Probably the most underrated aspect of gaming is adjusting your monitor settings. Whether you’re playing on a PC or console, without the best monitor settings for gaming, you won’t have fulfilling gaming experiences. Lags, screen tears, and abrupt freezing. These are just some of the problems gamers face when they don’t use the right monitor … Read more
Vimm’s Lair has been a mainstay for the retro-console gaming community since 1997. Driven by the love of nostalgia and “preserving the classics,” the non-profit site supplies downloads for most of your favorite console games. Throughout its existence, Vimm’s Lair has tried to exclude viruses and malicious behavior from its site. However, that has not … Read more
Fearful of exceeding normal CPU temp while gaming? You’re not alone. Everyone’s PC gets hot when gaming. Most gamers don’t have too many complaints about this issue. But, when temperatures outside break world records, gamers must ask themselves – how hot is too hot? Hot PCs are unhappy PCs. More importantly, hot Central Processing Units … Read more
Pew Die Pie is expected to earn $40M by the end of 2022. And it’s a high rise from merely $15M in 2019. So being a gaming streamer is not such a bad idea. According to Pew Research Center, gaming videos are among the most viewed video genres. Gaming offers great entertainment to people. And, … Read more
Video games, whether on a traditional PC, console, or even on your phone, became utterly mainstream for people from a wide variety of ages, genders, and backgrounds. A recent study showed that there are 3.2B gamers worldwide. And more adults are playing games than children. However, with the rise in online and multiplayer gaming, we’ve also seen a rise in cyberbullying … Read more
Facebook, now known as Meta, is still the world’s most used social media platform, as it has been for a long time. It takes up an entire 75% of the market, meaning that other platforms are far from touching it. As you might also know, Facebook does not shy away from acquiring businesses it is … Read more
Everyone knows the name Nintendo. They’ve become a renewed force in the gaming market ever since they released the Nintendo Switch, the best-selling console in the world in the year 2021, with over 25 million consoles sold. That was more than double what the PlayStation 5 sold in the same year. This is just to … Read more
You’re probably thinking of your download speed when you think of your internet speed. That makes sense, considering people are downloading or streaming things to their devices most of the time. In the United States, the average download speed is 105.15 Mbps for people on broadband, which is fine for most of us for most … Read more
Over the last two years, people have had to turn to different methods of socializing. Of course, with the pandemic necessitating so much isolation, things like Zoom calls and Discord group chats have become ever more popular. But another method people have turned to is online gaming. Multiplayer games, in particular, have seen quite the … Read more
Tetris is one of the most recognizable games on the planet, and it’s a significant part of pop culture. It’s not surprising that it has hit such levels of respect. It is the second highest-selling video game franchise of all time, with about 500 million sales as of May 2021. That’s insane, and it’s dwarfed … Read more
PlayStation 4 is the second best-selling home game console of all time, with 116.3 million sales worldwide. That number is impressive, and it is dwarfed only by two handheld systems and the PlayStation 2 in top position (more than 155 million!). If you’re reading this now, you’re one of those many people who have a … Read more
Joy-cons are the Nintendo Switch gaming console controllers. They have an attractive design as you can detach them into two separate units. So, you can play with the controller as a single unit or split it into two controllers when playing a multi-player game. Each controller has an analog stick and several buttons. Fortunately, there … Read more
Are you familiar with Discord? If you’re a gamer, you likely are, and even if you’re not, there’s a chance that you’ve heard of it. It’s an application for chatting, whether by voice, video, or text, used mainly in the gaming space. Discord isn’t small by any measure, going from 250 million registered users in … Read more
Gaming used to be a thing people would say was reserved for nerds, especially the more serious anyone got with it. These days though, it has moved up in rank. The number of people who identify as gamers is much higher now. Gaming has now gone full mainstream, and it’s cool to be a gamer. … Read more
Minecraft is a game that you can play with friends or on your own. Building, mining, and creating new things are all part of Minecraft. However, if you want to make Minecraft more interesting for you, one thing will help color codes! When you use color codes in Minecraft, it changes the colors of blocks … Read more
A grindstone is a block that you can use to make items sharper. Minecraft grindstones are used to repair and remove weapon enhancements, which adds value to any world. It doesn’t take long to craft, but it does require some resources. This article will show how easy it is to make one in your Minecraft … Read more
Discord is a voice and text chat app that has become very popular in the gaming community. Discord allows gamers to talk on different servers or “channels” with other people who share their interests. However, Discord not detecting mic can be an issue for some users. Maybe your microphone isn’t working at all, or it’s … Read more
Minecraft is a game that has been around for many years and continues to grow in popularity. With so many people playing it, OptiFine for Minecraft can be an essential tool to improve the game’s performance on your computer. OptiFine will help make textures sharper, give better frame rates, and reduce lag spikes common with … Read more
It’s impossible for Minecraft to not come up in some form or the other in spaces filled with video game enthusiasts. After all, it is the biggest game of all time by the number of units shipped (a massive 200 million as of May 2020). So it is no surprise that it is on people’s … Read more
Minecraft is the best-selling game of all time. If you didn’t know this before, then you might be surprised to hear it now. You wonder about games like Super Mario and Tetris. Still, the truth is, no game has crossed the 200 million sales mark besides Minecraft, and that says a lot about it. Besides … Read more
