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What could this mean? Well, the swipey nature of the thing seems to hint it has something about a touchscreen going on. iPads? Probably. Touchscreen Macs? Let's hope.
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The new @analogue Super Nt+ and Mega Sg+ seem to be solid upgrades over the ones that came out before 2020. I've also got some interesting info straight from the CEO about why these things aren't upscaling to 4K like the Analogue 3D. 1/2
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“Moving to 4K does not uncover hidden texture detail or additional geometry. It primarily creates more display pixels with which to draw the same underlying artwork."2/3
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“That is different from the Analogue 3D. Nintendo 64 games combine very low rendering resolutions with anti-aliasing, texture filtering, dithering, translucency, and other techniques designed around the behavior of a CRT." Read more here: gizmodo.com/analogue-super-n…
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Kyle Barr retweeted
The discourse, to the extent that it really exists at all any more on social, has been unusually abysmal around Gears: E-Day.
kotaku.com/gears-of-war-has-…
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.@KyleBarr5 reviewed the new Mac mini with M6 chip, which starts at $899 for 16GB unified memory + 256GB SSD. He reviewed the $1,299 model with 24GB of unified memory and 512GB SSD
Pros:
✨Compact and light
⚡️Excellent CPU and GPU performance
🔌Enough ports
Cons:
💰Upgrades quickly add up
5⃣Costs extra for Thunderbolt 5
❌ Power button still on underside
I briefly messed with it and holy moly are Lightroom RAW exports FAST!
gizmodo.com/m6-mac-mini-revi…
Photos by yours truly
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Man it’s been a couple of days now and I’m finally in the acceptance phase of me longer being an employee at IGN Entertainment. I was laid off/terminated this past Monday after 17+ years of service. That’s a long time to work for one company and I tricked myself into believing
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Genshin Impact is completely unplayable on the Pixel 11 Pro XL. Everything is purple
This is just unacceptable on a $1,300 phone
“Nobody buys a Pixel to game” is not a valid excuse. It’s a $1,300 phone. It should be able to do everything another $1,300 phone can
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Buy South of Midnight. It is a beautiful game that takes so many swings and hits most of them.
"We would rather eat rocks and drink gasoline than be split up" - Compulsion Games has officially completed its buyout from Xbox and now owns all its IP.
Players who buy games like South of Midnight are now supporting the studio directly, its CEO says.
vgc.news/news/we-would-rathe…
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Kyle Barr retweeted
I concur on the second part.
Call me an optimist if you want, and certainly this is also just my interpretation as well - but Sony saying things like "cautiously" and "players have attachments" indicates to me that they realize they have to nail this.
Which was my point the whole time - whether the future is digital or not, gamers should not relent until Sony convinces us the digital future will be fair and worth buying into.
I can easily be convinced to get a PS6 that has only digital next-gen games...but you have to convince me. You have to give in addition to taking. I have to know that my games are owned by me, my old games are still playable, and I will benefit from this.
Until Sony (and frankly their competitors) address these things...the backlash should continue.
Having listened to the full Q&A section, it's clear that Sony isn't reversing the decision to stop producing new game discs in 2028.
However, and this is only my interpretation, it does seem like they are looking into solutions for those with PS5 disc games. No indication of what that would be but If I was to guess it might be a disc drive add on for legacy games or some type of disc to digital program.
The issue is, this is something Sony should have announced alongside the disc announcement, because right now a lot of the backlash is from the uncertainty around existing disc games, digital game rights, and PS6.
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Get your first look at THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT - SONGS OF THE PAST during @gamescom ONL.
Watch the global livestream on Tuesday, August 25 at 2p ET / 11a PT / 8p CEST.
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Jason Schreier: “FWIW I think it's a little strange that "Arkane's Blade is late and over budget" is becoming a lingering news story when the total number of big video games that were *not* late and over budget could be counted on one hand.”
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.@KyleBarr5 said what we are all thinking: can we not normalize $5,300 handheld gaming PCs?
gizmodo.com/can-we-not-norma…
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Kyle Barr retweeted
If I were Xbox CEO, I'd push the Console Arms Race even FURTHER!
I would light up every dormant IP now owned under the Xbox Studios umbrella
BUT I would seek out Indie studios who have proven they can tackle those games from that era and recreate them as period-correct
Xbox CEO Admits the Console Arms Race Has Gone Too Far gizmodo.com/xbox-ceo-admits-…
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Kyle Barr retweeted
We now see the competitive positioning versus N1X Spark. “No translation layer, no performance penalty, no workflow disruption.” 🍿
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ is available now.
16 cores. 32 threads. 40 compute units. 50 TOPS NPU. Up to 128GB unified memory.
Built on x86, it brings breakthrough local AI performance to the enterprise and developer workflows teams already use. No translation layer, no performance penalty, no workflow disruption.
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