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Top Smash Ultimate Player Throws Controller At Tournament, Sparks 'Privilege' Discourse
23.1.2023
Genesis 9, a major fighting game tournament, took place over the weekend. There were stellar combos and massive upsets as the supermajor event for Super Smash Bros. Melee and Ultimate concluded on January 22. Unfortunately, while the tournament was underway, one of Canada’s top Kazuya players...
The PS5’s Luxe New Controller Might Be A Game Changer (If You Can Afford It)
23.1.2023
I’ve spent about a dozen hours playing games with the new DualSense Edge. At first, all the modular PlayStation 5 controller’s new bells and whistles feel extremely superfluous to me. I‘ve been playing video games on standard controllers all my life without issue, and even the settings...
The Weirdest Nintendo Switch Accessories You Can Buy
11.1.2023
Nintendo hardware has long leaned into the weirdest ends of gaming. In turn, accessories for the company’s peculiar consoles have gone even further into the realms of the downright peculiar. With the announcement of the fantastic-looking Nyxi GameCube controller for the Nintendo Switch, recreating...
One Of The Most Beloved Nintendo Controllers Is Back To Fix Switch Joy-Con Drift
10.1.2023
Like many others, the GameCube Wavebird was the first game controller I ever seriously loved. Everything that came before it was fine; at best a novelty, at worst an oversized pain, but mostly just a means to an end. Now there’s a new controller for the Nintendo Switch that looks exactly like...
The PS5 Is Getting An Ultra Customizable Controller That Lets New Fans Play
5.1.2023
Sony has unveiled an accessibility controller meant to give users with disabilities a highly customizable means of playing games. The controller, codename Project Leonardo, should offer a more accessible gaming option to the PlayStation 5’s typical DualSense controller.Read more
Video Game Gear: 10 Things We Got In 2022 That We Now Can't Live Without
30.12.2022
With another year of gaming now receding into the past, it seems a good occasion to look back and geek out over some of the gadgets, gizmos, and hardware in general that thrilled our nerdy little hearts in 2022. Read more
Sony's New $200 PS5 Controller Dies Faster Than The Original
20.12.2022
Sony’s new PS5 controller, the wireless DualSense Edge, looks normal enough. It has the right number of buttons and enough space to rest your hands on its boomerang-shaped plastic. But its extreme customization presumably explains why it costs $200, almost three times the base price for...
Valve Reveals Plans To Improve Steam Deck’s Screen, Battery
15.12.2022
As we discussed earlier this week, the Steam Deck has had one hell of a launch year. It should be no surprise, then, that Valve has its eye on the future of its new handheld, which it has officially categorized as a “multi-generational product.” The company has now revealed a bit of what it’s...
The Xbox 360 Controller Is Coming Back For Its 17th Birthday
22.11.2022
I remember my first console controller—the polished black batwing I used to steer my Xbox 360—as vaguely sticky. What do middle schoolers do to cover everything they touch in a thin, gummy worm film? Aside from eating many gummy worms? (In my case, at least.) Peripheral manufacturer Hyperkin...
The Next Time You're Looking For New Switch Joy-Con, Check These Out
30.9.2022
My Nintendo Switch largely sat unplayed for the duration of the pandemic. I purchased it in the Before Times thinking it’d make for a great subway companion. But between the short battery life and it being uncomfortable to hold for long periods, I just didn’t ever want to play it much. But there...
Microsoft Is Making A Simpler, Cheaper Version Of Its Elite Customizable Controller Now
7.9.2022
Microsoft has just released a new entry in its premium line of Elite wireless controllers. The Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 – Core, currently available only in white, is the latest and the most affordable controller in the Xbox Elite line, coming in at $129.99 instead of the usual...
PlayStation Announces 'Customizable' Model Of PS5's DualSense Controller
23.8.2022
Sony announced a new model for its popular PlayStation 5 DualSense controller at Gamescom today. Called the DualSense Edge, Gamescom host Geoff Keighley described it as a “high-performance, ultra-customizable” gamepad.Read more
Tekken 7 Player Competes In Tournament With Big-Ass Buster Sword Controller
22.8.2022
Fighting game tournaments are always exciting events. When attendees aren’t being wowed by the amazing announcements or stellar combos on display, they can enjoy the parade of copious controllers people bring to compete in their favorite games. Such controllers often have interesting artwork...
Splatoon 3 Special Edition Switch Looks Gorgeously Subtle
6.7.2022
It’s not a Switch Pro but it’ll do. Just in time for the ink shooter’s September launch, Nintendo is releasing a Splatoon 3-themed Switch OLED on August 26. It’ll go for $360, and if you haven’t already upgraded to the newer model, now might be the time, at least if you can manage to get your hands...
Apple iOS 16 přidává podporu ovladačů pro konzoli Switch
7.6.2022
Game Pirates Trolled With Controller Errors And Endless Rain
26.5.2022
One of my favourite things to write about on this website are the creative ways developers have learned to fuck with people pirating their video games, so it’s with great pleasure I get to share another example today.Read more
Valve Made Steam Deck Easy To Mod And Repair, And It’s Starting To Pay Off
23.5.2022
As reported by The Verge over the weekend, the legendary repair advocates over at iFixit.com plan to offer essentially every part of the Steam Deck for sale, including the motherboard with its custom AMD chip. While word of this was undoubtedly exciting for Steam Deck fans, iFixit took to Twitter...
The Fisher-Price Controller, Modded To Play Baby Game Elden Ring
2.5.2022
It’s time once again to reset the clock on the innovative and weird milestones players are up to in the Elden Ring community. This time around, a gamer modded a children’s toy into a playable Xbox controller. This isn’t an Onion article, you’re in the right place. Read more
Nintendo Switch Sports Fans Are Accidentally Smashing TVs Again
2.5.2022
It’s like we’re back in the 2000s. Cropped cardigans are making a comeback, Biden is still in the White House, and Nintendo dropped a Wii Sports sequel in the form of Switch Sports. The nostalgia is so uncanny that players of Nintendo’s quirky sports simulator are once again flinging controllers...
Elden Ring Player Builds Controller Out Of Bananas, Slays Dragon
15.3.2022
If you’re playing Soulsborne bingo and desperately trying to cover that hard-to-fill “Elden Ring player defeats boss using a literal banana” space, well, I’ve got some good news for you.Read more