[ad_1] Your Legacy continues#RogueLegacy2 pic.twitter.com/uUGeLE9TPm — CellarDoorGames (@CellarDoorGames) April 2, 2020 If you’re not familiar with Rogue Legacy, it was part of the first wave of modern indie roguelikes back in the early 2010s that included titles like Spelunky and FTL: Faster Than Light. They’re games that combine permadeath — once your character dies, that’s […]
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Get six months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for $40 at Newegg
[ad_1] If you’re not familiar with service, it combines Microsoft’s Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass subscriptions into one package. The former allows you to play games online, while the latter grants you access to a library of more than 100 Xbox and PC games, among other perks. Some of the titles you can currently […]
Gigabyte’s Aero 17 has a 4K HDR display and Intel’s 8-core i9 CPU
[ad_1] You can get either model with full HD displays for less money, but video editors or other creators will probably want the 4K screens. The 15-inch model has a 4K OLED HDR400 display, while the 17-inch version offers 4K and HDR400 capability. That means you’ll be able to edit 4K HDR videos and see […]
Razer’s Blade 15 packs an 8-core Intel CPU and RTX 2080 Super
[ad_1] The Blade 15 Advanced also comes with NVIDIA’s latest RTX 2070/2080 Super GPUs with Max-Q design. The new chips are not only faster than NVIDIA’s last RTX flagships, the RTX 2080 and 2070, but feature NVIDIA’s latest efficiency-boosting Max-Q tweaks like Advanced Optimus and Dynamic Boost. That means you’ll get higher frame-rates for gaming […]
Social distancing is pushing esports into the mainstream
[ad_1] Take NASCAR for example. When in-person races were canceled this year, NASCAR and Fox Sports announced the first-ever eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series, a simulation-style competition featuring stars like Dale Earnhardt Jr., Bobby Labonte, Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin racing in digital vehicles. It was the first time many NASCAR fans — and drivers […]
Dell XPS 13 review (2020): Tweaked to near-perfection
[ad_1] So what’s different? The most obvious upgrade is that Dell has completely gotten rid of the XPS 13’s lower screen bezel. Now, the display nearly touches the edge of the keyboard area, even further than the XPS 13 2-in-1. That effectively gives the computer a slightly taller 13.4-inch screen with a 16:10 aspect ratio. […]
Alphabet’s DeepMind AI is better than you at Atari games
[ad_1] According to MIT’s Technology Review, Pitfall and Montezuma’s Revenge require the AI to experiment more than usual in order to figure out how to get a better score. Meanwhile, Solaris and Skiing are difficult for the AI because there aren’t as many indications as success — the AI doesn’t know if it’s making the […]
Xbox Series X and PS5: The new consoles are all about crazy fast storage
[ad_1] The Xbox One and PS4 were the start of an unusual console generation. Both systems adopted very “PC-like” architecture and instead of a new generation we instead got a refresh where Microsoft and Sony both released faster versions of their existing consoles, the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X. We may still have a […]
The Morning After: MacBook Air (2020) review
[ad_1] A different kind of New Game Plus.‘Persona 5 Royal’ taps into the joy of replaying your favorite game Mat Smith has been spending his lockdown hours playing through the repolished Persona 5, which adds more content and new characters but keeps a lot of things the same. It makes for a comforting experience in […]
‘Fortnite’ gets a bullet-stopping ‘Kingsman’ umbrella
[ad_1] The rain-defeating device also works as a melee weapon and even a temporary glider. Just don’t expect to pull off your best Mary Poppins impression — you’ll meet the ground much sooner than you would if you used your normal glider. The same update also introduces an inflatable crash pad that can save you […]