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Insomnia 2026: It’s Back But Why Do We Care?

by Punkinator | Jul 7, 2025 | News

For years, Insomnia was the heart of the UK gaming scene. A place where LAN warriors, cosplayers, indie devs and caffeine-addled esports fans collided under one roof for a proper weekend of chaos. And now? It’s finally crawling out of the grave for Spring next year....

Why eSports Titles Don’t Care About Your £800 CPU

by Punkinator | Jul 6, 2025 | News

Chasing frames, not cores: GPU grunt over CPU flexing Back in the day, if your CPU wasn’t doing overtime, your game stuttered like a 90s dial-up modem. eSports titles were lean but still demanded serious single-core speed to keep frame times low and hit those magical...