out.
January 9, 2022
Roborock Dyad wet-dry vacuum

Finally, budget GPUs from AMD and Nvidia are a reality again

Jan 7, 2022

Why we can’t get too excited about Intel Arc Alchemist discrete GPUs just yet

Jan 5, 2022

Laptops have finally moved beyond shoddy, 720p webcams for good

Jan 4, 2022

AMD Radeon Super Resolution feels like the wrong play against Nvidia DLSS

Jan 3, 2022

Why Samsung built an NFT aggregator into its new TVs

Dec 31, 2021

Does that appliance need an app? I don’t think so

Dec 29, 2021

Every Halo Infinite player should change these 3 settings

Publishers shouldn’t count on ‘redemption arcs’ to save their games

Everyone loves an underdog story, but when it comes to games, long-term redemption arcs have become a gamble.

Nvidia DLSS became a must-have piece of PC gaming tech

Sonic Frontiers’ open-world pivot is exactly what the series needs

Sonic looks surprised as he stares at an open world.

The pandemic forced fighting games to grow up in 2021

December 24, 2021
fighting game growth 2021 kof15 screenshot

Halo Infinite has what it takes to thrive as an esports game

December 22, 2021
Halo Infinite capture the flag.

Halo Infinite’s talkative Grunts are bad stand-up comedians

December 20, 2021
halo infinite grunts

Grand Theft Auto Online’s new update teases metaverse ambitions

Dr. Dre showing a player character a new song in GTA Online.

The year of the JRPG: Why 2021 was a landmark year for the genre

2021 year of jrpg tales arise cast

Halo Infinite’s open world doesn’t hold up to past linear campaigns

December 15, 2021
Warthog in Halo Infinite.

Xbox PC Game Pass has a big problem — and it isn’t the name

December 14, 2021
Dave and GaTa at a PC Game Pass meeting.

I took Nvidia’s $20K System Latency challenge, and I was shocked by the results

December 14, 2021
Nvidia Latency Frenzy challenge.

HDMI 2.1 means a lot less than you probably think

HDMI port close up.

From movies to music, 2021 was the year of Dolby Atmos

Image showing Dolby Atmos 3D sound.

No company should make a new game console until the chip shortage is over

December 7, 2021
PS5 and Xbox Series X next to each other.

This adorable, cheap Amazon gaming keyboard is better than name brands

December 5, 2021
Akko World Tour keyboard and keycaps.

How graphics card bundles are both hurting and helping during the GPU shortage

December 3, 2021
GPU in neon lights.

Jak And Daxter is still a brilliantly designed platformer 20 years later

Jak and Daxter turns 20 today, but it plays like nothing else from the last decade.
Jak and Daxter posing after getting a power cell in Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.

This South Korean smart home hack is one more reason you should secure your home

December 1, 2021
Alexa listening indicator.

Call of Duty: Vanguard’s take on World War II can’t outdo a decade-old game

November 23, 2021
Soldiers running in Call of Duty: Vanguard promo.

What Halo Infinite and Destiny 2 can learn from each other about PvP

November 22, 2021
Guardians posing in Destiny 2.

Halo Infinite’s multiplayer can only go up from here

Halo Infinite capture the flag.

Halo Infinite’s multiplayer is great, but its battle pass is a slog

A Spartan in Halo Infinite holding their AI companion.

5 dumb phone accessories that we love anyway

Image of Fisher-Price Chatter Telephone.

Haptic feedback headphones are a great idea that still hasn’t been done right

A man's cheeks vibrating with a headset on.

Pikmin Bloom is more a Nintendo fitness app than a video game

Pikmin gang carrying items and waving

Netflix fails to read the room in launching its new video game platform

netflix video game impressions gaming lifestyle feature

The video game hype machine is less fun than it used to be

The long line outside of one of the PAX West parties

Why the Apple M1 Max is Intel’s true competitor for Alder Lake and beyond

Render of Intel Alder Lake chip.

Getting my smart home devices to switch Wi-Fi networks is annoying

Amazon Echo Show 5 (2nd Gen 2021) on table.

I installed Android apps on a Surface Pro 8, and it felt on par with an iPad

Android Apps on Windows 11

The best is yet to come for Xbox Game Pass subscribers

A character in Starfield.

It’s time for a Marvel-style video game crossover universe

Sora and Mario shake hands in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

New HomePod Mini colors expose how stale Apple’s smart home lineup has become

Apple HomePod mini on table

Even with 32 GPU cores, the M1 Max MacBook Pro still isn’t a gaming destination

Lifestyle image of someone using the new Macbook Pro 2021.

Here’s why Telegram will probably never beat WhatsApp

Telegram app download. Credits: Telegram

Halo Infinite’s A.I. puts Battlefield 2042’s to shame

A helicopter flies over tanks in Battlefield 2042.

Battlefield 2042 fixes one of Battlefield 4’s biggest problems

Soldiers jump off a building in Battlefield 2042.

Is a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sequel even possible?

Characters fighting in Super Smash Bros Ultimate.

Switch Online’s N64 expansion won’t be complete without translucent controllers

A purple, translucent Nintendo 64 controller

Halo Infinite’s PC version needs a performance boost before launch

Spartan on the battlefield

These studios, not Quantic Dream, should make a new Star Wars game

A Sith lord in the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake trailer.

Battlefield 2042’s delay shows how much Cyberpunk 2077 scared publishers

A helicopter flies over tanks in Battlefield 2042.

The Apple Watch Series 7 rumors were wrong, and here’s why I’m glad they were

Apple Watch Series 7 sleep data.

Why the rumored Apple Watch Series 7 redesign has me worried

Apple Watch Series 6 body on top of the iPhone 11 and iPhone 12.
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