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This is article is brought to you by NVIDIA. With power-hungry, top-tier components, gaming laptops aren’t usually celebrated for their battery life. But NVIDIA’s latest portable computers tackle the problem head-on with some clever technology: Advanced Optimus. To help get a better grounding in the tech, Den of Geek talked with NVIDIA’s Director of Product Management Vijay Sharma, whose work has touched all aspects of the company’s hardware from G-SYNC to GPUs....

How to ask Alexa to play Apple Podcasts Open the Alexa app on your mobile device. Find the Settings menu. Scroll down until you see the Music and Podcast menu. Select ‘Link a new service’. Select Apple Podcasts After that, return to the Music and Podcasts menu. Select Apple Podcasts > Settings, then ‘Link account’ Now sign in with your Apple ID Once signed in and through your two-factor verification, tap ‘Allow’ to give it access and you’re done....

How to change Google’s background image Option one: Select a theme Open the latest version of the Chrome web browser on your computer. Go to Chrome Preferences. On a Windows PC, click the three dots at the top of the browser. On a Mac, click the Chrome menu in the top-left then Preferences. Choose Appearance from the left-hand navigation menu. You can also access this by typing chrome://settings/appearance in Chrome. Select Theme at the top....

Valorant, Riot Games’ brand new multiplayer shooter, has just had its official release, and many players are now testing their skills against one another. Some of these players will want to enhance their experience by way of the premium battle pass in Valorant, but the way to unlock it may not be immediately obvious. Fortunately, it is quite simple to get Valorant’s battle pass, and this guide has all of the details....

How to screenshot on Windows laptops and desktops How to take a screenshot and record your screen on Chromebook How to record with Xbox Game Bar Click on the program you want to record to ensure it’s the main focus Then press the Windows key and G on your keyboard at the same time to open the Xbox Game Bar In the top left look for the “capture” box Click the record button (the circle) Press Win and G again to close the overlay and carry out the action you’re trying to record When you’re done open up the Xbox Game Bar and click stop You’ll then find the recorded footage under the “videos” folder in Windows Explorer Recording Windows footage with GeForce Experience Press ALT+Z to open the overlay Click the settings cog on the right-hand side Scroll down to “privacy control” and click Click to turn on desktop capturing Recording Windows with OBS Studio On the bottom left of OBS Studio you’ll see a box marked “sources” At the bottom of that, there’s a plus icon....

Our quick take Huawei Nova Plus - 3.5 / 5 The best Android phones 2018 Best smartphones 2018: The best phones available to buy today Huawei Nova Plus review: Design Huawei Nova Plus review: Display Huawei Nova Plus review: Software Huawei Nova Plus review: Performance Huawei Nova Plus review: Battery life Huawei Nova Plus review: Camera To recap Using Huawei phones, and reviewing them seems to bring up the same old story: Great hardware, poor software....

Hugo Weaving first portrayed Elrond, the half-elven Lord of Rivendell, in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films and reprised the role for The Hobbit trilogy that followed. However, Weaving confirmed he has no interest in returning to the character for future Lord of the Rings projects. While Weaving has appeared in multiple blockbusters film since his time on Lord of the Rings, including Captain America: The First Avenger and the Transformers films as the voice of Megatron, he now feels such high-profile projects would have to have a “different twist” in order to catch his interest....

Our quick take HyperX Pulsefire Haste gaming mouse - 4.0 / 5 Lightweight design and an agile frame Honeycomb design with 59g lightweight shell Hyperflex USB cable Dustproof TTC Golden Micro dustproof switches Virgin-grade PTFE feet Capable gaming setup 1000Hz polling rate, Up to 16000dpi Speed: 450ips / Acceleration: 40G 6 programmable buttons To recap A nifty mouse for the money. It’s fairly specs rich, comfortable to use, and accurate for gaming too....

Someone please play Pathfinder with me. Paizo’s tabletop RPG offers a lot of character customization that D&D doesn’t, but try telling that to my friends. They don’t want to go through the trouble of learning a new set of rules, especially when they always hear how complex Pathfinder 2E is supposed to be. That’s reasonable, as adult life doesn’t leave much time to learn time-consuming games. But also, I just really want to play Pathfinder....

