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Someone Bought A 16-Year-Old iPhone For Over $190,000
18.7.2023
Hey, quick question: If you had a spare $200,000 laying around in your bank account, what would you spend it on? You’d probably spend it on a house, or maybe a new car (several new cars?). What you probably wouldn’t do is drop that kind of cash on a 16-year-old iPhone. But that’s what happened over...
The Pikabug Is An Important Part Of Pokémon History
17.7.2023
In 1998, Nintendo was in the early years of promoting Pokémon while Game Freak’s monster-capturing phenomenon was making its way to the west after success in Japan. Part of that effort included repurposing 20 Volkswagen Beetle cars to look like Pikachu, the series’ adorable, electric mouse mascot...
New Laws Might Require Gaming Handhelds Have Replaceable Batteries
17.7.2023
The European Union dropped new regulations demanding future consumer tech products, including gaming handhelds like successors to the Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck, have user-replaceable batteries by 2027.Read more
FBI Used Nintendo Switch To Locate Abducted Child
17.7.2023
The FBI used a Nintendo Switch console to locate an abducted 15-year-old girl, who had been missing for 11 days back in August 2022, ABC15 reports.Read more
Microsoft And Sony Finally Reach Deal For The Future Of Call Of Duty On PlayStation
16.7.2023
Microsoft and Sony have finally reached a deal for keeping Call of Duty on PlayStation once the Activision Blizzard merger goes through. The surprise agreement comes after months of fighting between the two companies, that included a court battle with the FTC, and is a sign the acquisition is...
There's A New Worst Game Of 2023, And It's A Switch Exclusive
14.7.2023
Remember that awful looking The Last of Us clone, The Last Hope, that got released earlier this month? Well, it turns out the game is much worse than the trailer first suggested. Apparently, the whole game is only about 20 minutes long, takes place in one street, and is a broken mess.Read more
The Great Mission: Impossible Movies Deserve A Great New Game
13.7.2023
The fuse has been lit and the mission has been accepted. That’s right folks, it’s time for a new Mission: Impossible film. The latest entry in the popular action franchise is out now in theaters. But if this new film has you all excited about the franchise again and you want to play a Mission:...
One Of The Most Important Games Ever Gets The Release It Deserves 40 Years Later
12.7.2023
In 1984, a game was released for the Apple II that was totally unlike anything that had come before. Casting you as a martial artist who must infiltrate a warlord’s castle fortress, Karateka had breathtaking animation that was far more lifelike than anything that had preceded it. It also set...
Tears Of The Kingdom Players Keep Doing Things You Didn't Know Were Possible
12.7.2023
On reflection, it’s bizarre how much Nintendo underplayed Tears of the Kingdom’s fusing abilities. Completely hidden in the earlier trailers, and really only vaguely hinted at before release, this addition of crafting to the Breath of the Wild sequel has been fundamentally game-changing. It’s also...
Joy-Con Sticks For Your Nintendo Switch Drift Headache Are On Sale
11.7.2023
This Amazon Prime Day deal on replacement Nintendo Switch Joy-Con thumbsticks promises to make your anxiety over drifting controllers a thing of the past. All you need is a little technical know-how and the ability to follow instructions. Read more
Microsoft Wins Court Battle With FTC Over Activision Blizzard Acquisition
11.7.2023
Federal Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley has ruled against the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to block Microsoft from closing its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard until it can be fully reviewed, freeing up the companies to complete the deal before a July 18 deadline, and potentially...
Best Prime Day Deals So You Stop Running Out Of Storage On Your PS5, Xbox, And Switch
11.7.2023
Games downloads are enormous these days, and they’re showing no signs of getting smaller. Those gigabyte numbers just keep going up, so your storage, whether hard drives, solid-state drives, or microSD cards, must match it. Tomorrow and Wednesday (July 11 and 12) could be a good time to expand your...
Prime Day Sales: Grab Elden Ring, No Man’s Sky, And More For Cheap
11.7.2023
Is that gaming shelf of yours looking a little sparse? Missed out on a few modern classics? Been meaning to pick up a couple of games that grabbed your attention but were perhaps not quite worth full price? This year’s (two-day) Amazon Prime Day sale has some particularly excellent games worth...
An Alarming 87 Percent Of Retro Games Are Being Lost To Time
10.7.2023
Despite being a billion-dollar industry, video games are something of a dying medium, as a vast array of titles are frequently killed off in one way or another. However, according to a new study, the number of games being lost to time is quite staggering: Nearly nine out of 10 U.S. games...
The New Super Mario Bros. Oreo Cookies Actually Are A Game, Too
10.7.2023
Oreo cookies’ limited-edition Super Mario collaboration is now available for purchase at Walmart and other big-box retailers. The cookies’ themed packaging advertises them as “collectible,” which is also how mold spores would describe themselves, if they could. Read more
10 Things You Should Never Say To A Genshin Impact Player
7.7.2023
The Genshin Impact community is no stranger to navigating choppy waters, whether it’s discussions about farming, characters and their voice actors, or even the genre of game itself. If you want to survive out there, you’ll want to avoid some sore subjects to avoid facing wrath or disappointment....
Street Fighter 6 Features The Best Chun-Li In 24 Years
7.7.2023
There’s a lot to love in Street Fighter 6, one of the best games I’ve played in the last couple of years. I love the new characters. (Marisa, the jacked up pankratiast, is my main, and Manon, the supermodel ballerina, is my secondary.) I love the new Drive Impact attack, which lets you reverse...
It Is 2023, Please Stop Blowing Into Nintendo Consoles
7.7.2023
Yeah, it’s cute, it’s folklore, people used to blow into the cartridge slots of their Nintendo games in the olden days if they were having hardware issues. The thing is, it was all bullshit. It didn’t fix them, if anything it made things worse. Yet so strong has the urban legend become that, in...
9 Street Fighter 6 Settings To Tweak Before You Start Throwing Hands
5.7.2023
Street Fighter 6 is a frontrunner for my game of the year, but sometimes it feels like I spend more time fighting with its menus than I do throwing hands with other players online. I’ve put around 80 hours into Capcom’s latest fighter and have dealt with several annoyances just trying to change...
The Switch Has Its Own Dollar Store Last Of Us Knock-Off
5.7.2023
The Last of Us and its sequel are blockbuster action-adventure games with incredible graphics and deep narratives. They’re also games that, for a few different reasons, will never officially be playable on Nintendo’s aging Switch console. But don’t worry, you can just play The Last Hope - Dead Zone...