I love Rocket League. I got ‘slightly’ addicted to it in 2019. And when I say ‘slightly’… I mean that I have played it for almost 1,000 hours so far: Whoops. That’s 41½ entire days, or almost 6 entire weeks sat playing Rocket League! Ah well, it’s one of my favorite games, so I guess … Read more
Aim assist options come standard on a lot of console shooters. After all, it can be hard to quickly aim and hit targets when using a controller – this is much easier when using a mouse on a PC. So do PC games also offer aim assist, or is this a console-only feature? The short … Read more
After a long gaming session listening to your fans keep up with a red-hot PC, you might be wondering if gaming is damaging your computer. Gaming itself won’t hurt your PC and even overclocking is unlikely to do serious damage. Any use will cause wear and tear that will eventually wear down your PC components, … Read more
One of my favorite Synology features is the DSM interface: the admin panel which you can access over the internet, giving you easy access to control your NAS, and also access your files. But sometimes this interface is really slow and laggy, making managing and accessing your Synology NAS almost impossible. Thankfully there are often … Read more
I’m a big fan of my Synology NAS, however one thing that irked me originally is that despite paying over £300 for my DS220+, I only got 2 GB of RAM. What? It’s 2023, and 2 GB is nothing. What gives? I then learned that you can expand the RAM on your NAS, by buying … Read more
I love my Synology NAS DS220+. It all seems much faster than my old D-Link NAS. The admin console is slick, and files transfer quickly… most of the time. Every so often, I go to upload or download a file and it is sloooow. Luckily there are often a handful of things to check that … Read more
Synology are quite a reputable manufacturer of NAS devices. These NASes are designed to store all your most important documents and files, so this raises some obvious questions: can you fully trust them? Are they some Chinese company who – like TikTok – will not-so-secretly pass your data on to the Chinese Government? Let’s find … Read more
Over the past few months, my Windows PC has developed an annoying issue. Sometimes when I boot up, I launch a game or video editing program… and get hit by lag and performance stutters. I might just about get 1 FPS in Rocket League if I’m lucky! I then check Task Manager, and I notice … Read more
Egon once said you never want to cross the streams, but sometimes it makes sense to use Apple technology with Windows technology. Can you even combine AirPods and a gaming PC? All models of AirPods can work on a Windows PC with all of their features intact. However, you’re likely to experience some connectivity bugs along … Read more
Region locking feels a little outdated, but plenty of game developers and distributors are still doing it. Do we have to be worried about region locking ruining our play? Most PC games are not region locked and there are few effective methods for developers and distributors to enforce region locking on PC. Depending on your … Read more