gaming

03 Sep

Why Blowing Air Into NES Cartridges Is Gaming’s Greatest Urban Legend

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Like many of you, I grew up never questioning the effectiveness of blowing air into an NES cartridge that wasn’t working. Not only did it just make sense at the time, but the fact that the method always seemed to work was all the confirmation I needed that it was retro gaming’s ultimate “lifehack.” Years later, though, I started to hear people question not only how this method became so popular in the first place but whether or not it ever actually worked. At first, the idea that someone would doubt the effectiveness of blowing air into an NES cartridge…

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11 May

Resident Evil Village Struggles to Turn Horror Gaming into a Blockbuster

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In case you haven’t heard, Resident Evil Village is a hit. The game’s sales figures suggest it could go on to become the best-selling RE title ever, and critics and fans everywhere are ready to name Resident Evil Village one of the best games of 2021, one of the better Resident Evil games, and even one of the best demonstrations of next-gen gaming technology so far. If you’re looking at Resident Evil Village as a product, it’s hard not to consider the game a success even this early into its lifespan. Capcom is probably pretty happy with the game, and…

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04 May

Returnal’s $70 Price Highlights Gaming’s Difficulty Divide

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We really need a word or a phrase for when you’re a fan of something but not necessarily a fan of the fans of that thing. It’s a concept that’s impacted Rick and Morty, it’s an idea that has long negatively affected the Star Wars franchise, and it’s something that’s been on my mind lately as I’ve been playing more and more Returnal. Actually, the problem isn’t really Returnal itself so much as it’s the argument over difficult games. I generally love difficult games and have even recently highlighted some of the most challenging retro games across various generations. At…

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21 Apr

Mortal Kombat and Bloodsport: The Strange Connection That Changed Gaming

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As we eagerly anticipate the release of the latest Mortal Kombat movie, many find themselves looking back on Mortal Kombat’s 1995 big-screen debut. While that film has its charms and its fans (myself included), the movie has rightfully been criticized over the years for lacking many of the best qualities of the game as well as many of the best elements of the martial arts movies that clearly inspired it. Of course, the relationship between Mortal Kombat and martial arts films has always been close. Not only did the game utilize a then-revolutionary form of motion capturing that gave it…

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16 Apr

How Saving Private Ryan Influenced Medal of Honor and Changed Gaming

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The legacies of Medal of Honor and Saving Private Ryan have gone in wildly different directions since the late ’90s. The latter is still thought of as one of the most influential and memorable movies ever made. The former is sometimes referred to as a “Did You Know?” piece of Call of Duty‘s history or maybe just proof the PS1 had a couple of good first-person shooters. It wasn’t always that way, though. There was a time when the fates of Medal of Honor and Saving Private Ryan seemed destined to be forever intertwined. After all, Medal of Honor was…

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19 Mar

How NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series Laptops Supercharge Your Gaming

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This article is presented by NVIDIA. Ray tracing is a feature so graphically revolutionary that NVIDIA named a whole series of GPUs after it. And after a big impact in the desktop gaming PC space, NVIDIA next turned to laptops. RTX 20 series laptops brought a whole new world of power to PC gamers who no longer had to choose between portability and power. Now NVIDIA has brought its Ampere architecture powered GeForce RTX 30 Laptop GPUs to the masses, and the results are as impressive as you’d expect from technology which the company describes as its “biggest generational leap…

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15 Mar

Link Tank: Gaming Habits That Changed During the Pandemic

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How have our gaming habits changed during the pandemic? Check out the three big trends Inverse’s survey revealed. “As more people focused on indoor activities to pass the time during a year-long pandemic that’s still not over, a lot of them turned to gaming to pass the time. But how exactly did 2020 reshape the way we play video games? We asked, and more than 2,900 Inverse readers responded.” Read more at Inverse. For fans of Nickelodeon’s golden age shows, here are some fun facts about this kids’ TV channel in the ’80s and ’90s. “Whether you preferred the drama of…

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11 Mar

Why the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Games Were an Essential Part of ’90s Gaming

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Recently, Dotemu and Tribute Games shocked the gaming world by revealing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge; a tribute to the TMNT beat ’em up classics of the late ’80s and early ’90s. As you can tell by the project’s debut trailer, Shredder’s Revenge looks to emulate the sights, sounds, and gameplay of what are generally remembered as some of the best arcade action games of their era. Given the resumes of the teams working on this project (which include some of the talent responsible for Streets of Rage 4 and the brilliant Scott Pilgrim game), it’s surprisingly easy to…

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05 Mar

How The Dark Knight’s Canceled Game Accidentally Changed Gaming

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The canceled video game adaptation of The Dark Knight is one of the more fascinating and infamous pieces of game industry lore. To some, the title is just a curious footnote in video game history. To others (mostly those who invested in the project or lost their jobs over it), it’s a dark reminder of an idea that is perhaps best left forgotten. I see the game a little differently, though. While it’s easy to look at these kinds of projects that were never released and wonder what could have been, the fascinating thing about the canceled Dark Knight game…

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04 Mar

Unboxing The AndaSeat Marvel Gaming Chair

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With WandaVision dominating the conversation in the streaming world, and Falcon and the Winter Solider on deck for Disney+, there was no better time for AndaSeat to send us a Marvel Gaming Chair to unbox. The Marvel series from AndaSeat includes Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Ant-Man. Yes, the Ant-Man chair is full-sized just like the others. Having our pick of the lot, we decided to go with the Captain America edition, and you’ll see why it’s one of their very best Marvel gaming chairs in a second. First, let’s take a closer look at the specs before we…

