The Elements of Gadgets and Gaming
Microsoft has been trying to reinvent the Xbox brand ever since the disastrous launch of the Xbox One some seven years ago. Since then, I think they’ve finally realized that they can’t really compete with Sony and Nintendo on games and hardware specs alone. So they have to go back to what originally made them…
Every time a new console generation comes around, it’s easy to be lured in by the newest shiny thing. However, I always seem to find myself drawn back to PC gaming. It’s like an addiction, I suppose, in the same way that cars are for gearheads. Maybe it’s the sense of freedom it provides you….
What if you woke up one morning and were suddenly swallowed up by a gaping sink hole. What if that hole were being remotely controlled by a cheeky raccoon who’s destroying the whole town in order to win his own quad-copter. Donut County is certainly a weird game. It takes place in a fictional California…
Next gen consoles don’t really offer anything PC gamers haven’t been toying around with for the past couple years now. However, they do have one pretty big trick up their sleeves: solid state storage. Not just any SSDs mind you. PCMR has been messing around with those for the better part of a decade now….
What Remains of Edith Finch is a story about death. Or rather, how absurd the whole concept of impermanence can feel, as viewed through the lens of a single misfortunate family. You see, the Finches have a curse on them. Or so the legend goes. One which has dogged them ever since great-great grandpa Odin…
AMD and Nvidia both unveiled new products last week. Team Red has a bevy of new CPUs to fill out its mobile line. Meanwhile, rival Nvidia has also added some new laptop GPUs, as well as the RTX 3060 for the mid-range desktop segment. All of these products look very good on paper. It’s certainly…
I’ve been mulling over the events of the past week, trying to make sense of what’s going on, and piecing together what it means for tech. And, to be honest, this is the first time in my 35 years on this planet that I’ve felt a genuine sense of dread about the future. As you…
Nvidia has announced the RTX 3060, which they’re billing as a successor to one of their best selling video cards ever, the legendary GTX 1060. We don’t know much about the exact specs yet. Only that it will feature 13 TFLOPs of shader performance. This should make it just a hair slower than the 3060…
Sony is beginning to wind down availability of the PS4 in Japan by discontinuing all but one model. Only the PS4 Slim will remain available for sale, while all other models have been discontinued as of January 5th of this year. Despite being a stellar success globally, the console has not fared as well in…
The PlayStation brand is not doing so hot in it’s native Japan, and that has analysts worried. According to sales data compiled by Famitsu, the PS5 only sold 240,000 units during its first six weeks on the marker. The worst launch of any PlayStation console in the region. Ace Economic Research Institute analyst Hideki Yasuda…