In the age of streaming, I admit I'm rather spoiled. I subscribe to Disney+ and Netflix and don't think twice about commercials anymore. I dropped traditional cable ages ago and have never looked back. Recently, since Netflix discontinued a show I was watching and it moved to Hulu, I signed up for a free trial so that I could blitz my way through it. The free trial, unfortunately, is the subscription tier that includes ads. I figured, sure, it's annoying, but I can live with my episo...
Take complete control of your Start menu on Windows 10 or 11 with Start11 - Now on Steam Get it now Customize the Start menu and Taskbar in Windows 10 and 11 with several different layouts, positions, and aesthetic options using Start11! Make the Start menu appear as it does in previous versions of Windows, enhance its functionality, and customize your setup just the way you like it. Get Start11 for multiple devices. If you'd like to bring the Start11 experience...
Nobody likes a delay, but Disney has unfortunately had to push back the release of Andor by about three weeks. The trailer for the show dropped yesterday and the new date of September 21st was announced. Disney or Lucas Film haven't given any reason for the delay, but they did announce that the first drop for Andor will include three episodes - something that is, thus far, unprecedented of a Disney+ show release. This decision probably has something to do with the show's ep...
Recently, Nvidia found itself having to deal with an excess of RTX 3000 GPU stock. Since the launch of the next-gen Lovelace graphics card is looming, they need to sell this stock off ahead of it - which means some price cuts along with it. All of this is based on comments made by CEO Jensen Huang on a conference call regarding Nvidia's Q2 fiscal results and was reported on by The Verge . "We found ourselves with excess inventory," said Huang. "Our strategy is to sell-in well below the cu...
One of the benefits of working with a bunch of people who love games as much as you do is that you’re never short on takers for a game night! We try to do these once a month or so here at the office as time permits, and it’s always a good excuse for us to unwind together after a long work day and just enjoy each other’s company. The biggest challenge of game nights here is finding games that can accommodate larger groups of people. Our turnouts are so big that it&r...
Space has long fascinated us here at Stardock. We built our name up on space strategy games with Galactic Civilizations and have continued to do so over the years with games like Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation and Offworld Trading Company . In many ways, space is at the core of what we do. Screenshot from Galactic Civilizations IV Whenever space related news comes across my feed, I find myself immediately drawn to reading about it. While missions to Mars will al...
Stardock Releases Fences 4 on Steam Automatically organize your desktop apps, files, and folders on Windows ® 10 and 11 Get it Now Stardock released Fences ® 4 on Steam today. Fences is the world’s most popular desktop enhancement and allows users to automatically organize shortcuts and icons on their Windows 11 and Windows 10 desktops into custom-sized spaces. The robust features in Fences 4 ...
Want a chance to meet (or meat, I guess, depends on how terrified you are of the concept of Jaws ) a Great White Shark? The shark-tracking organization OCEARCH is here to give one lucky person and a guest that opportunity. They're launching a sweepstakes that closes on September 30th where the grand prize is a 5-day ocean research voyage that will let you get up close and personal with a Great White Shark. One of the primary methods of researching sharks is to tag them, and OCEARCH'...
They were on their own. Jenna Casey and the rest of the humans who would eventually be known as the Terran Resistance were not on Earth when the Precursor Shield was erected to protect them all from the Drengin. Abandoned by their people and with nothing but a few ships and their own wit to sustain them, the Terran Resistance wandered the galaxy for many years avoiding the Drengin and their other enemies. Finally, fortune favored them with a safe refuge near the far rim of the ...
One of the first things I do most mornings as I'm settling into my routine is sip my coffee and take a look at recent gaming and tech news. Sometimes I find some really interesting articles that send me down rabbit holes of curiosity or simply leave me thinking, "dang, really?" Today happened to be one of those days. Since I found a few things of interest to me, I figured I'd share all of them and let you all run down your own rabbit holes of curiosity via the article links. Let's st...
Whenever you think of spies your mind might go to this guy: Or, some variant thereof, anyway (which Bond is “your” Bond?). Generally, most people don’t visualize sentient worm creatures when they hear the word “spy,” but I’m here to tell you that, when it comes to Galactic Civilizations IV, we sure do! The Onyx Hive is a technologically sophisticated worm-like species that originated around the volcanic vents of their homeworld. Their society run...