I used to majorly neglect my peripherals, but once I made the swap from a wired to a proper wireless mouse, I never went back. How could I?

Once you've spent $2,000 on a new graphics card or a high-end CPU, your first instinct is probably to download a suite of benchmarking tools. You want to see the numbers, compare your score with other systems, and make sure you got what you paid for.

Back when I used the Steam Deck as my main PC handheld, I forgot the sudo password I'd created the first time around. Naturally, I started to panic and thought I'd need to reflash my Deck and lose all my data, but then I found a solution that let me reset my Steam Deck's sudo password in just a few minutes. All you need for this is a wired keyboard (or a wireless keyboard with a dongle and a USB dock) and some focus, because there's some typing involved.

I have a soft spot for old software Easter eggs, especially the ones that make you wonder what developers were doing when nobody was looking. Excel 97 has one of my favorites: a secret 3D flight simulator hidden inside a spreadsheet. And, yes, I went looking for a way to play it.

I've been a fan of Razer's gaming accessories for years, but it's admittedly not often that I think to myself "This is a good deal" when testing a new one. One of the biggest gaming hardware companies in the business has never been known for affordability, but the debut entry in a brand-new family of devices goes against the norm by being both cheap and good.