Everything I’ve read suggests they’re no more likely to crap out on you than a used gaming card. Maybe less so as they’re often undervolted to reduce energy costs. If you buy a card, it works and has the expected level of performance, you should be ok (afaik)

As much as Nvidia might want everyone to use DLSS 3 (Frame Generation) in it’s comparisons, they really shouldn’t. Unlike DLSS 2 where you’re rendering each frame at a lower resolution and upscaling it, DLSS 3 is adding ‘framerate’ via entirely AI generated frames. This works best when you already have a playable…

Just like the last time, it’s probably gonna just be all State of Play/Nintendo Direct/Etc, The Game Awards, and PAX. It’d probably help to space out the hype too. E3 was such an overwhelming news dump

Exactly backwards. The way you disincentivize car travel is by ensuring it’s not the most efficient way to get somewhere. Dedicated bus lanes and protected bike lanes with signal priority, robust train/light rail infrastructure that actually prioritizes passenger rail over freight; those are the kinds of changes metro…

Like others have suggested, the fight’s on a 2-4 minute timer, you just need to survive. Running away is good, barricading doors can buy you time, shooting the chainsaw guy can slow him down as he’s the biggest threat and killing villagers can give you some space. It’s still tense, but knowing you don’t have to ‘win’…

that all makes so much more sense! i blame brain worms. i honestly figured they called it Unreal Tournament 3 because UT 2003 was like a false start and we all just collectively agreed to ignore it. they were released only like 16 months apart and that was even after a 5 month delay!

Source 2 is getting kinda long in…

Definitely some uncanny valley with the lips and mouth, but that’s only because of how impressive it all is. It feels like her mouth stays open wider at rest than one would expect, like in between phrases. The mouth is open, lips working like she’s enunciating and projecting, but Senua’s at rest and a half whisper.

Some…

it’s all logistical. it’s still easier to sell a game by highlighting the impressive graphical fidelity than by trying to convey how creatively structured your core gameplay loop is.

it’s the same thing that’s happened to the movie industry where the comedy or drama with a low 8 figure budget basically disappeared.…

Calling it CS2 feels the really odd.

It doesn’t look like more of a significant departure than their previous named updates. It’s get a graphical overhaul, a new engine, some balance changes and some mechanical changes. If that’s a sequel then why aren’t we calling it CS4 or CS5? Pretty sure Counter Strike: Condition…

This list is junk. Of the 6 categories, Samsung took 4? How did they not also take the best gaming segment? Your “best overall” Samsung S95B can do the same 4k 120hz across all 4 HDMI’s that the LG C2 can, with the added benefit of being QD-OLED. Your ‘pre-order’ best large smart tv (S95C) isn’t available for…

This list is junk. Of the 6 categories, Samsung took 4? How did they not also take the best gaming segment? Your…

He’ll need to add an indoor dumpster to his amazon wishlist for next time.

(Allegedly, because Felix moves around a lot for privacy reasons, when he moves he packs up only about a cars worth of stuff to avoid moving companies. Everything else he needs he just keeps in an Amazon wishlist and re-orders it to the new…

Exactly. I’m all about games that limit player interaction to just emotes. Hearthstone and Fortnite do this pretty well, even if some of the more explicit taunts get overused. 

Idk how she does it. That brand of toxicity definitely stopped me from playing competitive online games with open voice chat + randos and she’s getting it way worse. Heck even LoL text chat was a bridge too far. I’m already subjecting myself to the grind of ranked play. Why do I need to also bathe in whatever sexist/r…

Unless I’m mistaken, this is the first time they’ve actually re-released We <3 Katamari specifically. Katamari Forever was a collection of levels from other Katamari games, so a bunch were technically in there. The first two Katamari games were the only two Keita Takahashi actually worked on directly, so this is a pret…

I played through the original for the first time about a year ago (maddeningly just before the remake announcement). The original holds up pretty well! In fact, I find the aging design decisions are more palatable when you’re regularly reminded you’re playing a 15 year old game. I can make excuses for that stuff. But…

for a laugh? i guess someone might want to use it as an armored vehicle, but it feels like the kind of six figure add-on someone for whom money is no object would tack on cuz it sounds cool. maybe i’m completely wrong!

Why does the video pause when I click on anything that isn’t the active window? Different tab, other application, the desktop: all pause the video. I hope that’s a setting y’all can tweak and not the player itself, because otherwise that’s a recipe for me not watching videos on Jalopnik :(

I guess I’m an idiot because I see very little wrong with this vehicle. To me it feels like couture car culture where you’re paying lots of money to get something that doesn’t look like anything else on the road. Is it tacky/impractical? Sure, so are half of all high fashion runway outfits. That’s not the point. It’s…

Those recommended specs reek of missed optimization opportunities. Yeah 4k/8k textures do gobble up memory, but I’m pretty sure that’s more a factor of VRAM than system memory.

I was discussing this with some fellow PC building friends a few months back and we seemed to agree 16GB felt like the minimum recommended…

considering this was in the fall of 2021 during the height of the housing craziness, idk that a house in one of these West Coast markets going $100k over asking is all that weird. I gotta imagine the comps in North Hollywood are actually insane