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How to get the best monitor deal: Not sure where to start with all these gaming monitors? An easy way of deciding which gaming monitor is right for you is to start with your graphics card. Got an Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT or below? Then you’ll probably want a 1920×1080 monitor, as this will mean you can play games at the fastest, smoothest speeds. Got an Nvidia RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 or above? Then you should probably aim for a 2560×1440 screen, as you really need one of these cards to make the most of this resolution when playing games. Meanwhile, Nvidia RTX 2080 and above owners will be able to make the most of 3840×2160 monitors. … [Read more...] about Gaming monitor deals of the week – 29th May 2020

It’s another big PC gaming deals bonanza this week, as we’ve not only got GOG’s Summer Sale going on, but Ubisoft’s Legendary Sale is still going strong, as is Epic’s month of mega deals. Let’s not forget about Humble’s Cities Skylines bundle, either, where you’re able to grab the full game plus 11 DLC packs for under twenty quid. And that’s before we’ve even got to all the other deals happening this week, where you’ll find loads of Devolver games on sale, 10% off Monster Train, plus half price Yakuza, Civilization VI and a nice chuck off Disco Elysium. So let’s not stand around gawping. There are a lot of deals to get through. … [Read more...] about Best PC gaming deals of the week – 29th May 2020

GeForce Now is Nvidia’s game streaming service, launched this February. For a monthly fee, its users can play their games remotely, using Nvidia’s hardware, which streams the results live back to their device as they play. In a sense, it’s renting a much better PC at a distance. Rather than providing a competing service, Steam Cloud Play basically connects Steam libraries to it directly, allowing users of both services to launch the games with less messing about. Valve also say that they “may add additional Steam Cloud Gaming services in future”. Whether we’ll ever see Stadia hooked up in the same way is anyone’s guess. I am also curious how it will interact with Steam Remote Play, which uses streaming to let users to play local multiplayer games with non-local friends. … [Read more...] about Cloud gaming gets official Steam support with Steam Cloud Play beta

Game Over screens! Too bad, you lose, put some more money in. Game Over screens might have been a necessary way for arcade machines to wring a bit more money from our juvenile jeans but they didn't end there. Their influence carried over as games entered our homes, and crushing finality of the Game Over screen, which you can do little more than gawp helplessly at, can still be seen to this very day. It might not look the same, it might not use those iconic words, but it's there. Question is, which is the best? Happy Friday! … [Read more...] about Five of the Best: Game Over screens

The quiz covers about 30 years of adventure games, so brings us from traditional point-and-click fare to the more modern takes on the genre. I imagine some people might scoff at a few inclusions, but as the unfriendly man who hosts our local pub quiz says “the quizmaster’s decision is final”. If you are looking for a quick genre refresher, why not check out John’s list of the best adventure games. And very best of luck to you. … [Read more...] about Use ‘brain’ with ‘ears’ in our adventure game music quiz