Marathon’s Gamble: MMO Thinking in a PvP Extraction Space

From the Windows Central article by Brendan Lowry: “Given that Bungie‘s upcoming Xbox, PC, and PS5 sci-fi FPS Marathon is itself an extraction shooter, you’d be forgiven for thinking that its main source of inspiration came from established and popular entries in the genre like Escape from Tarkov or Hunt: Showdown. According to the game’sContinue reading “Marathon’s Gamble: MMO Thinking in a PvP Extraction Space”

Who Really Sets GPU Prices? ASUS, NVIDIA, and the Retail Markup Dance

When Queen Elizabeth I signed the death warrant of Mary, Queen of Scots, she claimed she never directed her secretary to actually submit it to the Privy Council, and hence was not directly responsible for Mary’s execution. That’s a bit macabre of an analogy, but I’m on an intense history kick right now. And itContinue reading “Who Really Sets GPU Prices? ASUS, NVIDIA, and the Retail Markup Dance”

Chasing Graphics: The Frustrating GPU Hunt in a Retail Nightmare

The GPU market at retail is a mess right now. And the answer that “MicroCenter has the RX 9070 XT in stock every day until 3pm” is a disingenuous take that everything is ok for everyone else in the global market who CAN’t get to a MicroCenter. Anything that is in stock tends to beContinue reading “Chasing Graphics: The Frustrating GPU Hunt in a Retail Nightmare”