I love software rendering(jamesfmackenzie.com)
337 points by speckx | 212 comments
A personal blog post by James Mackenzie about his love of software-rendered 3D graphics in classic MS-DOS and PC games like Quake.
#pc-gaming on Hacker News
22 stories tagged pc-gaming, newest first.
We built our house for LAN parties (2024)(lanparty.house)
542 points by fittingopposite | 343 comments
A personal site describing a house built for LAN parties, featuring a basement game room with 12 PCs built into the walls.
The "$60 Gaming PC" – AMD BC-250 (2025)(devquasar.com)
362 points by networked | 106 comments
A blog post about using the AMD BC-250, a repurposed mining board, as a roughly $60 gaming PC; the page returned a resource limit error.
Dwarf Fortress is getting the mother of all magic updates(rockpapershotgun.com)
491 points by Tomte | 236 comments
Rock Paper Shotgun news article about an upcoming Dwarf Fortress magic update that will extend to the cosmological makeup of generated worlds.
Steam Machine launches today(store.steampowered.com)
1859 points by theschwa | 1620 comments
Valve's Steam store news post announcing the launch of the Steam Machine, a compact living-room gaming PC for playing Steam games on a TV.
SimCity 3k in 4k (2025)(thran.uk)
463 points by speckx | 185 comments
A personal blog post explaining how to get SimCity 3000 running well on a modern Windows 10 PC with a 4K monitor, fixing widescreen, resolution, and scrolling issues.
Denuvo has been cracked in all single-player games it previously protected(tomshardware.com)
356 points by oceansky | 210 comments
Tom's Hardware news article reporting Denuvo DRM has been bypassed in all single-player games it protected, with 2K and Denuvo reportedly adding 14-day online checks.
GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it works on a native client(xda-developers.com)
630 points by franczesko | 343 comments
XDA Developers article reporting that GOG calls Linux the next major frontier for gaming and is developing a native Linux client.
PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible(redgamingtech.com)
522 points by croes | 292 comments
RedGamingTech article covering a project that statically recompiles PlayStation 2 games to run natively on PC.
Linux is good now(pcgamer.com)
1060 points by Vinnl | 847 comments
A PC Gamer opinion piece arguing Linux is now good enough for desktop use and urging readers to switch in 2026 to feel ownership of their PCs.
GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder(gog.com)
822 points by haunter | 502 comments
GOG blog post announcing the store is being acquired by its original co-founder and explaining what the change means for users.
Unreal Tournament 2004 is back(old.reddit.com)
391 points by keithoffer | 165 comments
A Reddit post in r/unrealtournament announcing that Unreal Tournament 2004 is back; the page loaded as a Reddit network-policy block.
Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB(tomshardware.com)
355 points by doener | 237 comments
Tom's Hardware article on Helldivers 2 cutting its PC install size from 154GB to 23GB by removing duplicated game data originally meant to help mechanical hard drives.
Gaming on Linux has never been more approachable(theverge.com)
452 points by throwaway270925 | 334 comments
The Verge report in which Nathan Edwards explains switching his gaming desktop from Windows to Linux (CachyOS) as Linux gaming becomes more approachable.
Steam Machine(store.steampowered.com)
2818 points by davikr | 1408 comments
Valve's Steam store product page for the Steam Machine, a compact cube-shaped gaming PC for playing Steam games on a TV.
Nvidia won, we all lost(blog.sebin-nyshkim.net)
821 points by todsacerdoti | 459 comments
A personal blog post titled "NVIDIA is full of shit" by Sebin Nyshkim, criticizing Nvidia's recent GPU products and business practices.
Show HN: I built a(nother) house optimized for LAN parties(lanparty.house)
885 points by kentonv | 298 comments
A photo tour of a house designed for LAN parties, featuring a basement game room with 12 PCs built into the walls and a netboot management setup.
Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update(half-life.com)
424 points by Philpax | 174 comments
Valve's official page announcing the Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Update, showing the game's City 17 plaza with the Half-Life 2 logo.
Half Life:25th Anniversary Documentary(youtube.com)
333 points by marconey | 122 comments
Valve's hour-long YouTube documentary marking the 25th anniversary of the video game Half-Life.
Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update(half-life.com)
509 points by Philpax | 211 comments
Valve's official page for the Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update, celebrating the 1998 game's release with new content and improvements.
The fun factor of the video game Uplink(vertette.github.io)
333 points by syx | 83 comments
A personal blog post analyzing what makes the hacking video game Uplink fun, framed by the author's memories of discovering PC gaming.
Memories from old LAN parties(thomask.sdf.org)
393 points by ecliptik | 213 comments
A blog post by Thomas Karpiniec recounting a collection of humorous memories from attending LAN parties in the 2000s.