Tetris has a sand-based remix that's devastatingly good for procrastinating, out now for free

Sand gets everywhere in Setris Tetrisgobbled up so much of my time during the early years of university, partly because it functioned as a quick break between writing essays. Those quick breaks soon became trances though, as my eyes stayed unblinking and my fingers snapped across the keyboard with a mind of their own. The best game of all time, some might argue. Professional procrastinators can now rejoice as there’s a new way to play the blocky puzzler: Setris, or Tetris with sand....

May 30, 2023 · 2 min · 311 words · Katie Garcia

The popular EVGA Z20 optical mechanical keyboard drops to $60 at Best Buy

This full-size mechanical keyboard includes macro keys, a wrist rest and a volume wheel. EVGA’s Z20 mechanical keyboard has turned up on the RPS Deals Patch a few times, but always in the UK - and now we’ve finally seen a decent price drop on the US version over at Best Buy. Until June 1st, you can pick up this full-size optical mechanical keyboard for $59.99, a $115 discount from its MSRP and a great deal....

May 30, 2023 · 2 min · 273 words · Dr. Mark Donaldson

When can you preload Diablo 4?

All the info you need on Diablo 4’s preload times and installation size When can you start preloading Diablo 4?The long-awaitedDiablo 4is set to launch in just a few days' time, on June 6th - or even earlier if you preordered the Deluxe or Ultimate Edition. And if you’re one of the legions of players eagerly awaiting a return to Sanctuary, then you may want to preloadDiablo 4as early as possible so you can start playing from the first few seconds of release....

May 30, 2023 · 2 min · 332 words · Kevin Brown

Wordle hints and answer (#710): How to solve the Tuesday May 30 Wordle

Stuck on the Wordle word for May 30? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?That’s right, it’s that time of day again. Sit down at your desk, on your sofa, in a chair in the cafeteria, and revel in the power of human language. It’s time forWordle. Every day, Wordle presents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

May 30, 2023 · 7 min · 1357 words · Bradley Bush

Xbox might be teasing Psychonauts 3 on Twitter

Or nought A tweet from the Xbox Australia and New Zealand account might - might! - be teasingPsychonauts3. That’s the conclusion of much of the internet, anyway. The tweet features a picture of a noughts and crosses board (aka tic-tac-toe) in which the letters for PSYCHO are written in pink and interspersed with three green Xs. Psycho. Noughts and crosses. Three Xs. You can see where they’re coming from. Here’s the tweet:...

May 30, 2023 · 2 min · 232 words · Steven Taylor

Get Noctua's premium NF-P12 case fans for £12.95 each at Amazon UK

Real nerds know the best fans come in brown. Noctua’s fans are legendary in the PC space, offering exceptional performance and reliability in a love-it-or-hate-it brown and beige colourway. Their premier 120mm fan is the NF-P12, and this model has now been discounted to £12.95 at Amazon UK. That’s a lot to pay for a single fan, but these fans normally cost double - think upwards of £22 for a single fan!...

May 29, 2023 · 2 min · 328 words · Joseph Blackwell

Grab Samsung's 2TB T7 portable SSD for £104.96 at Amazon

For my money, the X8 or T7 are the better picks, with the X8 being slightly faster and the T7 having the superior design. Both are great drives for the money! For more SSD chat, check outour roundup of the best gaming SSDs- and stay tuned for more deals as we discover them!

May 29, 2023 · 1 min · 53 words · William Wyatt

System Shock remake review: Nightdive rebuilds the immersive sim mothership just as it was

SHO-damn good Sometime before SHODAN’s ethical constraints were removed and the rogue AI set about converting the people of Citadel Station into cyborgs, a researcher named Stacy Everson found a smoking gun hidden among the blinking servers of the spaceship’s library. Not an assault rifle or mini-pistol, but a decades-old email chain between her TriOptimum bosses and a psychologist named Jeffrey Hammer. In the early stages of Citadel’s construction, Hammer suggested that each level of the station be designed in such a way as to induce stress and anxiety, so that experts could study their impact on the human psyche during space travel....

May 29, 2023 · 7 min · 1445 words · Dr. Natalie West PhD

Wordle hints and answer (#709): How to solve the Monday May 29 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for May 29? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?A brand new week begins, constrained as we are by the inexorable march of that pesky fourth dimension. Thankfully, we can distract ourselves momentarily from the inevitability of time with a brand newWordleto solve! Every day, Wordle presents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

May 29, 2023 · 7 min · 1383 words · Daniel Kim

Wordle hints and answer (#708): How to solve the Sunday May 28 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for May 28? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Sunday is a magnificent day for a morning or afternoonWordle, so pull up a chair, open up your phone, and prepare to feel either incredibly smart, or woefully inadequate. There is no in-between with Wordle. Every day, Wordle presents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

May 28, 2023 · 7 min · 1357 words · Connor Diaz

Citizen Sleeper's DLC has taught me total failure is sometimes inevitable, and that's okay

I’m definitely not the flotilla’s favourite person right now When my Sleeper escaped their ramshackle life on the fringes of Erlin’s Eye at theend of last year, they left behind a lot of unfinished business. I had to stop short my efforts to help Bliss make a go of her repair bay business, and Tala was left to finish making her brand-new distillery on her own. Yatagan agent Rabiyah probably has my name on an employment blacklist, too, after I upped sticks without telling them, and the spores of mushroom algae I’d been cultivating for Riko over in Greenway were no doubt left to rot and moulder somewhere....

May 27, 2023 · 10 min · 2101 words · Sarah Wilson

Lord Of The Rings: Gollum developers "deeply apologize" for disappointing players

They’re working to address bugs Daedalic Entertainment have apologised for the “underwhelming experience” players are having withLord Of The Rings: Gollum. In a statement shared on Twitter, the developers say they “deeply regret that the game did not meet the expectations we set for ourselves” and say they’re working to address bugs and technical issues. A few words from the " The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™ " teampic.twitter.com/adPamy5EjO “We would like to sincerely apologise for the underwhelming experience many of you have had with The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum upon its release,” starts the message....

May 27, 2023 · 2 min · 284 words · Scott Perez

Nintendo filed a DMCA notice against Dolphin emulator's release on Steam

Release now “indefinitely postponed” Nintendo have sent Valve a DMCA takedown notice related to the GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin. Dolphin has been in development for nearly 20 years, but in Marchits developers announced their intentionto bring the free emulator to Steam and opened a store page. Dolphin’s developers now say that the Steam release is “indefinitely postponed”. Under DMCA regulations, operators of platforms such as Steam are required to remove content upon receiving a takedown request, and to notify the allegedly infringing party who then have the opportunity to file a counter-claim....

May 27, 2023 · 2 min · 280 words · Nicholas Mcmahon