I’ve been trying to climb the side of this sheer cliff face for several hours using only my feet. The path is tricky and winding but at this point I know the footholds better than the faces of some of ...

e-paper has been having a bit of a moment recently. First, the Boox Palma shrank the form factor of eReaders down to something a bit more pocketable and less proprietary than the Kindle. Then, open ...

"Can you imagine another video game getting this treatment? This level of brand recognition and obnoxious Netflix specials and Sephiroth-adjacent coin-selling hacker kids sending manifestos?" ...

The Steam Machine came out in sub-optimal times not just when it comes to storage and RAM pricing, but also when it comes to its basic configuration out of the box. The PC uses DDR5 SODIMM memory, the ...

Share to X Share to Bluesky Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share by email Zack: I’m really excited by this idea that the world’s gonna react to you a lot more in subtle ways. Those people [who ...

You might remember, you might not, but back in 2017 a guy began sharing his bathroom renovation experience on Something Awful, and it was a wild ride. Basically: a Very Confident Man was doing his own ...

When I want information, like the real stuff, I go to forums. Over the years, forums did not really get smaller, so much as the rest of the internet just got bigger. Reddit, Discord and Facebook ...

At this point it would be easier to list the things that haven’t been enshittified by AI, but on a case-by-case basis, I can often avoid it. Yeah, I think Stripe and my health insurance and my ...

Welcome signs on the road into Maryland bear a slogan chosen by the governor. The last guy went with “Open for business.” In 2023, the new governor updated the signs with his own motto, the one I saw ...

Neill Blomkamp, a director made famous for his 2009 sci-fi film District 9, has (despite that movie's success) been a peripheral figure around Hollywood, TV and video games for the past 15 years.

The first time I wrote about the upcoming 1666: Amsterdam was when the game's reveal was found to be riddled with some absolutely dogshit AI-generated imagery. The second, and hopefully final, time is ...

As more and more dipshit managers mandate (or at least heavily encourage) the use of AI in the office, more and more workers are being confronted with a choice: do as they're told and help contribute ...