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PS1 gem Tomba! is still a wild ride nearly 20 years later
15 Sep

PS1 gem Tomba! is still a wild ride nearly 20 years later

John RoutledgeLatest News
Every couple of years, a core childhood memory resurfaces and sends me hunting for a bizarre PlayStation game my brother and I obsessed over but never actually played in its entirety. The internet search goes like this: game on red-and-black PS1 demo disk featuring feral child with pink hair tackling pigs and trees that look like butts. The results tell…
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The Polaris Dawn crew is back on Earth after a historic mission
15 Sep

The Polaris Dawn crew is back on Earth after a historic mission

John RoutledgeLatest News
The Polaris Dawn crew safely returned to Earth early Sunday morning, bringing the historic privately funded mission to a close. The Dragon capsule carrying the mission’s four astronauts — Jared Isaacman, Scott “Kidd” Poteet, Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon — splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico around 3:30AM ET.On Thursday, Isaacman and Gillis completed the first commercial spacewalk, each…
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What to read this weekend: Cosmic horror sci-fi, and the quest to understand how life began
14 Sep

What to read this weekend: Cosmic horror sci-fi, and the quest to understand how life began

John RoutledgeLatest News
New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention.The Night Guest by Hildur KnútsdóttirAnyone who lives with a difficult-to-diagnose chronic illness and has endured the demoralizing process of trying to get proper treatment can tell you it is, at times, a living nightmare. Advocating for yourself, fighting to be taken seriously; it’s something I’ve dealt with most of…
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8BitDo’s latest mod kit will make your old GameCube controller wireless and Switch compatible
14 Sep

8BitDo’s latest mod kit will make your old GameCube controller wireless and Switch compatible

John RoutledgeLatest News
A new, $26 solderless mod kit from 8BitDo can transform your old GameCube controller into a wireless Bluetooth device that works with Nintendo Switch and Android. It’ll also work with the original GameCube, but for that, you’ll have to buy the $26 Retro Receiver too. The mod kit comes with Hall Effect joysticks, a trigger pack and a rechargeable 300mAh…
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What to read this weekend: The Night Guest, Is Earth Exceptional? and Into the Unbeing
14 Sep

What to read this weekend: The Night Guest, Is Earth Exceptional? and Into the Unbeing

John RoutledgeLatest News
New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention.The Night Guest by Hildur KnútsdóttirAnyone who lives with a difficult-to-diagnose chronic illness and has endured the demoralizing process of trying to get proper treatment can tell you it is, at times, a living nightmare. Advocating for yourself, fighting to be taken seriously; it’s something I’ve dealt with most of…
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ESPN and other channels return to DirecTV as it finally reaches a deal with Disney
14 Sep

ESPN and other channels return to DirecTV as it finally reaches a deal with Disney

John RoutledgeLatest News
After a two-week blackout, ESPN and other Disney-owned channels are back on DirecTV. The Walt Disney Company and DirecTV released a joint statement on Saturday announcing that they are in the process of finalizing a new contract, and that all channels affected by their dispute have been restored. That includes ABC, Freeform, FX and National Geographic channels. Disney yanked its…
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23andMe will pay $30 million to settle 2023 data breach lawsuit
14 Sep

23andMe will pay $30 million to settle 2023 data breach lawsuit

John RoutledgeLatest News
23andMe is close to settling a proposed class action lawsuit filed against the company over a data breach that compromised 6.9 million users' information. According to the preliminary settlement filing, the DNA testing company has agreed to pay $30 million to affected customers, as well as to conduct annual computer scans and cybersecurity audits for three years. A website will…
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