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One of the main things that’s distinguished Nintendo 64 clone the M64 from rival device the Analogue 3D, beyond being sold by an international arms dealer, was its playful shape and colorful, translucent shell. But now Analogue has revealed its own translucent variants. There’s competition to see not just which device can run Nintendo 64 games the best but also which one looks the coolest. And not everyone’s happy about it. There are some other important differences between the M64 and Analogue 3D, however. Fully revealed over Black Friday weekend, ModRetro’s M64 is $200 compared to the $250 for the…

Skateboarding has earned its reputation over the decades as an action sport in the domain of daredevils, crust punks, and wayward teens. But the new game Skate Story posits an alternative: What if skateboarding isn’t an action sport at all? What if it’s an artform? First announced in 2022, Skate Story is the brainchild of New York–based game designer Sam Eng, the creator of the arcade shooter Zarvot and a 2024 recipient of the Chanel Next Prize. It doesn’t look like any other skateboarding game on the market. It doesn’t look like any other game, period. These stylized visuals —…

Tekken development chief Katsuhiro Harada has announced that he’ll be departing from the fighting game series and its publisher Bandai Namco at the end of 2025. Harada–who has worked on every Tekken game since the series first debuted in 1994–said in a social media post that the death of close friends in his life had led to him to consider how much time he had left as a creator, and after consulting PlayStation icon Ken Kutaragi, he decided to leave the publisher after spending 30 years working on the Tekken franchise.”With the Tekken series reaching its 30th anniversary–an important milestone…

EA Sports has revealed the top 26 players in both the Premier League and WSL for EA Sports FC 26. In the men’s top league, after a dominant romp to the title last season Liverpool have come out on top with 8 players in the top 26, just beating Arsenal who have 7. With a few high-profile departures as club legends reached the end of their time up North, Man City have just 5, including 2 downgrades for Rodri and Dias and 2 new players in Donnarumma and Reijnders. Newcastle and Chelsea have 2 midfielders in the top 26 a…

Black Friday came and went, but Amazon continues pushing deals on premium brands throughout December which happens to be its biggest sales month of the year. The Dyson V11 Origin currently sits at $399 instead of its usual $629 which is a record low on this cordless vacuum that brings serious suction power to your cleaning routine. This model delivers 185 air watts of power across three modes, and handles both quick daily cleanups and deep weekend cleaning sessions. Over 40,000 units sold in the past month as people realize Dyson’s engineering justifies the premium over budget stick vacuums that…

I should have suspected something was cooking when Acquisitions Incorporated’s Dungeons & Dragons live play at PAX West 2025 in September ended with Evelyn Marthain (Anna Prosser) plunging a DAGGER into the HEART of a construct to “reset reality.” Matt Mercer’s presence as one of the players at Acq Inc’s November game at PAX Unplugged 2025 was the final hint needed, but I was still shocked to find out that one of the oldest and most successful D&D actual play franchises was switching to Critical Role’s Daggerheart TTRPG framework. This is far from a reboot, however. Acq Inc’s best quality…

Lego’s new building set based on Disney Pixar’s beloved 2008 animated film WALL-E is on sale for the first time since its September launch. Normally $70, the 811-piece WALL-E and EVE model is available for $56 at Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Designed for adults and experienced builders, the adorable new set includes buildable figures of WALL-E, EVE, M-O, HAl, and a Garbage Cube. WALL-E fans can also grab the Criterion Collection’s 4K Blu-ray edition of Pixar’s Oscar-winning movie for only $25 (was $50).WALL-E and EVE is one of several great Lego Disney and Pixar deals available now. Amazon also has…

Elden Ring Nightreign will, very soon, get its higher difficulty mode – The Deep of Night. The game is clearly about to have a moment again. FromSoftware knows this, of course, so the developer decided to roll out a big update to tweak several things ahead of the new mode’s release. This latest patch, version 1.02.2, arrived moments ago across all platforms, bringing with it a number of unexpected balance changes and gameplay tweaks that were no doubt made with Deep of Night in mind. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Patch 1.02.2 released following…

Amazon keeps its prices low on Alexa-enabled speakers all year long and the Echo Dot is a great choice because it is in the middle of the lineup between basic and premium options. This model is the best-selling one in the Echo family right now, and it’s only $31 instead of the usual $49 for early December. The small speaker has surprisingly rich sound that fills bedrooms, offices, or dining rooms without taking up too much counter space or needing a lot of setup. See at Amazon Why This Echo Dot Sounds Better Than You Thought The speaker design is…

Major awards shows are rarely referred to by their official names. Most people know the Academy Awards simply as the “Oscars.” The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Broadway Theater are, luckily for theatre critics, the “Tonys.” Even the Emmy Awards get shortened to “Emmys.” But for more than a decade now, The Game Awards has been known only as… The Game Awards. When will “gaming’s biggest night” earn its colloquialism? And better yet, what should the show be called? Because “The TGAs” has big “ATM machine” energy. Since its 2014 premiere, The Game Awards has been referred to as…