Our simulated Super Bowl predicts record number of points scored and helmets knocked off

Our simulated Super Bowl predicts record number of points scored and helmets knocked off The unpredictable physics of Football Simulator makes this Super Bowl the weirdest one ever. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. I haven’t had a lot of luck accurately predicting the outcome of the Super Bowl. In 2019, my computer simulation saidTom Brady would slam-dunk a bowling ballduring the game, and he didn’t....

February 9, 2023 · 6 min · 1159 words · Richard Robinson

PC gaming just got a new hockey game, and it's… a roguelike?

PC gaming just got a new hockey game, and it’s… a roguelike? Tape 2 Tape is a fairly simple retro hockey game, but it’s also the best we’ve seen on PC in years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. The sports genre has had a rocky relationship with PC gaming, with Madden only returning to PCin 2018and PC versions of major series like FIFA usually not including every feature from that year’s console edition....

February 9, 2023 · 4 min · 775 words · Alexis Hogan

Puny Asus Mini-ITX motherboard has a chipset on a stick

Puny Asus Mini-ITX motherboard has a chipset on a stick A clever solution to squeezing AMD’s dual-chip X670 chipset onto a teensy motherboard. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Remember thatcharacteristically quirky Asrock motherboardthat transmogrified from an AMD B650 board into an X670? Well,Asushas got something similar going on with its new ROG X670E-I board. It has a chipset on a PCIe stick....

February 9, 2023 · 3 min · 537 words · Angela Turner

Silicon wafers are getting cheaper but CPUs and GPUs may not follow

Silicon wafers are getting cheaper but CPUs and GPUs may not follow Chip makers probably won’t pass on wafer cost savings immediately. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. The fact that we’re in iffy economic times and demand for all manner of capitalist consumables is down is not news. But the specific fact of lower silicon wafer prices of late is novel....

February 9, 2023 · 4 min · 665 words · Meagan Jackson

Tech companies say the metaverse is coming, but PC gamers know it’s already been here for years

Tech companies say the metaverse is coming, but PC gamers know it’s already been here for years Zuckerberg doesn’t realise how behind the times he truly is. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. This article first appeared in PC Gamer magazine issue 378 in December 2022, as part of our Tech Report series. Every month we explore and explain the latest technological advances in computing—from the wonderful to the truly weird—with help from the scientists, researchers, and engineers making it all happen....

February 9, 2023 · 6 min · 1188 words · Debra Martin

That Tron visual novel has a release window, a new trailer, and lots of choices to make

That Tron visual novel has a release window, a new trailer, and lots of choices to make Prepare to reap what you sow in Tron: Identity’s Grid. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Button up your neon pyjamas, becauseTron: Identityhas a release window and a new gameplay trailer. Revealed at yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, the “narrative puzzle adventure” from Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular creator Mike Bithell will come out sometime in April this year, inviting you to crack open a mystery “In a new Grid, forgotten by its creator and left alone to evolve without User intervention”....

February 9, 2023 · 3 min · 548 words · Denise Johnson

The original Life Is Strange devs are making a beautifully animated, choice-driven narrative game next

The original Life Is Strange devs are making a beautifully animated, choice-driven narrative game next And it has a release window, too. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Life Is Strange developer Don’t Nod has a new game, and it looks like we’re trading in teen drama for a tale of megacorps, gods, and the precarious balance between the mortal and divine worlds....

February 9, 2023 · 3 min · 559 words · Nichole Miller
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