25 Years Ago, ‘Chrono Trigger’ Brought RPGs To The Next Level
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In the beginning, Japanese role-playing games were pretty close to their Western brethren – inspired by classic titles like Wizardry, they let players roll up their own characters along a spread of archetypes […]
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Bill Gates’ Foundation To Provide Coronavirus Home Testing Kits
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A project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) will provide at-home coronavirus testing kits to the people of Seattle. Folks worried they may be infected with COVID-19 can simply swab [
Twitter Slaps First ‘Manipulated Media’ Tag on Edited Biden Video
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Twitter wasted no time putting its new misinformation labels to use. A video created by White House social media director Dan Scavino and retweeted by Donald Trump has been tagged as “manipulated medi
Review: ‘Corruption 2099’ Is the Love Child of ‘Metal Gear Solid’ and ‘XCOM’
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Outside of Valkyria Chronicles, I’m not really into tactical role-playing games. Don’t get me wrong, I can appreciate titles like XCOM that require players to use their brains over twitchy trigger fingers. At […]
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Earn $1,000 to Binge Watch 15 Hours of ‘The Office’
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Michael Scott (Steve Carell), Jim Halpert (John Krasinski), and Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) in 'The Office' (via NBC)
The American version of The Office turns 15 this month, and to celebrate, USDish is offering someone $1,000 to binge watch th
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Alexa quietly gained a handful of new features last month, including severe weather alerts and the ability to send traffic details to your phone. In a February roundup, published on Wednesday, Amazon announced […]
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Twitter Bans Hate Speech Based on Age, Disability, Disease
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Twitter is cracking down on hateful language that dehumanizes users based on age, disability, or disease. The latter, of course, is a timely addition amidst the spread of COVID-19, which has inspired malicious […]
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A laser-etched nameplate secured to the arm of NASA's Mars Perseverance rover serves as a rock and debris shield to protect a flexible electrical cable (via NASA/JPL-Caltech)
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover has a new name: Perseverance. Virginia sev
‘Nancy Drew’ Season 1 Episode 15 Recap: It’s Always a Karen
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The mystery on Nancy Drew is getting intense. Last week, we found out the identity of Tiffany Hudson’s killer, but he hasn’t been caught yet.
Lili Reinhart as Betty and Madchen Amick as Alice -- Photo: Dean Buscher/The CW
Riverdale’s done a lot of ridiculous things over the last three or so years. We’ve had incest, Dungeons and Dragons cults, multiple musical episodes an
‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 1 Episode 7 Recap: Make It Dough, Number One
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It finally happened. Star Trek: Picard gave us the cameo we’ve been waiting for since the first episode. And even here, it made us wait. Picar
‘Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross’ Faithfully Recreates the Beloved Anime on Mobile Devices
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Thanks to its presence on Netflix, Seven Deadly Sins is one of the most well-known anime in North America. The anime is also big in its country of origin: Japan, where it has […]
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Watch: Alex Trebek Survived One Year of Pancreatic Cancer
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A one-year update from Alex Trebek (via Jeopardy!/YouTube)
It’s been a year since Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek announced his stage-four pancreatic cancer diagnosis. And, having beat the unfavorable odds (a first-year survival rate of 18 perce
These High-Tech Contact Lenses Correct Color Blindness
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Left: the original scenario; middle: how the scene would look to a person with deuteranomaly; right: the scene viewed with deuteranomaly and corrected with contact lenses (via Sharon Karepov/Tel Aviv University)
High-tech contact lenses could hel
Facebook Gives WHO Free Ads to Counter Coronavirus Misinformation
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Facebook is giving the World Health Organization “as many free ads as they need” to help curb fake news about COVID-19. “We’re focused on making sure everyone can access credible and accur
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There is no force in technology greater than FOMO: Twitter is the latest platform to dip its toe into ephemeral content. The social network this week began testing Stories-esque “Fleets” in Brazil. A [
Everything old is new again, and after the Twilight Zone reboot helmed by Jordan Peele, another cult classic anthology TV series is back this week. Amazing Stories had a serious pedigree when it […]
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Review: ‘Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX’ Is a Storybook Remake
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I’m in maybe the most pro-Pokemon mood I’ve ever been in since the initial craze dominated my 90s childhood. The live-action Detective Pikachu movie was a revelation. Pokemon Sword and Shield rewarded my […]
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Baby Yoda Joins ‘Star Wars Battlefront II’ in New Mod
