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Turning a new PC into a personal computer is one of our hobby's great pleasures

There's magic in those first few days after a completely fresh start. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Much to my bank account's ...
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Video game hall of fame inducts Computer Space, Barbie Fashion Designer

This year's inductees at the Strong World Video Game Hall of Fame include two big deals in the history of PC Gaming: Pioneering arcade game Computer Space and legendary late-90s hit Barbie Fashion ...
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'Is this a practical way to play your Steam games? Nope, not even a little bit.' But getting Steam running on Armbian and a single board computer really is a thing

Running games at 720p 30 fps isn't too bad for one board. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Valve's dedication to its portable PC ...
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What PC game is this in-game PC from? Our newest quiz is all about the computers inside our computer games!

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Want to keep testing your knowledge of gaming trivia? We've got loads more PC Gamer quizzes, on ...

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Edition is the absolute gold standard of remasters

You see where I'm going with this. System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Edition was not some sweeping overhaul, despite how long ...
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PC Gamer's simulated Super Bowl 2025 predicts Eagles victory, player getting hit so hard he flies out of the stadium and into the parking lot

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Welcome to the annual (except that one year I forgot) PC Gamer computer simulation of the Super ...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is PC Gamer's GOTY because it 'trusts' players and takes them seriously, says Warhorse co-founder: 'I think you can only eat so much p…

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is PC Gamer's 2025 game of the year. No wonder. Warhorse's intensely particular historical RPG is ...
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Google's WIllow chip is a big leap towards usable quantum computing but its claim of beating a classical computer by a 'septillion years' is meaningless

Not that you'd be adding one to your gaming PC, sadly. Or any PC, for that matter. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Quantum ...
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The world's first 'body in a box' biological computer costs $35,000 and looks both cool as hell plus creepy as heck

AI Microsoft's head of AI doesn't understand why people don't like AI, and I don't understand why he doesn't understand because it's pretty obvious Roguelike This roguelite claims to have the dubious ...
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I revisited some of the worst games PC Gamer has ever reviewed to try to find something nice to say about them

PC Gamer, in its 30 years on this earth, has had the privilege of reviewing some incredible games. Absolute classics. The faces on the videogame Mount Rushmore. We're talking Half-Life, we're talking ...
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Teeny tiny, almost wearable brain-computer interface gets 'closer to the source of the signals' by fitting between hair follicles and only lasts between six and 12 hours

Brain Computer Interfaces, or BCIs are futuristic devices that do exactly what it says on the tin; Allow a brain to interface directly with a computer. While this may sound like pure science fiction, ...