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TL;DR: This MOJO M2 Performance Wireless Gaming Mouse is a great gift for the gamer in your life to absolutely annihilate any opponent that comes across their screen while not injuring any fingers, wrists, or arms. — Read the rest
Clovis Hung, a mere 12 years old, has set a new record at Fullerton College in California, becoming the youngest person to graduate — and he didn't stop at just one degree. Hung has been awarded five associate of arts degrees in the areas of history; social sciences; social behavior and self-development; arts and human expression; and science and mathematics. — Read the rest
In this Dungeon Craft video, Professor Dungeon Master shares his thoughts on the recent D&D Creators Summit (where some 30 D&D content creators were invited to Wizards of the Coast to learn what the company has in store next for the popular TTRPG). — Read the rest
'Challenge runs' are a strange and simultaneously irresistible thing. Take a suitably open-ended and pliable game, like Dark Souls, Minecraft or Fallout, impose a set of arbitrary restrictions on yourself, and watch the hilarity ensue. Whether it's beating Dark Souls with only a hundred arrows and no other weapons or trying to have sex with every possible partner in New Vegas as quickly as possible, there's nothing like challenge runs to give you a different perspective on these beloved games and a real appreciation for all these interlocking systems. — Read the rest
A man is in jail after posting a nasty message to 4chan suggesting someone kill a Florida sheriff. Richard Golden, 38, was arrested at his mother's house Thursday. Upon answering the door, she shouted "they're here" into his lair.
Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood took a public stand against Nazism last week, earning a torrent of hate from right-wing keyboard warriors. — Read the rest
Axolotls are having a moment, and many are now being abandoned to pet shelters because owners can't take care of them. A new article in The Guardian explains that axolotls have become popular pets because they have been featured on social media such as TikTok and in online games such as Minecraft. — Read the rest
If playing Minecraft in four spatial dimensions is too much, perhaps Super Mario in one dimension will be easier to understand and play? Spoiler: no.
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The new branding adopted by Russia's Lego stores, abandoned by the company after Putin's invasion of Ukraine, have a new name: World of Cubes. The name reminds me of all the Minecraft clones that infest app stores. They should have called it "Eastern Block." — Read the rest
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There's a lot of shady stuff on the internet these days, and it's more important than ever to make sure our information is secure. — Read the rest
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Hobbies that don't include a hefty price tag are hard to come by, so you might find yourself bored most days doing god knows what on that laptop. — Read the rest
"We Gave NEW Dune OLD Dune VFX," declares the title to this video, perfectly executed by Corridor Crew. You get exactly what you're promised: the subtle shield effect from Denis Villeneuve's 2021 Dune replaced by the cheesy (but also weirder) cardboard-box shield effect from David Lynch's 1984 Dune. — Read the rest
There's some serious power behind gaming now — people are even creating "gamer paradise" AirBnbs. But if you're a purist, you know that the PC is the best way to enjoy your games. Gaming PCs have the power, speed, and customizability to give you exactly what you want, unlike some cookie-cutter console design (and don't forget the mods!). — Read the rest
Roblox's success goes mostly unnoticed. Minecraft was sold to Microsoft for about $2bn and is estimated to generate about $500m a year in revenue. Roblox's market cap, however, is $65bn. Why? Because it has an internal app store that puts its young player base to work making virtual stuff and selling it for scrip or peanuts while the company pockets the profits. — Read the rest
Kevin MacLeod is an astonishingly productive composer whose music turns up in everything from drag-and-drop collections of free music to every other Minecraft video on YouTube to commercial video games and Hollywood blockbusters.
His output, thousands of tracks, hasn't made him a famous rock star, but it has an effect both overwhelming and beautifully insidious. — Read the rest
Over the course of nearly two decades, Facebook has mostly flushed our society down a toilet full of shit. As such, it stands to reason that the platform's upcoming "Metaverse" Second-Life-knock-off AR system will also be full of shit. Which is why writer Hunter Walk took to Medium to contemplate what, exactly, the AR/VR toilets might look like in the Metaverse:
— Read the restSecond Life was one of the most notable early entrants in this category, with ambitions and innovations which transcended its perpetually plateaued consumer adoption.
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People are hard to shop for. Whether you have a fussy aunt, enigmatic friend, intimidating boss, or romantic interest you want to impress, finding the right holiday gifts can be a struggle. — Read the rest
For months now, Mark Zuckerberg has told the world that Facebook is becoming "a metaverse company." What is the metaverse? It depends on who you ask. Fortune's definition is particularly expansive: "The metaverse is a virtual world that blends aspects of digital technologies including video-conferencing, games like Minecraft or Roblox, cryptocurrencies, email, virtual reality, social media and live-streaming." — Read the rest
Water cooling. LED lights. Overclocked processors and massive curved screens. A lot of the PC gaming battlestations we see are flashy, cool as hell, and unfortunately wildly expensive. If you're itching to ditch the cookie-cutter consoles and become a member of the PC master race, you've probably had sticker shock at the cost of parts, accessories, and putting it all together. — Read the rest
The Pantera PicoPC is a tiny PC (2.5" square and 1.7" tall) that runs fast enough to pass muster as a practical daily driver. Though a little larger than some rival models, that fact brings us to its distinctive feature: active cooling. — Read the rest
Roblox is just a kind of advanced Minecraft, right? No. It's a $45bn company whose cutesy world has grown into a blatant appstore full of apps and games whose developers get only a minuscule sub-25% cut of revenues, far less than Apple, Google, Microsoft, Steam or Epic. — Read the rest
