There are certain studios that define the earliest memories of gamers like me. Their collective imaginations helped lay the foundation for the cinematic masterpieces we experience today. Cyan Worlds is one of those studios. The Myst series, Obduction, Firmament, and Uru transported us to new worlds, telling wonderful stories through
There are people who are completely addicted to working out. They are in the gym at 5 AM, they go at least 4 days a week. They talk about spinning, track every single thing they eat or drink, and quote Lombardi like it’s a requirement. (If I hear “Most
When I sat down with the Funcom team at Summer Games Fest 2024 to see Dune Awakening they asked if I’ve “read the books”. We then had a spirited discussion about what I meant when I said “Yes, I’ve read ALL of the books”. Regardless of whether or
There’s a reason why power supplies haven’t changed all that much in the last few decades. Sure, they’ve gotten bigger and more powerful, and we’ve got cleaner rails than ever before, but the cooling has remained the same — vents and ever-larger fans. This has a couple
I sat down with the Wizards of the Coast team to check out a very exciting new product they have for Magic The Gathering. That’s right, it’s time to battle it out in the shadowy world of your favorite Templars and Assassins in Magic: The Gathering – Assassin’s
Remaking a classic game is a tricky proposition. When it’s a game with eleven entries spanning over 37 years, it gets even more tricky. What do you change? What do you keep? Do you update the combat to modern standards? What quality of life changes would you implement? The
We’ve gotten a closer look at MAINGEAR’s builds recently (look for an upcoming deep dive on their Project Zero) and came away impressed. Now they’ve shadow dropped an incredibly powerful 16″ laptop configuration that can easily be called a desktop replacement — the ML-16. Let’s dig into
You need to take your wins where you can get them. Over the course of 22 years of playing video games as a member of the press and tackling unbalanced code, when a developer tells you “We don’t expect anyone will beat this boss – he’s unbalanced and will
