Paper? I hardly even know her! Lucas Pope left Naughty Dog and the pulpUnchartedseries to make a paperwork simulator, last year’s oddball hitPapers, Please. I could see aFrog Fractionssort of demented, Hunter S. Thompson fevered dream paperwork simulator that gets real weird real quick. Paper work scares the hell out of me. But Pope played it straight and let the realistic, soul-crushing bureaucracy dutifully ruin your life. And it turned out well for Pope....

Bethesda had its share of virtual reality announcements this E3, revealing that the fullFallout 4game andDOOM VFRwould be coming to VR. However, what might be the biggest surprise was saved for the Sony conference today at E3 2017, revealing thatThe Elder Scrolls: Skyrimwill also be making its way to VR. A brief trailer ofSkyrimcombat was shown during the Sony conference, revealing that the title will be coming to VR courtesy of the PlayStation VR system....

The $300 console bundle comes with a carrying case, screen protector, and special Joy-Con straps The first alternate Nintendo Switch color is… Mario Red & Blue! While Nintendo hasdabbled in limited-edition looks, this is “the first time the Nintendo Switch system itself will be available in a new color.” The#NintendoSwitch– Mario Red & Blue Edition system has a distinct red-and-blue color scheme in honor of Mario’s iconic outfit. Available beginning 2/12, it comes with a red & blue carrying case to help protect your system as you travel through those Warp Pipes!...

Summary The Raspberry Pi 4, the top model in theRaspberry Pilineup for the past four years, is a great single-board computer now thatavailability has finally improved. However, it’s still budget 2019 hardware, which is starting to show its age for more demanding tasks. Raspberry Pi has launchedother typesof tiny computers since then, but none of them were designed to replace the Raspberry Pi 4. That is, at least, until now. The Raspberry Pi 5 is finally here to take the flagship Pi spot....

Studio Ghibli is famous for its critically successful anime movies such asHowl’s Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke, Ponyo, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, The Cat Returns,and many others. The animation company was founded in 1985 and has captured the hearts of audiences of all generations. However, there is one Studio Ghibli film that is rarely talked about due to how poorly it was received when it was released. Fans will know this asTales from Earthsea, which was directed by the son ofHayao Miyazaki, Gorō Miyazaki....

The Winds of Winteris famously long overdue, but George R.R. Martin has revealed several plot details to provide a taste of the upcoming fantasy epic. Martin finds himself in a peculiar situation with his books, as the television adaptation has already come and gone, providing vast TV audiences with an interpretation of his ending before he delivered his own. A lotwent wrong withGame of Thronesseason 8, butdetails Martin has shared, as well as events from his already released volumes, reveal that the book ending will be drastically different....

Apple replaced the long-running iTunes application on Macin 2019with new dedicated Music, Podcasts, and TV apps (plus new features in Finder) taking their place. Windows users are still stuck with iTunes, but not for much longer. Apple confirmed in October 2022that dedicated applications for Apple TV and Apple Music would come to Windows sometime in 2023, and now listings for preview versions have appeared on the Microsoft Store. The newApple Music for Windowslooks a lot like the Mac app, with support for music streaming and managing a local library....

HP Omen RTX 5060 Ryzen 9 8940HX Laptop This HP Omen laptop comes with an RTX 5060 Laptop GPU and an AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU, making for a great gaming laptop that can play pretty much any game you want on the go. The RTX 5000 series of GPUs was just released this year, and deals on hardware packing the new cards are hard to come by. Not impossible, though....

Samsung released the first mainstream folding phone in 2019 with the original Samsung Galaxy Fold. Since then, the company has remained a leader in this segment, but that doesn’t mean that other companies haven’t done it. Everyone from Motorola to Google has come out withtheir own foldable phonesover the past few years. OnePlus has now joined the party with its very own OnePlus Open. OnePlus has announced the OnePlus Open, its latest smartphone and first folding phone, after months of rumors, leaks, and also some teasing from OnePlus itself....

Black Friday is almost here and several video game retailers have already unveiled their deals for the upcoming holiday. Yesterday, Walmart held a sale that offered theNintendo Switch Lite bundled with eitherPokemon SwordorShieldat a good price. Now, the Ubisoft Store has just unveiled its Black Friday deals with discounts of up to 90% off on select games. The Ubisoft Store’sBlack Fridaysale includes a wide selection of the publisher’s beloved video games, from theAssassin’s Creedfranchise to theRainbow Sixseries, several collectible items and merchandise and many more....

Universal Studios Hollywood’sUniversal Fan Fest Nightshas officially kicked off, but which experiences are the ones that you should make sure you absolutely do not miss? While this will, of course, depend on which fandoms run through your veins, each experience has something for casual fans as well. We rank all seven of them here so that you may make a more informed decision when you check out this special event....

Stealth gamesare really hard to get right. If they’re too hectic, they may as well not even be labeled a stealth game. If they’re too passive, players can easily get bored, especially if your aim is tocapture a general audience. There’s a reason so many of them fail to captivate people, butThick As Thievescould be on to something special if they can deliver on what we saw at Summer Game Fest....

Pokémon Day 2025 brought a wave of announcements during the Pokémon Presents morning presentation, including the reveal of a new battle-focused spinoff,Pokémon Champions. ThePokémon Championsrevealfeatured a doubles battle, confirming that the game will have Terastalization—introduced inPokémon Scarlet and Violet—and Mega Evolutions, a Gen 6 mechanic from Pokémon X and Y that later appeared inPokémon GOandwill soon return inPokémon Legends: Z-A. While the gameplay reveal surely excited longtime fans, especially those who enjoyedPokémon Stadiumon the Nintendo 64, another detail caught players’ attention—Game Freak is only handling the planning, while the actual development is in the hands of a studio called The Pokémon Works....