Maxell brings back classic 1970s cassette tapes — 1970s ferric formula is custom-made for vintage PC data drives
Maxell and Disk Union collaborate to release special edition UD-60U cassette tapes in Japan.
The world’s first webcam was switched off 25 years ago today — 128×128 grayscale feed predated the World Wide Web to monitor a Cambridge coffee pot
It has been a quarter century since the world’s first webcam was turned off for good. The Trojan Room Coffee Pot was retired on Wednesday, August 22, 2001, after 10 years of service at Cambridge University.
The Guild: Ren Faire’d closes its record-breaking Kickstarter with over $6.8M raised by backers
We already knew that the Kickstarter drive for The Guild: Ren Faire’d was going to be a success, but not even we could foresee how...
Black Desert bonks the Agent with a buff bat on PC and brings guild fame updates to console
As is often the case for the weekly patches applied to Black Desert, there are another round of balance changes for several classes on PC. Also, a...
Palia’s Fall’s Faire promises new quests and stories next week – and a new adventure zone in the future
We’re not entering the autumn season in our half of the globe meteorologically speaking, but that’s not stopping the cozy multiplayer world of Palia from celebrating...
GPD Says Its $1,750 WIN Max 3 Strix Halo Handheld Can’t Get Any Cheaper
When you look at a high-end product like the GPD WIN Max 3, you expect a price premium. It’s not as slim and trim as the GPD WIN 5 sporting the same silicon, but the micro-laptop form factor of the WIN Max 3 means that it’s considerably more useful for actually getting work done. Whether it justifies its $1750 starting price is more debatable,
The Stream Team: Constructing Dinkum’s community center band stand
With her Dinkum island slowly growing with new residents, Massively OP’s MJ needs to focus on ways to build community cohesiveness. She now has the...
Nintendo Goes Nuclear On Switch Emulators With 400+ GitHub Takedowns
Nintendo is doing it again, taking furious legal action against Switch emulators. We’ve covered previous examples of this, back when Yuzu was targeted in March 2024 and the open-source Ryujinx followed in October 2024.
Open-source Nintendo Switch emulator development took over after the original “big two” were taken down, but the biggest
Microsoft blames RGB peripherals for crashing Windows 11 — RGB software is causing blue screens, crashes, and game freezes
RGB software is reportedly wreaking havoc on Windows PCs. The drivers used by these applications can trip up anti-cheat software, causing your games or entire system to crash. For now, the only solution is to disable the driver until an official update.
LOTRO Legendarium: Looking back at LOTRO’s Shadows of Angmar
When Lord of the Rings Online came onto the scene in 2007, the community couldn’t have been more primed for it. It was a perfect...