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  • Grant St. Clair
    9:08 am Wed, May 20, 2026
    What happens when a prop comedian refuses to touch his prop? Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com

    At this point, I'm convinced that Aaron Westberry is less a standard comedian and more an avant-garde performance artist whose genius will only be properly appreciated in a few decades.… Read the rest of the article: What happens when a prop comedian refuses to touch his prop?

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  • Grant St. Clair
    9:07 am Wed, May 20, 2026
    Someone modded Skyrim into Fallout 4's Pip-Boy games Skyrim: Special Edition screenshot

    I'm convinced that fifteen years without a sequel is doing bad things to the Skyrim player base. Give them enough time, and they won't even need an Elder Scrolls 6.… Read the rest of the article: Someone modded Skyrim into Fallout 4's Pip-Boy games

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  • Grant St. Clair
    9:48 am Tue, May 19, 2026
    Surprise, there's another gaming price hike The PS5. Image: Sony

    If you're sick of reading this, imagine how sick I am of writing it — to say nothing of the people who actually have to pay for it. Sound the… Read the rest of the article: Surprise, there's another gaming price hike

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  • Grant St. Clair
    12:06 pm Mon, May 18, 2026
    Comedian tells the same joke for his entire set — and it works

    If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I'm not sure whoever first coined that bit of timeless advice had tight five-minute comedy sets in mind, though. Regardless, it's advice that… Read the rest of the article: Comedian tells the same joke for his entire set — and it works

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  • Grant St. Clair
    12:05 pm Mon, May 18, 2026
    Atari is doing furry bait now and I'm scared

    At a certain point you just have to give it to ancient, flagging games company Atari just for continuing to throw shit at the wall. With the much-lauded "Atari gaming… Read the rest of the article: Atari is doing furry bait now and I'm scared

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  • Grant St. Clair
    8:06 am Mon, May 18, 2026
    Xbox becomes XBOX, and the crowd goes mild Xbox Game Pass Ultimate

    There's a new CEO in charge! It's a bold new era for Xbox! Asha Sharma's leadership has already brought us such seismic, paradigm-shifting changes as, uh, walking back some of… Read the rest of the article: Xbox becomes XBOX, and the crowd goes mild

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  • Grant St. Clair
    8:03 am Mon, May 18, 2026
    The Steam Controller doesn't just scream. It sings, too Steam Machine. Image via Valve

    Valve's brand-new PC gaming controller, the aptly-named Steam Controller, is full of secrets. At that hundred-dollar price point, it better be! Those lucky enough to actually get their hands on… Read the rest of the article: The Steam Controller doesn't just scream. It sings, too

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  • Grant St. Clair
    8:01 am Mon, May 18, 2026
    The annual SNL joke swap returns

    I'm not exactly a strict viewer of long-running sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, but there is one tradition that I'm always seated for: the Weekend Update joke swap. At… Read the rest of the article: The annual SNL joke swap returns

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  • Grant St. Clair
    8:00 am Mon, May 18, 2026
    You might be able to buy GTA 6 sooner than you think GTA VI

    Grand Theft Auto 6 is, unfortunately, still six months away thanks to a seemingly endless chain of delays. We've been waiting for this game for thirteen long years, so six… Read the rest of the article: You might be able to buy GTA 6 sooner than you think

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  • Grant St. Clair
    8:57 am Fri, May 15, 2026
    What does it look like inside a scam call center? wisely / Shutterstock.com

    Have you ever wondered where all those spam phone calls you get actually come from? What does an average work day look like for people who spend hours daily doing… Read the rest of the article: What does it look like inside a scam call center?

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  • Grant St. Clair
    8:54 am Fri, May 15, 2026
    One dedicated modder is bringing multiplayer back to The Last Of Us Pedro Pascal in

    For as many times as The Last of Us has been remastered, remade, rereleased and remixed, it's a shame that the series dropped its best idea so early. Factions was… Read the rest of the article: One dedicated modder is bringing multiplayer back to The Last Of Us

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  • Grant St. Clair
    9:56 am Wed, May 13, 2026
    Visiting the best nightclubs in gaming history

    Look, we all know gamers don't go outside. This is, perhaps, why game developers have been able to get away with making weird, empty, or just plain bad nightclubs for… Read the rest of the article: Visiting the best nightclubs in gaming history

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  • Grant St. Clair
    9:27 am Tue, May 12, 2026
    Don't fall for AI-generated sob stories ozrimoz / Shutterstock.com

    Would you pay a hundred dollars for a tote bag? No? What if we told you it was a handcrafted artisan good? What if you were letting down a bunch… Read the rest of the article: Don't fall for AI-generated sob stories

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  • Grant St. Clair
    9:25 am Tue, May 12, 2026
    Entering a cat in a dog show Foonia/shutterstock.com

    At this point, nothing Max Fosh does can surprise me. He's carved out a unique career among YouTube "pranksters" by, in essence, acting nothing like a typical YouTube prankster. His… Read the rest of the article: Entering a cat in a dog show

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  • Grant St. Clair
    9:24 am Tue, May 12, 2026
    Aaron Paul enters the Wasteland for season 3 of Fallout

    Of course, we knew season 3 of the Fallout TV show was greenlit before season 2 even released. Good thing, too, because most of season 2 was setup that's going… Read the rest of the article: Aaron Paul enters the Wasteland for season 3 of Fallout

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  • Grant St. Clair
    8:28 am Mon, May 11, 2026
    What to do when scammers kidnap your daughter Image: Brian A Jackson / shutterstock.com

    You know how it is. You're just sitting on the couch relaxing when you suddenly get a text from a prison out of the blue, warning you that your daughter… Read the rest of the article: What to do when scammers kidnap your daughter

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  • Grant St. Clair
    8:28 am Mon, May 11, 2026
    Playing Fallout 1 inside Fallout 4 fallout 76 xbox

    They say the devil never sleeps. The same must be true of game modders. Just last week, I wrote about a truly first-of-its-kind mod allowing you to play The Elder… Read the rest of the article: Playing Fallout 1 inside Fallout 4

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  • Grant St. Clair
    8:28 am Mon, May 11, 2026
    Twilight Princess now has a native PC port A screenshot from Breath of the Wild

    Ahh, Twilight Princess. None of the Legend of Zelda games are particularly mature, but Twilight Princess feels like the most earnest attempt at it. After initial fan complaints about the… Read the rest of the article: Twilight Princess now has a native PC port

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  • Grant St. Clair
    8:27 am Mon, May 11, 2026
    The PlayStation earnings report has some uncomfortable bombshells

    In case you missed it — which is completely understandable if you're not a Sony shareholder — PlayStation put out another earnings report today. While these documents often go overlooked,… Read the rest of the article: The PlayStation earnings report has some uncomfortable bombshells

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  • Grant St. Clair
    4:12 pm Sat, May 9, 2026
    Ben Palmer's fake ICE hotline is still getting hits Protest against ICE following the murder of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis in Lower Manhattan. (Christopher Penler/shutterstock.com)

    I'm genuinely amazed that the fake ICE tipline set up by comedian Ben Palmer — who specializes in pretending to be what he's not — is still operational. Of course,… Read the rest of the article: Ben Palmer's fake ICE hotline is still getting hits

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