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Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship
In the wake of storefronts like Steam and itch.io curbing the sale of adult games, irate fans have started an organized campaign against the payment processors that they believe are responsible for the crackdown. While the movement is still in its early stages, people are mobilizing with an eye toward overwhelming communication lines at companies…
Persona 5: The Phantom X Revelation Cards, explained
Revelation Cards are a type of equipment in Persona 5: The Phantom X that boost a character’s stats and provide them with extra effects. For those struggling to defeat Shadow bosses, Revelation Cards might be your key to victory. Revelation Cards are vital to improving your characters’ damage and survivability. However, the card system can…
ASUS ROG Flow Z13 (2025) review: When a traditional gaming laptop just won’t do
On paper, the idea of a PC gaming tablet doesn’t really make sense. Anything with a screen larger than eight to ten inches is generally too big to hold for longer sessions. Their thin chassis don’t leave much room for big batteries, ports or discrete graphics. But with the second-gen ROG Flow Z13, ASUS is…
How to solve the chess puzzle in Destiny 2
The chess puzzle in Destiny 2 is just the first piece in an all-consuming puzzle the Destiny community is rapidly trying to solve ahead of the The Edge of Fate expansion reveal for Destiny 2 on May 6. If you don’t complete this chess puzzle, released in the twilight of the “Heresy” episode, you can’t…
Marathon may be made for PvP fans, but Bungie says there’s still plenty for the rest of us
Marathon, Bungie’s upcoming extraction shooter, has been officially rerevealed via a Saturday stream out of the developer’s main offices in Bellevue, Washington. As part of a preview event for press and creators, Bungie flew me out to Washington to spend about six hours with the game, see the reveal event early, and speak to some…
How The Sims franchise leader went from QA to Maxis’ top creative role
For nearly four years, Lyndsay Pearson has led The Sims franchise as the creative franchise vice president at Maxis. But her legacy at the studio, owned by Electronic Arts, spans more than 20 years as she worked her way up from a quality assurance tester on The Sims, moving into an associate producer role for…
Our unofficial, silly and meaningless CES 2025 awards, just for fun
CES (formerly the Consumer Electronics Show) is the biggest tech convention of the year. It helps set the stage for all the wonderful gadgets we’re going to see over the next 12 months. However, among all the quadcopters, questionably benevolent robots and devices with fancy flexible screens, there’s a lot of small things that go…