AMD and Samsung have shown off what might well be a world's first but is definitely of arguable real-world utility. Give it up for 8K 120 Hz gaming over HDMI.The eponymous 8K Association arranged the demo at the NAB show for AV hardware in Las Vegas. The core hardware involves an AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and Ryzen 9800X3D CPU in a PC supplied by MainGear, paired with a Samsung...
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Dark Souls 2 is widely considered the "worst" Dark Souls game, which is not only wrong (that distinction goes to the greatest hits listlessness of Dark Souls 3) but ignores the fact that it could have had a giant hermit crab with a castle tower as a shell.As discovered by YouTuber Zullie the Witch, the Lost Bastille area was originally meant to have a big 'ol crustacean boss battle, which...
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered is most notable for its graphical and gameplay updates to the 2006 classic, but something that's brought me a lot of joy is how fantastic and, critically, well-casted its new voiceovers are.The original Oblivion had a ludicrously small cast for how large a game it was, and while this represented a clear area of improvement for the remaster, it also risked wiping out some...
When I think Dune, I think long treatises on politics and philosophy, dramatic knife fights, hands melting in mind torture boxes, Sting in a speedo with glistening abs, and, of course, giant toothy sandworms. I think about the striking scale and imagination of each and every adaptation of Dune over the years, from illustrated novels to David Lynch and Denis Villeneuve's films to the Dune Bible from the unmade Jodorowsky's...
Prolific Skyrim YouTuber Bacon_ (of I love dogs fame, among other videos) has uncovered a real fan service change in Oblivion Remastered—one where it's naturally hard to tell whether it was intentional or not. The sessionable Khajiiti stimulant, Skooma, has effectively gotten a huge buff. The effects of Skooma now stack up to 22 times as compared to the original game's eight.In Oblivion, the fantasy drug temporarily boosts your speed...
Lockpicks are an item that allow you to open locked doors and chests to get loot in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered. A lockpick gives you a chance to open a lock on a chest or door via successful completion of an instance of the lockpicking minigame. The lockpicking system can be tricky; if you make mistakes, it’s easy to burn through several lockpicks on a single lock. As...
“Pilgrimage” is a side quest in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered that requires you to look for nine shrines across the map to pray at. Praying at these shrines will help determine if you’re worthy of becoming a knight. While this quest doesn’t have any rewards, it opens up several other future ones, including “The Shrine of the Crusader” and “Wisdom of the Ages.” Each shrine also increases certain...
With all the hubbub about Donkey Kong’s new look in Donkey Kong Bananza, one artist took it upon themselves to reimagine what the King of Swing might have looked like in the upcoming Switch 2 game if Nintendo had stuck with previous design. “I don’t like how they portray DK in Bananza, so I edited some of his most weirder faces and made them more faithful to Rare’s design,” Felipe...
There’s a lot of injustice in The Last of Us. The Cordyceps outbreak doesn’t play favorites (outside of Ellie’s immunity, of course), so people are constantly ripped away from their loved ones; the fight between human factions for the few remaining supplies tears families apart right and left, and the survivors are always left to pick up the pieces and continue on with their lives as best they can. But...