A reliable mouse pad is often an unsung hero of PC gaming, especially in the competitive scene. Whether you eat and drink at your desk or run long gaming sessions, mouse pads can collect oil, dirt, grime, and crumbs over time. That’s why we wanted to take you step by step to show you how you can clean a mouse pad properly. First of all, outside of obvious stains, one easy way to tell if your mousepad needs to be cleaned is by running your finger or fingernail over it.

When mobile games first began picking up steam, most popular titles were on the casual side of things. But while casual games still exist, the mobile gaming market has become a new hub for competition gamers with titles like Mobile Legends taking the genre to the next level. Mobile Legends features a ranked system, but players can also find tournaments to compete in, which increases the level of competition throughout the game.

Nobody expected the sudden rise of Among Us two years ago. Despite releasing in 2018, the game had to wait until 2020 to become popular. But when you look into it, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, people all around the world were locked in their homes and were looking for ways to interact with each other. Thus, it makes perfect sense that the game became so popular at the time, especially with many Twitch and YouTube content creators jumping on the hype train.

Two of the most important items in the Pokémon Sword and Shield’s The Crown Tundra expansion are actually easy to find once you first arrive in the new map.  The Ability Capsule lets you swap a Pokémon’s normal abilities instantly, which is very useful for competitive battling. But you can get this item in the base game and the Isle of Armor expansion too.  The real prize is the new Ability Patch, which gives players an easy way to change their Pokémon’s ability from a normal one into their Hidden Ability if they have one.

Pokémon Go’s new Season of Go is here, starting the month of June with two special events. After Go Fest 2022 on June 4 and 5, it’s time for the return of Adventure Week, which runs from June 7 to 12. In this year’s edition of the fan-favorite event, players will once again find Rock-type Pokémon, along with Fossil Pokémon, more frequently in the wild and in seven-kilometer eggs. During Adventure Week 2022, the two fossils from the sixth generation are making their Pokémon Go debut.

Right before today’s LCS match against CLG, Cloud9 announced it has officially released League of Legends head coach Nick “LS” De Cesare and is promoting former assistant coach Max Waldo to the head coach position. Multiple people assumed that the post was a joke, but the 28-year-old said on Twitter he was informed of his release a mere four hours before the start of the match. “So for now I’ll figure out whats next shortly,” LS said.

Riot Games has followed the trend of many popular online games over the past few years and has opted to release fully-fledged battle passes for VALORANT on a season-to-season basis. The battle pass is an affordable way to collect unique cosmetic items, from skins to gun buddies. It rewards you for your time put into the game, adding an extra incentive for you to climb up the ranked ladder.

Pets are common in any MMO title, and of course, they’ve made their way to Lost Ark. But in Lost Ark, they aren’t just cute companions that will follow you around: They provide a ton of use to the player. Pets in Lost Ark will auto-loot items for you, provide buffs and other positive effects, and provide several functions including mailbox checking, item repair, and additional storage. Want a pet? Of course you do.

In Elden Ring, hitting without being hit is paramount to success and, fortunately, the game gives you a few different ways to achieve this. One of these ways is rolling. While in combat, rolling is the perfect way to get out of the damage zone of an enemy’s attack. Paired with shielding and parry, you can easily negate all enemy offense and take them down with little to no damage.

Tempest Keep is one of the newest raids coming to World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Classic in the game’s second phase of content. But players shouldn’t expect to walk right into the raid once it becomes available to play. Instead, like many other raids in TBC, there’s a sizable attunement process attached to Tempest Keep that players will have to complete to enter the raid.  To gain access to Tempest Keep, max-level WoW TBC Classic players will have to complete two separate quest chains—one of which takes place in the open-world, while another is largely confined to a few of the game’s dungeons.