Epic Games’ battle royale title Fortnite is arguably just as well-known for its high-profile crossover content as it is for its core gameplay. Every season, players wait with bated breath to discover what property will make its first appearance in Fortnite (or even a repeat appearance by a favourite IP). Universes like Marvel and Star … Read more
As it’s the most popular sport in the world, it’s hardly surprising to know that there’s been an almost endless supply of soccer games for video game players to enjoy from the comfort of their own homes. However, as with all genres of video games, some hit the back of the net perfectly while others deserve a … Read more
When people talk about instant messenger apps, there are two that pretty much always spring to mind. The first is, of course, the inimitable MSN Messenger, which accompanied many of our childhoods and was a mainstay for our social relationships. The second is AIM, or AOL Instant Messenger, which relatively fewer of us used but … Read more
Left 4 Dead 2 is one of the best shooters of its kind. It’s another crowning achievement from Valve, the studio that appears unable to create a truly bad game. Taking all of the things that worked in the original Left 4 Dead and dropping mechanics that didn’t quite feel right, Left 4 Dead 2 … Read more
The PS5 is currently doing incredibly well. Sales for the console have been impressive, doubling those of Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and Series S. Despite this success, it’s unlikely Sony is resting on its laurels. Fresh updates to the PS5 could well be on the way, and if they are, Sony’s planning department is almost … Read more
While many people were using MSN Messenger in the late 90s and early 2000s, there was another messenger app that was capturing the imaginations of millions worldwide. AIM – which stood for AOL Instant Messenger – may have closed down back in 2017, but it got its start a lot earlier than that, and there … Read more
Pretty much anyone who had the internet back in the 1990s and 2000s will likely remember MSN Messenger, AOL Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, and others. MSN Messenger was the Facebook Messenger of its day, only it didn’t have an entire social network attached to it; instead, it was simply a program you downloaded on your PC, … Read more
If you’ve been following the gaming news recently, you’ll know that Microsoft has purchased Activision Blizzard. This incredible buyout is bound to have serious ramifications throughout the gaming industry; it’s not just a matter of one massive corporation purchasing another. Instead, this is the culmination of years of Microsoft’s strategy, as well as a highly … Read more
Ah, Minecraft. Depending on how you approach it, this wonderfully relaxing little game can either be a testament to bucolic paradises or a nightmarish industrial dystopia, and all that separates the two is a texture pack or two. Minecraft is host to a wide variety of creatures and species; no matter what you can imagine, … Read more
For many people, Windows 3.0 (and its more popular successor, Windows 3.1) is a matter of the distant past. It existed in that strange time before people actually used computers en masse; computers were a hobbyist proposition first and foremost, and the general population either didn’t understand them or felt they didn’t have any use … Read more
Windows 95 is when Microsoft got serious. After years of enthusiast and hobbyist operating systems designed only for the computer faithful, Windows 95 was the first OS that could easily be used by ordinary, non-techie folk. The operating system is 26 years old today, and while it’s been discontinued for a very long time, we … Read more
After Windows 95, there was Windows 98. Microsoft’s operating system had conquered the world in its previous iteration, and now it was time for the Redmond tech giant to cement its lead and make itself the de facto king of the software world. Of course, that isn’t quite what happened, but Windows 98 was an … Read more
Sony’s PlayStation 5 console has been out for around 10 months now, and it certainly feels like that time has flown. It seems like only yesterday we were struggling to place our orders and desperately hoping that websites would have stock of the console in any form…oh, right. Well, that might not have changed, but … Read more
The first year of the PS5 saw a somewhat stunted launch, due to stock shortages and a scant supply of opening titles. In 2022, it looks like the PS5 will truly start walking on its own, finding a wider audience as a host of new releases hit the disc trays and digital catalogues of this … Read more
Ah, Windows Me. The middle child of the 90s Windows trilogy (although it wasn’t actually released in the 90s), Windows Me doesn’t have the greatest reputation. Its detractors see it as a buggy, unstable mess, while even those who didn’t mind it don’t have much positive to say about it. The system launched in 2000, … Read more
After Windows 7 proved to be hugely successful and popular amongst its user base, Microsoft thought it was time for a change. Windows 8 made a lot of overhauls to the basic functionality of Windows; it was largely designed around the touchscreen tablet experience and didn’t maintain a lot of the mainstays users had become … Read more
After the disaster that was Windows Vista, Microsoft course-corrected and released Windows 7. Despite being based on a similar aesthetic to Vista, Windows 7 was immediately more well-liked than its predecessor, featuring many of the improvements and changes that Windows users had clamoured for since Vista’s ill-fated debut. It’s fair to say that Windows 7 … Read more
Working as a freelancer is fun and having a high-performance laptop plays a major part in allowing one to keep going. The amount of work you handle each day depends on the computer’s performance to a great extent. Right from memory and storage to graphics and processor, every single component must be powerful and reliable … Read more