It's harder than ever for a new video game to crack the top of the most-played list. According to the Circana Player Engagement Tracker and video game market analyst Mat Piscatella, in 2025, the top f...
Arc Raiders developer Embark Studios has confirmed one of the community’s biggest questions since the game came out: it does indeed feature ‘aggression-based matchmaking.’ This means that if you’re bi...
You must be able to trust the NotePin S — doctors use it! Plaud has updated its compact NotePin AI recorder. The new NotePin S is almost identical to the original, except for one major difference: a b...
Hi HN — Tidy Baby is a new game made by me and Wyna Liu (of NYT Connections!) that is inspired by the legendary card-based game SET that we assume many of you love (we too love SET). In SET, you’ve go...
Getty Images; BI Have you ever wondered who Slacks the most at your work? Sadly, there is no Slack wrapped. But if you follow these simple steps, you can find out who sent the most messages this year....
Nvidia Gsync has been around since 2013, and while this variable refresh rate technology was a game changer when it came out, it was expensive and required gaming monitor manufacturers to implement a ...
2025 was bursting with really cool new game releases : Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yōtei, Blue Prince, Donkey Kong Bananza, I could go on. And yet...
I created a daily game where you get a random Bible verse and try to identify the book (e.g. "Psalms", "Genesis", "Luke") in as few guesses as possible. I have absolutely no clue how I got the idea, o...
Article URL: https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ajd/Cycling/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46458029 Points: 3 # Comments: 1...
Article URL: https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/exhibitions/video-game-websites-in-the-early-00s Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46516559 Points: 8 # Comments: 1...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Many promising crypto games closed up shop in 2025. ✓ Deadrop was one of the biggest shutdowns in the crypto gaming secto...
Smart whiteboard manufacturer Vibe is expanding further into hybrid work hardware with the Vibe Bot, a physical AI device that can serve as a voice assistant, a smart webcam, and an AI note-taker, des...
In the fall of 2025, I had the great pleasure of attending Tokyo Game Show, a trip that also naturally included a few pit stops to meet local developers and see what they were up to. On the very last ...
Ever since Cyberpunk 2077 came out in 2020, fans have debated Act 1, which sees V befriend Jackie Welles and attempt to make it big in Night City before the infamous heist mission goes horribly wrong....
Article URL: https://scottjg.com/posts/2026-01-08-crappy-computer-showdown/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46558148 Points: 9 # Comments: 0...
It may only be January, but I say it’s never too early to look towards the future and try to predict what the best games of 2026 will end up being. I don’t have a crystal ball or some sort of undiagno...
Aqara’s CES 2026 launch family. | Image: Aqara Aqara came to Vegas with a number of smart home firsts in its rapidly growing portfolio. It's showcasing an impressive smart lock that unlocks on approac...
Where's the Trump Phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week . We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump Phone's whereabouts. As usual, we're still waiting for a response. In the...
AMD is introducing an improved version of its popular Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor today at CES. The new Ryzen 7 9850X3D offers up the same 8-core / 16-thread CPU as the 9800X3D, running at even faster b...
The collaborative relationship between LEGO and Nintendo, two world leaders in family-friendly entertainment that operate in the adjacent realms of toys and games, began with the 1999 release of LEGO ...