Author Archives: Michael Crider

Famously over-hyped and flawed at launch, open-world space simulation game No Man’s Sky has continued to evolve over the last four years, into an unlikely sleeper hit. The latest update to the game, Desolation, adds derelict freighter ships that … Continue reading →

If I told you that there’s a show out there that’s a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, you might look for it on something like The Disney Channel or Nickelodeon. If I told you that it was on Starz, and if you’… Continue reading →

When Microsoft debuted the Kinect camera accessory on the Xbox 360, it billed it as a revolutionary way to bring your real life motions into your games. That … didn’t happen. But a modder on YouTube got the Kinect working with classic 3D pl… Continue reading →

Begun, the game streaming wars have. Microsoft has announced that xCloud, its cloud-based game streaming service now in beta, will be included with its Xbox Game Pass subscription starting in September. That’s a huge boon for a value-packed servi… Continue reading →

OnePlus has been vociferous in its support of rapid-charging technology for years, and it looks like that approach will extend to its accessories as well. OnePlus manager Jay Liu told TechRadar that the upcoming wireless OnePlus Buds will be able to us… Continue reading →

If you’ve searched for a computer lately, you might have noticed a lot more packing AMD processors than you remember. The company’s Ryzen line of CPUs has been making great strides in the marketplace. Lenovo is taking advantage of that for … Continue reading →

NVIDIA’s weekly update of its streaming game service GeForce NOW continues uninterrupted. This Thursday’s list isn’t a huge addition to the streaming library, but it does have a high-profile port: Death Stranding. This former PS4 ex… Continue reading →

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a major media company is launching a new streaming television service, backed by its library of exclusive content, but debuting to a market full of customers wary of increasingly expensive streaming TV sho… Continue reading →

Cruise the mechanical keyboard community, and you’ll see that 60% is all the rage. That’s an informal size and layout—it means a keyboard that chops off the number pad, function row, arrow keys, and everything next to it, to leave onl… Continue reading →

Kano makes some pretty awesome STEM kits aimed at kids, and none more awesome than its Kano PC. The DIY tablet looks like a kid’s first Surface, and it should: it’s running Windows 10 and designed in partnership with Microsoft. Today Kano i… Continue reading →