Capcom’s hugely successful Monster Hunter: World is filled to the brim with thriving ecosystems. It’s an addictive game that invites you to completely invest in grinding to get the perfect weapon or armor. But the game launched just over a year ago, and the story wasn’t exactly the great American novel. The Zorah Magdaros storyline fizzles away at the halfway point, and before you know it, the end is upon you....

Neptunia Virtual Stars players will be greeted by many V-Tubers from across the web, and Idea Factory has revealed an entire list of cameo appearances on the game’s official website. The Gamindustri goddesses and idols from across the internet in this upcoming RPG are fighting against Antis, a group of content destroyers. It’s up to the gang to save the planet Emote from the incoming force or it will be doomed....

‘We are multifaceted and the things we create should reflect that’ - If Found… Creator Llaura McGee talks about how gaming can help articulate LGBTQIA+ experience and uncover forgotten histories. While horrendous in every other conceivable way, 2020 featured some rather special video game moments for LGBTQIA+ players, particularly members of the trans community. While triple-A releases such as The Last of Us Part 2 and Cyberpunk 2077 faced justifiable criticism for their approach to depicting aspects of trans experience, games such as Tell Me Why foregrounded trans identity and amplified trans voices in unprecedented ways....

Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars is the latest strategy game from Kalypso Media. They’re a company well known for their strategic franchises, such as the Tropico series or another game I’ve previewed, Port Royale 4. However, unlike that title about 17 Century merchants selling rum, this is obviously much darker in tone. This Means Vampire War! In Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars, you play as one of the lords of a vampire clan who roam the countryside sucking the blood out of villagers and taking over territories in the fictitious land of Warmont....

Immortals Fenyx Rising new Myths Of The Eastern Realm DLC has just launched and as well as adding a whole new map to explore, story content, godly powers, and more, there are new mounts to obtain too. These mounts can be tamed early on, making traversing this brand new land a whole lot easier. There are two new mounts to obtain, both of which are Epic in terms of their rarity, so they each have three stamina bars....

Using the power of Charon’s coins collected through various side quests, Fenyx is able to obtain new godly powers, as well as upgrade them into more powerful forms. While most of these powers are fairly useful, some are better off being left for later, as a handful affect many more aspects of gameplay. While some of Fenyx’s powers can be used both in combat as well as for solving puzzles, such as Are’s Wrath allowing for an extra mid-air jump and Athena’s Dash able to be used to travel further while gliding, others have a more specific usage, though are just as important to take early in the game....

Just imagine: Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s an idea that fans can now happily take for granted, like Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man or Baby Groot being adorable. But also like those aforementioned concepts, there was a moment when it seemed like a risk—a gamble unlikely to happen until Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige put a lot of thought into it. In fact, we’re still learning just how strong a hand he played in shaping the direction of the Spider-Man franchise at Sony, including when Marvel Studios decided not to continue on with Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man 3 or any other Marvel Studios production....

This Inside No. 9 review contains spoilers. Beheading, drowning, strangulation, throat-slitting, cannibalism, exsanguination, human sacrifice, dead babies… Practically nothing makes Inside No. 9 flinch. Let’s not forget, its first ever episode was a tale of historical child sexual abuse that ended in mass murder – which might explain why it took Bafta six series to finally award it ‘Best Comedy’. It’s only the arrival of Inside No. 9’s first overtly political episode that marks out how apolitical the show has been until now....

While a huge amount of hype has been focused on Nvidia’s new flagship graphics cards, the GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3090, the fact remains that for most gamers, the more affordable RTX 3070 is likely to be their entry point for Ampere powered cards. Nvidia has claimed that the $499 card will be faster than the previous flagship RTX 2080 Ti, which still costs upwards of $999. With its launch date fast approaching, the first RTX 3070 benchmarks have leaked out, and suggest a close run race....

I recommended It Takes Two to a friend of mine recently, and their response was to ask me “what type of game is it?” - it’s a reasonable question, and I gave an equally reasonable answer; “it’s a co-op puzzle platformer.” That’s what the game sells itself as, and it delivers. But that doesn’t quite tell the full story. It Takes Two is pretty much every game ever. Think of a type of game, and It Takes Two probably takes something from it....

It Takes Two is an all-you-can-eat buffet. You’ve stacked your dish high with different meals - too many meals, if you’re being honest. You’ve got ribs in your chow mein and noodles in your rice. There’s a section of your plate where your sweet and sour sauce has mixed with your curry and congealed, creating some unholy hybrid. Yet, somehow, it works. You scoff it down and go back for a second helping....