Upgrading your gaming rig can seem daunting and expensive, especially if you want to play popular titles like Mortal Kombat 11, Tekken 7, Street Fighter 6, or Guilty Gear Strive. But don’t worry: you don’t have to spend a fortune to enjoy great graphics and performance. Platforms like Tom’s Hardware or PC Gamer often have […]
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In Counter-Strike 2 (CS2), music kits let you personalize the game’s audio with custom soundtracks. From bomb-plant music to MVP anthems, these kits add style, mood, and identity to your gameplay. Whether you’re hyped up by electronic beats or prefer cinematic orchestras, there’s a music kit for you. In this guide, we’ll break down the
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The digital age we live in today is ruled by smartphones and tablets, with all sorts of apps that are useful as well as the apps that waste your time. We like to lump video games in with the apps that are considered time wasters, but a more contemporary perspective of video games is starting
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After 1987, for me at least, the video game arcade was on a downward spiral towards oblivion. So where did it all go wrong? Thank you so much for joining me on my journey way back to 1979 and through the best years of arcade gaming and my childhood, up to 1987. The video game
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1986: Very much the year of the sequel, tech consolidation, and an understandable flattening of the innovation curve. Little did we know that, behind the scenes, this was the beginning of the end for the Video Game arcade. If I had the chance to jump on the video game merry-go-round for any year, it would
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1985: The year the video game arcade reached its peak. Here’s just a few of the highlights. But it wasn’t just in the arcade that 1985 made such an impact. As an impressionable 11-year-old, it had a number of world-changing moments: Wrestling 1985 was the year I first got exposed to the colorful world of
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1984 was a monumentous year, not just for the video game arcade, but for pop culture in general. The arcade’s started to influence the wider world, eventually leading to their demise. So what was so special about 1984? Quite a lot! 1984 Olympics Who can forget the heroic exploits of Daley Thompson in the Decathlon,
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It was now 1982 and the games industry seemed to be utilising the ever-developing technology better then ever, building on the foundations of 1981 and creating larger than life, colourful classics that will never be forgotten. Every single entry in this year’s chapter exudes a certain confidence which may be down to the developers mastery
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After a vintage year for video games, 1981 seemed less of technological leap, a building of reputations. That’s not to say we weren’t introduced to some great games, and a few new genres first saw the light of day too. 1981: Arcade halls were getting more and more popular, with the games themselves becoming just
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