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I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop

By Joshua Wolens published

/root Now if you don't mind I'm going to delete the root folder and see what happens.

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/root
A screenshot from Star Wars: Field Guide, showing a snail with a peacock's head.

Disney's embarrassing AI-generated Star Wars video of scrambled-up animals was the opening salvo in a year full of AI humiliation

By Lincoln Carpenter published

Tragic Kingdom 2025 was the year of creative bankruptcy.

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Tragic Kingdom
A lone King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) adult surrounded by chicks covered in brown down feathers, South Georgia Island

2025 might have been the year for Linux gaming, but there's still a way to go until I switch from Windows

By Jacob Fox published

Reluctantly Microsoft Windows, sadly, still offers some things that Linux cannot.

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Reluctantly Microsoft
A German Shepherd sits in the passenger seat of a car

Five new Steam games you probably missed (December 22, 2025)

By Shaun Prescott published

New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

New on Steam
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Stargate is a collaboration of OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank, with promotional support from President Donald Trump, to build data centers and other infrastructure for artificial intelligence throughout the US. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Sam Altman says Google is 'still a huge threat' and ChatGPT will be declaring code red 'maybe twice a year for a long time'

By James Bentley published

News The AI arms race is only getting hotter.

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A pyro from TF2 next to a computer they smashed because the shaders took to long to compile

According to Steam, the average PC Gamer writer played 72 games this year (56% of which were new) and used a controller more than we'd like to admit

By Harvey Randall published

REPLAY Our scores, tallied up.

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REPLAY
Swen Vincke presenting Game of the Year at the 2024 Game Awards

Swen Vincke promises an AMA to clear up Larian's use of generative AI: 'You’ll get the opportunity to ask us any questions you have about Divinity and our dev process directly'

By Andy Chalk published

news Vincke kicked off an uproar earlier this week when he said that Larian makes use of generative AI "to explore ideas."

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Steam sale - A cropped image of a gallery of discounted Steam games, overlaid with a Steam logo and discount percentages.

Steam sale dates: When is the next Steam sale?

By Fraser Brown last updated

Bargain Dates, biggest discounts, tips, annual Steam sale dates, and more.

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A processed photo of a data center server room, showing racks of computers lit by overhead lights, reflecting off the ground.

80% of the world's data centres have been built in places either too hot or too cold for the hardware inside

By Jess Kinghorn published

News The numbers don't lie, but they are confusing.

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Merriam-Webster's word of the year is 'Slop,' summing up 12 months that have been especially soggy with AI-generated content in only four letters

By Jess Kinghorn published

News I'd rather hang AI-generated content out to dry.

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