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Hands-On

  • The market for advanced, customizable mechanical keyboards is heating up. Formerly the domain of small-batch, super-expensive designs or homebuilt one-offs, you can now find mod-friendly keyboards on Best Buy shelves. NZXT is known for cases, fans, and motherboards, not input devices, but the company is throwing its hat in the ring with the new Function…

  • Maybe you’re the type of person who laboriously organizes your Windows’ desktop icons, sorting them and adding them to specific folders. If you’re not, Stardock’s Fences 4 utility may be worth a look. On the surface, Fences — from the same developer, Stardock, that authored the recent Start11 app that fixes Windows 11’s worst Start…

  • IDG Can you get an 8-core gaming laptop with a GeForce RTX 3080 inside without completely breaking the bank? Yes. That’s the pitch for Acer’s latest Nitro 5 iteration, at least, which packs an 8-core Ryzen 7 5800H processor, a GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop 8GB GPU, and an ultra-fast 17.3-inch 360Hz panel for $2,099.99 on Amazon.…

  • We got an early hands-on preview of Psychonauts 2, and it’s an ambitious, refined, and mature return to the cult classic.By Kurt Indovina on July 19, 2021 at 10:38AM PDT Double Fine’s studio head, Tim Schafer, has been noticing a trend with games recently. He feels like games have to have a certain look: a…

  • You’ve probably already seen a Lian Li O11 case before. Visit any forum where people show off builds, and the O11 Dynamic comes up time and time again. But the Dynamic isn’t the only O11 line that Lian Li produces. It also has the O11 Air, which focuses more on airflow. The company is now…

  • The new survival game from DayZ creator Dean Hall’s Rocketwerkz studio focuses on timed game sessions, which can allow it to provide a lot of different experiences.By Phil Hornshaw on April 2, 2021 at 3:08PM PDT “I think me and survival games have some unfinished business,” Dean Hall told me as we looked over the…

  • It’s just so small. The Corsair K65 RGB Mini is a sleek little 60% mechanical gaming keyboard with plenty of nice features, but Adam just doesn’t get why people would choose a keyboard so small. After a quick unboxing, a Cherry MX switch listening test and walkthrough… Today’s Best Tech Deals Picked by PCWorld’s Editors…

  • If you’re used to the traditional rally racing of mainline Dirt games, buckle up for Dirt 5 because it’s a wilder ride.By Michael Higham on June 24, 2020 at 5:30PM PDT It must be tough iterating on an established formula, especially in racing games. Across the spectrum of styles within the genre, from Need For…