Gaming Reviews
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This Little Box Can Make Even The Junkiest Laptop A Gaming PC
You are probably surrounded by more computers than you know what to do with, whether it’s the phone in your pocket, the old clunker at home, or the sleek little ultraportable you got from work. And while they are more than enough for everyday tasks, when it comes to real graphics prowess, I’m talking about…
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Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War Is The Bleakest Lord Of The Rings Fan-Fic I’ve Ever Seen
Lord of the Rings — not even in its cinematic, action-heavy form — doesn’t really lend itself to the power fantasy of video games. That’s not stopped people from trying for years, including the latest game, the hack-n’-slash-meets-orc-dating-sim Middle-Earth: Shadow of War. But Shadow of War fails to understand Lord of the Rings in some pretty…
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Tamagotchi Is Back, And I Already Killed Mine
Just after 11 am on Saturday morning, I became the proud parent of my very first Tamagotchi, freshly hatched from its virtual egg. By yesterday afternoon it was dead; its passing a poignant reminder that the gadgets we adored as kids aren’t always as awesome 20 years later when we’re grownups.
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Nintendo SNES Classic: The Gizmodo Review
Nintendo built a legacy in the 80s and 90s, and has spent the rest of its history closely guarding that legacy. Succinctly, the thing that buoys the gaming giant through its various hardware flops isn’t the value of its intellectual property (which is vast) — it’s nostalgia.