The PC games that helped us survive 2020
Gaming never went out of style, but in 2020, it evolved from a fun hobby into an essential lifeline. Staying sane isn’t easy when you’re stuck in isolation for months on end. […]
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Windows 11 almost ruined my laptop. These fixes (sort of) helped
Since upgrading to Windows 11, my laptop just hasn’t been the same. While I knew from PCWorld’s Windows 11 review that Microsoft’s latest operating system had a rough launch, curiosity got the […]
How a VR game helped me lose 100 pounds
Two years ago I weighed 330 pounds. That’s just shy of 150 kilograms, if you’re not using Freedom Units. On August 7 my scale showed 229.4 pounds (104 kilos). While that’s by […]
Play Foldit, the game that helped its designers win a Nobel Prize
You may know that biochemist David Baker shares the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry with two researchers from Google’s DeepMind. But a video game helped get them there, and you can still […]
