I just got a RG353v and a friend at work has a modded switch. We were planning on playing games at lunch and I am looking for recommendations. We are both fans of 4-5th gen and will probably play those the most. Any genre of game is fine, co op or competitive is fine too. So far we have windjammers as a go to but I want to dig...
What if charging your phone took less time than brushing your teeth? A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences could very well hold the key to a next-gen charger capable of recharging your phone in just 60 seconds....
Canadian real estate prices have surged in almost every market, with a typical home price doubling in many regions. A median household in major cities like Toronto and Vancouver would need to save over 20 years for just the down payment, more than 3x the historic average. Seems absurd? The outlandish scenario was apparently a...
A Quebec court judge has issued a scathing decision identifying major long-standing problems in youth protection services for Inuit children in Quebec’s North, in a case where a teenage girl was sent to 64 different foster homes in less than 10 years....
PollyMC (2 L’s) will let you run Minecraft Java without having an account, but I don’t recommend doing this because you should support the developers and Microsoft really needs the money
Edit 2: to everyone suggesting an SDD: i know. Look, if this guy had enough $$$ for an SSD, he could buy a used lappy less than half the age of this one that has an ssd and 2-3x the memory....
I don’t think big companies know how to make a good FPS campaign anymore, let alone hone in on classic deathmatch multiplayer. The last FPS I bought was Half-Life: Alyx four years ago, and the first one to come along and interest me since then was Phantom Fury, but I’m letting that one iron out bugs for a few weeks before I...
Ah yes, the super chad of its console generation, tons of great games, dvd playback, and PS1 compatibility! What’s not to love about this legendary system?...
I’m curious how software can be created and evolve over time. I’m afraid that at some point, we’ll realize there are issues with the software we’re using that can only be remedied by massive changes or a complete rewrite....
Don’t forget our boy Murdoch Mysteries. And did you know that Paw Patrol is Canadian? But back to Murdoch. The doctor on that show is so goddamn hot, just like all Canadians.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – Announcement Trailer (youtu.be)
Favorite obscure multiplayer game?
I just got a RG353v and a friend at work has a modded switch. We were planning on playing games at lunch and I am looking for recommendations. We are both fans of 4-5th gen and will probably play those the most. Any genre of game is fine, co op or competitive is fine too. So far we have windjammers as a go to but I want to dig...
Baldur’s Gate 3 mod support is coming in September (www.theverge.com)
New breakthrough may let us charge smartphones in 60 seconds (bgr.com)
What if charging your phone took less time than brushing your teeth? A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences could very well hold the key to a next-gen charger capable of recharging your phone in just 60 seconds....
PC Gamers in Countries Without PSN Hit Out at Sony for Blocking Sale of Single-Player Games God of War Ragnarok and Until Dawn on Steam - IGN (www.ign.com)
OpenAI says Russian and Israeli groups used its tools to spread disinformation (www.theguardian.com)
Networks in China and Iran also used AI models to create and post disinformation but campaigns did not reach large audiences...
Sony hopes to entice PC players to PS5 by releasing ‘tentpole’ games for console first (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Canadian Home Prices "Need" To Be High To Pay For Retirements: PM - Better Dwelling (betterdwelling.com)
Canadian real estate prices have surged in almost every market, with a typical home price doubling in many regions. A median household in major cities like Toronto and Vancouver would need to save over 20 years for just the down payment, more than 3x the historic average. Seems absurd? The outlandish scenario was apparently a...
A New Silent Hill Transmission Is Coming on May 30 (beebom.com)
Judge slams Quebec youth protection after Inuk teen placed in 64 different foster homes (www.cbc.ca)
A Quebec court judge has issued a scathing decision identifying major long-standing problems in youth protection services for Inuit children in Quebec’s North, in a case where a teenage girl was sent to 64 different foster homes in less than 10 years....
After almost 28 years, Super Mario 64 has been beaten without using the A button (www.eurogamer.net)
Netris is an open-source cloud gaming platform with Stadia-like features using Proton (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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Three-year-old CPU beats Intel's fastest current chip in RAM benchmark — 7 GHz Core i9-11900K tops 8.3 GHz Core i9-14900KS in PYPrime 32B (www.tomshardware.com)
Minecraft on sale for 50% deluxe edition and standard edition. (www.minecraft.net)
32TB hard drives are incoming according to Toshiba (www.pcgamesn.com)
What open-source software would you like more people to know about?
Another PlayStation PC port sees mass Steam delisting (www.pcgamesn.com)
I guess Sony is still learning…
EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO (www.tomshardware.com)
PO'ed: Definitive Edition Coming May 16th | Nightdive Studios (www.youtube.com)
What is the point of Xbox? (www.eurogamer.net)
I just finished setting up Linux Mint for an old buddy of mine on his old dog of a laptop, rendering it useful once again! (i.imgur.com)
Edit 2: to everyone suggesting an SDD: i know. Look, if this guy had enough $$$ for an SSD, he could buy a used lappy less than half the age of this one that has an ssd and 2-3x the memory....
Perfect Dark Reboot Is Allegedly In Bad Shape (www.gamespot.com)
I don’t think big companies know how to make a good FPS campaign anymore, let alone hone in on classic deathmatch multiplayer. The last FPS I bought was Half-Life: Alyx four years ago, and the first one to come along and interest me since then was Phantom Fury, but I’m letting that one iron out bugs for a few weeks before I...
With a Nintendo Switch 2 on the way, I hope Valve make a Steam Deck 2 (www.gamingonlinux.com)
The Witcher 3's REDkit mod tools launch May 21st, enabling a new era of ambitious overhauls (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Stellaris: The Machine Age | Release Trailer (www.youtube.com)
Doug Ford says pro-Palestinian university encampments 'need to move' (www.cp24.com)
The PlayStation 2
Ah yes, the super chad of its console generation, tons of great games, dvd playback, and PS1 compatibility! What’s not to love about this legendary system?...
what is this game (sh.itjust.works)
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Fallout 4 upgrade launches to mixed response, with broken mods and bugged Xbox quality mode (www.eurogamer.net)
Just weeks before launch, Fallout London is delayed as creator says “Bethesda never changes” (www.pcgamesn.com)
Are there any things in Linux that need to be started over from scratch?
I’m curious how software can be created and evolve over time. I’m afraid that at some point, we’ll realize there are issues with the software we’re using that can only be remedied by massive changes or a complete rewrite....
The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition and Thief free on EGS (twitter.com)
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Judas First Details: How Ken Levine Is Building on BioShock With 'Narrative LEGOs' (www.ign.com)
Weak productivity is an economic ‘emergency,’ Bank of Canada warns (globalnews.ca)
World of Warcraft Subscription Numbers Are Higher Now Than at Expansion Launch in a Franchise First (www.ign.com)
Woah. I didn’t realize WoW was still this popular.
What are y'all buying on the steam sale?
Let’s share some good deals!...
Loblaw Has Become an Everything Company | The Walrus (thewalrus.ca)
CBC gave $15M in bonuses and a few months later cut 800 jobs: report (nationalpost.com)
Most Canadians changing clocks to spring forward for daylight time (www.winnipegfreepress.com)
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