ROG Xbox Ally X: The Ars Technica review

The first portable “Xbox” fails to unify a messy world of competing PC gaming platforms.  Here at Ars, we have been writing about rumors of a portable Xbox for literal decades now. With the ROG Xbox Ally, Microsoft has finally made those rumors a reality in the weirdest, most…

It’s time for game developers to bring back the cheat code

Arcane hidden options can offer accessibility without confusing the “core” game experience.  For gamers of a certain age, gibberish character sequences like idkfa, torg, ABACABB, and UUDDLRLRBA are akin to long-lost magical incantations. They evoke an era where game developers frequently and routinely let players use cheat codes to…