Colton Stradling
Colton is a seasoned cybersecurity professional that wants to share his love of technology with the Windows Central audience. When he isn’t assisting in defending companies from the newest zero-days or sharing his thoughts through his articles, he loves to spend time with his family and play video games on PC and Xbox. Colton focuses on buying guides, PCs, and devices and is always happy to have a conversation about emerging tech and gaming news.
Latest articles by Colton Stradling

Xbox partners with iFixit to bring Xbox repair parts to more fans
By Colton Stradling published
iFix Xbox As Microsoft works to suppor the Right to Repair movement, Xbox parts join Surface parts on iFixit's storefront.

A Squid Game Pink Guard SCUF Controller boasts awesome features
By Colton Stradling published
Squid Gamer SCUF is answering the call of gamers to be able to buy controllers from their favorite shows. Hopefully this is the first of many crossover collaborative controllers from SCUF.

Night City is calling this weekend as Xbox Series X|S owners get a free trial for Cyberpunk 2077
By Colton Stradling published
Trial Now redeemed from its poor launch, Cyberpunk 2077 is a great game, and you can try it out for free this weekend on Xbox.

AMD FSR 3.1 is bringing frame generation to other upscaling solutions and adds support for Xbox game development kit
By Colton Stradling published
FSR 3.1 AMD FSR 3.1 is set to bring various fixes to the technology and decouples frame generation and upscaling. Also adds Xbox GDK support.

We called it 'one of the best gaming chairs you can buy' and it's even cheaper with this limited-time discount
By Colton Stradling published
Deal We loved our hands-on time with the Secretlab Titan Evo and know you will love it, too. Pick one up now for up to $100 off.

One of the best curved monitors enjoys a huge discount and will improve any immersive gaming setup
By Colton Stradling published
Deal The Samsung 49-inch Odyssey G9 monitor is an absolute beauty and is $400 off right now.

A Minecraft exploit is reportedly allowing co-ordinated attackers to get any Xbox / Microsoft account fully banned
By Colton Stradling published
Bug Bash An exploit is allowing malicious users of Minecraft to falsely create malicious content as anybody and then report that content leading to a ban.

Ubisoft and NVIDIA are working together on AI-generated NPCs for upcoming games
By Colton Stradling published
Bug Bash Ubisoft is testing the use of artificial intelligence to generate NPC dialogue and make gaming more immersive.

I can't believe this 50-inch 4K TV is down to almost $200 in a doorbuster Best Buy sale — the perfect pairing for Xbox couch gaming
By Colton Stradling published
Deal Insignia's 50-inch Class F30 Series LED 4K UHD Smart Fire TV is just over $200 and perfectly fits the Xbox Series S or Series X.

How to live stream gameplay from your ASUS ROG Ally
By Colton Stradling published
Livestream While some people like to use the ROG Ally as a basic handheld, you can do so much more, like streaming to Twitch or YouTube straight from the handheld.

Best PC and laptop security accessories 2024
By Colton Stradling published
Security essentials If you travel with your laptop or are worried about tech being stolen from your home or car, these PC accessories can help secure your PC or laptop.

How to connect a keyboard and mouse to the ASUS ROG Ally
By Colton Stradling published
KB+M Whether you're looking to do some work on your ROG Ally, or just prefer playing with a keyboard and mouse, this is how you can connect a keyboard and mouse to your ROG Ally.

Capcom's newest IP Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is heading to Game Pass day one and stole the show at Xbox Partner Preview
By Colton Stradling published
Game Pass Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess ended the Xbox Partner Preview and is now one of my most hyped 2024 Game Pass releases.

Now more people can play last year's Game of the Year runner-up as Remedy lowers Alan Wake 2's minimum requirements
By Colton Stradling published
More GPUs In a rare move for a game, Remedy has been optimizing Alan Wake and now more players can play the game.

Ori gives way to souls-like sensibilities — Moon Studio's newest game looks absolutely breath-taking, and it's coming soon
By Colton Stradling published
No Rest for us No Rest for the Wicked is an upcoming ARPG from the creators of Ori, and the game is set to launch in Early Access in April.

Is Dell offering $600 off a top-tier Alienware AMD desktop gaming PC with a high-end Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPU? It's true!
By Colton Stradling published
Deal Looking to get the best AMD pre-build on the market? This Aurora R15 has a 7950X CPU and a Radeon RX 7900 XTX for under $2,400.

Is the ROG Ally a good gaming handheld for kids?
By Colton Stradling published
Kids Ally Want to get your kids into PC gaming but don't want to buy them a full gaming rig? The ASUS ROG Ally is a great option to get kids started on Windows.

What is 94fbr Minecraft, and is it safe?
By Colton Stradling published
94fbr 94fbr Minecraft boils down to one defining characteristic, but is it worth getting involved in the shady 94fbr Minecraft scene?

Palworld is still improving as new updates continue to fix known issues
By Colton Stradling published
Pals updated Palworld took the world by storm, and while still in Game Preview the devs are hard at work to make the game the best it can be.

Microsoft's GitHub is under siege as security experts claim over 100,000 Github repositories are infected
By Colton Stradling published
GitHub In a report by Apiiro, a security firm, they have concluded that an ongoing attack has infected well over 100,000 Github repositories.

Microsoft Copilot continues to improve, gaining 3 new popular plugins — here's what they are and how to use them
By Colton Stradling published
Bug Bash Copilot is getting plugin support for applications including Shopify, Klarna, and Kayak on top of the currently supported OpenTable and Instacart.

Squash some bugs at the first Windows Insider Bug Bash of 2024
By Colton Stradling published
Bug Bash The Windows Insider Bug Bash was just announced and is coming up soon, what exactly is the Bug Bash and how do you join?

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE launched globally and is a great pickup at $549
By Colton Stradling published
GRE AMD continues to offer a great value to performance suite of products to compete with NVIDIA.

Intel bags a huge fish for its new Foundry Services as Microsoft places an order for home-grown chips
By Colton Stradling published
Microsoft + Intel Microsoft is working with Intel to build custom-designed chips through Intel's Foundry Services.

Intel goes after TSMC's foundry market share by branching into Arm chips and focusing on U.S. manufacturing
By Colton Stradling published
Intel on Arm In an interview with Intel Foundry Services Head Stu Pann, Intel's foundry plans to expand to build Arm chips and fill holes in the market.
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