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PC building, on the whole, has been a mainstream hobby for a while now. Many celebrities like NFL outside linebacker Von Miller and skating legend Tony Hawk previously confirmed to be PC gamers by sharing images of their luxurious custom rigs, whereas The Witcher and Man of Steel star Henry Cavill is even upgrading his gaming PC himself. RELATED: Chloe Grace Moretz Gaming PC Build Revealed One enthusiast from Vietnam has now taken to social media to share their latest accomplishment in the form of a highly compact desktop build that uses a portable stove in place of a traditional case....

Scribner admitted to the New York Post earlier that after a rendezvous with his ex-girlfriend across town, he thought it would be a good idea to open up the Pokemon GO application and catch a few Pokemon since he was in the area. Since the game relies heavily on GPS input, it means anyone who has access to a player’s phone can see where they were when they caught certain Pokemon....

Believe it or not, Dance Dance Revolution is produced by Konami. For those who have never experienced the game that rocked the arcade world back in the late 90’s, the simplistic objective of the game is to match your feet to the correct area on the dance pad when arrows are displayed on the screen. Gamers that have played DDR before know how excruciating of a burn one may get in the quads, hamstrings and buns when making a marathon of it....

Perhaps the game that is closest to war, not in the minds of the fans, but with respect to the actual game itself, is Chess. Soldiers taking the first line, protecting their Generals and their King, while these powers command the field, trying to outwit the opposing army, all while keeping the king safe… this is as close as it gets. That is probably why I love the game....

Sometimes the most beautiful aspects of a video game can be the simplest; while hundreds of hours of work go into creating a particular atmosphere, once experienced by the player, they notice these stunning effects for only a moment. One of the most challenging and most appealing visual effects is when a game has a winter setting. Snow is a complicated ball of chaos and physics that must react in different ways every time it’s affected by the player in-game....

RELATED: Hilarious Boss Fights In Funny Games Some gamers will embrace the challenges offered to them by a video game, but certain battles are slightly too difficult to be deemed enjoyable, especially when a game’s previous challenges weren’t nearly as tough. Difficulty spikes are a great way to mark progression, but sometimes they can derail a game’s already solid flow. 5 Final Fantasy 15 - Penance The Final Fantasy series is renowned for featuring some of the most challenging bosses in gaming....

RELATED: Games With The Most Inclusive Romance Options This freedom runs the risks of dissonance, especially in regard to romance. The player-character may become romantically involved in someone that the player themselves doesn’t view as a good fit. This can leave romances feeling hollow, sometimes ludicrous and altogether missable. 6 Heavy Rain Heavy Rain is a title that’s synonymous with innovation. Its status as a successful interactive story-experience did untold amounts to propel the industry forwards, ensuring this art-form is taken seriously....

Of course, the opposite is also true for games that have taken way too much to develop, more so than the initial projected costs. The following games are great examples of this, and the worst part is that most of these games didn’t meet expectations even after these substantial investments. 7 Mighty No. 9 Kickstarter has been a great place for developers to crowd-fund amazing titles with gamers playing a more active role in ensuring that these passion projects see the light of day....

RELATED: Modern Games You Can Use Cheats To Get Ahead In However, developers have learned how to fight back. Many now take steps beyond the standard security measures put in place to punish players who use pirated versions of their game, or who cheat in online matches. Even trolls who are just out to ruin everyone else’s experience aren’t safe from retribution. These anti-cheat systems are varied, but their punishments are often severe, and sometimes they’re also hilarious....

Dumb Money is set to adapt the book The Antisocial Network: The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees, which focuses on the GameStop short squeeze controversy that took place in early 2021, in which a group of Reddit-based day-traders made the retail company’s stock skyrocket through coordinated efforts, possibly impacting the stock market forever. MGM announced that it had secured rights to an adaptation in January 2021....

GameStop PowerUp Rewards Pro subscribers will also get invites to member-exclusive events, 2x PowerUp Points whenever they buy something at GameStop, and a subscription to Game Informer magazine. Those that go with the $19.99 PowerUp Rewards option will get the physical Game Informer magazine, but there’s also the $14.99 version that will net subscribers a digital Game Informer subscription. RELATED: GameStop Robbery Suspects Arrested in California There are some caveats to these new GameStop PowerUp Rewards program benefits that subscribers should be made aware of....

