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Valve puts some elbow grease into Steam Remote Play—maybe one day you won’t have to install additional tools to get the best in-home game streaming experience
Valve has been quietly improving Steam Remote Play, its built-in tool for streaming games from a PC to other devices around the home, according to PC Gamer. The changes suggest Valve is working towards making Remote Play more competitive with third-party streaming solutions that many PC gamers currently rely on for a better in-home streaming…
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“People said we were too clever. We went, ‘If our playing’s better than yours, you should get better! Don’t blame us for being ahead in the race’”: XTC mixed prog and punk, and it was named ’prunk’
XTC, the Swindon band who emerged from the punk and new wave scene of the late 1970s, defied easy categorisation by fusing punk’s energy with the intricate musicianship associated with progressive rock, a combination that has been dubbed “prunk”. The article, drawing on a 2012 Prog magazine feature, explores the band’s unusual position as innovators…
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Total War: Warhammer 40,000 Named Character List Swells With Another Ork Warboss — and a Hint at How They Will Work in the Game
Games Workshop has confirmed that Ork Warboss Nazdreg Ug Urdgrub will feature as a named character in Creative Assembly’s upcoming strategy title Total War: Warhammer 40,000, alongside receiving a new tabletop miniature for the first time this century. The reveal, made via Warhammer Community, offers an early hint at how such characters may function in…
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6 Most Thrilling Movies Released Since 2000, Ranked
Collider has published a ranked list of the six most thrilling films released since 2000, compiled by writer Diego Pineda Pacheco. The piece argues that the finest movies of the past 26 years generate suspense through varied means, from high-octane action sequences to character-driven tension, and that the best examples rival the greatest thrillers of…
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Steam Deck sales are estimated to have plummeted by around 80% since the massive price hikes earlier this year, back of the napkin maths suggests
A report on PC Gamer suggests that Steam Deck sales may have fallen by around 80% following significant price increases introduced earlier in the year. The estimate comes from informal (“back of the napkin”) calculations rather than official figures from Valve, but it points to a notable shift in the handheld gaming PC market that…
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Playing the riff from Smoke on the Water on a cat piano may be possible in composer sim Offbeat, if you’ve got more musical talent than me
Rock Paper Shotgun’s early access preview of Offbeat, a jobbing composer simulator from Whetstone Games, sees the writer attempt to recreate famous guitar riffs—including Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” and Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train”—using the game’s cat-shaped piano and singing gnome instruments. The piece highlights the game’s appeal as a creative sandbox where players…
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ChlöexHalle’s Third Album Is Seemingly Underway
ChlöexHalle appear to be working on their third studio album as a duo, following a run of solo projects since 2022’s acclaimed “Ungodly Hour”. The Atlanta-born sisters, Chlöe Bailey and Halle Bailey, broke through with their 2018 debut “The Kids Are Alright” before “Ungodly Hour” earned them a GRAMMY nomination under Beyoncé’s Parkwood label, and…
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D4vd murder trial: gruesome images shown in court as Celeste Rivas Hernandez said to be “unrecognisable”
A preliminary hearing in the murder trial of musician D4vd, real name David Anthony Burke, saw prosecutors show the Los Angeles court graphic images of the dismembered body of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Burke, 21, has pleaded not guilty to murdering and sexually abusing the teenager, whose severely decomposed remains were found in the boot…
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The rise of the ‘hot literati’: how reading became sexy
Reading has become fashionable among celebrities and fashion brands, with luxury labels launching literary-themed products and public figures hosting book clubs, prompting debate over whether this “hot literati” trend genuinely encourages reading or simply turns it into another form of status display. Commentators quoted in the piece suggest the trend reflects Gen Z’s shift towards…