The trailer for Hulu’s John Bronco. John Bronco—Hulu’s new sub-40-minute mockumentary about a “lost” “Ford pitchman”—is a good idea, well-executed. What if you took the competent-idiot Southern charm of Justified‘s Boyd Crowder, but, instead of an Appalachian criminal, made the character the unlikely pitchman for a beloved classic SUV, who oozes over-the-top marketable machismo a la […]
Heading outside to collect your favorite items in Pokémon Go used to be a great way to get some exercise and fresh air while playing a great Pokémon game, but new social distancing guidelines make it more difficult for a lot of people to play their favorite augmented reality game. While you might not how […]
Enlarge / The loading screen of the browser-friendly version of Indiana Jones in Wenceslas Square, converted by Jaroslav Švelch and 8-bit veteran Martin Kouba. (Let’s officially consider this canon over Crystal Skull.) Indiana Jones is caught behind the Iron Curtain. Specifically, the globe-trotting archeologist is in the former Czechoslovakia, a Soviet satellite state, and he’s […]
With Nvidia’s new RTX 30 Series finally here, knowing what PC games actually support RTX-based ray tracing is important to help take advantage of all that new powerful hardware. This lighting technique is the closest approximation we have for modeling the way light behaves in the real world, and it looks beautiful on both RTX […]
The box is cool, sure… Sam Machkovech …but I have a sneaking suspicion it’s the tissue paper it came in that’s gonna get people really riled up. Sam Machkovech Precious child posing with PS5, for scale. Sam Machkovech A handle! See, it’s just like the Nintendo GameCube. Sales pitch on the back. The fine print […]
You can’t solo security COVID-19 game security report: Learn the latest attack trends in gaming Access here The game industry is so full of surprises, like Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez drawing more than 4.5 million views for her hilarious get-out-the-vote Twitch livestream of social game Among Us this week. As a political event, it drowned out […]
The audio problem Learn how new cloud-based API solutions are solving imperfect, frustrating audio in video conferences. Access here Intel reported earnings that matched Wall Street’s expectations during what was another tumultuous quarter for the world economy. For the third quarter ended September 30, the big PC chipmaker posted non-GAAP earnings per share (EPS) of […]
Yakko, Wakko, and Dot are back in Hulu’s reboot of the classic Animaniacs cartoon. Readers of a certain age will have fond childhood memories of weekday afternoons spent in the company of the Warner siblings, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, the central figures of the hugely popular, Emmy-award winning animated series, Animaniacs. Now a whole new […]
Your graphics card can play a key role in determining what programs or games your computer can successfully run, and it can help make streaming and web browsing smoother too. If you are running into issues with any of these activities, you may want to find out what GPU you have, and if an upgrade […]
Building a PC is a daunting task. A multitude of choices currently flood the component market — just look at Intel’s overwhelming CPU list. Motherboards are even more sporadic, with various options from multiple manufacturers without a clear difference between them. We’ve rounded up the six best motherboards at various price points to help you […]
The Halo series is not only one of the most important shooter franchises of all time, but it’s also the only one that managed to save an entire platform. The original Xbox launched with lackluster exclusives like Blinx: The Time Sweeper and Fuzion Frenzy that wouldn’t have given players much of a reason to pick […]
You can’t solo security COVID-19 game security report: Learn the latest attack trends in gaming Access here Frost Giant Studios, a new game studio formed by Blizzard Entertainment veterans, has raised $ 4.7 million to make its first real-time strategy game. StarCraft and Warcraft veterans Tim Morten and Tim Campbell said in an interview with […]
The PlayStation 5 comes with everything seen here. Some assembly required. Batteries not included. From Sony! Sony / Youtube Air vents! Sony / Youtube The entire rear of the system is pretty much one big air vent. Sony / Youtube The stand at the base of the (vertical) system is attached with a single large […]