Enjoy this surprisingly dramatic and gripping YouTube mini-documentary about one of gaming's strangest and most obsessive cults: racing around Mario Kart 64's Choco Mountain track. Thanks to glitchy shortcuts, racers winnowed times down to just a few seconds. But getting the trick right for all three laps of a time trial? 20,000 attempts later…
Mini-documentary about the race to conquer Mario Kart's Choco Mountain in seconds
Activision Blizzard sued by California over constant abuse of women employees
Game giant Activision Blizzard is being sued by the state of California, whose lawsuit details a horrifying environment characterized by the constant harassment of women, rape jokes, threats, retaliation, racism and blatant discrimination. At one point Activision Blizzard is described as a "frat house", but that doesn't begin to capture the scale and gravity of… READ THE REST
Interview with Pippin Barr, maker of art games
Pippin Barr (previously at BB) makes bizarre and insightful art games that yet fun (though often frustrating) to play. We Make Money Not Art interviewed him about his work. Something I admire really in your work is that your first concern is not about the player laughing and having a particularly pleasant experience. For example,… READ THE REST
Super Midi Pak turns SNES into a synthesizer
Rian Hunter's Super Midi Pak is a SNES cartridge that turns the console—remember those cleanly-sampled but harshly-looping string sections?—into a fully-featured synthesizer. Inside your SNES is a MIDI synthesizer waiting to be set free… with Super MIDI Pak the wait is over. Play music on your Super Nintendo! You can pre-order one for $99; the… READ THE REST
Completely transform the vibe of your room with 10 deals on color-changing LED lamps
If you're a fan of The Dude, you already know that a rug can really tie a room together. Well, you can certainly argue the same out of a quality lamp. While the rug does its work at ground level, a lamp casts its glow in a full 360-degree spread, maintaining just the tone and… READ THE REST
Create winning ad copy, blogs and social posts for your business using AI with Writesonic
Look, not everyone can be a writer, and there's no shame if you're one of the many who has made peace with the fact that sterling prose just isn't in your wheelhouse. However, that realization doesn't absolve you or your business of the consequences. Whether you're a wordsmith or not, someone has to craft a… READ THE REST
AnyBackup makes it simple to backup data from your mobile device and charge up at the same time
Backing up everything you save on your phone or tablet seems like it should be an incredibly easy process. However, anybody who's actually done can attest that it seldom happens smoothly. To have enough space to back things up, users usually need to pay for an expensive cloud storage option, which also requires a stable… READ THE REST
