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Quote of the day:
A teacher is better than two books. German Proverb
Jokes of the day:
I’ve started telling everyone about the benefits of eating dried grapes. It’s all about raisin awareness.
A perfectionist walked into a bar… apparently, the bar was not set high enough.
Top 10 news of the day:
Impressive Half-Life 1 ray tracing mod now available to download
Half-Life: Ray Traced, a new mod adding hardware accelerated ray tracing to Valve’s seminal first-person shooter, is no…
Half-Life: Ray Traced, a new mod adding hardware accelerated ray tracing to Valve’s seminal first-person shooter, is now available to download following its reveal last summer. Half-Life: Ray Traced is the work of modder Sultim Tsyrendashiev — who pr… [1093 chars]
Ukraine’s government wants ‘toxic’ Atomic Heart pulled from sale over Russia links
The game was released for PC and consoles this week…
The Ukrainian government has said it will ask Sony, Microsoft and Valve to pull Atomic Heart from sale on their digital stores in the country. The game, which features Soviet and Russian military themes, was released for PC, PlayStation and Xbox cons… [1601 chars]
Digimon World: Next Order Doesn’t Include Dual Audio On Switch
Despite being available on other platforms — https://youtu.be/4fhoRV7lCNU Digimon World: Next Order has made the digi-jump…
Subscribe to Nintendo Life on Digimon World: Next Order has made the digi-jump over to Switch today. The game is an enhanced port of the PS4 version that launched in 2017 and includes a Beginner Mode and a Run feature. However, the Switch version is … [927 chars]
Darktide’s first major patch fixes everything wrong with its loot
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a game with fantastic combat but an oft-maligned loot system. Patch 4, Blessings of the Omnissiah, solves many of those issues by introducing new systems and crafting.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a co-op shooter with explosive, visceral combat. Despite the great environments, thrilling melee, and an absolute banger of a soundtrack, the game fell short for many fans. Killing heretics and saving Atoma Prime is grea… [1777 chars]
Guitarist upgrades his $569 PRS SE 245 guitar to get it closer to a $5,000 USA Core Tremonti model
Upgrading your guitar spec can be as simple as changing the control knobs
YouTuber Stevie J is someone we can relate to as guitar modders trying to upgrade our instruments, and he also knows PRS’s Indonesian-made SE guitars are some of the best mid-market electric guitars. So much so, they are often good to go straight out… [1589 chars]
Dead Space Remake 2023
This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee reviews Dead Space, the 2023 sci-fi horror game remake from EA and Motive Studio.
This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee reviews Dead Space, the 2023 remake. For more major games Yahtz has reviewed lately, check out Hi-Fi Rush, Forspoken, Sailing Era, Pentiment, High on Life, and The Callisto Protocol. And check out Yahtzee’s othe… [7830 chars]
The most interesting space trader is still one from 1998
Now that it’s on Steam, maybe 90s space trading sim Hardwar will finally get its due.
Even after a decade marked by the abandonware crowd being proven right, there are old games that remain lost between the cracks of digital distribution. Instead of waxing lyrical about that though, I’m here today with good news: My favourite open wor… [8958 chars]
Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family plan expands to six more countries
Microsoft has added six more countries to its Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family plan roll-out, meaning the account sh…
Microsoft has added six more countries to its Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family plan roll-out, meaning the account sharing service is now available across eight countries. Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family — which launched as a limited “preview” last Sep… [1737 chars]
Cyberpunk 2077’s Highly Anticipated 1.7 Update Could Be Coming Soon, or So Fans Think
Phantom Liberty’s phantom patch — It’s been a while since we heard anything about Cyberpunk 2077 or its upcoming expansion…
It’s been a while since we heard anything about Cyberpunk 2077 or its upcoming expansion, Phantom Liberty — which is still supposed to be releasing this year. But if Steam database logs are to be believed, then CD Projekt Red’s silence could soon be … [868 chars]
The huge transformation as mountain of rubbish in Cardiff city centre is finally cleared
The work has taken weeks to complete
The work has taken weeks to complete The huge pile of rubbish that has blighted Cardiff city centre has finally been cleared. At a site just north of Bute Dock East which had been left unsecured, fly-tipped waste (including fridges, construction mate… [1327 chars]
