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What Does Light Pen Mean? A light pen is a light-sensitive computer input device, basically a stylus, that is used to select text, draw pictures and interact with user interface elements on a computer screen or monitor. The light pen works well with CRT monitors because of the way such monitors scan the screen, which is one pixel at a time, giving the computer a way to keep track of the expected scanning time by the electron beam and infer the pen’s position based on the latest timestamp of the scanning....

It’s impossible to deny the meteoric rise of the battle royale genre over the past decade. It’s a genre that has created a pop-culture phenomenon with livestreaming and its personalities, not to mention the crazy path it has paved as a potential new career aspiration for young gamers (and their parents). We kick off our “Best of the Decade” coverage beginning with TheGamer News Team’s Battle Royales of the Decade!...

Newegg has reduced the price of the MSI Ventus GeForce RTX 3080 12GB to $810, down from a US MSRP of $1290. That’s a great price, especially for the rarer (and more powerful) 12GB version of the 3080, which boasts the same memory bandwidth as the RTX 3080 Ti and more CUDA and RT cores than the standard RTX 3080. Get the MSI Ventus RTX 3080 12GB for $810 after $30 rebate (was $1290)....

The Blank Slate in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands has had a lot of the community confused since the game’s launch, largely due to its strange in-game description. In this guide, we’ll be explaining exactly what it does, the 1500 clicks text, and how you can get your hands on it. What Does Blank Slate Do in Tiny Tina’s Wonderland Do? It depends on what the actual text for the Blank Slate says....

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim came out in 2011, although that hasn’t stopped Bethesda from milking it to high heaven over the past seven years. The publisher even announced an Alexa version of Skyrim at E3, which people initially thought was Bethesda just poking fun at itself until it actually turned out to be a real thing. Furthermore, Todd Howard (he wears cool leather jackets, don’t you know?) revealed that Skyrim is still insanely popular all these years later, with millions still tucking into the epic fantasy-RPG each month....

With its array of guns and early origins traced to saving the world from a zombie apocalypse, it’s only natural that Fortnite has a strong military theme. As the series evolved and the narrative took everyone to new worlds, the game has evolved into all sorts of popular styles and collaborations to keep players invested. Even with all the fantastic variety, it’s always fun to switch up your character to military-styled skins, especially when you’re in a hardcore competitive mood....

While Star Wars has benefited from its devoted fans over the last 42 years, their devotion to the saga hasn’t always been positive. For some of the actors and actresses involved, at least. There are a plethora of characters who fans either never connected with and thus developed a strong dislike for, who were so poorly written that the characters deserved to be disliked, or who, even if they are good characters, did something to specifically irritate the fandom....

Balthasar Gelt is still the same old wizard lord you’ve known since the first Total War: Warhammer game. However, the golden wiz has got something new in-store, and it’s not a shiny mask he bought in a shop. It’s an entirely new faction and province, as well as major reworks to the Empire’s mechanics in Total War: Warhammer 2. Maybe it’s time for the Supreme Patriarch to reign supreme in Mortal Empires, eh?...

Released today is the 1.3 update for Total War: Warhammer 3. The patch notes themselves acknowledge that the changes this time around are not as hefty as what was seen in patch 1.1 or 1.2, but fans should still be satisfied with the pile of fixes this time. Before we go any further, there is also a summary video to accompany this new patch. You can see it below. While there are tons of changes, there is also a section of highlights that are:...

After closing down all its stores last year, it goes without saying that many former customers of Toys R Us thought it unlikely they’d ever see the brand up and running again. The beloved toy store chain failed to find a buyer when it filed for bankruptcy back in September 2017, sadly not managing to save itself despite hopes that it might find the financial support to push past its struggles....

Fortnite surpassed its own all-time player record with Travis Scott’s Astronomical concert, which was held in the battle royale (via Eurogamer). If you missed it, there are opportunities to drop into an encore performance. The next show takes place at 5.00am, then 4.00pm, then 11.00pm on April 25. These multiple shows disperse attendees so that the servers are able to cope with the sheer number of players. Last year, Marshmello’s Fortnite stunt attracted 10....

A new investigation reports that the nuclear disarmament cutscene in Metal Gear Solid 5 was rigged by Konami all along. We reported in 2020 that PS3 players appeared to trigger the secret cutscene by disarming all nukes in the game’s asynchronous online multiplayer mode. As it turns out - thanks to a new video from Did You Know Gaming - players didn’t actually meet the requirement of zero nukes. Why? It’s impossible....

Twitch had collaborated with the Streamlabs to improve the experience of Streamers. The users are more feasible to chat and get notified by the live streams. Streamlabs features an option to stream to different platforms and allows users to personalize. But as the users save their settings on Twitch, they are unable to apply these settings. So, here’s our guide for Twitch users that have failed to update settings on Twitch....

Sega and Two Point Studios have announced that the console release of Two Point Hospital has been pushed into the first half of 2020. Two Point Hospital is the spiritual successor of the kooky medical management sim, Theme Hospital, and is developed by a team of industry veterans at Two Point Studios. With experience on titles like Black & White, Theme Park, and Fable, the game sutures the charm and comedy of the original with wacky and punny new illnesses and epidemics....

Are you looking for an Ultimate Spellbook Character Tier List? We have the perfect list for you! Scroll down below and find out the rankings of all your favorite characters. However, do understand that said rankings are not official and are based on our understanding of the game. With that being said let’s find out the rankings of our favorite characters. Ultimate Spellbook League Of Legends Character Tier List To look for any character, simply click Ctrl+F on your desktop or interact with the three dots on the top right of your phone browser....

The Uncharted movie has had a strong couple of weeks, taking in $44 million USD in its opening weekend in the US. Those figures come from Variety, who mention that the Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg starring adaptation reached number one in the US box office charts. As per Fandango’s Erik Davis (as spotted by VGC) that makes it the fourth highest opening weekend for a movie based on a video game....

Unreal Engine 5 is now in Preview. While not a production-ready release of the game engine, Preview allows developers to test out the new features of Unreal Engine 5. In addition, Epic can test for further bugs or glitches before the final release. Unreal Engine 5 has already been available in Early Access, resulting in Epic’s own Fortnite being moved to the new engine, as well as the impressive tech demo The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience....

Update, 9.20 am May 4 2017: @MrJeedi has been in touch to (rightly) take us to task over our own calculations, and for calling into question his. Jeedi, Esq., pointed out his measurements were based on the size of standard USB A ports, not the drive (we did measure USB ports as well, but in our haste failed to consider that it was unlikely a Microsoft console would use a port with the same form factor as Mac ones, which is admittedly an elementary mistake)....

Riot Games’ Valorant is an FPS experience that rewards precision, and so you’ll need to ensure you learn how to become the most accurate shot possible. Here’s how to change your sensitivity in Valorant so that you’re off to a good start in finding the right balance for you. How to Change Valorant Sensitivity Settings In order to change the sensitivity in Valorant, click on the settings cog icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen, then click ‘Settings....

In this Wiki guide, you can find out all the codes for Vector Fission for Roblox. This is a game for Roblox developed by Oxidium Studios. The different codes for this game offer you freebies like XP and contracts. So without further ado here are all the codes for Vector Fission and how you can redeem them. All Vector Fission Codes These codes are working as of January 23, 2023, when we checked....