The 10 Best Deals of December 28, 2020
28.12.2020
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The Nerd's Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in January
28.12.2020
Viewers are turning to streaming entertainment more than ever thanks to the global pandemic, and the plethora of services can serve as a much-needed escape. At the start of each month, most streamers do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking some away, and io9 is here to help with your...
Let's Talk About How Much Mass Effect 2 Rules
28.12.2020
Mass Effect 2. It’s widely regarded as one of the best games of all time, a sweeping space opera that set the standard for modern role-playing games. One of us (Ari Notis) is just now playing it for the first time, ahead of next year’s remastered trilogy. The other (Ash Parrish) basically has a...
Grab Your Plumber’s Cap for Today's Top Nintendo Switch Deals
28.12.2020
Featured Deal: PowerA Wireless GameCube Controllers (3-Pack) | $70 | AmazonRead more
Super Mario Sunshine Mod Turns Every NPC Into A Chuckster
28.12.2020
Indie game developer Bread released a very special Super Mario Sunshine mod over the holidays that makes every NPC in the game able to heave Mario over their heads with no regard for his safety. What a great gift!Read more
What's the Best Gaming Chair, Fellow Gamers?
28.12.2020
Earlier this year, my neighbors and I all had some weird quarantine-induced scheme where we decided we would all gift each other gaming chairs. The idea was that we’d all be in lockdown working from home, so we might as well upgrade our chairs with some lumbar support. We kept describing this as...
The Year In Fighting Game Competition
28.12.2020
2020 sucked. You know it, I know it. It was amid this chaotic year that the fighting game community found itself pushed out of the arcades, hotels, and convention centers to which competitors had grown accustomed and into the unpredictable world of online play. Early on, organizers were unsure...
Wonder Woman 1984 Has One Great Thing Going for It
28.12.2020
Wonder Woman 1984 has been quite the lightning rod since its release. On the one hand, there’s the epic scope, complex romance, rousing score, and positive messages. It also has an incredible cast including Gal Gadot, Kirsten Wiig, Chris Pine, and Pedro Pascal. On the other hand, some have...
The Podcast Episodes That Sustained Us in 2020
28.12.2020
Podcasts used to define my commute. But now that I don’t have a commute anymore, I have to fit them in where I can. This means I have sadly been forced to ditch many of the shows I used to listen to regularly and focus on only the best of them—the ones I simply can’t miss.And that’s what we’re...
This $22 Kirby Art Book Is Everything I Need Right Now
28.12.2020
Kirby Art & Style Collection | $22 | AmazonRead more
Monday's Best Deals: Surface Laptop 2, Baby Yoda Holiday Tumbler, Switch GameCube Controllers, Sleep Philosophy Weighted Blanket, White Mountain Booties, and More
28.12.2020
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 2 and a Baby Yoda holiday tumbler lead Monday’s best deals.Read more
The PS4's Spectacular Dreams Game Is Hurting From A Lack Of Players
28.12.2020
When LittleBigPlanet creators Media Molecule launched the game-as-an-engine PlayStation 4 exclusive Dreams into early access in April 2019, I remember feeling a cautious optimism. The technology behind the game was impressive, letting people make their own music, games, and artwork with its robust...