David Lumb
@outonalumb.bsky.social
Tech/gaming journalist at CNET, WGAE union member, burrito fiend.
If you want to learn more about how game developers & the games industry are engaging with climate change and sustainability, preorder The Game Needs to Change, due out in 2026 (Lente graciously submitted quotes for my chapter):
www.routledge.com/The-Game-Nee...
www.routledge.com/The-Game-Nee...
The Game Needs to Change: Towards Sustainable Game Design
This book shows how games can play their part in addressing climate change and how we can sustainably make games for sustainability. Based on both industry practice and research, the chapters within t...
www.routledge.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
If you want to learn more about how game developers & the games industry are engaging with climate change and sustainability, preorder The Game Needs to Change, due out in 2026 (Lente graciously submitted quotes for my chapter):
www.routledge.com/The-Game-Nee...
www.routledge.com/The-Game-Nee...
In this and other stories (including some I wrote), Lente explains she didn’t set out to make a game about sustainability, but the themes are intrinsic to her game, Spilled! It’s one of many ways game devs are incorporating caring for the world + the impact of climate change in gameplay.
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
In this and other stories (including some I wrote), Lente explains she didn’t set out to make a game about sustainability, but the themes are intrinsic to her game, Spilled! It’s one of many ways game devs are incorporating caring for the world + the impact of climate change in gameplay.
I should’ve been more specific: high end for max battery life/efficiency (aka laptops) formats
September 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I should’ve been more specific: high end for max battery life/efficiency (aka laptops) formats
Qualcomm's also got a pair of new PC chips: the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (high end) and the Snapdragon X2 Elite (slightly less high end). Aside from performance/efficiency upgrades, it's powering up Agentic AI:
www.cnet.com/tech/computi...
www.cnet.com/tech/computi...
Qualcomm's Big Compute Play: An 18-Core Chip Capable of 80 TOPS for AI Power
The Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme are a pair of PC chips aimed at the performance laptop market.
www.cnet.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Qualcomm's also got a pair of new PC chips: the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (high end) and the Snapdragon X2 Elite (slightly less high end). Aside from performance/efficiency upgrades, it's powering up Agentic AI:
www.cnet.com/tech/computi...
www.cnet.com/tech/computi...
Qualcomm debuted the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip with performance & effiicency upgrades plus extras, like a new video codec that lets you pull still images at photo quality from footage. (Also a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 coming later, presumably slightly less premium.)
www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Chip Will Boost AI in 2026's Most Powerful Phones
The next mobile chip boosts efficiency, performance and AI neural processing.
www.cnet.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Qualcomm debuted the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip with performance & effiicency upgrades plus extras, like a new video codec that lets you pull still images at photo quality from footage. (Also a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 coming later, presumably slightly less premium.)
www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
Happy birthday Manda! Plants, nurturing, growth for next year — all the good metaphors for 39 🙌
August 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Happy birthday Manda! Plants, nurturing, growth for next year — all the good metaphors for 39 🙌
This sucks so much, you and everyone at IGN deserve better, Amelia 💪
August 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This sucks so much, you and everyone at IGN deserve better, Amelia 💪
Ahh congrats! Millennial journalists making it 🎉🎉🎉
August 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Ahh congrats! Millennial journalists making it 🎉🎉🎉