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26 Feb

The Best PSUs for PC Gaming From be quiet! for Every Budget

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Most people rarely think about upgrading their PSU until they notice their PCs are becoming unstable due to the lack of power. But this year is a little different. With the arrival of next-gen graphics cards that demand a bit more power than their predecessors, PC builders will want to make sure their PSUs are up to snuff before upgrading to the latest and greatest in PC gaming.   But not all power supply units are born equal. We have some tips for what you should look for in a PSU and why be quiet! should be your go-to manufacturer for…

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03 Feb

What College Football’s Return to Gaming Means for NCAA and Madden Fans

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During a week in which the entire football focus is squarely on the biggest game of the NFL season, EA Sports called a trick play few were expecting: the publisher is developing a new college football game for the first time since 2013. All of a sudden, buzz shifted from whether Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers will beat Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV on Sunday — briefly, anyway — and squarely on the announced return of college football to gaming. Like Boise State’s epic Statue of Liberty play in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, nobody…

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26 Jan

Dead Pixels Series 2 Review: E4 Gaming Comedy Has Levelled Up

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Peep Show, Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong’s long-running Channel 4 comedy about flatmates Mark and Jez, exposed a great comic truth. By letting us eavesdrop on its characters’ inner monologues, it showed us that we’re all idiots on the inside. Petty, vain, furious, paranoid, self-congratulatory yet self-hating at the same time… Just like Mark and Jez, we may pretend to know what we’re doing, but really, we’re all just few inevitable steps away from eating dog meat on a barge.  Series one of E4 gamer flatshare comedy Dead Pixels – created by Jon Brown and executive produced by Bain and Armstrong –…

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28 Dec

Link Tank: KFC’s New Gaming Console Has Built-In Chicken Warmer

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KFC has entered the console war with KFConsole, which includes a built-in chicken warmer. Yes, you read that right. “Peanut butter and jelly. Batman and Robin. Rock and roll. Fried chicken and video games. Some things just go together—like KFC Gaming and Cooler Master, which teamed up to create a game console with a built-in roaster.” Read more at PCMag. From National Hangover Day to Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day, here are some offbeat holidays to celebrate in the first month of the new year. “Though the official end-of-year ‘holiday season’ may be over, January is chock-full of very fun, very…

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21 Dec

Link Tank: Win a Spider-Man Gaming Chair and Amazon Gift Cards on Twitch!

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We’re giving away an Andaseat Spider-Man gaming chair and THREE Amazon gift cards tomorrow on Twitch! Get ready to game in PEAK comfort! Join us on Twitch tomorrow, December 22, at 2:30pm (EST) for an unbeatable holiday giveaway. We’ll be playing Call of Duty Warzone while we give away THREE Amazon gift cards, and a grand prize of an Andaseat Spider-Man gaming chair (a $549 value). Make you’re sure following us on Twitch so you’ll get alerted when we go live! You must be following to qualify, too. We’ll send the prizes to folks in the US and the UK! Follow Den…

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10 Dec

Link Tank: Cyberpunk 2077’s Release Resurfaced the Worst of Gaming Culture

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Cyberpunk 2077‘s release brought back the worst of video game culture as male fans lambast female game reviewers for pointing out flaws in the game. “Reviewing the latest and greatest video games before they’re released is a dream job for anyone who grew up enchanted by the glow of a computer monitor or console. that’s a dream that’s quickly shattered for women in the field once they publish their first review.” Read more at Inverse. Nicolas Cage’s upcoming Netflix series will have the acclaimed actor explain the origins of the English language’s most popular swear words. “My usage of profanity…

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02 Dec

How Fortnite Became Gaming’s Great Shameless Marketing Tool

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“Fortnite is dead” felt like an increasingly popular sentiment in 2020. You certainly didn’t have to look too hard to find comments from gamers who felt that it was the end of an era for a game so popular that it was prominently featured in the highest-grossing movie of all-time. But in recent months, it felt like the game had fallen off the cultural radar. Whenever you looked at Twitch, it seemed like most of the service’s most popular streamers had moved on to Call of Duty: Warzone, Valorant, and a legion of viral games like Fall Guys, Among Us,…

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11 Nov

How Xbox One Shaped the Future of Console Gaming

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I never owned an Xbox One, and to be honest, I’ve never really regretted that decision, even as I prepare to get my hands on the Xbox Series X. In some ways, the legacy of the Xbox One is defined by shortcomings. Microsoft’s infamously botched reveal of the console was lowlighted by the console’s investment in the now-defunct Kinect peripheral as well as its apparent dependence on a constant internet connection. And even though Microsoft addressed most of these issues over time, the tech company faced one problem it never entirely solved: an inability to consistently deliver compelling exclusives. From…

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30 Oct

Why PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X Will Drive the Future of Gaming Graphics (and Not PC)

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If push came to shove, I’d choose my PC over a PS5 or Xbox Series X over the next five years or so. It just comes down to personal preferences. I love mods, I love a mouse and keyboard, I love being able to relatively easily access decades of PC gaming history, and I’m excited about the increased support of the PC platform by studios like Sony and Sega as well as Microsoft’s commitment to bringing most of their games to PC via Game Pass. You may notice that I didn’t mention graphics: one of the cornerstones of most PC…

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21 Oct

Rep. Ilhan Omar vs. Henry Cavill: Who Has the Better Gaming PC?

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As we previously reported, U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took over Twitch recently when she decided to stream Among Us via the platform as part of her campaign to encourage people to get out and vote. Joining her were streamers Pokimane, DrLupo, Myth, Maia, Jacksepticeye, MoistCr1TiKaL, Hasanabi, and Disguised Toast as well as fellow U.S Representative Ilhan Omar. It was a pretty cool event made that much better when Congresswoman Omar took to Twitter to share a photo of her gaming PC: When you’re winning: pic.twitter.com/Fu7CMyCQDA— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) October 21, 2020 We’ll dive into the specifics of that build here…

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