How to wait in every Fallout game explained

The wasteland is a large and desolate place, full of horrors beyond the comprehension of the modern mind. However, despite its many terrors of Fallout, sometimes you just have to stand there and wait, sometimes for a solid 24 hours. How to wait in Fallout 3 and New Vegas Waiting is a necessary part of anyone’s life. As they say, good things come to those who wait. In Fallout, the wait function can be used to pass time for an NPC to turn up, for an event to occur, or just so you don’t have to wander into a Deathclaw-infested hellscape in the dark....

August 24, 2025 · 3 min · 463 words · Shannon Rasmussen

Microsoft turns to retailers to help flagging Surface sales

Microsoft’s Surface tablet justisn’t selling. But the company knows – or thinks it does – the reason. The problem with sales is that the Surface just isn’t available in enough stores, the software giant turned tablet maker says. Currently, the Surface is mainly sold in about three dozen Microsoft’s own retail outlets in the country. After being stung by reports that its tablet wasn’t even selling inMicrosoft-owned stores(are you reading this,Oprah Winfrey?...

August 24, 2025 · 2 min · 396 words · Hannah Miller

Motorola Moto G8 Plus review: What's so 'Plus' about it?

It’s hard to stay on top. Not that Motorola has really struggled: its G series phones has always been the go-to destination for affordable yet capable handsets. But in a world where the competition has become so tough - especially that from China, from the likes of Xiaomi - the American brand name (which, ironically, is owned by Lenovo - a Chinese company) is doubling down by releasing the G8 series just a short stintafter the previous G7 Plus launched....

August 24, 2025 · 10 min · 1949 words · Susan Arellano

New renders show why the next iPhone’s camera bump might actually be appealing

Based on rumor-mill reporting and analyst predictions, graphic designerHasan Kaymaktook it upon himself to create a fresh batch of conceptual renderings imaging Apple’s upcoming iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max successors 11, and boy are they stunning. Reflections galore YouTube channelConceptsiPhonehas created the video, seen embedded below, based on Kaymak’s renders. The clip depicts the widely suspected enhancements, such as triple rear cameras and bilateral wireless charging akin to Samsung’s PowerShare feature....

August 24, 2025 · 2 min · 288 words · Miranda Whitehead

Persona 3 Reload: Best Social Links

The Persona franchise’s Social Link mechanic is what truly separates the series from other games in the JRPG genre. Needing to balance dungeon-crawling gameplay with daily life segments where players need to bond with various characters in the city is what madePersona 3unique at the time it was first released. Every Mainline Persona Game, Ranked The Persona series is a beloved staple in the JRPG genre, and here we rank the main games from worst to best....

August 24, 2025 · 7 min · 1485 words · Nathan Silva

Redmi launches the Note 11 family, offering premium affordale features

Redmi, the affordable arm ofXiaomi, has officially announced the global launch of the Redmi Note 11 series of devices. Rather than just one model, there’s four. Redmi is offering four different devices, running through the Note 11 Pro 5G, Note 11 Pro, Note 11S and Note 11, each is slightly different specs to make your decision harder. Regional availability will differ, however, with only the Note 11 Pro 5G and Note 11 coming to the UK - we’ve detailed all the different models below for international readers....

August 24, 2025 · 2 min · 425 words · Richard Orozco

Review: WRC 9

In one way, it’s somewhat sad that developer Kylotonn’s work on the World Rally Championship series is now confirmed to be coming to an end. Rather soon as it turns out. With Codemasters having acquired the license rights from 2023 onwards – and some will likely argue that at the very least, the series is being left in the racing genre’s safest pair of hands – it feels more like a narrowing, limited amount of attempts left for the French studio to find the absolute pinnacle that WRC has been clambering for between [mostly] annual releases....

August 24, 2025 · 7 min · 1332 words · Christine Mendoza

rop: will this unforgiving puzzle game rope you in?

There is no shortage of puzzle games available on the App Store, and it is becoming harder and harder for them to distinguish themselves from the pack. MildMania’sropseeks to do so with a stark design philosophy and some of the most difficult and satisfying puzzles I have seen on an Apple device. This game isn’t an instant recommendation though, as those silky smooth puzzles come with some very rough edges....

August 24, 2025 · 3 min · 628 words · Ryan Schmidt

Save 20% on smart gimbals this Black Friday

If you’re a filmmaker or content creator, you probably understand the importance of gimbals. They allow you to create cinematic footage with nothing more than your smartphone camera. High-quality gimbals can often be pretty expensive, so you might want to take advantage of the upcoming Black Friday to get some massive discounts! Hohem, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of gimbals and intelligent imaging technology, has announced aBlack Friday Salefrom 22 November to 2 December CST....

August 24, 2025 · 4 min · 646 words · Keith Frederick

Scanbot 6 is out: PDF editing, on-demand OCR, enhanced annotations & more

Scanbot, the popular PDF, document and QR code scanner for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, received a major update this morning billed by its developers as “our biggest release yet”. And it certainly is. InScanbot 6.0 for iOS, you can now add, rotate, delete and move pages in a PDF at any time, use a new pen tool to annotate scans, print documents with one tap, run OCR on existing documents and much more....

August 24, 2025 · 2 min · 295 words · Andrea Perez

Square’s Wallet app gains gift cards with Passbook integration

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s another startup, Square, has made a name for itself with a compelling and competitive mobile payment service which, in my mind, is more straightforward and powerful than Google’s Wallet. The company is selling its iPhone payment dongle via the online Apple Store, having released an accompanying Wallet app on iOS and Android on November 8. It supports, among other things, receiving electronic receipts and paying with your own name....

August 24, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · Amanda Ward

Sucker Punch Pulling Out All the Stops in Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut

Sucker Punch Productions struck gold in 2020 with Ghost of Tsushima. The unique action-adventure game spirited players to the island of Tsushima under siege. As Jin Sakai, players experienced took control of a samurai who must learn to adapt and survive or stick by tradition and watch his way of life be destroyed. Blending gorgeous visuals with slick gameplay, Ghost of Tsushimastood as one of the best games of 2020, earningGame of the Year from us....

August 24, 2025 · 4 min · 849 words · Sara Phillips

Tesla's Loot Box Program Explained: How It Works, And What Awards You Can Get

Tesla’s Loot Box Program Explained: How It Works, And What Awards You Can Get Loot boxes are a well-known mechanic in the video game space wherein players can gain access to a host of in-game perks which often can’t be accessed by any other means. Traditional loot boxes generally contain random in-game items (loot) ranging from cosmetic items like skins to “pay-to-win” items such as weapons or other in-game abilities. When a player buys a loot box, they don’t know the contents, though they may know what types of items could be inside, only finding out once the box has been opened....

August 24, 2025 · 5 min · 888 words · Carrie Kelly