The GameStop/Microsoft partnership will see GameStop stores integrate Microsoft technology. GameStop stores will begin utilizing Microsoft’s cloud-based data storage and business applications. This will assist store associates when it comes to learning customer preferences and will give them “real time information on product availability.” GameStop associates will soon receive new Microsoft Surface tablets that will allow them to “move freely” within stores, allowing them to assist customers without necessarily having to be at the cash register....

In late January, several day traders on Reddit, specifically the r/WallStreetBets subreddit, noticed that several large hedge funds were shorting GameStop stock. What this means essentially, is that the hedge fund managers had borrowed the stocks and sold them, assuming that they would fall in price, so that when they bought the stocks back to return them, they would make a tidy profit. RELATED: WallStreetBets Reddit in Turmoil Amid GameStop Stock Crash...

GameStop’s announcement included a loss of $415.3 million last quarter, with multiple categories experiencing significant decreases in sales. Chief among them was a 41% decline in new console sales, which can be attributed to the announcement of next-gen hardware coming next holiday season. On top of that, game sales were down across the board, with both new and pre-owned games suffering 5% and 17% decreases, respectively. The fall in pre-owned sales is particularly bad for GameStop, as that’s the company’s main source of income....

The embattled brick-and-mortar gaming store chain has consistently made headlines over the past several months, largely due to the volatile GameStop Reddit stock market fiasco. The situation involved day traders on the subreddit r/wallstreetbets, where Redditors bought and held a vast amount of shares, driving the price up. This caused big-name investors and hedge funds’ shorted stocks to expire, amounting to huge financial losses as a result of the process....

Bingjiao has the advantage in this encounter, having won both their clashes this year that has allowed her to build a 7-5 lead in their head-to-head meetings. The last time that Sindhu beat her was at the 2017 World Superseries Finals, but even then she had to work hard for three games before managing to dispatch the Chinese. Bingjiao has traditionally been one player who has troubled Sindhu, and if the Indian can’t keep her errors at bay on Friday, it will be yet another loss for her....

Come 2013, G4 will be relaunched to attract the attention of, and offer programming for the metro-sexual male as ‘The Esquire Channel.’ Fans who followed the on-air talent and programming have had a bit of time to grow accustomed to the idea of never again enjoying X-Play or Attack of the Show!. The blow might have been softened since the most recognizable and consistent faces from the programs have made their way elsewhere: Sessler moving over to Revision3, Pereira making a splash in the podcast world (among others), and even long-time geek-goddess Olivia Munn now earning accolades on HBO’s The Newsroom....

The outcome of the two Senate runoffs on January 5 will determine whether Democrats or Republicans control the Senate after President-elect Joe Biden takes office. The Civics Center obtained voter registration data from Fulton County and shared the documents on its website on Tuesday. The county’s registration records show that 9,769 new voters registered between November 3 and last week’s registration deadline for participation in the runoffs. Biden’s win in Georgia marked the first time a Democratic presidential candidate has won the state since 1992....

The Italian striker equalised twice for the hosts, first with a fine solo effort in the 49th minute to cancel out Isaac Hayden’s first-half opener. Newcastle regained the lead two minutes later through Ayoze Perez, but Gabbiadini replied from the penalty spot in the 75th minute after Shane Long had been brought down by Florian Lejeune. Gabbiadini’s double saved Southampton from a third successive home defeat and lifted them two places to 10th in the table, while Newcastle remain ninth....

However, for all of its fan-friendliness, Valve’s fallen down on the job in one key area: its once-flagship Half-Life franchise. The first Half-Life title changed first-person shooters forever, with an immersive world and best-in-class storyline that was only rivaled by its breathtaking gameplay. To this day, Half-Life is still considered one of the greatest games ever made. Half-Life 2 upped the ante, introducing Valve’s then-revolutionary Source Engine and a physics system that was both strikingly realistic and a lot of fun....