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Who Wants To Blow Up A Truck This Valentine’s Day?

4:00PM Yesterday | Andrew Tarantola

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and if you’re dateless again this year (*raises hand*), don’t drown your sorrows with a bottle of Jack. Especially not when you can take out your unloved frustrations with an internet-connected machine gun. More »


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7 Ways To Stop Piracy Without DRM

7:00AM February 4, 2012 | Seamus Bellamy - MaximumPC

Piracy’s a fact of life. As a defence against having their intellectual properties swiped, cracked and traded online like so many baseball cards, a lot of companies have turned to Digital Rights Management, a move that seldom does more than temporarily slow pirates and enrage paying customers. Fortunately, there’s a growing number of non-DRM related options out there for developers and software vendors to explore that’ll stymy piracy while respect the rights of their paying users. Let’s give ‘em a try. More »


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How the Video Game Was Born

4:15AM January 31, 2012 | Rachel Swaby

This year, the video game turns 40. Let’s call it an occasion to spend a few more hours in front of our TVs, the place where it all started. More »


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This F*cking Guy (Insert Coins)

4:50PM January 13, 2012 | Joe Brown

A man Chris Laporte beat me at Street Fighter five times in a row. The stakes were that if he won, I would write a post about him. I might have been a little (a lot) drunk when I entered into this agreement — especially because I don’t really think there was a prize in it for me if I won — but a deal’s a deal. More »


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Sony Planning PS4′s Arrival To Coincide With Next-Gen Xbox?

5:15AM November 26, 2011 | Gary Cutlack

Sony’s gaming division is tracking the growing rumours of a new Microsoft console, with the aim being to release its PlayStation 4 as near to it as possible — so there won’t be a huge headstart for Microsoft this time around. More »


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iPad 3 Connections, Biker Bots, And Other Stories We Didn’t Post

5:30PM October 25, 2011 | Brian Barrett

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. More »


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Handheld Video Games From The ’70s Made No Sense

8:20AM October 12, 2011 | Adrian Covert

I inherited one of these ’70s handheld games from a box of junk when I was five. It was a Harlem Globetrotters-branded basketball game. It was downright incomprehensible. This Pulsonic baseball game looks no different. More »


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Lobby-Sized Nintendo Game & Watch While You Wait

4:00AM September 26, 2011 | Jack Loftus

You know what that wall needs, Darryl? A giant, playable Game & Watch based on Arduino. More »


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7 Tools You Need To Survive A LAN Party

7:20AM September 16, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Online gaming may be the preferred form of multiplayer showdowns these days, but the LAN party still exists. They’re gruelling, caffeine-fuelled affairs that can span multiple days, and intimidate the uninitiated. So here’s everything you need to fit in. More »


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Manspresso Machines, Spotify Hacks, And Other Stories We Didn’t Post

5:00PM September 13, 2011 | Brian Barrett

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. More »