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Guides

Procedures: check before you buy, claim a refund, lock a console down properly.

How to Tell Whether a Game Will Run on Your Machine Before You Pay for It - illustration

How to

How to Tell Whether a Game Will Run on Your Machine Before You Pay for It

Ten minutes of checking beats a refund request.

The takeawayCan answer the question themselves in ten minutes and knows the safety net if they are wrong.

Game Refunds How Long You Have, What Disqualifies You, and Why the Clocks Differ - illustration

Your rights

Game Refunds: How Long You Have, What Disqualifies You, and Why the Clocks Differ

Two clocks run at once, and only one of them is on the store page.

Parental Controls That Actually Hold Setting Them Up on Console, PC and Phone - illustration

How to

Parental Controls That Actually Hold: Setting Them Up on Console, PC and Phone

What they can enforce, what they cannot, and the setting everyone misses.

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