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GameMax Strike Keyboard: Review

Ok let’s get one thing straight, I don’t usually like mechanical keyboards. The loud clang just grates with me (he’s clearly not a REAL gamer, I hear you snort with...

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Hardware Vs. Software Ray Tracing – what’s the difference?

Nvidia offers a detailed explanation in this blog post Hardware acceleration makes a big difference. But the real distinction isn’t between hardware and software, but between GPU acceleration with and...

GUIDES

Backwards Compatibility 101

A Guide to Backwards Compatibility Many gamers watch E3 with anticipation, eager to learn when they can pre-order the upcoming titles, many of them claiming to have the highest-quality graphics,...

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Sea of Thieves – one year on

Sea of thieves, after a long year of sailing. Unless you have been living under an internet free rock for the last year or so, you’ve probably heard about sea of thieves....

OPINION

Sneak – the gamer’s choice

The Gamers choice of drink? Dwarf here, a new(ish) energy drink has managed to sneak into the ranks of top drinks for gamers. See what I did there? I should...

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The 25 Best PC Games Of All Time

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The Golden Age of LucasArts: Why Those Adventures Still Matter — And Where to...

Jim Devereaux

DLSS 5 Backlash: The Real Reason Everyone’s So Angry

Jim Devereaux

The “Fake Frame” Fallacy: Why Your Eyes Are Lying to You

Jim Devereaux

Can the Test of Time Update Save Civ VII From Itself?

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The 25 Best PC Games Of All Time

Thirty-plus years of the greatest gaming platform ever built, distilled into one list. Prepare to be furious.

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Who Reviews the Reviewers? Why Games Criticism Has a Problem

IGN gave Crimson Desert a 6/10. Players are having a considerably better time than that suggests. So who's right — and does it matter? A look at what games criticism gets wrong, what it gets right, and why the gap between critic scores and player experience keeps getting wider.

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DLSS 5 Backlash: The Real Reason Everyone’s So Angry

The forum-flaming over NVIDIA’s latest AI wizardry has reached peak unhinged, but it’s not the core tech that’s got so many knickers in a twist. It’s the creeping dread of AI disruption.

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Resident Evil: Requiem Review

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DOOM: The Dark Ages Review

Blasphemous 2 Review

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Turning Off Ray Tracing Is the Most Self-Defeating Thing You Can Do

Jim Devereaux

I’ve Got a Steam Controller. You Probably Haven’t. Here’s Why That’s Everyone’s Problem.

Jim Devereaux

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The Next Xbox Is Just a PC with an Identity Crisis

Jim Devereaux

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Turning Off Ray Tracing Is the Most Self-Defeating Thing You Can Do

Jim Devereaux

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How to Build a Gaming PC in 2026: The Complete Beginner’s Guide

Jim Devereaux

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The Sofa Sultan’s Guide to PC Gaming on Your TV

Jim Devereaux

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The Golden Age of LucasArts: Why Those Adventures Still Matter — And Where to Find That Feeling Today

Jim Devereaux

Crusader Kings 2: The greatest game you’ll never play

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Why Unreal Tournament’s ‘Facing Worlds’ In Low Gravity Is the Greatest FPS Map Ever Made

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Thirty-plus years of the greatest gaming platform ever built, distilled into one list. Prepare to be furious.

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The forum-flaming over NVIDIA’s latest AI wizardry has reached peak unhinged, but it’s not the core tech that’s got so many knickers in a twist. It’s the creeping dread of AI disruption.

The “Fake Frame” Fallacy: Why Your Eyes Are Lying to You

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DLSS Frame Generation gets dismissed as "fake" by purists — but is the latency concern legitimate, and does it actually matter for most players? We make the case for AI frames, but not without hearing out the other side first.

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Turning Off Ray Tracing Is the Most Self-Defeating Thing You Can Do

I’ve Got a Steam Controller. You Probably Haven’t. Here’s Why That’s Everyone’s Problem.

The Next Xbox Is Just a PC with an Identity Crisis

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Turning Off Ray Tracing Is the Most Self-Defeating Thing You Can Do

How to Build a Gaming PC in 2026: The Complete Beginner’s Guide

The Sofa Sultan’s Guide to PC Gaming on Your TV

Retro Articles

The Golden Age of LucasArts: Why Those Adventures Still Matter — And Where to Find That Feeling Today

Crusader Kings 2: The greatest game you’ll never play

Why Unreal Tournament’s ‘Facing Worlds’ In Low Gravity Is the Greatest FPS Map Ever Made

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Amazing Games Exhibition, The World’s Largest, Opens In Scotland

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The 25 Best PC Games Of All Time

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