January 2026 – Page 201 – Prefer systems

Posted on January 1, 2026

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Pluribus lead Rhea Seehorn’s career began as the ‘tutorial sorceress’ in a Magic The Gathering PC game from 1997

I've spent the past several weeks mildly obsessed with Pluribus, the new Apple TV show from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan. A highlight of the...

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This Final Fantasy 14 player house looks shockingly close to my favorite Phasmophobia map despite being made entirely of regular FF14 props

The world’s first ‘standardized gaming test’ will see if you can beat an ’80s adventure game without a walkthrough—and it’ll even monitor you over a webcam to make sure you don’t cheat

Valve isn’t putting Gordon Freeman into any new games, so Deadlock modders have taken matters into their own hands

Dwarf Fortress forensic specialists blame mysterious case of spontaneous human combustion on a historical artifact that suddenly remembered it’s four times hotter than the surface of the sun

Posted on January 1, 2026

Games

Betty Boop, Blondie, and a slew of Mickey Mouse cartoons are entering the public domain, so let’s hope for something better than bargain bin horror games

Title 17 of the United States Code states that "in the case of an anonymous work, a pseudonymous work, or a work made for hire,...

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This Final Fantasy 14 player house looks shockingly close to my favorite Phasmophobia map despite being made entirely of regular FF14 props

The world’s first ‘standardized gaming test’ will see if you can beat an ’80s adventure game without a walkthrough—and it’ll even monitor you over a webcam to make sure you don’t cheat

Valve isn’t putting Gordon Freeman into any new games, so Deadlock modders have taken matters into their own hands

Dwarf Fortress forensic specialists blame mysterious case of spontaneous human combustion on a historical artifact that suddenly remembered it’s four times hotter than the surface of the sun

Posted on January 1, 2026

Games

Dispatch sold over 3 million copies in 2025, and only around five percent of players beat the game without romancing anyone

Interactive superhero show Dispatch was a critical success, receiving a healthy 89% in PC Gamer's review, and now we've learned it was a commercial success,...

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This Final Fantasy 14 player house looks shockingly close to my favorite Phasmophobia map despite being made entirely of regular FF14 props

The world’s first ‘standardized gaming test’ will see if you can beat an ’80s adventure game without a walkthrough—and it’ll even monitor you over a webcam to make sure you don’t cheat

Valve isn’t putting Gordon Freeman into any new games, so Deadlock modders have taken matters into their own hands

Dwarf Fortress forensic specialists blame mysterious case of spontaneous human combustion on a historical artifact that suddenly remembered it’s four times hotter than the surface of the sun

Posted on January 1, 2026

Games

CES 2026: From new Intel chips to far too much AI, here’s everything we expect to see

December may be a slow month as far as gaming tech is concerned, but January immediately sends us electronics nerds into a full-on digital sprint....

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This Final Fantasy 14 player house looks shockingly close to my favorite Phasmophobia map despite being made entirely of regular FF14 props

The world’s first ‘standardized gaming test’ will see if you can beat an ’80s adventure game without a walkthrough—and it’ll even monitor you over a webcam to make sure you don’t cheat

Valve isn’t putting Gordon Freeman into any new games, so Deadlock modders have taken matters into their own hands

Dwarf Fortress forensic specialists blame mysterious case of spontaneous human combustion on a historical artifact that suddenly remembered it’s four times hotter than the surface of the sun

Posted on January 1, 2026

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Month: January 2026

Pluribus lead Rhea Seehorn’s career began as the ‘tutorial sorceress’ in a Magic The Gathering PC game from 1997

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This Final Fantasy 14 player house looks shockingly close to my favorite Phasmophobia map despite being made entirely of regular FF14 props

The world’s first ‘standardized gaming test’ will see if you can beat an ’80s adventure game without a walkthrough—and it’ll even monitor you over a webcam to make sure you don’t cheat

Valve isn’t putting Gordon Freeman into any new games, so Deadlock modders have taken matters into their own hands

Dwarf Fortress forensic specialists blame mysterious case of spontaneous human combustion on a historical artifact that suddenly remembered it’s four times hotter than the surface of the sun

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Valve isn’t putting Gordon Freeman into any new games, so Deadlock modders have taken matters into their own hands

Dwarf Fortress forensic specialists blame mysterious case of spontaneous human combustion on a historical artifact that suddenly remembered it’s four times hotter than the surface of the sun

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The world’s first ‘standardized gaming test’ will see if you can beat an ’80s adventure game without a walkthrough—and it’ll even monitor you over a webcam to make sure you don’t cheat

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The world’s first ‘standardized gaming test’ will see if you can beat an ’80s adventure game without a walkthrough—and it’ll even monitor you over a webcam to make sure you don’t cheat

Valve isn’t putting Gordon Freeman into any new games, so Deadlock modders have taken matters into their own hands

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