Some people want to watch the world burn. Others, however, will take the simplest of instructions and deliberately subvert them in the most creative manner possible in order to cause maximum irritation—and I love those people.Case in point, IT manager Mike Coats, who has submitted his entry for Hackaday's One Hertz Challenge, the Metronalmost. The competition requires creators to design devices that beat at a rate of exactly once per...
I've just declared this the best budget compact PC case, and now I'm tempted by that all white build
I've never really been the biggest case guy. With upkeep around PCs (both upgrades and general cleaning), I've always found myself in favour of something tidy and easy to hide away, rather than something to show off. That's until I had the realisation it's not quite an either-or situation back in May. Now, months later, the Thermaltake S100 TG Snow Edition takes its rightful spot as the best budget compact...
Despite coinciding with the seismic release of the second Switch 2 tentpole, Donkey Kong Bananza, Nintendo creative and legend Shigeru Miyamoto took to the internet last week to announce that The Legend of Zelda movie had found its live-action Link and Zelda. Two young British actors, Bo Bragason and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, will play the respective duo. Little known, especially beyond the BBC audience, the casting of Bragason and Ainsworth...
If someone still believed that the incredible success of Demon Slayer: Mugen Train — the highest-grossing anime and Japanese film of all time — was due to circumstances such as the COVID-19 pandemic delaying all other major releases, it’s time to put those rumors to rest. The franchise’s latest release, Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, has broken all box office records during its Japanese weekend release, surpassing Mugen Train’s weekend gross (¥4.6...
James Gunn’s Superman, starring David Corenswet, is finally in theaters, and it’s a big hit at the box office, earning back most of its $225 million production budget in its first weekend. The jubilation and excitement of the movie may have fans coming home wanting to dive into every Superman adaptation they can get their hands on, but none will scratch the itch quite like Adult Swim’s animated series My...
An updated version of the classic 1997 PlayStation strategy RPG, Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles, is on the way. And better yet, it’s being worked on by some members of the original’s team. “It was Final Fantasy Tactics that inspired me to dedicate my life to becoming a game designer,” reveals Kazutoyo Maehiro, who was an Events Planner for the original, and now Director of The Ivalice Chronicles....
While it might seem like AI models are rapidly overtaking the endeavours of squishy human beings, it appears some hope of staying ahead of our AI overlords may remain. And in this case, that hope is personified by Przemysław Dębiak, a former OpenAI employee who has narrowly beaten one of the company's models in a coding world championship.Dębiak was competing in the AtCoder World Tour Finals 2025 Heuristic contest in...
I've always said that the worst part of any multiplayer game is the people you play with. Yes, there are some absolute gem moments of camaraderie and teamwork, but most of the time, you have to deal with the worst sides of people, as some players in Dune: Awakening have sadly found out for themselves.Apparently, there's been a group of hackers in Dune: Awakening that not only manipulate the speed...
Last week was a weird one for videogames—with Steam clamping down on games featuring adult content due to the pressure of credit card companies like Visa and Mastercard which, apparently, was itself a decision made due to an Australian anti-porn group.But this isn't a new phenomenon. Back in 2021, Mastercard began a policy forcing adult websites to go through stringent requirements that were, logistically, impossible to keep up with. In...
A new Destiny 2 raid means a fresh batch of unique weapons and armour to add to your collection, including the elusive raid exotic. Only certain items drop from each encounter, so you'll need The Desert Perpetual loot table to know who drops what, whether you're chasing something specific or just trying to catch 'em all.Keeping up with the new systems in The Edge of Fate, The Desert Perpetual's raid...