Author Archives: Michael Crider

The Best Joysticks and Yokes for ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’

Realistic flight simulation is kind of a niche gaming genre at this point, but for fans, a new version of Microsoft Flight Simulator is about as close to combining several birthdays at once. If you want to jump in to this exciting new entry fresh, or y… Continue reading

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‘Untitled Goose Game’ Gets Two-Goose (Geese?) Multiplayer in September

Untitled Goose Game was an instant hit last year, allowing PC and Switch players to indulge their inner feathery menace. The game itself is pretty basic—all you do is annoy a bunch of rural English people with some mild stealth elements. If there… Continue reading

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Plugable’s Newest USB-C Dock Supports Triple Monitors for Just $150

There are a lot of USB-C docking stations out there, but it’s surprisingly hard to find one that can handle three monitors at once, even on the super-expensive models. Today Plugable is introducing one that has three HDMI-out ports going over a s… Continue reading

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Lenovo’s New Yoga 6 and Yoga 7i Laptops Come in AMD and Intel Flavors

Lenovo’s mainstream line of laptops is now dominated by the “Yoga” brand on the high end, and today it gets a refresh. The successors to the Yoga C640 and C740 are, respectively, the Yoga 6 and Yoga 7i. The Yoga 6 is a 13″ model… Continue reading

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GeForce NOW Game Streaming Comes to Chromebooks With a Web-Based Player

GeForce NOW, NVIDIA’s cloud game streaming service, launched with support on Windows and Mac PCs, Android phones, and the SHIELD set-top box. And that’s great…but those platforms already have access to the PC games that it streams, to… Continue reading

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Amazon Offers a Rare $130 Discount on the Cheapest Mac Mini

It’s pretty tough to find a good deal if you want an Apple computer, even more so if you’re looking for a desktop. Today Amazon is offering a significant discount on the entry model Mac Mini, last refreshed in 2018. You can get it for as li… Continue reading

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I Bought a Wear OS Watch for $15, and I Still Paid Too Much

It’s been a while since I touched Wear OS, Google’s smartwatch platform. So, when a fire sale on Fossil sub-brand Misfit offered up a Wear watch for $15, I jumped on it. Despite spending less on the Misfit Vapor X than I do on a fajita spe… Continue reading

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Google Search Will Tell You Which Sports Games Are on Which Channel

If you’ve ever tried to watch a bunch of NFL games without paying $200 a month to DirecTV, you know what a pain it is. As American sports come back in a diminished capacity, Google is making that search less painful. With the upcoming pro seasons… Continue reading

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‘Rocket League’ Cross-Platform Play Will Make Most Items Available Everywhere

So, mega-publisher Epic bought Psyonix, the developer of popular car-soccer game Rocket League, and soon it’ll be free-to-play and you’ll be able to use a single Epic account when playing on any platform (PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch). But… Continue reading

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Chromebook Owners, Grab a Free Copy of ‘Dead Cells’ on the Play Store

Have you played Dead Cells? It’s pretty great, at least if you like a tough-as-nails platformer that mixes elements of Castlevania and Dark Souls. Praised on its PC and console release in 2018, the game came out for Android (and by extension, Chr… Continue reading

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