Month: September 2023

It’s the Year of the Big Game, and that’s a good thing

2023 has been packed with some of the biggest games in recent memory, and I’m totally fine with that. For the past little while, it feels like the gaming industry has been more interested in time-sucking live service behemoths, games that never end, rather than satisfying single-player titles. But this…

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Donald Trump’s trial in Georgia will be livestreamed on YouTube

Donald Trump’s election interference trial in Georgia will appear live on TV and the court’s YouTube channel. Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee made the ruling on Thursday, which also says members of the press can use cellphones and computers inside the courtroom as long as they’re not recording, local news…

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AMD RX 7800 XT leak has some gamers disappointed – but let’s not get carried away

A leaked benchmark for AMD’s RX 7800 XT graphics card, one of two recently revealed mid-range offerings, has been causing some controversy. The spilled 3DMark Time Spy score from Kopite7kimi (spotted by Tom’s Hardware) is an addition to a previous leak showing the RX 7700 XT’s score from the same…

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Netflix’s One Piece is the rare anime adaptation that gets all of the important things right

Though Netflix has produced a handful of truly solid shows based on American comic books, it has consistently struggled to adapt Japanese manga and anime series for the small screen in ways that really resonated (positively) with audiences. Netflix has released enough lukewarm, awkwardly-Westernized spins on classics like Death Note…

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6 Best Electric Scooters (2023): Affordable, Lightweight, Long-Range, Fast

These WIRED-tested two-wheelers will help you scoot scoot scoot around town. Source

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Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 review: sure, this one is good, too

Last week, I wrote about the ROG Strix Scar X3D: a gigantic, very expensive gaming laptop with off-the-charts benchmark scores. The X3D is a very exciting product in terms of what it represents for the laptop sphere but not something I necessarily see a whole bunch of people rushing to…

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