Watch the official Baldur’s Gate III mod cartoon
Did you know there are Baldur’s Gate III cartoons? Well, of course there are cartoons — there are some great fan animations all over the web. But I mean official ones, made by Larian with…
Michael Crider
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Fender’s Monster Hunter guitar looks like one a musician would play
I love a good video game tie-in as much as anybody, but it seems kinda rare for them to get designs that could actually be used in the real world. This officially licensed Cyberpunk jacket,…
This upgradeable Asus Vivobook laptop is just $220 today
Laptop deals are a dime a dozen, but it’s rare to see an already super-cheap laptop going for even super-cheaper. That’s what Best Buy is doing with the Asus Vivobook, though. You can get this…
Whoa! This ITX motherboard plays DOS games on native hardware
It’s never been easier to get classic games running on your PC, but “easier” is a relative term when it comes to one specific category of classic games. Some titles made in the DOS era…
Lenovo and Samsung have new Chromebooks you need to check out
Google invited me to New York to look at the newest Gemini AI tools going into Chromebooks. But I don’t want to talk about that, because it’s boring. Instead I want to talk about the…
That one awesome Brother printer is just $90 today
Printers suck. And since I used to work in a print shop, that’s not just an attention-grabbing opening line, it’s a professional opinion. Inexpensive inkjet printers are almost universally reviled for being pricey to refill…
AMD’s newest tweaks boost Ryzen 9000 performance further
Though highly anticipated, AMD’s Ryzen 9000 series of desktop processors arrived with a bit of a thud earlier this year. Since then, the company has been in damage control, blaming the initial poor performance delta…
The FTC goes hunting for misleading ‘AI’ product claims and scams
The term “AI” is inescapable right now, spreading its way across every facet of every market, whether it actually makes sense or not. And as it turns out, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is…
Please stop using your monitor’s crappy built-in speakers
I’ve been covering PC monitors for years, and there’s one thing that I’ve found to be a constant. No matter how advanced or interesting new monitors get, some of them will come with speakers built-in.…
Get an RTX-powered Lenovo gaming laptop for just $641 right now
Gaming laptops are getting pretty amazing, with some even hitting in the same performance category as equivalently expensive desktops. But they’re not getting any cheaper, at least not without a good deal. That’s where I…