HomeHardwareNews I think it’s time to bin this corpse of a mousepadTime for a new solution to wrist aches Time for a new solution to wrist aches Over time, you noticethe decayless. Once, after years of unknowingly peeling back the skin of your mousepad’s gel wrist rest, your forearm finally and suddenly cut deep, splitting the subcutaneous barrier and gouging into the innards, tearing out chunks and spraying you with viscera....

HomeNewsElden Ring Summer Game Fest starts on June 9th – and it’s coming to IMAXThis is the third year running for the show that’s not E3 This is the third year running for the show that’s not E3 Summer Game Festhave announced the show will be back for the third time on June 9th to beam Geoff Keighley straight into your peepholes. Proceedings kick off at 11am PST/2pm EST/7pm BST/8pm CEST and are streamed live from Los Angeles across YouTube, Twitch and other platforms like Twitter and Facebook....

HomeFeatures The 9 best games to play with a notepadPen and paper games Pen and paper games A niche genre. Games that are best enjoyed with a notepad often involve some mystery, or require drawing strange symbols or shapes that can’t be quickly or easily replicated on your PC. They might involve hurried arithmetic, amateurish maps, doodled floorplans, scatter-brained lists. In these cases it transpires that the giant machine whirring three inches from your nose just won’t cut it....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Saturday 7 May 2022): Wordle #322 solution and hintsHere’s the answer to Wordle #322 Here’s the answer to Wordle #322 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Looking for the Wordle answer for Saturday 7 May 2022?Wordleprovides a wonderful little starter puzzle to anyone’s day, a way to get the brain working before work, school, or whatever else life has to offer. But if you’re running short on time and just want to get the answer right away, we’re here to help....

HomeNews A Mafia prequel is reportedly in early developmentAs studio heads depart As studio heads depart Hangar 13 studio head Haden Blackman has departed from the company. In an announcement made internally earlier this week and shared with several media outlets, owners 2K Games said that Haden was “leaving the company to pursue his passion at a new endeavor.” Meanwhile, anonymous sourcestalking to Kotakusay that a Mafia prequel is in early development....

HomeNewsThe Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind A Morrowind modder added the family cat to protect their kids from mudcrabsStripes the cat is a hero Stripes the cat is a hero Asa dedicated reader of readme files, I am delighted to learn of aMorrowindmodder who added the family cat to comfort their children, who were afraid of mudcrabs. Stripes the cat arrives in Bethesda’s fantasy RPG as a fierce protector to help fight those horrible creatures, and assure everyone that everything is okay....

HomeDeals Build a tiny PC in this Cooler Master NR200P Mini ITX case for £76I have two of these at home and they’re absolutely brilliant. I have two of these at home and they’re absolutely brilliant. The Cooler Master NR200P is, in my humble opinion, the best value Mini ITX case you can buy right now. For its street price of £110, you get a compact yet easy to build in design with a choice of mesh or glass side panels, plus a pair of low profile 120mm fans....

HomeNewsHard West 2 Hard West 2’s open beta is live and runs for the next monthA supernatural wes-turn A supernatural wes-turn Here’s a trailer showing off some of its systems and abilities: Hard West 2 - Gameplay TrailerWatch on YouTube Hard West 2 - Gameplay Trailer If you want to join the beta, you can head over to theHard West 2 Steam pageand hit the “Request Access” button. You’ll then be notified when the developers have granted you access....

HomeNewsCarmageddon Some hope it might, weirdly, lead to open-sourcing Carmageddon Top 10 New PC Games For May 2022Watch on YouTube Top 10 New PC Games For May 2022 In April, Turing bugged Microsofton Twitterto give them the source code for 3D Movie Maker, laying out their hopes to update and update it. The former CEO of Argonaut, Jez San, saw this tweet andrespondedsaying he held the rights to the engine and was happy to open it but didn’t have a copy of the source....

HomeNews Warzone Gulag + Loadout Drops = Best Battle Royale | My Fav Thing In (Call Of Duty Warzone Gameplay)Watch on YouTube Warzone Gulag + Loadout Drops = Best Battle Royale | My Fav Thing In (Call Of Duty Warzone Gameplay) The groups hold shares in Activision Blizzard and are claiming the company’s board of directors affected the company’s value in their handling of the sale to Microsoft. Last week, an overwhelming majority of shareholdersvoted to approveMicrosoft’s $68....

HomeGuidesWordle Past Wordle answers: An archive of previously used words in WordleHere’s an archive of previous Wordle words Here’s an archive of previous Wordle words Looking for an archive of past Wordle answers?Wordlehas become something of a household name in browser-based games over the past year, its daily puzzles prompting the entire internet to stretch their lexical muscles, scratch their brains, and compare notes online after their six guesses are complete....

HomeNewsThe Day Before Steam’s most wishlisted game has been delayed until 2023Survival MMO The Day Before was set for release in June but is now upgrading to Unreal Engine 5 Survival MMO The Day Before was set for release in June but is now upgrading to Unreal Engine 5 Image credit:Mytona Image credit:Mytona You may not have heard of the open-world survival MMOThe Day Before, but somehow it’s made it to the top ofSteam’s most wishlistedgames list, ahead of games such asStarfieldandHollow Knight: Silksong....

HomePodcasts The Electronic Wireless Show podcast episode 185: the best dungeons in games special[Ominous music, dripping, occasional rat squeak] [Ominous music, dripping, occasional rat squeak] Nate returns, and with him the suspicious smell of eggs and salt water. But also highjinks! We discuss toilet meals, revenge, and content theft of “It’s me, Blorko!” and other instances of stolen Twitter valour. If valour exists on Twitter. This is, of course, all prelude to us talking about some of our favourite dungeons in video games - there are a lot!...