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OPINION: Taylor Swift getting booed at Super Bowl is reminder that people like rooting for gaming underdogs
We're flipping the script today. Sometimes a left turn when expecting a right can be a good thing and this was literally written an hour or so before you read this. Most articles you see here are not written and…
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Nex Playground console uses you, again, as the controller + Humpday Wednesday 1/15
Kinect, Wii Fit, there have been many game devices that use us as the controller. Motion control is neither new, fresh or innovative, but it's what a game console released in 2024 called Nex Playground (…
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From Ticket Redemption to Real Betting on Arcade Games, Dave & Busters says Yes
Wagering on Golden Tee video golf games is a thing in states where it's legal, so not completely surprising that Dave & Busters wants to bring in betting on arcade games to its stores. But it is somewhat unsettling,…
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Hey PC Gamer, it's Disappointing and Disturbing, not a "Bloodbath" when 220 people lose their jobs
It's too often these days that hyperbole with titles and headlines is taken too far. With all the serious stuff going on in the world, journalists, writers, we need to pick our words more carefully, more sensitively.…
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Twitch Layoffs - Paying Too Much For Talent and, Apparently, 50% of Everything Earned isn't Profitable
As dismaying as it is talking about more workers being laid off in the gaming space -- there was too much of that in 2023 -- here we are at the start of 2024 and it's happening with game streaming (Twitch) and game chat…
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Jirard The Completionist Character Removed from Sea of Stars game over Charity Controversy
Please note the smiling, bearded character above, based on a real gamer, because he's now been completely removed from the game, Sea of Stars. Patched completely out of existence. Why? You haven't heard? Am not aware of…
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Remembering Jerry Lawson, Father of the Videogame Cartridge and the Fairchild F
Game cartridges were all the rage in the late 70s through the 90s until the CD took over, though Nintendo somewhat stubbornly has hung onto the technology in some form or other, up to the Nintendo Switch that uses SD…
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Joy is Still There - How To Find Fun on the Internet
Sometimes it's what you want to look for that determines what you'll find. The New Yorker recently published a gloom and doom piece with the headline and subtitle: Why The Internet Isn't Fun Anymore : The social-media…
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Nolan Bushnell Speeds Up K-12 Learning with Startup ExoDexa Holdings
If you're wondering what Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell is up to these days, no, it's not a rebirth of Chuck E. Cheese, but he still is concerned about the children. Go ahead, in your best Simpson's voice yell, "What…
