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15 articles

Gaming

Hardware, studios, and the technology behind the games we play.

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Gaming Jun 10, 2026

The Hybrid Handheld Dilemma: Why Phone-Consoles Keep Failing

Putting cellular modems into handheld consoles sounds neat on paper. In practice, ergonomic compromises and software friction keep sabotaging the hybrid dream.

Marcus Vale 6 min read

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Gaming Jun 8, 2026

How Handheld PCs Escaped the Crowdfunding Ghetto to Swallow PC Gaming

Four years after Valve broke the market open, handheld gaming PCs have transformed silicon roadmaps, forced Microsoft to adapt, and upended how we play.

Marcus Vale 6 min read

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Gaming Jun 5, 2026

Your GPU Is Faking Almost Every Pixel, and PC Gaming Is Better for It

Modern PC games rarely draw full native frames anymore. Discover how neural reconstruction, frame generation, and AI denoising rescued high-end rendering.

Marcus Vale 6 min read