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I just got Rickrolled by an electron-blasted silicon wafer Here’s what happens when you beam Electrons at a tiny wafer… Rick Astley shows up, apparently. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Holy Electrons, I didn’t expect to get hit by a 20-year-old meme today, let alone in the form of Electron-beam lithography. Zachary Tong of the Breaking Taps Youtube channel has broken out the ancient rite of the Rickroll in theirlatest videooutlining this fascinating technique for printing nano-scale images on tiny wafers (viaHackaday)....

One of the NFL’s best teams is full of Grand Theft Auto Online roleplayers The Eagles have had a great season, and the team’s players love GTA Online. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. We’re not living in the Dark Ages of Tipper Gore and “special episodes” of Law and Order anymore⁠—gaming’s gone mainstream, and we’ll all one day live to see the first gamer president, God have mercy on our souls....

Overwatch 2’s new tank hero Ramattra will need a support babysitter to thrive As the other roles grow, supports fall behind. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. You’ve been there. Junker Queen, Overwatch 2’s recent Australian brawl tank, charges into the enemy team, leaving you to tame her fluctuating health bar. She passes in and out of sight as you try to land some sort of healing grenade/syringe on her slim silhouette before a lethal blow ends her rampage....

Oxford dictionary selects ‘goblin mode’ as word of the year following powerful PC Gamer campaign I’m going goblin mode on anyone who points out it’s two words. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. The Oxford English Dictionary was far from the first attempt to catalogue the English language, but in its conception and execution it remains, in this amateur lexicographer’s opinion, the most comprehensive attempt to pin down our wonderfully wriggly words....

PSA: Remember to safeguard your armor slots before the new Destiny 2 season starts Don’t make my mistake. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Destiny 2’s Season of the Plunder has been a rough one, asPhil explainedin his article on how Bungie’s current model is leading to player burnout. So I wouldn’t blame anyone for having peaced out already. But with the next season starting on Tuesday, if youareplanning to come back, I implore you to do this easy piece of housekeeping today: Strip the artifact mods out of all your armor, especially pieces with the extra ‘artifice’ slot....

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Steam page leaks and then deletes March release date, system requirements The Steam page also revealed details on the game itself, including the new setting and preorder bonuses. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. There’s been a lot of speculation thatStar Wars Jedi: Survivor, the sequel to the 2019 hit Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, would be released sometime before March 31, 2023....

Starfield will cost $70 as Microsoft raises its base price for new games in 2023 The price increase will apply to PC games as well as Xbox console releases. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Following the lead of Sony and others,Activisionbrought the $70 game to Steamthis year with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Next year, Microsoft will follow suit, too: The company toldIGNthat beginning in 2023, the standard price of its new first-party games, includingStarfieldandRedfall, will be increased from $60 to $70....