Windows 10 is about to get a high-performance Game Mode

Microsoft made a big fuss out of the Windows 10 Creators Update's gaming features, and it's nearly ready to start delivering on them... including some that have remained mysterious. The company has revealed that it'll start trotting out a largely unknown Windows 10 Game Mode as part of Insider previews "this week." The improvement won't be fully functional until later releases, but Microsoft has at last shed some light on what it is: it'll fine-tune your PC to speed up gaming performance.
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Perplexing, unique, and a whole lot of fun, the Switch is classic Nintendo

We spent several hours playing every launch game for the Nintendo Switch. Read up on exactly how all of its control schemes work, and how well they all work in our full hands-on first take.
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How Designers Engineer Luck Into Video Games

The responsibilities and challenges of programmed luck. By Simon Parkin
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Trailer

Forget everything you know about The Legend of Zelda games. Step into a world of discovery, exploration and adventure in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, a boundary-breaking new game in the acclaimed series. Travel across fields, through forests and to mountain peaks as you discover what has become of the ruined kingdom of Hyrule in this stunning open-air adventure.
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Nintendo Switch Event Livestream - IGN Live

Nintendo is going in-depth on its latest gaming hardware for the Nintendo Switch. Join us before and after for coverage of the event.
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Luigi, the RICHEST Man in the Mushroom Kingdom?

Sure Mario may get the girl, but Luigi apparently gets the gold. I always wondered how Luigi wound up with his own mansion. Turns out, he's filthy rich. He'd have to be to afford a home like that. But just how rich are we talkin'? I'm about to show you.
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Google's AlphaGo AI secretively won more than 50 straight games against the world’s top Go players

Even Ke Jie, the world's top-ranked Go player, was impressed.
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Developer claims Linux forced Microsoft to up its Windows game support

A few years ago, thanks to Valve and Steam, Linux looked like it was going to become a major game platform. That didn't happen. But, the threat may have forced Microsoft to improve its Windows game support.
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AI goes head-to-head with star poker players in No-Limit Texas Hold' em

Could artificial intelligence really take on poker pros?
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5 Tips on How to Be a Good Player from a GM

Usually on the Campaign Trail, I write articles to help out my fellow GMs. This week I wanted to write something to help out all the players.
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Strong Female Characters in Games - Web Comic

Gee, I wish there were more strong female characters in video games!
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How LSD Can Change Our Understanding of Consciousness

A neuropsychopharmacologist proved that lysergic acid diethylamide can help humans rewire themselves. By Sarah Sloat.
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Someone Is Destroying Online Go, And Nobody Knows Who It Is

Right now, there's a player lurking in the depths of the online Go scene that is laying waste to some of the best players in the world.
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The Journey To Sony’s Next Console: The PlayStation 5

What we’ve witnessed with the PS4 isn’t just amazing, but it shows the strength of the PlayStation brand as a whole. Sony has reinforced its claim as the leading gaming console provider with the PS4, although we should not forget that the PlayStation brand was actually introduced back in 1994. It seems fair to say that both Microsoft and Nintendo are currently competing for a slice of the console market, yet it’s Sony who are attracting the majority of gamers. Let’s now take a look at why Sony will likely continue next, in the future, with a PS5.
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Acer's Absurd Curved Display Laptop Has a Predictably Humongous Price Tag

Look, we’ve been a little amped about Acer’s absurd curved display laptop, the Predator 21-X. It has a stupid name, isn’t practical or reasonable, and if you have brittle bone disease it would probably destroy your lap. But it’s also a laptop with a 21-inch curved display and goddammit that is as cool as it is stupid. It is also, we’ve just learned, going to be very very expensive.
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CNN uses screenshot from ‘Fallout 4’ to show how Russians hack things

The thing about computer hacking is that it's such a general, far-reaching term that it's almost impossible to explain to someone who isn't already familiar with it. So, news networks who need b-roll footage to show while they're talking about hacking usually just show keyboards or random...
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