This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. There are luxuries Mike Ness is willing to pay for, and there are luxuries for which he’d rather find a workaround ...

Photon is one of the best Minecraft 26.1 shaders, particularly because of how it renders the sky, sun, moon, and clouds. It delivers a complete visual overhaul of the sky, lighting, and water graphics ...

NVIDIA has introduced a new beta feature called Auto Shader Compilation, or ASC, through the latest NVIDIA App update, and it targets a familiar pain point in modern PC gaming: long initial loading ...

TL;DR: NVIDIA's new Auto Shader Compilation feature, available in Beta with driver 595.97 or newer, rebuilds DirectX 12 shaders during PC idle time after updates to reduce load times and in-game ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. One of the most frustrating aspects of modern PC gaming is how long ...

TL;DR: PC gamers have likely noticed frequent stuttering or lengthy shader-compilation loading screens in many titles over the past few years. Microsoft unveiled a potential solution to the problem ...

Modern gamers are used to loading up a new game for the first time and being forced to wait multiple minutes while a “compiling shaders” step whirs away, optimizing advanced 3D effects for their ...

Mike Ness sat on the tiny stage of the Silverlake Lounge on Tuesday, Feb. 24 and thought for a minute about a question he’d just been asked by Brett Gurewitz, head of Epitaph Records. When “Born to ...

FULLERTON, California — Social Distortion is gearing up to release a new studio album in May of this year, marking the band’s first full-length collection of original music since 2011’s “Hard Times ...

A legendary punk rock band is set to release its first new album in 15 years. Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness told KROQ last month that the long-awaited album will be released in May 2026. It ...