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What eDPI means, and why it matters more than DPI for aim
How effective DPI combines mouse DPI and in-game sensitivity, how it relates to the distance for a full turn, typical pro ranges, and how to carry your sensitivity between games.
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What a normal map does, and how to make one from a height map
How normal maps fake surface detail in 3D, why they are purple-blue, the difference between height, bump and normal maps, OpenGL versus DirectX green channels, and how to bake one from a greyscale image.
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Orc names that sound right, and how to build your own
The sounds that make a name feel orcish, how clan names and earned titles work, how to make orc names that are not all interchangeable grunts, and how half-orc and drow naming differ.
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Choosing a username or gamertag you will not regret in five years
What makes a handle easy to remember, available across platforms and still comfortable years later, the shapes most good usernames take, and the mistakes worth avoiding.
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Upscaling pixel art without blurring it
Why ordinary image resizing turns sprites into mush, how nearest-neighbour scaling keeps pixels crisp, why whole-number factors matter, and how to export sprites at the right size.
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Sizing a PC power supply without guessing or overspending
How to add up what a PC really draws, why GPU transient spikes matter more than the average, how much headroom to leave, and what 80 Plus ratings actually change.
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Old Norse names, patronymics and bynames for fiction and games
How Viking Age names were actually built, from two-part given names to -son and -dóttir patronymics and bynames like Eirik the Red, so your Norse characters sound right.
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