nerds

YouTube is adding better video quality options to YouTube Premium. Most people will never even notice the difference. This week, some users noticed a new video quality option on…

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a science fiction writer in possession of a convention panel must be in want of a question as to where all the genre’s optimism went. Many born…

As a nerd of average make (nothing special to see here, folks), I’m aware of Linux. I’ve used Linux. I like Linux as a concept. It’s free, open-source, and flexible—an alternative to…

Tactical RPGs have roots way back in the ancient times of gaming, almost as old as standard JRPGs themselves. But the hybrid of strategy and story-based gaming is having a renaissance on…

When Russia invaded Ukraine, the US Department of Defense turned to a team of machine learning and artificial intelligence experts to make sense of an avalanche of information about the…

Hey, you. Yeah, you. You like building PCs, right? Demographically you probably do, if you’re reading our site. But odds are also good that you don’t actually have a full computer’s worth…

Wordle, a once-a-day online word game, has taken the world by storm. Now its devotees are arguing about how best to play it.Some rush to the website to play before others. Others have spent…

He still remembers it. The same episode, every night, on the TV in his room.A Caterpie evolves into a Metapod. That Metapod evolves into a Butterfree. There was never a new ending to this…

The rumors were true. Valve officially pulled the curtain back on the Steam Deck on Thursday—a $399 gaming handheld designed to bring your Steam gaming library…

I’ve always liked the idea of playing modern PC games on the go, but for years gaming laptops were a bit of a joke. They were heavy, expensive, guzzled battery, and offered performance that…