April 2026 – Page 9 – Prefer systems

Posted on April 30, 2026

Games

MMO vet Matt Firor was going to make Fallout Online in 2007, but Interplay ‘went totally dark on me’ and he went to Bethesda to make ESO instead

Fallout 76 is about the closest we're likely get to a fully-fledged Fallout MMO—given the genre's pretty hard to get into nowadays and, well, it's...

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‘We would need to shut off power for half the country’: Microsoft’s $1 billion Kenya data center project runs out of juice

Immersive sim sickos rejoice: the makers of Void Bastards are creating their most choice-driven game to date in Godzone 6

True 3rd-person view has been hidden in a single Metal Gear Solid 2 variable for 15 years—now we’re finally getting it

Framework says DDR5 memory costs ‘remain fairly stable’ but ‘on SSDs, the pricing story is unfortunately not as positive’ as it raises prices again

Posted on April 30, 2026

Games

‘Where the goblins came from’: OpenAI’s strange but not entirely surprising story of little critters infesting ChatGPT’s output

Anyone with even passing experience of using the latest LLMs knows to expect the unexpected. They can spit out some really random and often disturbing...

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‘We would need to shut off power for half the country’: Microsoft’s $1 billion Kenya data center project runs out of juice

Immersive sim sickos rejoice: the makers of Void Bastards are creating their most choice-driven game to date in Godzone 6

True 3rd-person view has been hidden in a single Metal Gear Solid 2 variable for 15 years—now we’re finally getting it

Framework says DDR5 memory costs ‘remain fairly stable’ but ‘on SSDs, the pricing story is unfortunately not as positive’ as it raises prices again

Posted on April 30, 2026

Games

How to get Fertilizer in Arc Raiders

I don't know about you, but I've always ignored Fertilizer in Arc Raiders. Until now, it's had no purpose besides recycling into Assorted Seeds or...

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‘We would need to shut off power for half the country’: Microsoft’s $1 billion Kenya data center project runs out of juice

Immersive sim sickos rejoice: the makers of Void Bastards are creating their most choice-driven game to date in Godzone 6

True 3rd-person view has been hidden in a single Metal Gear Solid 2 variable for 15 years—now we’re finally getting it

Framework says DDR5 memory costs ‘remain fairly stable’ but ‘on SSDs, the pricing story is unfortunately not as positive’ as it raises prices again

Posted on April 30, 2026

Games

Arc Raiders’ weapon durability changes are mystifying—especially when repairing guns is one of the least enjoyable parts of the game

Let's be real for a second: repairing weapons in games is not a fun activity. In fact, the only time I remember ever enjoying upkeeping...

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‘We would need to shut off power for half the country’: Microsoft’s $1 billion Kenya data center project runs out of juice

Immersive sim sickos rejoice: the makers of Void Bastards are creating their most choice-driven game to date in Godzone 6

True 3rd-person view has been hidden in a single Metal Gear Solid 2 variable for 15 years—now we’re finally getting it

Framework says DDR5 memory costs ‘remain fairly stable’ but ‘on SSDs, the pricing story is unfortunately not as positive’ as it raises prices again

Posted on April 30, 2026

Games

‘Why didn’t anyone think of this before?’: Former Elder Scrolls Online boss loves Crimson Desert, but making ‘a singleplayer MMO is almost like cheating’ to him

Matt Firor has been in the MMO business since 2001, the days of Dark Age of Camelot, and ran The Elder Scrolls Online developer ZeniMax...

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Month: April 2026

MMO vet Matt Firor was going to make Fallout Online in 2007, but Interplay ‘went totally dark on me’ and he went to Bethesda to make ESO instead

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‘We would need to shut off power for half the country’: Microsoft’s $1 billion Kenya data center project runs out of juice

Immersive sim sickos rejoice: the makers of Void Bastards are creating their most choice-driven game to date in Godzone 6

True 3rd-person view has been hidden in a single Metal Gear Solid 2 variable for 15 years—now we’re finally getting it

Framework says DDR5 memory costs ‘remain fairly stable’ but ‘on SSDs, the pricing story is unfortunately not as positive’ as it raises prices again

‘Where the goblins came from’: OpenAI’s strange but not entirely surprising story of little critters infesting ChatGPT’s output

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‘We would need to shut off power for half the country’: Microsoft’s $1 billion Kenya data center project runs out of juice

Immersive sim sickos rejoice: the makers of Void Bastards are creating their most choice-driven game to date in Godzone 6

True 3rd-person view has been hidden in a single Metal Gear Solid 2 variable for 15 years—now we’re finally getting it

Framework says DDR5 memory costs ‘remain fairly stable’ but ‘on SSDs, the pricing story is unfortunately not as positive’ as it raises prices again

How to get Fertilizer in Arc Raiders

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‘We would need to shut off power for half the country’: Microsoft’s $1 billion Kenya data center project runs out of juice

Immersive sim sickos rejoice: the makers of Void Bastards are creating their most choice-driven game to date in Godzone 6

True 3rd-person view has been hidden in a single Metal Gear Solid 2 variable for 15 years—now we’re finally getting it

Framework says DDR5 memory costs ‘remain fairly stable’ but ‘on SSDs, the pricing story is unfortunately not as positive’ as it raises prices again

Arc Raiders’ weapon durability changes are mystifying—especially when repairing guns is one of the least enjoyable parts of the game

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‘We would need to shut off power for half the country’: Microsoft’s $1 billion Kenya data center project runs out of juice

Immersive sim sickos rejoice: the makers of Void Bastards are creating their most choice-driven game to date in Godzone 6

True 3rd-person view has been hidden in a single Metal Gear Solid 2 variable for 15 years—now we’re finally getting it

Framework says DDR5 memory costs ‘remain fairly stable’ but ‘on SSDs, the pricing story is unfortunately not as positive’ as it raises prices again

‘Why didn’t anyone think of this before?’: Former Elder Scrolls Online boss loves Crimson Desert, but making ‘a singleplayer MMO is almost like cheating’ to him

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‘We would need to shut off power for half the country’: Microsoft’s $1 billion Kenya data center project runs out of juice

Immersive sim sickos rejoice: the makers of Void Bastards are creating their most choice-driven game to date in Godzone 6

True 3rd-person view has been hidden in a single Metal Gear Solid 2 variable for 15 years—now we’re finally getting it

Framework says DDR5 memory costs ‘remain fairly stable’ but ‘on SSDs, the pricing story is unfortunately not as positive’ as it raises prices again