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Despite a rocky launch riddled with bugs and microtransaction controversies, EA’s Star Wars: Battlefront II has kept plugging along, fixing enough issues and adding enough heroes to become a respectable sort of Star […]
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Amazon has confirmed the first case of novel coronavirus among its U.S. workforce. The infected employee, according to Bloomberg, left work last month “due to an illness.” Amazon was informe
«Shakedown» (via Leilah Weinraub)
Adult entertainment site Pornhub is expanding its repertoire with the premiere of Shakedown—its first non-erotic film. The documentary by conceptual artist Leilah Weinraub is screening this month vi
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Amazon is speeding up its Same-Day Delivery program. Prime members in Dallas, Orlando, Philadelphia, and Phoenix can now receive items within hours of placing an order. Need a new charging cable be
WhatsApp dark mode now available on iOS, Android (via WhatsApp)
WhatsApp is finally rolling out dark mode to iOS and Android devices. The platform’s most-requested feature, dark mode is designed to reduce eye strain in low-light environment
Gaming on mobile phones is still a bit… mixed. But these days I feel better about the platform than I have in years. Part of that is because of higher quality games like […]
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At this point, it feels like Halo: The Master Chief Collection has been “releasing” for years. Initially, the compilation bundled together the core numbered Halo games, including a shiny remake of Halo 2, […]
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Star Wars Goes Full Harry Potter With ‘Rise of Skywalker’ Retcons
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is a busy movie. Despite capping off a trilogy, it introduces a new villain, a new backstory for the protagonist, half of a retcon for the original [
‘Better Call Saul’ Season 5 Episode 3 Recap: Making Time
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Being in the second-to-last season of Better Call Saul, I guess we should expect a lot more Breaking Bad links to start popping up. W
When the grand canon of anime is finally determined, one title that will definitely make the list is Neon Genesis Evangelion. Gainax’s 1995 series took the tropes of giant robot fighting and transformed […]
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These Are the Games You Should Check Out in March 2020
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Hey, look, there are actually big games worth playing this month! January and February were dry when it came to game releases. As such, it’s great to have titles we can get excited […]
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‘Black Lightning’ Season 3 Episode 15 Recap: War Were Declared
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I always forget how short Black Lightning’s seasons are. Last week, we learned about the origins of Gravedigger and said goodbye to Khalil. Now, we’ve reached the sec
NASA's new class of astronauts—the first to graduate since the agency announced its Artemis program—on stage during their graduation ceremony in January 2020 (via NASA)
For the first time in more than four years, NASA is accepting astronaut a
Introducing a faster, smaller, simpler Messenger (via Facebook)
Facebook Messenger for iOS is now faster, smaller, and simpler. The updated app—which promises to load twice as quickly as and take up a fraction of the space of the original—is
X-ray outburst from the black hole MAXI J0637-043, detected by the REXIS instrument on NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft (via NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/MIT/Harvard)
Students and researchers from MIT and Harvard have spotted a black hole 30,00
Twitter, Facebook Exit SXSW 2020 Due to Coronavirus
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The annual South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and festival is moving ahead as planned—with or without some big-name guests. Twitter, Facebook, and Vevo have pulled out of the event, citing concerns o
‘Doom Eternal’ Rips and Tears at 1,000 Frames Per Second, in Theory
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Doom is famous for a lot of reasons. It’s a foundational text for first-person shooters. It was an early flashpoint for debates about video game violence. It helped pioneer indie gaming and communities […]
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When I think about video game beds, I unfortunately still think about this absolutely cursed Kotaku article about a guy who seduced a woman on his Sonic the Hedgehog bed and then wrote about […]
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We tend to act like geek culture is an American thing, with some branches in Japan and the United Kingdom. But that’s a gross oversimplification – if you look hard enough, you can […]
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NASA Asks College Students To Help Design Space Tech
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NASA is tapping university students to help ensure its crewed missions go smoothly. The 2021 Moon to Mars eXploration Systems and Habitation (M2M X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge invites the next generation of space […
LinkedIn Tests Snapchat-Style Stories to Boost Conversation
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LinkedIn is experimenting with Snapchat-style Stories to help turn water-cooler moments into professional networking opportunities. Currently under internal analysis, the feature will roll out to members “in the coming months
Hands-On: ‘Final Fantasy VII Remake’ Is Living Up to the Hype
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Let’s be real, Final Fantasy VII Remake is easily one of this generation’s most anticipated games. Though officially revealed during E3 2015, the Final Fantasy VII remake fervor began in 2005 thanks to […]
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