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It’s April Fools’ Day! Let’s talk origins and great geeky pranks in Stardock Blog Stardock Forums

I absolutely love a good joke. As long as the joke doesn’t hurt or disparage someone, I’m 100% for April Fools' pranks. While some corners of the internet are to be avoided on April 1st, I personally always look forward to some of the funny prank products that game and tech companies come up with for that day. I got curious about the origins of April

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Future Windows 10 Update Targets Optimum Device Performance in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

I've been a Windows user for a long time. Admittedly, that's rather by default - Windows was what came with my family's first PC and is the most accessible OS for most consumers, so it's obviously a fairly natural choice. It's been interesting to see Windows evolve over the years, although I, like many others, abhorred some of the changes (let's just ignore Windows Vista, shall we?). Back in October, Microsoft announced a new "Device Usage" feature they were working on f

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NOW AVAILABLE: New "Interdimensional" DLC in Offworld News Offworld Forums

Fight for Economic Dominance on Mixed Worlds with the Interdimensional DLC Your conquest of offworld markets has taken you not only to Mars, but to the moons of Ceres, Europa, and Io. Each world comes with its own trials and challenges - now, you can face all of them do

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Customizing Start10 Searches in Stardock Blog Stardock Forums

I normally don’t mind change. Change means progress, new and exciting experiences, interesting people, and so on. Change is good! Unless it’s your Start menu. Look, I spent a lot of time on Windows 7. I skipped Windows 8 entirely. So when Windows 10 came around and handed

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A Tour of Multiplicity KVM in Stardock Blog Stardock Forums

One of the most common questions I think I get about the Multiplicity software is: why are there 3 versions and what the heck is the difference between them? It’s a fair question - one that I also had personally when I started learning about our software - and I’m here to help answer it. A while back, I wrote up a guide

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Tabletop role-players will love these new LED dice called "Pixels" in Life, the Universe and Everything Stardock Forums

I don't know about you, but over the last year I've come to appreciate (and deeply miss!) a lot of things that I used to take for granted before. One of those things was playing tabletop games with my friends - in person. I hope very much to be returning to that soon, but in order to help fill in the void left by not being able to gather in my basement, I've taken to playing D&D online. Apart from physically seeing my friends' smiling faces all in the same room, one

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Reply to What Games are You Playing? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I am so deep into Valheim right now, it's not even funny. My friends and I have a dedicated server and we are having an absolute blast exploring and building together.

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Fandom and Collections - Old School Collector's Editions in Stardock Blog Stardock Forums

I don’t know about you , but I’m a sucker for cool stuff. I’m a collector. I love to brazenly display my fandoms and hold onto keepsakes long after they’re relevant. My home office is basically completely decked out with paraphernalia from my favorite fandoms, many of which are video games. Several pieces h

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New 'Deep Nostalgia' service can turn photos of loved ones into short videos in Life, the Universe and Everything Stardock Forums

I imagine that I'm probably not the only one who has inherited boxes of old photographs of dearly departed family members throughout the years. Many of the photos I have in my possession depict people I never got a chance to meet - my great grandfathers and grandmothers, for instance - and what really connects me to the photos are the loving stories that my parents and grandparents would share about them. A company that provides automatic AI-powered photo enhancements called <a href="

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STOP: Is this legit? Don't Fall for Steam Scams! in Stardock Blog Stardock Forums

The Internet is a wonderful place - most of the time. You can stay connected with friends and family who live far away, learn new information at the touch of a button, and play games with people no matter where you are! Unfortunately, with every great thing there often comes a vice - and in the case of the Internet, that means scammers. There’s always going to be someone trying some new way to take advantage

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A Dive into Classic Stardock Software - Part 2 in Stardock Blog Stardock Forums

A couple of weeks ago, I used an internet archive tool and took a look at some of the history behind a few of our now discounted software products. This time, I’m going to look at 3 more classic products that we still have up on our website for posterity, even though they are no longer supported or available. The first one we&rsqu

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NASA's Mars Rover "Perseverance" Has Landed in Life, the Universe and Everything Stardock Forums

[video]https://youtu.be/gYQwuYZbA6o[/video] In case you hadn't noticed, we really love space here at Stardock. Our fascination for space and science-fiction is obviously reflected in tons of our games, from Galactic Civilizations III to Offworld Trading Company and Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. Because of our collective interest in space as a whole and in the Sci-Fi genre, we get excited about rocket launches and missions to other planets.

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Genres in Gaming: Story versus Immersion in Stardock Blog Stardock Forums

Since the creation of “ Tennis for Two ” (which later became Pong) by nuclear physicist William Higinbotham, gaming has come a long way. When video games first started becoming a “thing,” there wasn’t a whole lot of variety available, but as technology has advanced, it has opened the floodgates

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"This shouldn't be there" - Life Discovered Beneath Antarctic Ice Shelf in Life, the Universe and Everything Stardock Forums

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7IAMjA5w3U[/video] What started out as a mission to gather sediment from an Antarctic ice shelf ended in a bit of a surprise when researchers discovered an array of strange creatures on the footage when they began to review it. Back in 2016, a team of scientists from around the world sought to learn more about the mysterious ecosystems under Antarctica's vast

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Now Available: WindowFX v6.1 in Stardock Software News Stardock Forums

The WindowFX v6.1 update is now available Adds enhanced support for animations and updated settings for your high DPI monitors Supercharge your Windows experience with WindowFX! This one-of-a-kind program adds an amazing assortment of features to Windows, from c

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A Dive into Classic Stardock Software - Part 1 in Stardock Blog Stardock Forums

Stardock has been around for a long time - for more years, in fact, than the age of our youngest employee (I’m writing it this way because I like to make the long-timers feel old. ;) ). I’ve been around for a little over five years now, and sometimes I have fun diving back into history and looking at things we’ve done in the past. I’ve mapped the histor

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PS5 and Xbox Series X may experience shortages throughout 2021 in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

If you're the kind of person who can't wait to get your hands on the newest gaming systems when they release, then you're no stranger to holiday shortages and online scalpers. Big name systems are almost always released a month or two before the holiday season, prompting rushes to buy them up as presents for loved ones. This past holiday season was no exception, but not for the usual reasons. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused supply issues for many industries: auto, mobil

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bluShift Aerospace launches its first bio-fuel powered rocket in Life, the Universe and Everything Stardock Forums

[video]https://youtu.be/OYR7lQyCVI0[/video] This week, in "science is cool," we have a new rocket launch from aerospace firm bluShift . Founded in 2014, this Brunswick, Maine based start-up company has devoted its research and development to creating a unique line of rockets powered by bio-derived fuels. Their goal has been to integrate multiple innovati

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Open World vs Linear Games in Stardock Blog Stardock Forums

I don’t know about you, but I play a lot of video games. Sure, what I’m playing ends up being cyclic - right now I’m on a huge Phasmophobia kick with my friends - but eventually, I always break out into something different. While I certainly have my favorite genres and styles, I try not to limit myself to only t

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