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Sorry Microsoft, but I’ve shoved your handheld onto a Steam Deck dock and started playing 2000s games using an Xbox 360 controller

Hey, Microsoft, I know you don’t need me talking about Xbox 360 hardware in the big 26, given your seemingly turbulent internal situation. Talking about parking the ROG Xbox Ally X onto a Steam Deck dock probably isn’t going to help either when you’re looking ahead to Project Helix, but you know what? I reckon

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Arc Raiders is banning people for using accessibility peripherals, so Embark is “working hard” to resolve the issue “as soon as possible”

A player who was banned from Arc Raiders, seemingly for using an accessibility controller, has had their account reinstated. After a concerted effort to contact Embark Studios, the company finally reached out and remedied the situation, and now requests that anyone else in a similar situation make themselves known. The person, known as ClootyBapper in-game,

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Valve thinks reloading in Counter-Strike 2 needed “higher stakes” after 27 years, so early reloads now delete all leftover ammo in a clip

Valve is making a pretty hefty change to reloading in Counter-Strike 2 after almost three decades. Compulsively reloading is basically muscle memory for anyone with any kind of experience in competitive shooters. Accidentally fired a stray shot? Reload early. Have a spare second to breathe with more than half your mag intact? Reload. Just downed

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Paul is Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s underappreciated gift to sci-fi fans

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have been friends and collaborators since the mid-1990s, and it’s impossible to overstate their impact as a comedic duo both in their native Britain and here in the U.S. When Simon Pegg co-created the sitcom Spaced, he wrote a part for Frost, then a struggling actor who had been waiting

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Valve has thrown a curveball at Counter Strike 2 with a massive reloading change, forcing players to shake off old habits

Valve has updated Counter Strike 2‘s reloading mechanics. While that doesn’t sound particularly exciting on its face, this change may have a massive impact on the way in which players engage in extended firefights. These Counter Strike veterans will now have to work off years of habit in order to save themselves from running out

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Daredevil actor Charlie Cox definitively says he’s not in Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Even though the first Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer contains a few Daredevil series cameos, Charlie Cox says his Man Without Fear will not appear in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. “I’m sorry I haven’t seen it,” said Cox when asked on Jimmy Kimmel Live if he had seen the new trailer. Kimmel then asked if

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I think Curse of Strahd is still the best D&D campaign 10 years after it first launched

If there’s one D&D campaign every party should run, it’s Curse of Strahd. The gothic horror romp is turning 10 this month, and there’s a good reason why it’s still played so religiously by fans – it’s bloody excellent. Pun very much intended, by the way. This is amongst the most brutal D&D adventures around,

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Your first programming language should be Go, not JavaScript

So, you’re thinking about learning to code? You have probably done a little research and heard the default language pop up – JavaScript. I mean, it’s the language of frontends and backends and about everything in between. But this dominance comes with a cost: JavaScript’s massive ecosystem, and framework-heavy culture can make it a tough

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Can’t stop endlessly scrolling? Tips to help you take back control

It’s called the infinite scroll—a design feature on social media, shopping, video and many other apps that continuously loads content as you reach the bottom of the page. Handy? Yes. Clever? Also yes. Devious? Very much so. The infinite scroll is likely the main reason you find it so hard to stop scrolling once you

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