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The war between the “PC master race” and console fanatics rages on. More often than not, it comes down to price. But is it suntil cheaper to build a gaming PC than buy a video game console? Yes, but with some caveats. The simple act of buying one or the other shows that a console will cost as much, if not less than a PC. But when you consider the long-term life for gaming, the PC master race has a valid point. What We Looked At We had a clear idea in mind. This article is about gaming, and gaming alone. Sure, a gaming rig double as a wonderful all-around PC. But similarly, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are excellent media players. In another such scenario, the consoles need a high-definition TV, preferably with 4K resolution and HDR. But you’ll also need a high-quality monitor for your gaming PC. There are other such trade-offs on the non-gaming sides of both PC and console, but we won’t be considering those here. Usually, they balance each other out and...

Last week, history was created in the realms of Dota 2 and AI. At The International,  Dendi , one of the best players of the game, was beaten mercilessly in a 1v1, by a bot, two times in a row. The bot in question was made by  OpenAI , a startup of Elon Musk. Now you may have some questions. What is Dota? What is OpenAI? And why is this even important? To start with,  Dota  is a free-to-play MOBA game in which you control  Heroes  and your aim is to destroy the opponents  Ancient . Many Dota fans may take offence to the last sentence as there so much to Dota then I have summed up. The game is very  complex  with a very steep learning curve to it. I had embarked on a mission to learn Dota some time ago and it took me a week just to go through a basic  How To  video, where they explain the strategy of the game, what weapons, spells, heroes do and how to mine creeps. And this makes the whole  AI vs Dendi  ...