
A Free Demo Costs Over $1,000 a Day in AI. Why Not Run a Local Model?
The developers of Teach My Little Sister How To Drive describe growing AI costs and provider limits. A popular demo can create a difficult infrastructure bill.
Personal rankings, reviews and commentary on the games I play, from Resident Evil and Final Fantasy XIV to community mods and new releases.
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The developers of Teach My Little Sister How To Drive describe growing AI costs and provider limits. A popular demo can create a difficult infrastructure bill.

Bandai Namco has shown Yujiro in-game. This is a new look at an already announced Baki collaboration, not the character’s first announcement.

Impressive demonstrations need context: the build, hardware, scene and whether the counter includes generated frames.

Hello Games has announced the mobile release date. The next question is how its enormous universe will feel on a phone-sized screen.

After Shadowbringers and Endwalker, I was ready for a new beginning. Dawntrail made it harder to feel that the Warrior of Light still belonged at the heart of the story.

The new Gears has supporters and dissatisfied players. Its Steam score needs context before we call the release a failure.

An on-screen translator can help you read a game without a localization patch. Here is how to set up Thaluna, check the result and understand the limits before relying on it.

I can live with A2, but 2B’s model disappoints me. Calling it “Feng Min cosplaying” does not excuse the execution of an expensive Legendary Outfit.

The full global Steam launch, a peak of 397,905 concurrent players and my first impressions of the character creator and music. The endgame remains an open question.

One bunker, limited fuel and a Beast inside the walls. Why The Bunker gets it right for me, even though it gives you more ways to defend yourself than earlier Amnesia games.

I tried Project Viewpoint and captured my own first- and third-person screenshots. How a new perspective changes the feel of Zomboid, and why players should have the choice.
AI illustrationMinecraft really runs alongside Skyrim. To me, that signals a shift in modding: new tools let individual creators attempt ideas that once seemed out of reach.

After around 2,500 hours, I see DBD’s toxicity as a cycle of frustration. One bad match can make the next one worse for people who had nothing to do with it.
AI illustrationI started by skipping dialogue to reach the endgame. Shadowbringers changed that. Here is why I returned to the story twice more, and why Dawntrail disappointed me.

After my third playthrough, RE7's flaws stand out more, yet it still takes first place. My ranking of 9 completed Resident Evil games, including their DLC.