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Mars Attracts Is A F-ack-Ing Good Time (Early Access Impressions)
Even as a fan of the 1996 (IT WAS FUCKING HOW LONG AGO!?) movie Mars Attacks, I never once assumed it would return over 2 decades later as a videogame. And even if I did make that assumption, at no point would I have guessed it would arrive as a theme-park management game, hilariously titled…
Can a video game make the loneliness epidemic feel good?
For Tiny Bull Studios, one thing always remained the same throughout the years of development and various prototypes for The Lonesome Guild: It was always a game about loneliness. “All the thematics of the game, all the game play has been built around this contrast between loneliness and teamwork,” producer Luca Cafasso told Polygon over…
Microsoft’s Xbox handheld is a good first step toward a Windows gaming OS
The first thing I did when I got my hands on the Xbox Ally was reboot it. I wanted to see exactly how Microsoft manages to hide Windows beneath the Xbox interface that’s debuting on these handheld devices. After a short startup, I was met with the standard Windows login prompt. But I could use…
Your Coffee Is Only As Good as Your Grinder. Here Are the 6 Best
Compare Our Top 6 Grinders More Excellent Grinders Conical-burr all-rounders: Baratza Encore for $150: Baratza’s original Encore is the Honda of the conical burr grinder world: easy to maintain, runs great, easy to use, lasts forever, replacement parts are easy to find. It’s been on the market largely unchanged for more than a decade. For…
We Test Gear & Track Prices All Year—We Found 191 Actually Good Prime Day Deals
Amazon Prime Day is four days in 2025, and we’re just kicking off day two. The Prime Day deals started dropping last month and will go on through Friday. We’ll be dangerously caffeinated and working in shifts, covering 20 hours a day through the end. As Prime Day enters its second day, we have totally…
Can Good UX Protect Older Users From Digital Scams? — Smashing Magazine
As online scams become more sophisticated, Carrie Webster explores whether good UX can serve as a frontline defense, particularly for non-tech-savvy older users navigating today’s digital world. A few years ago, my mum, who is in her 80s and not tech-savvy, almost got scammed. She received an email from what appeared to be her bank….
Supremo FM6 1000W: another good move from Endorfy – Overclocking.com EN
The Supremo FM6 1000W is a very complete and silent modular power supply. The Endorfy block complies with the latest ATX 3.1 and PCIe 5.1 standards, and features the famous 12V-2×6 connector that supports the latest generation of graphics cards. In addition to a 10-year warranty, this block is 80+ Gold and Cybenetics Platinum certified….
Invincible VS’s Gory Take On The Marvel Vs. Capcom Formula Is A Bloody Good Time
One of the 2025 Xbox Showcase’s most shocking reveals was Invincible VS, a new three-on-three tag fighter from Skybound and a new startup studio called Quarter Up Games. Don’t let the “new startup” descriptor fool you, however; this is a team steeped in fighting game experience, as it was responsible for bringing back a cult…
Anthropic’s new AI model resorted to blackmail during testing, but it’s also really good at coding
So endeth the never-ending week of AI keynotes. What started with Microsoft Build, continued with Google I/O, and ended with Anthropic Code with Claude, plus a big hardware interruption from OpenAI, the week has finally come to a close. AI announcements from the developer conferences jockeyed for news dominance this week, but OpenAI managed to…
The good, the bad and the unknown of AI: Q&A with Mária Bieliková
Artificial intelligence is on everybody’s lips these days, sparking excitement, fear and endless debates. Is it a force for good or bad – or a force we actually have yet to fully understand? We sat down with prominent computer scientist and AI researcher Mária Bieliková to discuss these and other pressing issues surrounding AI, its…