42+ min ago (294+ words) Welcome to Soundtrack Sunday, where a member of the PC Gamer team takes a look at a soundtrack from one of their favourite games'or a broader look at videogame music as a whole'offering their thoughts or asking for yours! I was born to do one thing in this life, and that's to incessantly annoy everyone around me with my earworm flavour of the month. You know, those song soundbites that involuntarily bury into your brain before vomiting their way out of your mouth for hours, days, or even weeks on end. While the song my brain latches onto switches out on the reg, the one that by far makes the most regular appearance is Persona 5's Beneath the Mask. Something about the way Lyn sings that song is ripe for sticking with me for extended periods of time'maybe the gentleness…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago (251+ words) I'm sharing conversation over breakfast with an undertaker and a charming widow when a clatter of dishes draws their attention away. This is my chance'I swipe the unattended room key. Once you've gathered enough info, you can piece together a Golden Idol style deduction and then really make your fellow guests squirm. Confronting each guest about their guilt isn't just a thrill for busy bodies like me, but necessary to save each one's mortal flesh from the wicked schemes afoot. To stop that from happening, I'm going to need a lot of keys I shouldn't have. As the charming widow asks the grumpy, bespectacled receptionist about a replacement for the one I've lifted, I head upstairs. In any investigation, time is your most valuable asset but The Seance of Blake Manor really means it. Whenever you question a guest, unearth…...

1+ hour, 52+ min ago (338+ words) The Razer Huntsman Mini is just $65.99 this weekend, an appropriate price for a keyboard that sacrifices useful keys for a slim physique. Key specs: Tenkeyless | Razer optomechanical switch (clicky or linear) | Chroma RGB lighting Price check: Best Buy $69.99 (black model with clicky switches) When you run in my circles, it's not uncommon to get perplexed looks from coworkers and friends for using a smaller keyboard. Why sacrifice useful keys just to have an overall smaller footprint on your desk? Well, because it's neat, and my TKL keyboard gets me through the day just fine without a numpad. That said, the 60% form factor of the Razer Huntsman Mini, now just $65.99 during Cyber Monday, is an escalation of that mindset. Besides restrictive macros inherent to the 60% layout, Dave's big rub with the Huntsman Mini was its price: $130 is a lot to ask…...

2+ hour, 5+ min ago (217+ words) He added that the push for eye-melting graphics is "great" but doesn't interest him He added that indie games are more or less all he plays: "I play a lot of different indies, even smaller games, but I haven't really touched so-called AAA titles." It's a sentiment of fondness echoed by industry figures like Larian's Michael Douse, who once said that indies lead with their gut and "to lead with your gut has become a lost art." That said, there's no doubt the indie scene abounds with great ideas you're unlikely to find in a AAA space. Sony or Microsoft aren't likely to dish out a trippy WarioWare-like or "basically Spongebob meets Duke Nukem" anytime soon. As far as I'm concerned, the more videogames, the merrier; at least, until we're all saved by the first "AAAAA" game. 1. Best overall: Asus…...

3+ hour ago (369+ words) You'll need to tweak some of the available configuration options to ensure you're getting the best bang for your buck, but we've got suggested specs listed below for you to follow. With either of these prebuilt deals, you'll be setting yourself up with a potent gaming PC at best-in-class prices. Key specs: Core Ultra 7 265F | RTX 5070 Ti | 32 GB DDR5-5200 | 2 TB SSD | 750 W PSU Our first suggested Alienware Aurora offering boasts the midrange favorite 5070 Ti at a better price than you'll see on comparable competitors during this Cyber Monday season. As mentioned above, you'll need to do the configuring yourself. Here are the options you'll want to choose: Aside from selecting the 5070 Ti and a 750W PSU to provide the necessary juice, we're also suggesting that you invest in some RAM and SSD upgrades at a relatively cheap $150 added to your total. Those selections…...

4+ hour, 38+ min ago (218+ words) I have a penchant for purple and, boy, am I gonna tell you about it. I'm not sure exactly when the trouble began. However, slowly but surely, the colour purple began to take over my life. Clothes were the first to go; once, I left the house dressed head to toe in lilac, from my raincoat to my trainers. Alas, I lack the aura to pull such a monochromatic look all the way off, and the incident was my first clue that I had A Problem. Then, this single swatch obsession spread to my hardware, with the question "But does it come in lilac, though?" proving the deciding factor more frequently than I'd like to admit. This specific whisper of purple stalks me still'and I see no better way to manage it than to pass the obsession on, like a…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago (1036+ words) Blue & Blood: Two Modders, 20 years, and the enduring soul of San Andreas Over 20 years after Carl "CJ" Johnson first tore through Los Santos dual-wielding uzi submachine guns, two modders are bringing it back to life in a way Rockstar never did. Blue & Blood is an ambitious total conversion mod that reimagines the game from the other side of the law'not as a young gangster clawing his way up, but as a cop teetering on the edge of corruption. The mod drops players into the boots of the LSPD's most infamous unit, CRASH, in a story that blurs the line between justice and vice. The result is something gritty and unmistakably GTA, and it's being built by two people: Cascavel, a veteran roleplayer and modder, and giacobbe, a software engineer with a lifelong love for the series. For Cascavel, Blue & Blood was…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago (305+ words) Davy X Jones? More like Davy XL Jones. Forget moustaches, novels, and heavily discounted PC components'November this year has been all about pirates. Earlier this month, piratical survival sim Salt 2 weighed its early access anchor and sailed into the 1.0-pen ocean, while this week saw the release of Captain Wayne: Vacation Desperation, a buccaneer-tinged blaster built in the original Doom engine. Then there's supernatural seafaring adventure Davy x Jones. Originally launched in August, Davy x Jones is a roguelike FPS where you play a headless freebooter named Jones, battling through the underworld in first-person combat while accompanied by a chatty skull companion named Davy. Davy x Jones enjoyed a pleasant, if quiet reception on its early access release, with players praising its imagination but criticising its rough edges. But the shooter has just had its hull thoroughly careened, with a…...

5+ hour, 3+ min ago (401+ words) You can get a lot for a little. Gaming mice are getting awfully good, aren't they? As the best gaming mice climb up into the tens of thousands of DPI and nearly 10,000 polling rate, the budget choices are coming up alongside them. You can get near competitive specs for not that much money now, and Cyber Monday is a great time to make an upgrade. From a pretty $30 wired choice to a snappy wireless $60 rodent, there are plenty of solid choices this Cyber Monday, and these are the five you should put on your radar. Perfect as a starter or low-budget option with a list of useful features like 6 programmable buttons, Lightsync RGB effects and a ton of customisation via Logitech's G Hub software, this mouse proves that you don't need to go fancy to get a great gaming peripheral....

5+ hour, 3+ min ago (272+ words) If you're on a budget, Best Buy and Newegg have some great options. Gaming PCs have, perhaps surprisingly, seen some of the best deals come their way this Black Friday and Cyber Monday. But even so, many of these discounts still have the PCs pushing $1,500, $2,000, or even $3,000 and above. And not everyone has that amount of money to drop on what is, let's face it, a non-essential item. That's why I've been keeping a keen eye out for gaming PCs under $1,000 this sales season, and thankfully, I haven't been disappointed. We've seen a bunch of great rigs all the way from $400 up to $1,000, so whether you're looking to enter into PC gaming for as cheap as possible, or upgrade an ageing build for just shy of $1,000, there's something for you. I've managed to narrow it down to just four rigs…...