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Google Engineer Builds the Ultimate Gaming LAN-Party Pad
By Kevin Lee, PCWorld Dec 15, 2011 11:39 AM[Photo: Kenton Varda]GeekTech has seen its share of geeky and modified homes before, but I personally think Kenton Varda’s ultimate LAN-party pad is the best yet. Let’s just read off the...
OnLive Brings Game Streaming Service to Phones, Tablets
You might enjoy mobile gaming on your iPad and iPhone, but perhaps you long for something a bit . . . meatier. Online gaming service OnLive wants to feed that need, and it’s doing so by launching versions of its client software for tablets...
New Humble Indie Bundle Packs Great Games, Earns $1 Million In 24 Hours
Confession time: I just bought the fourth Humble Indie Bundle, and you should too. Not because Humble Bundle Inc. is offering you an opportunity to pay whatever you please for five great games, including Shank, Super Meat Boy, NightSky, Bit.Trip...
Bye-Bye Avatar: Modern Warfare 3 Takes $1 Billion Record
By Matt Peckham, PCWorld Dec 12, 2011 7:30 AMModern Warfare 3 officially has the top grossing movie in movie history, James Cameron’s Avatar, in its rearview mirror: Activision’s eighth Call of Duty shooter just made a...
Can a Gamepad Beat a Keyboard and Mouse?
Keyboard and mouse, or console gamepad? That question has plagued first-person-shooter enthusiasts since time immemorial–or at least, since consoles started supplanting the PC as a viable choice for first-person shooters. Since Counter-Strike:...
Richard Garriott Could Wind Up Making Ultima Online 2
By Matt Peckham, PCWorld Dec 13, 2011 6:18 AMIt’s all very up in the air, so don’t hold the guy to any of this, but Ultima creator and one-time space tourist Richard Garriott says it’s possible his new roleplaying...
MadCatz Cyborg RAT 7 Albino Review: A Fully Adjustable Gaming Mouse
PCWorld Rating4.54.5 / 5 – PCWorld, Dec 13, 2011ProsInterchangeable parts let you change mouse shapeIncludes on-the-fly profile-switching featuresConsDoesn’t automatically load app-specific profilesBottom LineThe...
Top PC Component Picks of the Year
This year has been a busy one for do-it-yourself PC enthusiasts. Between Intel’s Sandy Bridge, AMD’s Bulldozer, and a series of ever-faster GPUs, we’re surrounded by options. Of course, that can make the planning process for...
GamePro closes, Nintendo may lose Miyamoto and OnLive brings LA Noire to Android tablets in Game On Podcast #1
Hello and welcome to the inaugural episode of the PCWorld Game On podcast! Video games were once a niche market, but these days you can play them on almost any device you won; whether you play on a PC, HDTV, smartphone or tablet, games are...
Indie Kinect Game Turns You Into the Pinball
By Elizabeth Fish, PCWorld Dec 12, 2011 11:31 AM[Photo: Robomondo]Ever become so absorbed in a pinball game that it was almost like you were insidethe machine? A new Xbox Live Arcade game from Robomondo, aptly named Badoink, will essentially...
