The opening hours of Hell Is Us are brilliantly confusing. The game tasks you with getting up to speed on a complicated civil war between the Palomists and Sabinians. A deluge of proper nouns is unleashed: Lymbic weaponry, Guardian Detectors, and more. But the clearest way the game communicates that you should feel utterly dumbfounded is through the cryptic stone panels scattered amid its ravaged, Eastern Europe-coded setting; you're unable to actually read the text engraved in these tablets. At every turn in the first levels - a dank forest and then a fetid bog - meaning and, just as importantly, understanding, eludes. In this manner of w …Read the full story at The Verge.

If most of your viewing is on OTT platforms like Netflix, Max, or Hulu, you probably don’t need anything extra. But if you are someone like me who still watches a lot of live TV, you know the experience feels fragmented and limited even with a smart TV running Google TV. You often need separate apps or subscriptions to access sports, news, or local channels, and the built-in TV tuners are slow with minimal guides and little flexibility. Recording or pausing live broadcasts is either not supported or tied to proprietary restrictions. I almost gave up on live TV until recently (well, I am a little late to the party) when I discovered Tvheadend.

Obsidian is more than just a note-taking app — it’s a second brain. I have been using it for years to build a vast network of interconnected thoughts, and for a long time, I thought I had a pretty solid system. But it turns out, I was missing out on some truly game-changing workflows that have since changed my entire process.

Notion has been my default workspace for years. I like how sleek and flexible it is, and almost everyone I know in tech swears by it. I built my own little systems inside it, from personalized dashboards to practical databases. But the thing with software that’s feature-heavy: it becomes a drag to use and causes more problems than it solves. The downsides started piling up, and I also disliked how dependent Notion is on an internet connection, even for the simple stuff.

We've seen a ton of impressive Raspberry Pi handhelds in the past, and they're all very impressive. They also come in a variety of shapes and sizes; while some try to make something as close to the Steam Deck as possible, others just want to squeeze all that hardware into an Altoids tin.

Hollow Knight: Silksong, Team Cherry’s sequel to Hollow Knight that has been in development for seven years, is releasing later this week for just $19.99. Silksong’s highly-anticipated launch on September 4th comes with a modest $5 bump over Hollow Knight’s original $14.99 price tag.While Team Cherry could have charged more for Silksong, it’s essentially pricing it the same as the original when you factor in inflation over the past eight years. The team revealed seven years ago that it kept the Hollow Knight pricing low to ensure as many people played it as possible. “$15 US is actually quite a bit of money for many people, especially in other countries than the US,” explained Team Cherry cofounder Ari Gibson in a 2018 Reddit post. “Ultimately, our main interest is that as many people as possible play our games, and we want to price them such that players can do so.”Four days until release! Hollow Knight: Silksong will be available on 4th September.Release times:7AM PT | 10AM ET | 4PM CEST | 11PM JSTGame price:USD $19.99 | EUR €19.99 | JPY ¥2300 pic.twitter.com/JeDmozItpX— Team Cherry (@TeamCherryGames) September 1, 2025The considerate choice on the pricing of Hollow Knight allowed millions of people to play the game, with the original selling more than 15 million copies. That’s made Hollow Knight one of the most successful indie video games ever, so a $19.99 price tag for Silksong could produce similar sales results — especially as it’s currently the most wishlisted game on Steam.Silksong is releasing at 7AM PT / 10AM ET / 3PM UK on September 4th. It will be available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, and Team Cherry has also struck a deal to include Silksong on Xbox Game Pass on day one.

Have you ever bought one of those games that advertise themselves as multiple games in one? If so, you've probably discovered the hard way that the included titles...aren't so great. But what can you expect? When developers have to squeeze a ton of games into one big collection, something has to give.

The first time I used ChatGPT to code, back in early 2023, I was reminded of "The Monkey's Paw," a classic horror story about an accursed talisman that grants wishes, but always by the most malevolent path - the desired outcome arrives after exacting a brutal cost elsewhere first. With the same humorless literalness, ChatGPT would implement the change I'd asked for, while also scrambling dozens of unrelated lines. The output was typically over-engineered, often barnacled with irrelevant fragments of code. There were some usable lines in the mix, but untangling the mess felt like a detour.When I started using AI-assisted tools earlier this …Read the full story at The Verge.

Third-person shooters are a special breed, aren't they? They let you see your hero, your weapons, and your chaos, unfold all at once, and in the process, end up giving us some of the most iconic moments in gaming history. The greatest TPS games have nailed the story, over-the-shoulder gunplay, their narrative, or they have introduced mechanics to the medium that have since become a staple of it.

You’ve just installed Linux, and everything looks shiny and new. The desktop is clean, the system is running, and you’re ready to dive in. But before you start using it day to day, there are a few simple steps you can take that can make the experience nearly perfect. Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora, or Debian come ready to use right after installation, but with a little fine-tuning, you can take things from good to great.

You know, I don't think I've seen a lot of Raspberry Pi projects that can play music. It seems like a good use for them, as you could set one up to play songs for you whenever you like, but I really haven't seen people make something that does that. I guess people don't purchase expensive instruments so that something else can play them for them. It's a lot cheaper just to stream music on Spotify.

The PlayStation 5 is the latest and greatest console on the market from Sony right now. But while the console itself is powerful and has a library of great titles to play through, new PlayStation 5 owners will want to get extra accessories for their console to better their overall experience. Although there are a variety of accessories for PlayStation hardware available in many places, not all of them are necessary and will just have you spending extra money. However, there are a few PS5 accessories that everyone will want to pick up when they can, especially if they want to get the most enjoyment from playing games on it.