No more getting caught by a forced Windows 11 update while you're in the middle of a meeting or a match. Microsoft announced some major changes coming to Windows Update on its blog, including the ability to indefinitely pause Windows updates, 35 days at a time. To give users more control, Windows Update introduced the option to extend update pauses as much as users want. Once you opted to pause updates for Windows 11, you won't be disturbed for 35 days at a time, but you can now reset this 35-da...
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Sweet Hamster Days is back on the menu.
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The best things in life are free, but you’ll have to buy Skyrim Special Edition to shoot Ghorbash into a cheese barrel like a ball of paper.
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In the animated Stranger Things spinoff, Dustin and Steve's friendship takes center stage in the show's best episode
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"If someone's passionate enough to want to helm that sort of project, we would love to hear from you."
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Manitoba could be the first province in Canada to establish a social media ban for kids, but the proposal's details aren't very clear yet. The province's premier, Wab Kinew, announced during a fundraiser event on Saturday and on X that Manitoba would put in place a ban for social media and AI chatbots for its youth. "They're doing these very awful things to kids all in the name of a few likes, all in the name of more engagement, and all in the name of money," Kinew said at the event. "Our kids w...
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Long-standing MMORPG LotRO is cramming a lot into its 19th anniversary celebrations, but the people yearn for a 4K UI for modern displays.
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One of Batman's creepiest villains is joining the DC when Clayface releases in October. Read and watch these first.
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"It's the exact, perfect level of decision making and cognitive load for my brain."
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Michael performed better than Project Hail Mary and The Super Mario Galaxy to become the highest-grossing movie this weekend
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Does Bungie’s battle royale-style experiment sacrifice too many of the extraction shooter’s best qualities?
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As reported by several outlets, the Trump administration dismissed members of the National Science Board (NSB), which is tasked with establishing policies for the National Science Foundation. It's not clear how many members have been dismissed. According to screenshots shared with The Washington Post, board members received a message that their position was "terminated, effective immediately. The NSB establishes policies for the National Science Foundation (NSF), the independent US agency respon...
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FromSoftware's sequel was meant to be a final flicker of the flame, but its influence still burns softly in the background,
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Much better than its disastrous first attempt.
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Let's call this one Alien: Isolations.
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Get gacha.
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30 years ago, The X-Files episode 'Avatar' marked a pivotal turning point for the character of Skinner, leading to his expanded role in the series.
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Turns out confining your sci-fi protagonist to a big ol’ space suit means it’s easy to swap in every other iconic hero - and Steve.
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Asha Sharma spent this week upending decisions made by her predecessor Phil Spencer and throwing Microsoft's strategy up in the air
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Creative Assembly and Sega released a teaser for the sequel to Alien: Isolation to celebrate Alien Day 2026
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Dear diary, today I gutted 200 men.
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Pragmata might look like The Last of Us or BioShock with the way it handles dad relationships, but it's saying something much different
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Art imitates virtual life.
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'False Sense of Security'. Developer Creative Assembly has released a short teaser trailer for something related to Alien: Isolation. Titled 'False Sense of Security', the short video showcases a door opening into a rain-drenched exterior location, with the iconic save station visible in the background. The Creative Assembly logo displays before we're treated to a close-up of the save station.
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Superman has a long history of playing chess in the DC Comics. Now, that's coming to Man of Tomorrow.
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Three more seasons of Hazbin Hotel are in the works at Prime Video, but the beloved animated series will conclude after that
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Super Mario Bros. whole "blocks are made of people" trivia was shocking to Super Mario movie stars Chris Pratt, Donald Glover, and Charlie Day.
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"We wanted to give everyone who hasn't had a chance to check out Last Flag the opportunity to play for free!"
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Making everything out of anything is a lot of funny fun.
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Cole Allen, the 31-year-old primary suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, had been an indie game developer since 2018
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Some of the best video games of the last few decades echo the themes of Shakespeare's most famous plays
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"Look into my eye". Today, 26th April, is 'Alien Day'. I know at least some of you might be scratching your head and wondering why, so let me very briefly explain. The planet on which James Cameron's Aliens takes place is called LV-426. Get it? 426. April 26. There we go. Alien Day.
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Manufacture mode "addresses one of the biggest feedback points we got during early access".
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Crimewave gets little respect in either the Raimi or the Coens filmographies, but it's not as bad as its reputation suggests.
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The DLC will offer a "new take" on the Brujah clan.
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